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CHILDREN'S All) SOCIETY ad- journed annual meeting Thurgdqy

d? °'°1°¢k- City Hall. Public

CITY POLICE COURT-At the Qilflfldiary Magistrate's Court y”. terday. a. man charged with V3‘- NMY Was sentenced to 3o any; in fail, snd s man charged with 0p- CYBUIIB a motor vehicle while in- tflfltlted was sentenced to seven days in lull. a drunk and dis- Wdflly was remanded for one week.

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would be prepared to meet the President if not in Washington. Th; 09-year-old Stalin said that doctors’ orders prevented himfxom fulfilling s wish to visit Washing- ton. Ho mesa-ted l meet-ins could be held in t-llO Soviet Un-

ion.

“u, however, the proposals mould meet with the President's objection, s meeting could be ar- gqngtd in Poland or Czechoslo- vakis, according to the President's

FUNERAL YESTERDAY — The funeral of the late Murdock Ross, which was largely attended. was held from Zion Church yesterday afternoon. Interment was 1n the People's Cemetery. services were conducted by Rev. G. Carlyle Web- ster. Honorary pallbearers wuo His Worship B. Earle MacDonald, W.R. Guikshnrlk, W.T. Weir. J. C. Cooke, Gordon Mitch, Hank Cur- rie. Hetfoert Jewell. Willis Nichol- son. J. B. Roper. Preston Melamine. Active pallbearers were. Donald MscKlrlnon, Iirncst Cudmorc, Har- ry MacDougall, George MaoLeod. Ross McEwen. Alex A. MacDonald. Members of the 1.0.0.1". attended in a body and the Odd Fellows funeral service at the church was conducted by George Ryan and Robert Compton. The choir sang the Shepherd's Psalm. Mr. Ross, a well known tailor in Charlottetown for many years. died last week in ‘Toronto where he had been resid-

vited Stalin to the ‘United Ststes gapltll, but he turned down the invitations, plcsding health rees- 0H3.

Ths exchange followed up the prime Minister's reply Sunday to four questions put by Smith re- garding Stalin's willingness to discuss s "pact of peace" with the President,

Stalin said then he would be willing to take port in such s mgeting and that the Soviet Un- ion ls ready to consider s declar- stion pledging Russia snd the United States never to decisrewar against each other.

____i______ ing since 1943. _______ Flsnglis Personals

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greatest problem of the fishing in- dustry in Eastern Csnsds. today,

lie lneellency Bishop Boyle "satis- fsctory progress" last evening, on

1i,v_l;>_ Laing, manager of Marl- enquiry st the Charlottetown Hos- nme-Nationsl Fish, s-aid in s prei P1181-

d paper. Th paper was rea $1.». Connor. assistant manager Wl- Percy A. WWW A! New

ham, Mass. left Saturday on re- turn to her home after attending the wedding of her brother, Clif- ford C_ Tbwnshend at Souris. Re- turning with Mrs. White was hcr mother. Mrs. W. H. Tcwnshend, and niece. Miles Edna Townshend, who an planning to spend the winter in Needham. Msss.

of the Msritimelileticrlsl.

“Of one thing only am I sure." he said. “and that is the greatest hindrance and drawback in the fish business today is the unpre- dictability of supply st sny one zime. There are periods of high production when you get more fish than you can conveniently handle. periods when

11 Drama Croups To Compete In Ouchec

your plant is closed.

"Anything which will serve to iron out these peaks snd Valleys and to level off our production will enable the industry to be prose- cuted more economically and more satisfactorily, and certainly it will greatly facilitate the efforts being made towards an increase in fish consumption."

lilr. Laing derit specifically with the need for research in the fmb fish industry. He said there was nope for scientific study to isn- iirove methods of catching, storing, processing, transporting snd mar- keting fish.

For one thing. except for "very minor knproverncnts," there had been no real change in the method c! catching fish in the last 75 years. In the handling of fish there had been some improvements in refrigeration, icing. and sanitstion.

ilolvever. there were still such problems ss eliminating bacteria so that fish would keep fresh ions- er Mid better refrigerator facilities. A ompletely mechanized method of smoking fish would be s great advantage. He envisioned s mach- ine which would take s haddock or s fillet at one end of s chain snd deliver it at the other end without loo great a lapse of time in a prop- ttiy smoked condition. ready for freezing snd'packing.

lie pointed to todsy's modern methods of freezing fish ss an ex- ample of how scientific research could aid the industry.

Another problem he suggested for srluniific study was s use for fish entrails which now are thrown 8W8)’,

MONTREAL. Feb. I -- (GP)- Eleven drama groups—six English and five French-will compete in the annual Western Quebec drama festival beginning here the week of Feb. 21 for the Martha Allan Tra- phy-

Winner of the festival will rep- resent Western Quebec in Toronto in competition for the Bessborough Trophy in the Dominion drama fes- tival. Last year's Western Q0911"! winners were Les Compagnons do St. Laurent who bowed to the Lon- don (Ont.) Little Theatre for the Bessbnrough Trophy.

Robert Spenight. noted drama festival here which will present six evening programs and one matinee.

Railway Pensioners Form Association

MDNUIW. N. 8-. Feb. 2-40?) —-T.he grand division of the Can- adian Railway Pensioners Associ- ation came into being in this railway centre/today W11"! 15 delegates front various points in Quebec and the Maritlmes met in discuss the woblems of rsilwsy pensioners.

J. T_ Cormier of Moncton was elected president of the grand division. Other officers are vice- pcesident, J. W. Howard. osmo- bellton, N. B; secretary. G. H. ‘kites, Moncton; treasurer, C. A. Dixon. Monctun.

Main purpose of the meetlns was to consolidate different bran- ches of the association into a central organization and to draft ~ y“; -;...;'..:* pdnnhlll W WHO" ° ' ersl Government, probably about the middle of this month.

The pensioners are seeking sn increase in their Ptmlvfl lily- hunt]. They contond eidstinl pensions are too small to meet the rise in the cost of living.

The “ decided to ask the Federal Government that straight s60 s month cost-of-living bonus be added to secular rut-slim cheq- use.

CHURCH FIGURES

LONDON. Feb. 2 —- (C?) Sixty-seven of every 100 babies hnm in England are baptised in the church of England. says Rev. ifyrll Brundrltt, vicar of the St. Aunustineu Church. “Qily 2s of the 6'1 are con-finned, and of the 1'6 a fnir estimate is that five are rccular communicanfs," he said.

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F-MITII-At the home of llsr daugh- tor, Mrs. Neil E. Matheson. North River. P. n. 1., on Feb. 2, 194e, Mrs. Thomas Smith in her 74th year. Re- mains wers forwarded from the Cutcliffe Funeral Home this morn- mgntto Havelock, N. S., for inton- EASNN-At the Prince Edward {$3114 Hfllpltsl on Wednesday,

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srnsuos: snows: DIIS m vloroius

VDCIORIA, Feb. I - (C?) — Kenneth Norman Griemn Bailey took with him to the m" the mystery of his strange life.

Like a character in s. Somerset

isughsm novel, he, abandoned s . erstlvs medical practice in Enl- ldFd to spend the last m years of his life unknwn and ffiendlflll-

I-Ie avoided friendships and lived s; a recluse, but. became s ism- illar figure to Victorians who for lit ; zars watched the bearded man in | trench cost, trsmpllll 0"!‘

year.

|l.D. MacLcan

arming surrounding hills seeking mineral "nun “m”; k of his 1y ille

‘ Li ti down ssr . “nmmwfm Iuxpesplrl he left indicated he North Illislsiw tpss s captain in the Royal Army

Medical Qorps and sew service in

Passe ll Mesopotamia and Brat.

expert. will be adjudicator at the

IIMMII’! TAXI Phone b5. WG-BE-DO pantry sale Moors and McLeodk Saturday I o'clock.

M38. JOHNSTON‘! LADIES’ gflEAB. Special Marked Down e.

FUNERAL AT YORK — ‘me funeral of the late Edward J. Vessey was held from York United Church yesterday afternoon. Ser- vices were conducted by Rev. J. MacCallum, Rev. W. D. Mac- Pherson. Rev. T. A. Wilson. Rev. H. C. Christie. Interment was in York Cemetery. The pallbearers W6“. Harry Inwis, Irs Lewis, Freak Vessey. Joseph Reedy. Anderson McRae. Ivsn Vessey.

AID SOCIETY COMMITTEE- Mfll. T. E. MacNutt, Mr. Harold 39111185“? and Mei. Allan Nich- olson have been appointed byluv G. Carlyle Webster as s nominat- ing committee for the officers of

Fear 4 Deaths In Plane Crash 0n Lake Simccc

naamm. 0nt., M. Z-(CPP- Fears that four persons had been t killed in a plane crash north of here were expressed toniilm “W! discovery of the wrecks” 01 "l6 plane partly subinrged in the ice

of Lake Simooe. a

plane's motors stop suddenly dur- ing a storm late this afternoon and then heard it crash into the ice.

Investigators saw the plane. s four-sector, identified ls I. RYl-n Nsvion with the licence narmbes-s

meeting, was asked to appoint the committee. 'Iihs annual meeting was sdjourned last week and will be resumed this evening in the City Council chambers

N-M-BO-K. evidently from the Ulffsugsssfeittzb-lished that the plsne

was bound from Pittsburgh, Pa. to North Bay. Ont It was be- lieved to have aboard a man and wife and their two children. Darkness and wide cracks in the ice prevented closer inspection and police officers said an attempt to recover the machine would b! made st daylight. The plane hit. the ice about s mile from shore. of! Hawkestone. which is 16 miles north of here on the west shore of Lake Sirncos.

m Killed, Fivc - Injured Whcn Big Bombers Collide .

Can Be Optimistic In View Of Minerals

TOR/ONE), Feb. 2 - (GP) — Charles McCres, president, ad- dressing the annual meeting today of the Toronto General Trusts Corporation, asked, "How optim- istic can Canadians be?" and re- plied:

"I should like to be counted among those who look to the fut- ure with confidence in this coun- try and in the p. spects of peace- f-ul relations srnong free l>¢°ples

"I tun particularly impressed with the economic and strategic signif- icance of our mineral wealth they gain added value in s strategic sense from their location adjacent to American demand and in the face of the drain on Amer- ican domestic supplies associated with the war effort. As well. they suggest that the progress of Can- adian industrialism will be facil- itated by lessened dependence on extended purchases." He-sdded:

"I believe we can make our greatest contribution to improved world relations through maintain- ing our identity and freedom of

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RT. Ls. Feb. l — (AP)—-'I‘wo United States Air Force bomibers collided in the air today. killing two men] and injuring five others.

One plane exploded and disinte- grated while the other crashed Into a field and was buried in m-ud.

The injured parachuted before the explosion and crash.

'I‘he planes collided at about. 4.- 000 feet while practising instru- ment flying. One plane was from the instrument. school and the other

#6910113’ from the advanced pilot school. Mr. McCrea, fcxcher Ontario ‘Minister of Mines, said further —

that if internal dislocations of manpower occur because of reduc- tion in exports, it is hoped that any such condition can be ad-Just- cd by expulsion of the mining in- dustry. On trade he commentedrr "Our experience convinces us of the wisdom of- multllateralism and free convertibility of currencies . artificial exchange rates and interference with the free flow of goods can in the long-run impede rather than promote development of n sound world economy."

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nda some 15 to 20 years ago.

Markets-areas rvhangeable-as-the weather. At. that time, buyers and commercial men outside the ls- lnnd suggested cross-hrredirii! tn satisfy markets for the short-nosed. short-bodied lard hog.

Other hog-raising regions of the Dominion began retaliating the Yorkshire; hut Fodornl agricultur- nlisis in Prince Etiwarrl Island convinced producers that thr: orig- inal long-bodied bacon Yorkshire was the pig that would long re- main “ace high" on all markets.

Island ralsers went their own

Croom Acquittcd In

dealers might have been wrong in changing the breed to conform to the market's whim for conforma- tion rather than prnctibilify.

About. 50 hend were shipped to the Prairies in 1946. That was the indicator that Islanders had been right. In 1947 there were more shipments to Western Canada and the largest day saw 14G head clear Charlottetown. Last year, 100 hearl went. to Ontario, a carload or so to Saskatchewan and Quebec and 75 head to Iowa-all for breeding purposes—as the little seaside Pro- vince broke into the American market. Pipe-smoking, bespectacled Harry Clay says orders are piling up for the Island's 175 key Yorkshire breeders. Potato, fox and other farmers are dabbling in raising these new Island "lefldorfi" Mid some have dropped spuds entirely to go into hog raising. Mr. Clay says he would like to see more breeders in New Bruns- wick taking some of the Island stock. He feels there will be more orders than the Island can handle.

In the latest release of the Ad- vance Resistry Board for Swine. which closely follows trends in raisini: and markets, Island pro- B ducers had 2O sows qualify with the Board for the fourth quarter of 1948. Next in line was Ontario with 12. Quebec had three and the rest of the Provinces, except Bri- tish Columbia. two or one each.

Qualifications are based on a combination of number of pigs sav- ed at the weaning age, maturity of the test group and the score in the slaughter-test results.

Too late To Claslfy

murder in the racetrack bludgeon- slaying cf George (Cowboy) Park- er.

St. Lawrence pleaded in ‘ to the charge. laid after Parkef, 37- year-old groom who once lived In Calgary, was found with his head battered following an Oct. 9 drink- lng party.

Kenneth Parrington. a former jockey, said that on the night of the slaying he recognized St. Law- rence 200 feet away, standing over the fallen Parker.

Korea Applies For ll. ll. Membership

LAIQ} SUCCESS, N.Y., Feb. 3 -- (OP)-'I‘he republic of Koo-es today is the 72nd country to apply for membership in [he United Nations.

Observers here saw little chance that the government of American

,.' ‘ Southem Korea will gsin immediate acceptance ss the 59th men-liber of the world peace agency.

‘ibirteen applications have been rejected either by Russian vetoes or by failures to gain the seven necessary votes in the ll-enember security council.

Russia. dominating the Commun- ist Government of Northern Korea, could be expected also to veto the Southern Korean application.

BIG INDUSTRY

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Canadian pulp and psper ex- ports amount to $600 million on- nualiy.

Some codinsh grow to s length of eigtht feet and s weight of I00

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Boil Cross Junior Work From Europe To Bc Displayed

ternstional correspondence bevween the school children of the world, l-he Red Cross is encouraging the sending d hlndlflssn. from the Red Cross Juniors in Europe to tho youngsters lnNorth Altnerloa.

ceived displays from Poland, Nor- Wfly. Greece snd France, country sending two or three dolls dressed in their nstional costume.

of her land dress for winter with

heavy greatcoats snd handsewn leather boots

the Charlottetown Children's Aid Salonlka; one is dressed in the Society. Rev. Mr. Webster, as asixfg gffl‘ “i: full-skirted ‘kilt’ of the Greek chairman of the society's annual m R/Oyll Gill-rd»!-

a Parisian model in all her nnary and the other dressed ss s. Nor- mandy peasant.

avveral types of handicraft-awed- work and models of national duress. They have included s miniature, hand sewn cost of fur as worn by the people of Lsplsnd.

ion at the teachers‘ convention

Junior Red Cross activitles. hss announced the Polish exhibit is for exchange with any school in Prince Edward Island with Junior Red (Gross membership,

Montague Wins From Murray Harbor _6_-3

Meteors journeyed to Murray

Black Hawks by the score of 6-3. This nukes the third game in s row for the Montague squad who are really showing, excellent hoc- key ability, and overcoming their opponents by smooth passing plays and finesse around the opponents goal. The club standing at present are Montague 6 points, Harbour 2 points. Georgetown 0.

astic over the hockey this year, and are giving the team every support The gaime itself proved s repetii» ion of the former game with the Montague squad Murray Harbour team, now proceeding to bolster defences with more practice in their new and excellent rink which is a

CANADIAN PRESS his»... fence, A. MacLure, H. MacDonald, lluGenrgep-Arsblelsonaforwards. K. Clements, Roy Collings, Rich Gol-

lings. E. Carver. Al. Power, J. I..an- nigan, P. Fraser.

Kay; defence, W. Harris, R. Chap- man, B. Dutney. S. MacNeii; for- wards, Roy MacDonald. W. Mac- Neil, A. Irving, G. Harris, S. Hume, L. Herring.

l-dlfontsgue, Carver 2—Montague, Roy Collings

n T k ' quiet Way- Then revolts be)!" 1° (Rich Ceilings) .. 4 filter through that other Canadian 3__M,m-ay Harbour, Herring Yorkshire rnlsers were hsvini! (MacDonald) ______________ 7 trouble with a disease culled klmmague. R "u" ronouro. Feb. 2—(CP)—Vin- "l'"l"i"l"- which "it"! i" P’? (Power, Carver) . szss cent St. Lawrence, 24-year-old Wm‘ O “M” “as” PM?!“ h t .'>—Mont,ague, P. Frsse groom. tonlgm w“ acquitted of That was the first indication i a (Power. can") 15:30

DC)’.

ll-Munsy Barbour, Herring

(MacDonald) . 4:23 7-ilfoniague, Nelson

(Power) . .. 18:39

Penalties - None.

Third Period

B-Montague, Power

(Lsnnigan) 7:50

9—Murrsy Harbour," MacDonald ,

KINSMEN-KINETTES LEAGUE

Giants-BHB-d points. Indiuw—211B—2 points.

Kinsman high three L. Duffy 849

Dodgers—2'l61—6 points.

Kinsman high single S. Ives 250 Kinsman high three S. Ives 681 Kinetic high single B. MacDonald 294; Klnette high three B. MacDon- ald 794.

Red ser-saas-o points Ynnk|—1875—0 points

Kinsman high single L. Jay 239 Kinsman high three L. Jay O28 Kinetic high single S. Brydon 224 Kinetic high three S. Brydon 508

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The first rehearsal of the Knish" newly formed Charlottetown g. $132316 f: f: i: Mole Chorus will be held io- T: cum,“ m w; m; nighhof O o'clock in the Con- r. Gallant 1st aoa 22o odion Legion Hell. 3 901M! $57 "4 m

Tolsi 101a cos i166

CHARLOTTETOWN

Stimulating the exchange of in-

exhibits

The local Rlsd Cross have re- each

Poland shows how the peasants

heir embroidered Waistcoats,

Two of the dolls from Greece re in the peasant costume of

France has sent two dolls. one

The Norwegian exhibit is of

Thus dolls will be on exhibit- nd Mrs. MacCallum, director of

On Monday night the Montague laribour where they defeated the

Murray

The local fans are most enthusi-

outpsssing the who sre their

redit to the people of Murray

Lineups: Montague - Goal, F. Fraser; de-

Murray Harbour-Goal. S. Mac-

MMKBY, G.

SUMMARY First Period

(Power. Fraser) .. _. :36

Penalties - s. ma‘... a. Dut- Second Period

(Herring) . .. Penalties — None. Referees — F. MacFalrlane. M. Clair.

14:30

Bowling Baults

insman high single L. Duffy 294

incite high single B. Duffy 262 inette high three B. Duffy 61B

raves—2A21-—0 points.

DIG FOUR LEAGUI

Grand total - .9110 High Single - E. Pinesu - S‘)? High Three - S. Doiron -- ‘F74.

"Any day's s busy day It i!" Experimental Farm" it's been said- And it turned out that way yes- torday. Some of the staff were lecturing and demcnmrsting to the farmers on the Agricultural Short Course; two great Catterplllsr tractors wore hsullni u" "Cm"