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er‘: allie-

w, 1mg doctrine for the teach-

Z n" Guardian. Three Centl. llforuing Dally Founded 1801.

RUSSIAN CHARGES VIEWE

Seeking Goat-of- living Bonus For Givii Employees

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OTILHVA. Aug. 1Q — (C?) of the Civil »n of Canada 'llat t-hcy will

Service announced

. cost-of-livlng bonus to help them meet high living costs. A hill‘! nnw being prepared will ml illJt the government provide for -\ flat bonus of $31.50 a month m l, ocnsaic for the rise in tile r057 .1.’ living of 2.7.8 points from Scpirnlhcl". i046, to Jan. 2. 194B. '3 .‘\'l additional flat bonus of 14A n ‘lifilllll for each rise of five _ ~ ln ihc official cost of living

Elcilw re January.

‘i l‘ lent. of these amounts tn all c- .. spent employees from the boitcnl of the salary scale to the [up

p; r January the cost, of livin: lllili“ ilzls llscn from 148.3 to 156.9 plums.

Gov. General To Attend Band Goncort

Excellency Viscount Alex- ahlicr of ‘Tunis, Governor Gen- Pllll -i (Jatllldii, wiil be present for a trier period during the hand i"illlt‘l‘l. u-iri-h will he held on the grounds of Goverrrncnt House lllli evening, it. bras learncd last Tllltt.

The hnlsim furnished by the 17th Rrrlc llluri, will hflfzih at 8 rrim‘. ll 1S understood that His Hfilldli“. Llcllu-(lnvcrnor JA. Ber- nari will extend all imitation for the Mirrors urd men of H.M.C.S, Nukr. z.» liilPPll the concert.

T'-r o:.~l.nli.= \\l‘.l lm open to the ml oficl- 7 h-‘rlock.

Ills

Coming Events

- c a’. St. Charles. August lniIICG llftcl‘.

"O'\"ll-flll' dance at Covehead rink, ‘ztday, Aug 20th.

__ with a .22 gifle while she was

P’ ML Smwarb every washing clothes. l-Ie then turned

T ._ h .| the rifle on himself and ha.- EITIBJIhyLmn Bu“ found lying on the living room.

-Gnin sign in Parkdalo.

"ii "or. Mlllview Hall. Friday, t 20th. Lunches. Millview

"liridzctonn Saturday. Horse Race Show, "That's My Man". DOn Anlcrllc.

"flcrilque Scarlet Chapter meets ilglllzmlllnlbaue, Thursday, August ti.

"lillltP, Tuesday, August 34th. Ecol-a." 'n Warchousc. Doll Mes- lrr. itcircslinlellis alld games. "Biz Dance. Canteen Service. lumlrclflcld llall, Friday. August IOth, Music by Hickey Bros.

‘Collie io the hrlncc 1h Graham's lloall llull, Thursday. August 19th. Silllllill ilcs ullrl il-a sold.

"ham-e to lVlvNeilYs Orchestra i K ‘ (floss Hall. Monday night Qitrd. lce Cream served.

"(your Shingles now in stock. f" B. c. R011 Cedar‘ Shingles. 5°06 value. J. F. Morris, Kinkora.

"lcc

Cream FESUVl-ll and Dance.

ilWartime Book

the ‘p

residence at Gimli, Man.

yo," ShuFGajn “ed M floor. He died shprtly afterwards.

The Communist bloc today voieJ itself exclusive control of the Dan-

ube Rivcl".

The western powers officially recorded their refusal to accept the decision. although only the

United States cast a 'no" on the final vote to accept Russian-drawn pact.

France had left their seats at the conference table for places on the outskirts of the room. *

after 20 days western powers motions into the new Danube convention specific guarantees that the river will be open to vessels of all na- tions without. discrimination.

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Increase In

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Read by

MAXIMS

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MERE MAN

Everybody

a. knuve.

Necessity makes an honest man

cualworrsrowm, CANADA, Toolsoio», Aucusf 19, 194s

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Freivght

Rates Is Confirmed

Author 0f

Visits liere

Mrs. Jean Ellis. author of "Face Powder and Gun Powder" a cap- tivating story. in humorous ve.n, of World War 'I‘wo as seen through the eyes of a member of the Red Cross Corps, 1| a visloor to the Province, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Johnston.

Ill speaking of her book. yes- terday, Mrs. Ellis was quick to pay tribute to the assistance re- ceivul from Mn. Isabel Digg- man. a graduate journalist of Windsor, Ont, and who this fall will take a post with the Univer- sity of Western Ontario. and Mr. Jack Hamilton, artist. who drew the cartoons in collaborating un the work.

At the time of writing the book, Mrs. Ellis was personnel manager of a large department store 1n

Windsor and Mr. Hamilton was staff artist. The book, itself. in Mrs. Ellis’

own words, "was born" following an account’ she was persuaded t.

(Continued 0n Pa; 5 Colffir

Attempted Murder And Suicide

WINNIPEG, Aug. i8~ (CH-- Forty-tilree-year-old Mrs. Inge- bord Magnusson. mother of four children. was waging a strung fight for life in hospital tonight following what police described as an attempted murder ancl sul- l-irle yesterday at the Magnussou‘:

R.C.M.P. said Haralbllr Mag- nusou. a Lake Winnipeg fisher- man. shot his wife in the cheek

Police knew of no motive for the shooting.

Gommies Grab Danube River

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(By Alex II. Singleton) BELGRADE, Aug. 18- (AP)—

ballot tile

Representatives of Britain and

The conference wind-IQ “me 0f lPIilMlll-I 0n ‘ lo write

MONTREAL, Aug. 1B -iCP) —Rci|way sources today con- firmed that u IS-per-cent in- crease in freight rates on all competitive lines in Canada will go into effect Sept. 15.

A railway source nid that “n5 indicated in -the recent rate brief field by the Rall- way Association of Canada, the railways have begun increasing by 15 per cent certain water and trucL competitive rates wit‘. normal rate as maximum."

The source added that any additional infonnution would have to come from the Board of Transport Commissioners at OURWB. m whom. algrllvctivn for the new lé-per-cent boost was lnude hst July 31. OTTAWA, Aug. l8—(OP)—A

Transport Board spokesman said tonight it is likely Ontario and Quebec will be particularly af- fected by decision of the railways to increase competitive freight rates by 15 per cent.

The new freight-rate boost was announced in special tariff sup- plcmellts issued by the Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway. It will come lnio effect Sept. 15 and will be in ad- dition to the general 21 per cent increase authorized last April by the Board of Transport Commis- siollcrs.

The Transport Board spokesman emphasized that it should not. be confused lvitlh the railways’ w- pllcation last month to the Board for ah interim 15 per cent gen- eral increase on rates and a per- nlailent increase of 20 per cent.

(Continued on Pig. 5 Col. 8T‘

Missing Man Is Killed In Explosion

TORONTO. Atlg. 18 — (C?) -

Frcd Hawks, 64, missing trom"his "Montreal home since April 9. was killed here bodny lv-hen a boiler exploded in the basement of an east-central apllrtunent building.

Sydney Gibb. 69. of Toronto. who

‘W85 helping llawkcs drain water from the boiler, condition in hospital despite day- long attempts to save his life.

was in critical

Both mcn were thrown 100 feet

when water and steam backed up

nto the boiler and exploded with

a blast that shook the 55-sultc a p a r tm e n t Sherbollrne and Wellesley Streets. Sections struck both men on the head.

building at of the SOD-pound boiler

Firemen equipped wit-h masks,

who fought trough scalding steam into the basement. found. Gibbs crawling towards the doorfHsn-kcs lay dead near a wall.

Suspended Sentence For Irish War Bride

OTTAWA, All. 1B _ (or) —

A 31-year-old Irish war bride who_ said "I haven't got n, single friend in Canada" c-f throwing rocks at a neighbor and was told she is suffering a

was convicted today

‘persecution complex." Magistrate Donald Smith made

that observation in his court at Winchester, 30 miles here, as he gave Mrs. Alice Max- well suspended sentence.

south of

Suffolk

S h i; mmlf c ooi, Thursday, Augus

not fine, folbwlng evening. "South Rusticrtihicken Supper.

August. 24th and 25th. Delicious tuners. Refreshments. Games.

"Pomwall. York and Meadow nk institutes Icc cream Social. pfnwall Hall. Thursday, 19th. Potreds Memorial Fund.

"DAMP. Modern and Old Time

tonight, Country Club. 'f‘raveliers =1. Orchestra. Prince County Ploriecm

h {Tome to the Dance fn ‘ Gra- "M Road Hall, Thursday. Aug- r "at 19th. Bandwiohu and Tea

lrrveg, s

"I" Cream Festival and PM"! d Mi. Stewart Legion ‘Hail. Thurl- i "Y- humor 19th.

‘muaemcnla. Proceeds in aid of

t. Btewcrt School. , times lhBld so m- as butter is

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"Contact. us for your ahavlnilfi Flquilcnlents. Excellent for insul- ‘l a aha poultry litter. Call nil-L. Charlottetown exchangr. M‘ "i t. MacDonald. Charlotte-

Blltter interests brlstled today l‘, r barbs frcm Ontario suggesting all L; not above board in the butter line in Montreal.

(in Montreull," said the Montreal

butter in vanishing into illegal

time of shoriage w price. Montreal has 45 per cent of tcrzgziiixliig’ ‘t: £328? broker

i’ . . Au km“ o shnflage ‘Toronto newspaper report.

after butter brokers denounced a it Toronto

yesterday. butler are being channelled secret- ly into eold storage vaults of dil-

Mt’l Butter Brokers

Denounce Toronto Report

MONTREAL. Aug. 1a _ for» -‘-

"There can be no secret stocks

eputable brokers in Montreal md

Toronto preparatory to an expect- ed lush black market this winter which will bring them a dollar a pound or higher."

Three leading butter brokers

tatement on the butter situation. “m “M”?! "m" 5°? m“ bmn"

And, added this statement, other than being a centre where

toragc to come out at a later and increased

he Canadian butter

forecast. lean

over-all ‘The statement

oncerncri. The association's statement came

report of

TIGWSPIDQI’ x O

This said "tons

haven't had an offering of butter here since June and they never buy for their own account anyway. being strictly commission agentl.

"So far as Toronto brokers are know what said one

of the

The Provisions Auoclation shie-

when informed

merit said butter must be ‘kept in cold storage to preserve

qualitv nd all cold storage plants in

Montreal are registered with the Federal Government

and report

5 Y. M. 0.. A. bullciinl: evening.

MAJ. GEN. H. W. FOSTER C.B.E., D.S.0. Who were guests last night at ll. reunion and get-together of

Prince

MAJ. GEN A. B. MATTHEWS C.B.E.. 0.8.0., E.D.

Edward Island Artillery officers held at the Armouriec.

Viscount Alexander To Lay Gornerstone or "v" Building

Making his final appearance in

the Province this summer before entraining for Ottawa Friday morning. His Excellency Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada, will officially lay the corner stone for the ilcw u! 6.30 this His Excellency will be introduced by Mr. B. F. Tlunov, president of the Charlottetown Y. M. C.A. A naval guard of honour from H.M.C.S. Nootka will be present. alld the music. appropriate to the ceremony. will be played by the 17th. Recce Band. The devotional part of the function will be con- ducted by the Rev. Canon E. M. Malone. rector of St. Peters Cathedral. ' After the ceremonies. the public will have the opportunity of go- ing through the building.

Three Gov’t Workers To Give Evidence

(By Howard Dohson) WASHINGTON. Aug. lb-(API The House nil-American aclid- ties committee called three new witnesses today to answer some of the new questions ralscd in the Communist spy investigation. Representative Richard Nixon oi California told reporters that three former Goverulllcllt workers who knew accused Alger Iiiss and accuser Whittaker Cilcllnbcrs do:

lng the 1930s will be questioned here Friday and Saturday. Al’ three are from New York. m

said. The hearings will bc behind closcd doors.

Nixon. returning from New York where he spent the cicly talk- ing to other witnesses, declined to Identify the witnesses.

Chamber; has sworn that H2» belonged to a pre-\vnr Conlnluuist underground in Washington. Hlss. also under oath. has flElllCla‘ it; said he isn't a Communist and never has been.

Station Operators Fined

HALIFAX. Aug. l8-(CP)—'nvo Glace Bay. N. 8., gasoline station operators today were fined $75 and costs apiece in police court here for selling gas after hours ‘n violation of the Gasoline Licence Act.

Fined were G. L. Tllmer I-Iylarld Motors Limited.

and

Western Hospital Officially Opened

The Western Hospital. Albcrion, was cfilcially opened yesterday by His Honor Lieut. Governor J. A. Bernard before a very large at- tendance of the people, not only of West Prince but from all parts of the Province.

Premier J. Walter Juries whose address followed, e tended his warmest. coltgraiulatsona to Rev. Father Mcnag-han and the Sisters of St. Martha. and in the builders of the magnificent institution uhich was _ve<lcrday being offic- ially cpcncci to llic public. Thu Premlcr stall-d that has Govern- llleni v1". l-‘v-ylv lill"f‘e‘.‘fl"l 111 health and ulilllrt do all in its power in play its prlrl. in ihc great overall ltcnlill project of the Federal Govclllnlcni.

Premier Jhrics in closing ex- tended his best wishes to all thnse connected wit-h the hospital for its success in the future.

An Eventful Day

Hon. W. J. P. NIacMillun, 0.B.E.. stated that. this “'11s perhaps one of the nlost. cvcniful days in the history" of Prince County. He paid high trzbuie lo all who were in any way responsible for the crec- tiorl of the perfectly appointed and modern hospital they now had in Albcrion and believed that. this up to rizllc institution would

prove an attraction lo doctors to ‘

locate in its vicinity.

Dr. MacMillan referred to the completion of this community hos- Dital as a splendid example of cooperation by the people hi’ Wcst. Prince but reminded them that although the hospital was now cum-jointed that their task was not conlplcic. It must be-maill- taincd and due to greatly lllcrcas. ed costs this u" prove to hp no

7E5.’ 5.317; Eioioeifcolfs l

ls Killed In Escape Attempt l

BELGRADE. Aug. 18 e lAPl —'I‘he former cllicl‘ nf stuff of lhc‘ Yligoslnv arlnv has ilccn kilicd in‘ an attempt. to TlPc across the hnr-j dcl- into n(‘|l“il'llfl, the ‘Yugoslav '_,"Z‘\!‘l"ll‘.f‘.l".§ mid _v.

‘flc is Gen. Arso JCVIlDflVlP about‘ 4.2. who was intimcfcy IISSFIUIHICII‘ with Marshal Tito in lhc day's of. partisan warfare against. ttzc Nazis. t

The escape Wlis ihc latest in‘ the developments follmvillr: the Caminforms recent attack on Tito and his "nationalistic" policies.

It. touched off unofficial $pi""i|- latlon in foreign diplomatic quar- ters that. Jovanic was trying in make his way to Rulssin perhaps tn head up an external movement. with Russian support against Tito! government.

The ministry of interior dill- closed no reason for the escape in giving the account to the news- papers.

H,

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Groundwork Of New

Party Is Being Laid

FPractice 0f‘ lTGX Officials ,5 Protected

The directors of the P. E. ls- lnlld Federation of Agriculture ‘went on record last night as ‘strongly protesting against the ‘alleged practice of income tax of- ficials golng into the country and demanding and retaining the ‘hank books of farmers. In many cases. speakers at the meeting said. the officials receiving tho books retained them for long per- iods of time.

Mr. R. A. Profitt. president or the Federation, presided at the meeting which was held in the offices o! the Provincial Depart~ lment of Agriculture.

The directors also protested against the practice of the in- come tax officials compelling cer- tain business firms to furnish lthem with statements of thc ‘money paid to farmers for their

produce.

The meeting went on record as requesting that all farmers’ ac- munts with the Income Tax De- prlrtnlcnt be settled twlthln a year from the date of filing; that the net worth on farmers’ tax forms be permanently abolished; and Ethelt forms for the basic herd let- lup be issued immediately.

Request Assistance

lit new of the fact that. the Umlllllion Departlllcnl. of Aglic-h-

tllre was about. in spend consldel- able sulllr. for the restoration -.t ‘lllarsllllluds ln New Brunswick

‘and Nma Scotia, the meeting de- luded to request. the Departlnellf rilllt. a reasonable sum be allotted Prince Edward Island farmers for the supplying of bull-dozers and lother machinery for the clearing and draining of low-lying ll-lzltls ‘iaud II the turfing of areas su‘t- l (Continued on Page 5 Col. 4)

‘France Makes ‘First Move

PARIS. Aug. 18 — (Reuters)- France made the first official nlove by any country toward set.- ting up a parliament of Europe when she decided today to lnvllc the governments of five westem slates w a preparatory confer- once.

The cabinet. nlectlng with Pre- ‘sldcnt Vincent. Allriol in the chair. -called 0n Britain. Tile Nether- lands, Belgium and Luxembourg.‘

not later; thrill November. l

The decision was taken in re- sponse to,a memorandum from] the European unity co-ordlnatiou committee sent to all five less than 24 hours ago.

Robert Schuman, Foreign Mir.- obtaiued the French cab-

.il.et's support for two steps to 0c

taken before the National As- sembly adjourns in August for the summer recess:

i. To invite the other four pow- crs tn lhe preparatory conference.

2. To irlvlle the French National Assembly to name 25 members o" prominent persons outside Par- llanlcllt. as delegates to the talks.

(By Eddy Gilmore)

MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (AP)- Wcsicrn diplomats and the Sov.et Union appeared today to he near- llvg agreement on the calling of a four-power top level conference on i.he whole problem of Ger- many. ,

A reliable source said the cur- rent talks on East-West differen- ces were drawing to l\ close.

Walter Bedell I Smith, United States Ambassador. French Am- bassador Yves Chataigneau and British representative Frank Rou- cris were expected in meet with the Russians agailnprobably Fri- rlav.

This would be the seventh meeting in the Kremlin since the

diplomatic discussions started Jilly Ill. il-"rrnch Foreign Office wvllzlzes

predict. n new four-power Foreign Ministers’ conference as a result of the Moscow talks. These soil:-

ces said that. even if a conference

QUEBEC. Aug. Il-IOH-l-"i- lltiral organizers in Quebec Pro lillce are at. work on foundatlms ‘cf a ncw party to be launched "for the next Federal election ‘campaign under the name "Patti iCanadicn" or "Canadian Party." This the Canadian Press learn ed today from political sources close to the budding organization. The information underlined speculation in the air since Fre- mler Duplcssls’ Unloll Nattonate scored its unequivocal July 25 YlL- tory ovcr Quebec Liberals, sup- ported in the provincial flgh: bv Federal ‘ brethren including ttrnal Affaifs Minister St. Ladl-

ent, now l-llief of the Fedelal Liberal party. At the moment, the establish-

ment of the “Part1 Canadian‘ at the stage of talks betiveell groups and interests that regard the hour as ripe for its appear- ance.

As the organization builds up. lt ls hoped to extend it. beyond Quc- bec. particularly to"'New Bruns-

l5

wick, Ontario and possibly the West. Canlilllen I-Ioude. Montreal;

highlga-colnurbul mayor. one-time lzcad of Quebec Conservatives and a campaigner on the side of the Union Nationals in the provincial election. will be one of the chiefs of the new party. heading its

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N. B. Man ls Named Grand ;GhanceHor

The concluding session of the 62nd Annual Convention, Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias n5 the Maritime Domain, which was held in the Legion Home yesterday morning, opened with the usual rii-tlalistic service at nine A.M. with Grand Chancellor George Saunders presiding mid all Grand Lodge nfiiccrs present.

Reports of the various depart- ment committees were read and with. amendments made. were ap- proved and atlopicli. The budget estimates mere taken up item by item and after hcing flllly dis- cussed, wcre duly adopted.

Organizational matters then came to the fore and aitcr much discussion in which comparisons were dravm on recently chartered lodges and the resuscitation of older lodges, many profitable sug- gestions were offered for the fur- ther prosperity of the Order,

Nonlinaiions followed and after much llvcly liallotlnr: for the var- ious officers, the following Grand

New Conference On German Problem Seen

Lodge Officers were elected for tile year 1048-49: __ 110.0. \\'ar- l-cn H. Mathcson; Juniper, N.S., Grand Charlccllor; GJVLA, Turner, Halifax, N.S., Grand Vicefl Charlcclll ~ GIG, Tilonlas D.‘