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iiuto & Passenger Figures Show Big Increase This Year

All increase of 3.307 pass no sou autos ferried will: Wood Islands-Caribou service dur. in‘; MB? to September, inclusive, this year over the corfggponding period last year is reported by the Northumberland Ferries Ltd, A decrease of 126 in trucks is shown in this year's figures.

Totals for the i949 Mfly-figpflem. ber scalflfl. with the (‘Offtspond- ing figures for i948 in brackets, are as followsz,

Pfisenlsers. 57-400 (54,093). Autos. 14.227 (12,653). Trucks. 3.740 (3,866).

' ‘WHEAT EXPORTS

OTTAWA. Oct. 3 (c?) Canada exported 74,013,774 bushels of wheat to countries other than the United Kingdom during the 1948-49 crop year at an average Drlce of $2.22 a bushel, it was <hown today in a return tabled in the Commons by Trade Minister il/wrr‘. The return showed 146,343,- 802 bushels were sold to the Un- ited Kingdom under the British- Canadian wheat‘ agreement during the crop year which ended July 31. The contract calls for a price or B2 s bushel.

PRICE rnvcnasses

MONTREAL, Oct. a - rcm - The price of United States news- papers in Montreal went up about 10 Der cent today as a result of devaluation of the Canadian dol- iar.

Coming Events

"Dance, K. of C. Hall. Souris, Wednesday. October 5th.

"Dance Dromore School. Fri-

day, Oct. 7. Burke's orchestra. "Mail your Films to Gsrnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Legion dance, North Rustico hall Thursday, Oct. 6. Good music.

"Regular meeting of the Ross Credit Union on Friday Oct, 7 at. 8 p.m. v

"Dance, Fort Augustus School, Monday. October 10th. Burke's Orchestra.

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

"Dance every Friday night at the Gordon Lodge. Good music. Dancing from 9 till 1.

"Dance in llfmeraid Hall, Mon- day night. October 10th. Music by I-Iickeyb Orchestra.

"Hunter River Starch Factory is open for full season. Apply for ap- pointments at factory.

"Regular Dance at the "Sea Breeze", Victoria, each Wednes- dsy. Dancing 9 till 1.

"Show "Drums Along the Mohawk" at Bradalbane tonight at 8.30. Dance after show.

"Annual Thanksgiving Chicken Supper. Wellington Hall. Monday. gctober 00th. Supper starts 4.30

. M.

"Don't miss "The Mating of Millie" plus Three Stooges at Mac- Donald Bros. Theatre, Mt. Stewart. tonight.

"The National Him B00!‘ Illl be presenting a of films in springton sll on ‘mes- lay. October- 4th.

"Coma to the hot chicken sup- per and bazaar at Cross Roads Church WednesdsyrOct. 5. Sup- per served from 4.30.

"Iijoy a thrci course Chicken Dinner at Iiekervicw lodge. Caven- dish Avonles W. 1.. October 5th from to 10 P. M. Films by Not- ionnl Film Board.

"Come to United Church Supper and Boner. Chicken and Roost Hem. When? ‘Ihanhgiviill. 00°- ober 10th. 5 P. M. tori: Hill. H0 and 50c.

“Coming. Arrnouries, Charlotte- town, Oct. 2d to I7, Trade and In- dustries Exhibition. featuring Don Heller's Road Party u enter- tainment. A‘Y'|\hn'| project.

"Re is: Dance not novelty Rink Hill. ‘hlcltlli. Octobor 4th. Intern Rhythm Boys. Domini 9-39 $0152.30. Bus leaving I. M. T. st

"Will be buying live fowl and chickens every Thursday morninl if fine be inning this Thursday. 06L 0th. Jqusneity not sufficient will be necessary to bu! "Y"? may second week. auxin: from I t 12 until mrtlur notice. W. O. Myer’, ltlnloy Irjdlb .

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Manitoba Has Highest Old Age Pension

OTTAWA. Oct. 3 - (CP) - Manitoba pays the highest aver- age old-age pension of any Cana- dian Province and PrinceEdward Island pays the lowest, it was shown in a Commons return tabled today by Health Minister Martin.

The average Manitoba pension was $37.86 a month. In Prince Edward Island the average pen- sion was $20.42 e month.

The return answered questions by Stanley Knowles (CCF-Winni- peg North Centre).

The highest blind pension — $38.85 a month-is paid by New Brunswick,

Average old-age pensions in each Province, with the average blind pension in brackets: Brit- ish Columbia $29.29 ($29.31); A1- berta $32.23 ($28.98); Saskatche- wan $37.12 ($38.78); Manitoba $37.86 ($38.55); Ontario $37.06 ($37.64); Quebec $28.04 ($29.86); New Brunswick $30.15 ($38.85); Nova Scptia $30.24 ($38.47): Prince Edward Island $38.42. ($28.63): Northwest Territories $28.75 ($30).

RETIRED LOGGED KILLED

VANCOUVER, Oct. 3 -— (CP) -- A retired logger, William Kelly. was slain with an axe yesterday. The 09-year-old logger‘: body, his head split open, was discovered in a small cabin on Powell Street. Police, who said three men have been questioned, believe the slay- ing followed a Saturday night “canned heat" drinking party.

MINESWEEPEB INKS

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 3 —(AP) — The Argentine navy announc- ed today the minesweeper Four- nier_ missing since Sept. 21 with 68 persons aboard. had sunk in the Strait of Magellan. It was not announced whether any of them were saved.

l roaorrro, Oct. a - (c?) - .4 Federal Government inquiry into the Noronlc disaster wu told to- dsy that passengo - did not take part. in weakly fire drills aboard the vessel.

Captain Howard ll. Baxter of Mcntresi_ marine superintendent for Canada Steamship Lines, the ship's owners, produced reports which showed that fire drills were held each Tuesday without excep- tion. t Capt. Baxter said to_ his know- ledge, passengers did not take part in fir: drills.

Mr. Justice R. L. Kellock. pre- siding over the inquiry, comment- ed that such drills "obviously lack- ed any element of surprise."

John W. Pickup, commission counsel. asked Capt. Baxter if it was "good practice" to hold fire drills in this way.

"That is up to the mssterpf the ghlp, All we do il llk that‘ he hold a drill once s week." Cep- tsln Baxter replied.

In reply to s question by John J. Robins-tie counsel for the Ses- farers‘ Internationll Union, ber- gaining agent for one crew. Capt. Baxter said that all members of the crow aboard the vessel at the

(All -Time High Increase l _In P.E.I. Grade “A” Hogs

The percentage of grade "A" hogs in Prince Edward Island has increased from 35 per cent to

' the all-time high in 1948 of 50.4%

over the last eight years, while the all-Canadian increase has been only .27», according to figures re- leased yesterday by Mr. Harold l-Ieartz of the Dominion Market- ing Service for Livestock. -

Increases over the same period in Nova Scotis and New Brunswick show 2.9% and 5% respectively, Nova Scotia being the only other province to show an appreciable increase in the period.

The feature of the Island in- crease has been the steady year-to-

ycar gains which is attributed to‘

the constant improvement in Is- land breeding stock. Another fac- tor in the increase of top grade hogs is the Department's policy of advising the individual farmers who are losing premiums through a lack of understanding of the weight requirements.

During the last two weeks, Is- land hog marketing has increased approximately 100% over the same two weeks last year. In 194B, the Island total was almost 50% of the total production of 175,504 hogs produced in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Is- land. Total Island hog produc- tion has increased almost 100% in the last 10 years.

These production figures do not include the increasing export of breeding stock from the Province.

Grade "A" Hui: eroding per- centages for P.E.I., the Maritimes and Canada for the pest 8 years:

Year PEI. Can NS. N.B, 1941 .... .. 35.0 31.5 34.8 34.1 . 20,9 38.5 36.2

27.9 31.3 35.5

28.2 31.7 r 32.4

32.1 38.4 36.5

32.4 41.7 34.5

31.6 34.6 35.1

31.7 37.7 34.6

ACCUSED TAKES OWN LIFE

VANCOUVER, Oct. 3 — (GP)- F. E. Smith, 75, awaiting trial for the murder of his 75-year-old wife, hanged himself in his Okalls Prison Farm cell today, officials reported. The Smiths had been married 50 years. .

ReportsN0 FireDrillsFor Passengers On. Noroniyc

time of the fire escaped because they were "familiar with the ship."

“They knew their way to the exits."

"When they knew they could do no more, it wu easier for them to find their way out," Capt, Baxter

added. To a question by Captain R. Mitchell, co ' ' assessor,

Capt. Baxter said that "from the way the wind was blowing. the crew's quarters would not be lub- ject to as much flame and smoke as the passenger accommodation."

Stanley Ridge, district chief of the Toronto Fire Department tes- tified passengers on C deck could not get out of their cabins by the M-by-St-inch windows without breaking the gllll in the lower portion qr removing screens in the upper portion. He laid inspection of the vessel after the fire reveal- ed that each wirldow was covered by s lf-gsuge screen, 24 by 1B inches.

The hearing moved this after- noon to the fire-gutted hull: of the Ncronic where member-I of the commission examined the ship's ruins under the guidance of ex- perts. ~

1 SECRET ATOM SESSI-ON-—The

United States’ top atomic men gather in Washington for a series of secret conferences to decide "what changes, if any" must be made in the U. S. atomic energy program as a result of Russia's atomic knowledge. Here, at the session, are (left to right, seated) David Lilienthal, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission; Sum- ner Pike and Lewis L. Strauss. commission members; (standing) Gordon Dean, of the commission, McMahon (D..

and Sen. Brien

Conn.), chairman of the joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee.

Will Advertise For Police Chief

"We have definitely decided we ire going to appoint s. new Chief o! _Police,"_,deciared Mayor B, Earle MacDonaidwst a special meeting of the City 001111011. last evening.

The Mayor stated that there were already two applications for the position, following -the an- nouncement oi Chief A. Blrtwis- ties proposed retirement. After some discussion it was decided to advertise in the local press and suitable police magazines. The salary to be advertised was decid- ed as $0.400 per annum.

In the matter of parking meters, Coun. Beaten objected to the type of meters installed in Summer- side. He stated that he had col- lected l2 cents from four plugged meters there in o e row and that was very unsatis actory from n collection point of view.. The Mayor stated that others were be- lng considered but. with the win- ter coming on they "were not worth bothering about" ust now.

he Mayor and counc iors took st ong exception to the way the contractors left the Alexander Drive housing project like a "pig- pen." I-Ie said he was "ashamed of the conditions where they got no mail and might as well be living out in Tracadie."

Stating that he had been in cor-

respondence with the Department of Reconstruction since last spring, when the landscaping and further development of the area was def- initely promised, the Mayor said ‘that the cbntractors had sent a‘ representative to see him on Sep- tember 6 and he had promised im- mediate action. But nothing had been done since.

“The City has-done everything. We should do it ourselves and charge it to them," he concluded.

The Mayor paid another tribute to Mr. James Fullerton who, he reported was coming along "won- derfully well. He has given tho City unsuntingly of his energies and we will have to see to it that he is not worked so hard when he returns in s, very short time," said the Mayor.

Hurricane Hits Texas toast p

CALVZESTON, Tex.. Oct. 8 — (AP)--A hurricane struck Texas‘ richest oosst strip along the Gulf of Mexico tonight. ‘

The United Staterwenther Bur- nu reported that the Gulf storm struck and moved inland Between fieeport and Matsgords. Mats- gorda is about 30 miles southwest of Freeport. toward Galv

In the storm area. nestle donene of-small towns, more than 1.000.000 people and many millions of dol- ar

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s worth of industry. farms and sh pping.

Winds of 60 to H miles an hour were reported at Pncpoct. nu:- ricane force is 75 miles an hour. hsd “balloon-hour winds. Beytomi. north of Galveston on the edge of the triangle, had I6- cniie winds.

A navy pilot who flew into the storm esthneted its highest winds at ll) miles an hour. The Weather Bureau was more cautious. It stuck to "above 100 miles an hour" in its estlmctu, .

Private Members’ Resolutions Are Before ilouse

(By D'Arcy O'Donnell) OTTAWA. Oct. 3—(CP)—- The Commons today spent more than two hours discussing the log; of pension rights by Canadian Paci- fic Railway employeeg who par. ticlpated in strikes morg than 30

years ago.

The debate came on one of the first days devoted to private members’ resolutions since the

outbreak of the Second World War more than 10 years ago.

It centred on a resolution, spon- sored by Stanley Knowles (CCF- Winnipeg North Centre), which called for establishment of a Royal Commission to determine a settlement of the pension issue, discussed intermittently since 1937.

Defeated In Voto

The resolution was defeated 105 to 38 after Labor Minister Mit- chell and P, E. Cote. his Parlia- mentary assistant, said that the Government has gone as far as it can to bring about n settlement

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Adjournment For Thanksgiving llay

OTTAWA, Oct. 3 — (CP) — Prime Minister St. Laurent in- dicated today in the Commons that the House will not sit Thanksgiving Day next Mon- day. Oct. l0, -

He said if it appeared to be the desire of members not to sit on the holiday then the Government would be prepared to move that the Commons stand adjourned from 11 p.m. EDT Friday to 3 p.m. Tuesday. Loud applause greeted the statement.

The question of a holiday was raised by W. Chester S. Mc- Lure (PC — Queens), who said the Prime Minister had much ' to be thankful for.

Mr. St. Laurent said he was always very susceptible to sug- gestions from the Opposition side of the House.

Pig Population In Canada Increasing

OTTAWA, Oct. 3 —-(CP) —'I'he Bureau of Statistics today reported a rising pig population in Canada.

The Bureau estimated this fall's pig crop will be 17-per-cent higher than in 1948. It predicted increases in all Provinces but Saskatchewan.

The Bureau estimated there were 5.163.000 hogs on Canadian farms June 1, compared with 4.463.000 at. the same date in 1948 and the all- time record of 5,148,000 June i,

194s. Hog numbers by Provinces. with totals for June 1, 194B. in

brackets: Prince Edward Island 63.500 (61,900); Nova Scotia 49.800 (47,800); New Brunswick 78.600 (63,400); Qildoec 1,116,300 (915,400); Ontario 2.193.100 (1.76B.390>l M811)- toba 303.000 (256,500); Saskatche- wan 458.600 (398,100); Alberta 847,- 100 (833900); British Columbia 55,- 000 ($9.300).

Figures for Newfoundland were not contained in the report. But the 1945 census showed there were 111,44; hogs in the Province on Oct. 1, 1945.

Singer Machine Co. Workers End Strike

BRJDGEPORT. Conn.. Oct. 8 -- (AP)—Five hundred employees of the Singer Sewing Machine Cem- psny went beck to work today for the first time in five months. The company said the entire working force of 2,100. made idle by I. strike that began May 5. would be back on the Job by the end of the week. The United Electrical. Radio 5nd Machine Workers (C.I.O.) yester- day ratified s ccmpany~union strike ending agreement. President Tom Williams of the U.E.W. locll laid the agreement gave the employees protection in regard to the com- pany's work standards system, the chief issue in the long strike.

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VATICAN CITY. Oct. 3 — (AP) — The Pope has decreed that the Increment of penance may be administered in airplanes and at airports. By its provisions all priests can absolve penitents dur- ing an air voyage, after s crash or at airports upon condition that they are authorized by the bishops of their diocese or by bishops who have jurisdiction in the sir-

Text 0f Brief

Following is the text of. the

brief presented last night by the

City School Board delegation to

the City Council. in connection with high school requirements for Charlottetown :

"Careful consideration and in-

vestigation into the needs of a

New High School for the City of

Charlottetown has prompted us to bring this matter to your atten-

tion.

"We wish to submit the follow-

ing reasons to support our recom-

mendation that a New High School is essential to bring the standard of School Education in Charlotte- town up to that of other Cities and Towns in Canada.

“(in A New High School is ne-

cessary to provide up-to-dato ed-

ucational opportunities for the children of our City. Authorities have agreed that pupils should have varied courses to meet their different needs. At present all pu- pils attending school in the City must take the only course offered - that is-Academic. This means that all who are not academically minded become casualties. Begin- ning with Grade VIII the pupil enrollment drops off at an alarm- ing rate. A New High School would provide vocational facilities which would enable those students, not wishing to attend University, to determine their aptitude in a. par-

A three-man committee of Couns. N. W. Lowther, J. D. Stew- art and M. Alban Farmer to work "hand in hand" with the Char- lottetown School Board in drawing up preliminary stretch plans and to “procure the most suitable site" for a proposed City High School, was appointed at a special meet- ing of the City Council last night. Mayor B. Earle MacDonald de- clared, however, that "nothing is going to ‘happen right away."

A brief, pointing up the need for vocational facilities and the overcrowded condition of City schools. was presented by Mr. E. C. Baker, chairman of the High School committee of the School. Board. Supporting Mr. Baker was the chairman of the School Board, Dr. R. G. Lea and Mrs. Gordon MacDonald, a member.

"We have reached our absolute capacity now," Dr. Lea declared. "But before another year we will have to go into an extensive ex- pansion programme. We haven't been warned officially, but we may have to take over the 100 pupils from the Model School with- in a year or so."

Mr. Baker. answering Coun. Stewart's question regarding the Royalties being incorporated with Charlottetown, stated that the in- tention was to build an original 15- rcom school with adequate heat- ing facilities so that wings might be added when required to accom- modate high school students from Spring Park, Parkdale and Cen- tral Royalty. The site should be

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MONTREAL. Oct. 3 ——-(CiP) — "You could have prevented this murder had you taken the right action." a Montreal comner today told a taxi-driver who appeared as

a material witness in the street- slaying of a young woman here Saturday night.

Gaston Avon, 31-year-old restaur- ant owner, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife, Lucille.

Taxi-driver Roger Lschance test- ified at the inquest into lvlrs. Avon's death that he had driven Avon to the East-End apartment

building where the 28-year-old woman lived. Although Ilachance said that

Avon had told him he was going to kill his wife and had Showed the taxi-driver a revolver, Lacharrce said that he drove away from the scene before anything happened.

Coroner IA. Duckett asked Lachance: "When you saw him with the

gun and he told you he was going to shoot his wife, why didn't you tell the police?"

"'11: was none of my business," replied lochance.

That was when the coroner told Lachance that he might have pre- vented the killing.

"I didn't suspect anything," said Lachance. '

The coroner's jury found Avon criminally responsible for the death of his wife, from whom he separat- ed last July.

Later today, Avon was arraigned c; s murder charge and prelimin-

By JOHN LeBLANC _

OTTAWA, Oct. 3 -— (C?) — Communist Party-liners in the Canadian Congress of Labor were thrown for a sharp losl today when the C.C.L. convention refused de- cisiveiy to reinstate five suspend- ed officers of the left-wing United Electrical Workers of America.

A l0-to-one majority of shout- ing delegates best ofi an attempt at r ' national director Clar- ence S. Jackson and four U.E.W. colleagues who had been suspend- ed by the congress executive last spring for s "slanderous" attack on the Ontario Federation of La- bot‘.

It wu the first clash of the newly-opened convention between left- and right-wingers, and it es- tablished without doubt that the anti-Red congress executive is firmly in the ssddic.

Outcome of the teat of strength made it evident that the execu- tive's proposed expulsion of the leftist International Union oi Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers -