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Man llies in Cell At Police Station

an inquest was ordered last. night hv Coroner Dr. I. J. Yeo into the ninth of Norman MacKenzie 48. nf Charlottetown who died after being placed under arrest by city Mme. A jury was lmpanelled and the hesri-n: adjourned until. this morning.

.\iacKenzle was taken into cus- tody at the Victory restaurant a- bout 7.80 p. m. it was learned. He “a5 placed in a cell in the police station. At 9 he appears‘ much as he hod when arrested. He seemed to be sleeping. A half-hour later one of the officers noticed some- thing amiss. investigated and found that he had died.

A coroner's jury was sworn ln. ‘it includes. Major J. A. MacKenzlc, Byron Brown. Merritt Forsythe, William Hughes, George W Mc- Lcod. George Berrigan and new f-l-rtly.

ViacKemle. who had served with the Prince Edward Island l-ligli- landers i-n the! Second Greta: War, was lying on the floor of the rest- aurant when taken into custody.

An inquest will be held this morning at l0 o'clock.

Hope For Settlement In French lndo-Cltlna

PARIS. Jan. l0 —(AP)—'I‘he French Cabinet planned a spec- lni session tomorrow on the Viet Nani rebellion in [ado-China as advices from the Orient. indicat- rd tonight. that moderate Viet Nsmese were hopeful a settle- mt-nt might soon be reached.

Fighing in France's far eastern oolony shined to the rugged highlands in the interior of Ton- kln. uiherc French forces seized the city of Souls. 130 miles west of Hanoi. and moved to extend llicir control all the way to the Chingsc frontier, 100 miles to the nort .

Coming Events

Milton

"Winsloe Vs. Milton, at tonight. Game at 8.15.

"Skating East Royalty Rink this afternoon, 2 to 4.

_ "CFB-Duud District L. O. L. meet-s in Prlrue Arthur Lodge Room, Crapaud, January 14th, at 2.30 RM.

“Loading Hogs at Peakcs Sta- llOl1 each Thursday for Canada. Packers Ltd.. Merlin Devine.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Pickers Ltd. Tuesday until further notice. Dlngiwell and Rosettes‘.

"Due to arrive soon. car. of beet. Dull). Booking orders now. V. J. My. llunter River.

"Due to arrive soon. oar of feed wheat. ground wheat, ‘oats ar-"l crushed oots and barley meal. Book- ing orders now. V. J. Noy.

"Hockey New Glasgow Rink tonight. North Rustlco vs._ New Glasgow. Game starts 8:30. Skate after.

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"B1191"! Digs. all sizes, Mon-

day ‘s: Fredericton. Tuesday, l1 A- l. Charlottetown Market Equare. Knud Jvrgensen.

"midi!!! Hogs at Cardigan Btu- fftlon eaoh Thursday for Canada Packers Li. Ileana! llslfflll Cardigan. "mid"! Hogs at Montague Station each Thursday for Canada Packers Lin. S. C. McLean. Phone

"K909011118 Hogs at Crapaud for Canada Packers Ltd-J every Tuesday "M11 11 A. M. 1t. N. Dawson. ’

t"°0llootins bola see-h ‘medley ‘M’ Olnada Packers Ltd. for truck- "l 0077K! through QIHIOHUG. gem Valley. Vmion. Orwell and

"Mm Phone Welter cnna u-ta

c l-eedlnshoessescrotsnm ‘Hilda. Packers Ltd. seen Tuesday f‘ "Wk nlclruv service from farm ° fill‘ Phone Roddio Pratt.

“News - There will be s-mso-

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Chum on uooaay an. of Jan's-

Plasse attntld this meet- iwertant. ~

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JACK AND IANEY CANUCK FLIGHT FANS, liE SAYS

H. J. Sytnington, president of the Thane-Canada Airlines, re- ports that Canadians aren't ln so much of a hurry to get their mail this year as they were ln i945. Air mail volume is down considerably, the T. C. A. presi- denrsays, but about so per cent

Provinces To Get Railwnyr Portal

Private 1st Class la Canadian Amy

OTTAWA, Jun. 10 —(CP)--The United States Army rank of priv- ate first class has made its appear- ance in the peacetime Canadian Army but in a silent paper role which will not completely supplant the traditional British title of lance corporal.

As explained at headquarters, it; will be grafted on the army's rank system Pn the bottom categories but for pay purposes only. Its somewhat complicated sounds will seldmon be heard elsewhere, cer- tainly never on a parade square. for instance.

The background of its new role is this:-

A recruit will be ranked an a pdvate until he has been in the army six months and is musician-- ed fully trained in his own branch, such as infantry or signms. Then he is graded as a, private first class at $61 a month instead of $54, but

more air-conscious Canadians booked plane reservations this year. Elimination of war-time

priorities is believed a factor con- tributing to the increased pass- enger air miles. T. C. A. carried its millionth ,assengei last Nov- ember.

Protest Importation 0f Canadian Fish

BOSTON. Jan. '10 - (GP) —The importation of fish from Canada and other foreign countries to the American market will be protested at ‘Federal hearings in Washington Jan. 2"! and 28 by representatives of the international lnngshore- men's Association and the North Atlantic Fisheries.

Daniel J. Donovan, vice-president of the I.L.A.. eaid M000 Union

nesg as a. result of foreign compe- tition. The Gloucester

had been noted from 1939 to 1945. Among those attending Washington hearings.

ens‘ Union of Boston; Stanley L.

Burgess, business agent of

secretary cf the Fisheries Association.

courage shipments.

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Fonnal Complaint » Against Albania

lust October. immediately make available

and colnpen two destroyers and for life. -

loss o

fly D'Arcy O'Donnell

may be clarified Finance Minister Abbott is auc- celsful in attempts to brln to

Ottawa the Premiers of ni- tobs. lsshtdiewan and New Brunswick.

Mr. Abbo disclosed tonight that he would endeeveur to meet early next week 0r Carson of lanltoba and Premier Ddlll~ las of ssslatdaewan. Ho hoped Premier llcllair of New Bruns- wick would be able to come too.

1t was understood here that ln- vltations to come to Ottawa next was! had been sent to the Pre- miers of the time Provinces. the first to indicate that tbs! would

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sign next _ tautlon llhstnent-a, with the Federal Government.

men have been thrown into idle-

Fisheries revealed that a 36'! per cent jump in imports of foreign filletg alone

the in addition to Mr. Donovan. will be John Don- cgan, head of llle Seafood Work-

the Seafood Workers‘ Union of ‘Glou- cester; Thomas D. Rice. executive Massachusetts

The Union chiefs will u-rge the Government either to curtail im- ports from Canada. Newfoundland. Iceland. Norway and other coun- tries. cr impose high tariffs to dis-

--- hcr October trial when she wns

convicted of husband-saunter

LAKE SUCCESS. N.Y.. Jlil- 1° and dwlared her conviction -(AP)—'f'iie British Governmont would be "a scandal 1n the Elfed a formal complaint with admirrstraticn of justice" the United Nations Security were it allowed to stand and her Council tonight charging Alban- father was subsequently convict.

la with mining the Corfu Straits where two British warships were damaged with a loss of 44 lives

The United Nations did agt t a text of the complaint, but British sources said the London Govern- ment was demanding an apology ‘ion for damage to

Abbott Invites 3 . Premiers To Ottawa

OTPAWA. Jim lil-(CPF-‘Fh! Premier McNsir announced Mon- “IOII! 901111010" - Pffillfldll do that he was suspending tax- wrltlvn nesetlat-ivn 11111-1101; all». negotiations with the led-

next week

only in the rnymaster‘: books. He does not put up a stripe and he still ls called private.

However. the system of com. mand still requires somebody so be a lance corporal. So a private first class i-s singled out, given a stripe. called lance corporal but still gets just; $61. Thus he hos a certain prestige but no more money. 0r, in other words, he is that complex fellow thousands of soldiers knew in the war as "lance-corporal- withoul-pay" or, even worse, "act. lng-lance-corporal- without pay", meaning extra pay.

One flh-lll word: The army doesn't abbreviate the new rank. To thcm in the pay books it ‘rs “private lst class."

u. s. tiny “ti” .1 Reports Roughalilige

NEW YORK. Jan. 10 -—tAP)— The storm-battered United States Army transport Henry Gibbins crept l-nto port; today and 387 pas- sengers crept gratefully ashore flflvl‘ e. 12-day voyage from Brem- erhaven which the transport commander described as "lerl-lble,"

The commander, Maj. J. i“. Corey of Oakland, Calif. said few psy- sons went to the dining room us 50-mlle winds flew "from all (lir- ccllons," rnising 30-foot wove: and t'illlsiltg_ the ship to list p; much as 26 degrees.

Passengers included 240 war brides and children.

llick Appeal Case ls Being Continued

TORONTO. Jan. l0 -—(CPl-- Appeal court counsel {or Evelyn Dzck today dcllvcrccl a nine-

polnt attack on thr- conduct of

ed of the killing.

Her counsel, John J. Roblnette 0f Toronto. held there had been non-direction and mfg-direction of the trial jury by Mr. Justice I‘. H. Barlow. He attacked the right of admissibility of state- ments the young Hamilton widow gave police, particularly the last and most detailed of her state- f merits. the one which fanned the basis for her conviction.

Mr. Abbott's disclos o was the first Redersl, development since

' maonsrororv. Jan. 1o-

(OH-Premler McNau- slid fp- nlght he preferred to make no comment at present

a statement at Ottawa by Finance Minister Abbott. who expressed hope that Mr. Mc- Nair would be able to loin a meeting next week of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Premiers and Mr. Abbott, for further discussion of Domin- ion-Provtnclai laxstloa mat- ters. i

._._..__._a__.....'______ em Government on the grounds that the , nion hud liven more favorable, treatment to

For Terminals At Tormentine

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CAPE TOBMENTINE. N. B» Jan. 10-(CP)— Conmsot for a 84,000,000 terminal here to accommodate tho new Can- adian National Railways Prince Edward Island train ferry Abegwelt has been let to the Thompson Construc- toin and Engineering Com- pany of Toronto, It wul learn ed here today.

Tho new ferry, under cou- alsruction at Sore]. Que; is ox- pected to be ready for service some time this year.

The contract covers erec- tion of a pier sud breakwufer at; Tormentine, mainland end of the Nortliumberlsnd Strait ferry route.

The Job is expected to take three years and stone quarries in eastern New Brunswick and Novu Scotie. border areas are reopening to provide the thousands of bone of rock fill needed for the project.

(No contract has been lot so far as is known for the pier at Borden);

London ls Facing Week-end.

_,___ LONDON. Jan. 10-—(CP G~.\b.'e)—- London tonight f-iced a virtually meatless week-end as the "un- official" trucking strike servo-ti and Food Minister Slrachey uimoun- cetl that, the Government nacl tie- cided to call in servicemen Mon- day to distribute food stockpiles to the city's millions.

The longest queues since the 1945 dock strike tied up food distribu- tion as housewives sought the rc- mainder of fresh and cinucrl meat in stores.

Twenty lhc-usnmi truckers were reported off tho job in the fifth day of the striko. which was not authorized hy the parent, Trans- pnrt and General Workers’ Union. The strike-Sn support of demands for a 44-hour week. an élZlli-“hmil do-y and overtime pny—has affect- ed to a lesser degree the distribu- tion of vegetables, fish, fruit, cig- orels anti beer.

The strikers‘ basic weekly Wtlgcr. vary from iJ-l 17s ($17.40) to £5 7s ($21.40), tier-ending upon lhc size of the truck they drive. 'I‘hcy are asking the same wngcs for ihi‘ shorter week.

M C C llriilegts “llinenligtou

OTTAWA. Jan. 10—-(CP)—-Wlth one man in custody, several more arrests were impending tomzht as "the R..C.M.P. moved toward clean- up of a ring alleged to hou- trad- ed ln ration coupons retrieved from thrdestroying vats of a menrby paper plant.

While additional arrests were known to be in prospect, police officials kept silent on their plans and disclosed nothing mnrs yond l-"st night's arrest of Howard Lamb. night supervisor the specialty mill of the E. Eddy Company's paper plant Hull, Que... on four charges Price: Board violation.

But at Lamb‘: court arraignment today one of the warrants against him listed five men—along with "others unknown"-ls alleged to

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$10,000 Fire At St. i Eleanor: Yesterday

Contract Let

before 11 o'clock yesterday morn-

have conspired with him to “ob-'

Fire, which was discovered shortly

1118. destroyed thb large dwelling house of Mr. Roy Torsion. St. Elea- HOIH. together with a ‘large quontity of potatoes stored in the cellar. The fire is believed to have start- ed from an over-heated pipe and wasdiscovered when the electric Power failed and the washing mg. chine. which was in use. stopped. Evidently the blaze was between the Walls of the front of the house, and had burnt: through the wires.

Neighbours quickly gathered and succeeded in saving most of the downstairs furniture and the fumi- ture of one rtom upstairs. The fire equipment from the airport arrived and one machine was sent out from Siunmerslde. but they were too late to be of any use on the house and their efforts were concentrated on saving the barn, which was in danger. Sub-zero weather hampered the efforts of the

fire fighters. .

The estimated loss, including the potatoes which were destroyed, is in the vicinity of $10,000. There was a small amount of insur- BHCB.—~S.

Export Bacon Prices Increase 0n Jan. l3

increase in Domestic Prices

, ,.___ llo Mention 0f Made ti"

ll. S. Food Prices 0n Downgrade Non

CHICAGO, Jan. l0-tAP) -'Il American housewifcs high for. budget finally has started down.

For the first time since wur t. ploded over Etirupc in 1939. mu retail foorl prices are being lllilll. ctl clown tiinn up. n coast-tu-coss spot slll‘\.'(‘y cf representative or... nhnxvctl lotluy.

Butter, which brukc siin|ply= t. the Chicago wholcsulc marine, no rcgistcrctl declines on iii. Ne York, San Fmncisco and L.os An; ales markets. was among the lls of major food itcms falling i

price.

Thc Atlantic and Pacific '1‘.. Company announced that built. prices would he reduced fire rent n pound in its Cliiolgu and De unit uiPl stores and three tent. n New York tomotrouy Mos‘. Lilli’. cities reported a steady decline lmitcr prices since DQLTlllil

May Belay Opening Cf Rates llearingy

CIITAWA, Jan. l0-—tCP)—’Ihe Canadian railways were ordered by the Board of Transport Coni- missioners today to furnish for seven Provinces a long list. of particulars relating to their ap- plication for :1 general 30 per cent increase in freight rates.

Provision o! the information had been fought by rho railways before the Board last WnGlS on several grounds. one of which was the claim that the work of com- piling it would delay the hoar- illlgi scheduled to open here Feb. i

The application for more data in advance of the reception o! direct evidence on the rnilvvays’ requested increase was mode on behalf of the Marltinles, Manl- lobo, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

The Board granted most of tiwir requests contained in a l4- pninr list. refusing only to art.’- er the railways to break down their "working cxpenses" ac- counts for 1946 and i007 and to tion of territorial freight rates

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OTTAWA, rut Board announced early to- Illl an increase of $2 per 100 unds in the export lncon price r grade A1 Wi-ltshire sides and nilar increases for other export won produced from hogs slaugh- ‘ed in inspected packing plants l and after next Monday. Jun.

Jan. 10 ——(CP)-—'I‘he

The announcement said this ln- mse would be in effect until pl. 1, when an additional upward

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Charlottetown was into darkness for six hours early today when two switches at the Maritime Elec- tric Company burned out. The trouble was caused by wiirat was

described as a "most unusual situation,” when in-oisture con- densed on the switchboard and

caused short circuits.

The breakdown came about ten minutes after midnight this morning, and power was restor- cd to about three-quarters of the city at 6 o'clock. Mr. V. A. Ains- worth said then that he bc-liuvcd it WOlDd be “several hours" ‘Je- fore the whole City had power.

Describing the cause of Lhe breakdown, Mr. Ainsworlli said he had never experienced any-

thing just like lust nights con- dition. Cold sir flowing into the highly heated plant (the outside temperature was eight to l0 dc- grees below zero) caused steam

- to form and shortly after mois-

ture began to collect on all sur- laces inside the bufiding, in- cluding the switchboard. Ho was called to the plant about mid- night, the men on duty telling him they were in trouble. A few minutes after 11c arrived the two switches blew, with loud re- ports.

Firemen Called

City firemen were called, and responded with sll three engines. Rumors of firc at the electric plant spread like wildfire and a crowd began lo gather, clcspitc the cold night. However. there was no flro but a half-dozen firemen remained at the plant several hours in case of emerg- ency.

One result of the breakdown was a, delay n-f several hours in the getting to pTISS of today's issue of the Guardian.

Some people slept through the night, untroublccl by the break-

instmcnt of $2 will be mode and iiicnticd through i048. There was no mention of nn in- xise in domestic prices for bacon ..i other pork products, which wit-nliure Minister Gardiner ln- "zilcd at a press conference last cck would accompany the rise export rates. Mr. ‘Gardiner. speaking at a rcss conference, said the British Juli Ministry hud agreed to ad- .lll(‘[! its iracon contract price um $25 to $20 per 100 pounds as l iiucniivc to increase Canadian u; production. which has been wiining sicadily. lic said the $4 increase, which zromcs fully effective Sept. 1 this i will represent an increase of

punks.

Footl uhulcsuicrs ill Ulllctlgu htllfl the only showing on upward price trend was coffee. Price rcdtictions h-nc been made at the retoil level i-n numerous cities on lord, fresh drill canned meats, canned citrus fruit juices and dried peaches and dritd apples. ,

Evan Kids Escape lieu York Jails

NIW YORK. Jan. 10 -~(APl-- New-York City's jails have proved so porous recently that even the kids are walking out.

Two Ween-age boys early today pushed open a wire screen in a third-floor window of Youth house. Ia detention home, and clambered to the ground-bringing to l4 the number of prisoners escaping from municipal institutions in tho last eight days.

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Tiwliranlc Pqrleer Show ' u,“ Tuesday I Thursday, 7.45 p.01.

The Quality Tea

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_l]>['~l'OXln'lill£'l,\' $5 pcr hog over floor prices based on the present agreement.

‘lsl. Joseph's llospltal Laundry ls Destroyed

SAINT JOHN. N. 3., Jail. l0-— tCP)—The laundry of Si. Jos- eph's Hcspitalwos destroyed in a two-alarm fire this afternoon but in four hours of work in zero weather saint John's entire Fin Department prevented damage to the hospital and other nearby ln- stitull-ons-two schools, an orphan- une and an infants‘ home.

The fire was believed to have started in a drier in the small wooden building .No estimate of the financial loss was available

i those

down. But others. cspcclally with oil burning furnaces requiring electric [Xiwcr lo oper- ote, soon began to become aware of trouble. ‘they woke to find their houses cold. the firc out and no immediate prospect of power restoration. Early reports indicated that the breakdown at the power plant might keep some circuits out for soveral clays. Some householders began to consider draining their wntcr systems to prevent frei-zinz. Some probably did

Britain's Attitude To Russia May Soften

ln's return from United Nittlnns meetings in New York. it has be- come evident that British anxi- ety about relations with Russia has relaxed. The rccr-ptlnn giv- cn Held Marshal Viscount bioni- gomery by Sovict. forccs cheered official