NOVEMBER zs. 194s Protest Foreig On Canadian-owned Ships AL, Nov 24 -— (C?) — prmrgfzml-iarry Davis of the Qanadian Seaman's Union (TL-- c, said today Montreal members Wm "k all maritime unions in ‘he world to refuse to load or un- pmd Canadian-owned ships whole mnwian crews have "been re- aced with "foreigners. Davis’ statement said more than ‘on seamen, from ships lu 11mm and from crews awaiting vessels. Montreal to frame their . i $1.31.»; to the Illederal Govern- merit. Davis said more than 10 Can- aciian-ovwned ships have already been affected by replacement of Canadian cretws. wms giupowners are putting a vrmmn, on Canadian citiaen- “up? he said. “Canadian officers and men are being fired and then rsplaced by foreign seamen at cheap wages and reduced working conditions through the use of “my; ship's articles n-hlle the ‘hip 1s registered. owned and op- erated by Canadian cmioanies." Davis’ statement followed meet- [rigs in Montreal and other Can- 3d1nfl ports in protest against “this pr]l(‘_\' of discrimination against Camidian seamen." A protest meeting in Halifax mid up the one vessel, the l-Iants County- o..»,,ed by Acadia Overseas Fretghtefs. Ltd, of Halifax. The l.lR7-ion freighter was ready to sail for Montreal at the time of the nice-ting. (his Gmilies. port agent for the qgu, in Halifax, said a. pmtest no i‘.d be made to the Federal Grvretnmflilt that the freighters Ijllrnerlllon and Papachristl dis vassillos, both registered in Mon- 1i~eal, were being manned by for- um crews. lliiriy Matliers. head of Acadia Overseas Frcighters, said in Hal- ifax "we cannot compete with any flag on the free market because o; will‘ hlizher costs." lfc blamed increased costs on: imhcr wages to crews. delay":- ihniizli trouble with uiilon crews. | high rate of desertion. sickness sailing of at least’ Montreal Fashion Show Continues MONTREAL, Nov. 24 — (C?) - A little bit of everything .- or aknloat - from the short haircut to bathing sulfa. scarves founded on the funny-papers and ralniwear equally useful in sunshine feat- ured today's fashion week display. 'l“he showings opened yesterday and continue through the week with such regularity the fashion writers will be hard put to find iitne for a meal or cocktail at home, if they are to oatoh all the displays. Today's program was divided like this: breakfast (bathing suits). lunch (shoes), afternoon cocktails (corsets). buffet supper (ralncoats) and for the evening a general fashion preview at the theatre. Dutch boys and girls highlight- Bd a crlss-cross print suit (by Al-l faiidrl), The neckline folded around the throat and ended in a yoke effect with double peplum hugging the hipline at either side. Lou Ritchie, presenting rain- coats. said, "to my mind ‘rain- wezir’ no longer refers to a gar- ment that can be worn in the rain only but to a coat that is adapted to spring and fall on the brisht- est or rainlwt day.” Gabardlnes took the spotlight in various shades of green. wine. turquoise. powder blue and navy. of crew members in foreiafl 110m- Durlng the last six months. he said. his firm had paid out 520.000 ln hospital bills of crew members from its i2 ships in forelilfl ports- Oost of operating a Canadian ship had been estimated at $433 a day with wages accounting for more than one-third. Business is falling off so rap- idly that. "we won't have much of a Canadian merchant marine left" unless something ls done, Mr. Mothers said. n (grelws Hidden llcath Strikes Often In Aachen Area " AAOHEN, Nov 34 -— HAP) _. A AACHEN, Nov. 2.‘! -(AP)_ A Rum battle still is being fought, nere on the bloody ground where the Allied armies won a footheiq on German soil four years ago. The fight is against mines, booby traps and other high-explosive Charles. Gannon bomb-disposal sounds estimate 2.000.000 have been removed in the German-Belgian border region since the end of the war. German authorities at. Aachen 5E1’ 9.000 People have been killed by BXPIOSIOM in this area in the satiie period. In the "l-luertgen Forest," as this mine-infested hot-spot became in. ternationally-known in war C0lh_ muniques. the Germans put up s. desperate stand in the last phase of the war. When they ultimately were push- ed back the ground was honey- ccmbed with high explosive. Ger- man bomb-disposal and mine-dc. "P"!!! Squads were put to work in this shell-torn forest area covering 1’ 1-2 square miles just outside this westernmost German city near tlio Belgian border. Several hundred squad members were killed and a similarly large number wounded in the dangerous task. They announced that thus far they have removed about 200,- 000 mines from this battlefield alone. All approaches to the forest are still lined with danger signs Warning "beware of mines." The wnrk of the mine diggers is not finished. Nobody knows hnw "ll-KW were planted lii this area. Thr- population calls the I-Iuerigen Fnr- est ares the "tortured earth" and it still looks like the war had rolled over it only yesterday. WISBECH. Cambrldgeshire. Eng- iand - (C?) -_ Wlsbech Trades’ Council has asked the Borough Council "recognize those whose skill and craftsmanship have broultht wealth and prosperity in the town" by appointing a trade union representative a Freeman as part of the borough's 400th anni- versary celebrations. liAliE with the people of Britain the things which YOU liove in abundance. * They are fighting-—on short rations-a cold war against the spectre which haunts tlic world today. They URGENTLY need YOUR help to give them strength. You can help them through the Emergency Fund for Britain-an all-Canadian organization formed for ‘year- round operation. YOUR donation will be usccl to buy food in Canada. Food will be shipped in bulk, FREIGHT FREE, packaged in England, and distributed there, under supervision 0f UEFB’s British Advisory Council. to those most in iiccd. This will SAVE EXPENSE, and make YOUR dollars gu farther. lend your cash contribution NOW to the local or peo- vincial headquarters of United Emergency Fund for Britain Plan to make your REGULAR donations in 1949. GIVE IRIMIII 378E061’!!! ‘and your cash donations lo your local or Provincial Headquarters; If la deductible from taxable Income. llllllill EMERGENCY Fllllb FCIl BlllTAlll km ugh’: (I. Marleen. Isa. novwciat ooummu CIIAIIMIN i.".".'.:."s.':.'.."'u.'........ ttllztrw‘ ‘t '~ ' ‘ '4 __ Ml mu Elli. “Gleorp $1.. ChSIrman Ilfn em, C at nttetown. ' ‘if; Ida- Ulllh Coluvalh .3 81:361. BIG-o V! Georaia Du aaaemer. Notional Cli Inna Si: Elinor-sh Ilavelle. UL l w. . inn . ‘e-"tw" q. _ Nzfggzmkfl" ' "‘ Megs‘; Mnradustlm r. u. “Tn” H roEAB. Gaull. ‘an 51",). l-lilir ream Lady Eaton. . . v ' , 9 v e n e n n. e m iwi- w“ 1m- lifléffifiiuii.‘ " gg_-_g_j_"i;5;gfg;;f m, Notional Cam- 31'}; an, it“... ""“'" a. oath‘ amt“ :13... ill": '9 W“. Q go, g, , 711653111: Canines. we amount of ‘ub-iuzpiui. iggguférvqlsniurkvl-i w,“ cosh to old lrlilsh , 61,, m... n, m, ' p imi si ma. vi. “n, lecithin aim-m 3 n Soul-I 31M!- Inen women and °" o. a. 51.....- It. n“. “UV chi mi. 3515;}. a... laqq o -v _m- V» Wig-IQ?“ ~ m THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN PAGE THIRTEEN ‘i? British Visitor S 35,000 TONS 0F BATTLEWAGQN, the fla is to visit Norfolk, Virginia, November 16th l rough 25rd, lakcs up its pm as ships of the British Home Fleet leave harbor for cxcrri ncl and the Atlantic bordering Britain's south-west slior . three flattops, three cruisers, clestroycn, submarines and motor torpcrlo boats took part. lii the air wcrc British Navy and Royal Air Force fighters and bombers. The exercise completed, some of the ships sailed for the West Indies from which the “Dultcfl nufifllplhltd by a destroyer, will comc to ilic U. S. ets Sail i... u. s. IILRLS. Duke of York, which n yrs iii llic English C nn~ . Besides tlic liattlcsh p, hlp menisci...“ Voyage In 40-Fool Craft KINGSTON, 0111.. Nm. 24 —-, iCPi - Nniv at anchor at the‘ Kingston Club dock is ll 40-foot l auxiliary cruiser fresh from a‘ Wynne that took it in the last. 18 fllOlllllS from England across the Atlantic Ocean in the West Indies and up the Atlantic seaboard to Lake Ontario. Th.“ sleek Brittany-made sloop may remain anchored at the club for the winter. Her skipper, Harry Etheridee. hasn't mndc up his mini-l ' whether he will stay here or move on. During ilie is months since he left Fzilmoutli. England. Mr. Etheridce has had various crews- the hnai. carries ivvn or three crew members including the skipper. Ono paswuzri" has born with him nil the iunc, however. This is his, ll-YERT-Oltl wirc-iialred terrier, Kedge, Kedgc iimv has her sea- legs". but is not exactly happy when lhc sons run high. The vessel was bought by Mr. Etlicridge iii 1941. Built lll 1933. of oak and tcrik construction. with a beam of 12 fcri. nine inches, she carries 01'.‘ loci rif canvas. The craft has a maximum spccrl of about nine knots and iivcraszed about five knots nii the Allfillllf‘ crossing. Leaving England in June. 1947, .\ii-. Ethcrldge moved cloivn the consi of FTAIICP through the Bay of Biscirv and lnin fiihralier. From Gibraltcr llF sailed across 1o Tanglcrs lll North Africa. thence in the Cnuniy Islands where he stayed for a ivcek. 3,0004“ llc ll 0p Next came the lni-ig. hop nearly 3.000 nziles, from the islands to Barbados in the West Indies. He carried P11011211 provisions for about four months, hut aided by good winds. madc- ilie trip in 24 day's. I-Ie spent the Wlillbl‘ in the West In- tiles, visiting almost every major island. Last spring lie sailed smith lo Trinidad. hark in Pucrio Rico tip in lllf‘ Bahamas Islands and Nassau and thcii to North Carolina. and up the Atlantic coast. From New i " clicd Lake Ontario by ‘ll 2e. who stands well Mi‘. Elli Difl’ six feet, “as a Merchant Navy skipper durziig the ivar. I-Iis wife is now living in Victoria. B. C. and he intends sailing his boat. there next. spring, probably; by way of the Panama Canal. He helped finance his lourney by selling articles in itaichlng mag- azines. Those he illustrated with his own liiic sketches. llegret Expressed At Illness 0f King OTTAWA. Nov. fiik-(GPI-Prima Minister 5t. Laurent today aeiit the following message of sympathy to Bir Alan Lascelles, private sco- retary to the King‘. , ' "Please convey to His Majesty the profound regret of myself nixd my colleagues in the Government of Canada at the news of his in- diapnsition. The people of Canada will hope and pray for ii steady rind rapid improvement ln the health oi our King. My colleagues loin with and complew recovery." tower-on. aririsifi _ (C?) 000 ($148,000) are to Kcssliigliiiid, rrear here. Hero Of Burma Now British Chief Of Staff me in warmest wishes for his early 5'61"» - Bea defence ivorks costing £37- ports butter from New ics of Government. policy which ex- Zealaiid hegln at while’ the ration of six ounces a By ALVIN STEINKOPE‘ LONDON, Nov. 2-1 (AP) Geii. Sir William Joseph Slim. who succeeds Field .\lfll‘$ll£il Bernard Nlqntgomery‘ as chief (ll the British imperial zcncral staff, demands penetrating intelligence and broad wisdom from hi: fllllPfYK Associates of the old 14th Army who helped him Snlitwll tho Jap- anese in Burma recall his handling of an air force problem in deni- onstrate the kind of intelligence he expects. Eager airmen tenor-ted they were iii a [irislilon in destroy" llll‘ head- quarters of the Japanese Gcii. Snio in Burma and they wanted the Wflfd to go. “Never? said Gen. Slim. "If would he a diawrter in Britain if Gen. Sritn were killed He is so stupid ihni l want him directing (he ntlicv side." Gen. Slim believes the enemy should be helped and encouraged to defeat himself. In Gen. Slim Bfllhlll, \\'lll have a chief of staff uh!) is llinrcutthly familiar \\l‘.h ll‘.liflf‘l'1l \\'.‘l‘.‘f.'ll‘!‘. Vi"- l0!‘ over ll‘il'(‘i" Japiiiir-o armies in Burma he moved whole divisions over the jungle by air to strike swiftly at vidiicrable spots. Long llOlOYP the Berlin airlift Gen. Slim dcmtiiistmlrd i1 could be done by supplyiiis: hy n11‘ tens of thousands of troops in isolated pos- iiinns iviili eveijviliiiie they hooded. He. believes in the infantry. l-Ie believes lii the stulihnvness of the British and their refusal to gel scared. “The British arc no braver than Germans, Frenchmen or Italians." lie once said "But they are brave a bit longer.“ Up From The Ranks Gen. Slim. 57..ure_v will) R P111)- prri moustache, upsets sonic tradit- ion in the war office. I-le came up from the ranks. I-le has been the victim nf discipline a number of limes. He lost his stripes as lance corporal ill the First World War when lie stepped out of a march- ing column to takc a glass of beer offered him by n Belgium woman. More recently he ordered 50.000 parachutes from an Indian manu- facturer witlintil asking the iviir office. It turncd nut all right. and the Indian manufacturer got his money, because the parachutes won a campaign. But the general was reproved in the course of some brisiiiiic covrrspciizlciice. Associates say Gen. Slim is an efficient. hflillilllfllfiilfll‘, and per- sonally a shy officer of \'l\‘i(l im- agination he acts things done by going in the yiniili. After the war. Gen. Blim retired from the arms‘. l-Ic became deputy chairman nf'tho railway executive which operates Britain's national- ized railroads l-le has l0 l-"IKB l" substantial reduction in pay to he- come the military successor to Field Ivlarslial Montgomery. Gen. Slim likes i0 pusii a hoe Wnunrl lils garden, near Oxtcd in F Lady sllhl- dnuglilcr nf Ii Birmingham clergyman. is busy as commissioner of the Iionrlon Coun- ty Girl Guides. The general and Lady Bliin have a son and a daughter. the son an officer 1n the forces. o r n of“ Bluff: To Canada Aucicuaniifisifz. Nov 24 - (cPi- New Zcalaiid lniigsiiorcmeii have hinted they nizty try to block further shipments to Canada _of the 1.000 inns of butter new Zealand agreed to sell Canada this H. Barnes. president of the Wai- erside Workers Union. 10in"! m!‘ ll. S. Merchants Expect Record Christmas Sale By Dorothy Cu"! NEW YORK, Nov 24 — (AP) ._. Bwrekeepers in the United gens; expect this Christmas season to be the biggest ever. Last December retail sales reach- ed a stuttering total of 012.041,. 000,000 — the highest for any month on record. This year merchants are con. fldent December sales will be even better. Some forecasters set the gain at 10 or I5 per cent from a year ago. with sales about 814.000,. 000.000. Besides the high level of nat- ional lncomc, retailers give these reasons for their optimism: Sup- plies of goods are better and more varied than they have been in years; there are more eye-catching special gift items; prices are higher but values are better: and there is a greater range of moderate- priced gifts. Merchants are stressing goods at moderate prices. For months, consumers have been turning aside from high-priced luxury goods. They realize that the day has gone when the consumer would buy a gift no matter what lts price. Competition is bac‘ in full force. Merchants have recognized that in their selection of goods. They also plan bigger Christmas promotions than in many ‘years and plan to start them earlier than usual. Manufacturers. ion, have been giving more thought to (lie con- sumer. They have set out to de- velop new ideas. Makers of toilet goods have come out with a wide variety of cosmetic kits, toilet sets and novelties. Giff Packages Return "There is a marked awareness of the value of Christmas-gift pack- aging among cuilery and kitchen- tool manufacturers." said the edit- or of a house furnishings trade publication. Towel manufacturers again are offering Christmas-packaged gifts sets, which disappeared during the war. Notion departments have everything from casual slippers to kitchen-bowl covers lll zift garb. With lingerie a favorite item for women. one corset company is in- ii-oducing in time for Christmas a new hlouse-brasslere in a new washable nylon velvei. A first-of- ils-kind article, the company said- ibe garment can be worn as R blouse for daytime or evenlfll “Practical gifts wlll- dominate sales increases." Said i119 mm“ national Statistical Bureau. Dfl- vate research firm, in a summary of the Christmas outlnnk. filcl I Survey Shows Living Cost By WILLIAM WILSON OTTAWA. Nov M - (CP)—'l‘he world could provide only two ex- ceptions in the first half of this year to the rule that living costs are still rising. People in Portugal and in Ica- land could get by a little more cheaply last .luiie than at the first of the year, the Bureau of Statistics reported today. Other- wise it was costing everyone more to keep alive. The increases. reported in the Baron's report on world price movements, ranged from frac- tional ones for Switzerland. Spain and Iiyllt. io a staggering 872- point jump in the cost-of-living index for Shanghai. The picture was about the same for wholesale price indexes. Ex- cept for two countries, the move- ment in the first half of the year was still upwards. The exceptions were Spain and Italy. (Wholesale prices there dropped slightly. The Bureau's report. issued as a RfTll-Llilflllhl supplement in its main study of world price move- merits, contained a bright note. in many countries, including Canada and the United States. prices were not visinrz as rapidly in the first half of thLs year as in the last half of 1947. In Britain, however. the upward trend was faster in both wholesale prices and the cost-of-living index. On the basis of 1035-39 equals 100 Canada's cnsi-of-llvilig rose from 146 in December to 154.3 iri .luiie while in the United States the index jumped from 167 to 171.7. Both showed slower rates of increase than in the preceding six months. In Canada, the in- crease for (he earlier period was from 135.9 to 146 and in the Un- ited States from 158.4 in 167. The figures do not provide a comparison of living costs in any two countries. Bureau officials ex- piainbd, since they lack a com- mon haw. In Britain. where the base of 100 represents prices levels of June. 1947. the increase was from 101 in July. 1947, to 104 in De- camber and 110 last June. ‘The Bureau said the majority of advances in living costs ranged from one to 10 per cent. An index based on costs in 28 Japanese towns shoived an increase of 22 per cent for the six-months ner- iod. second only to Shanghai's hufle increase. NEWTOWN, Monigomeryshire. Wales - 1GP) m The martyrdom of Richard Gwyn. Welshman. hang- Expect New llrug To llolp Lcpcrs i LONDON Nov 24 - (U!) -!rii'~ ish scientists have discovered I new drug they say is likely l4 bring relief to the world's 0,000.1 000 lepers. After l0 years’ work. sulphetn tone-made up into s. small whit! tablet m bigger than a dime-has been perfected. World-wide tests, carried out in leper centres, prov- ed it the most successful drug yell discovered for treating the. diae case. At least 75 per cent of patients on whom the drug wal tried have responded. “Some of the first experiment; with the drug was in British Gui-n ana. They were so successful thal details of the drug were sent fl all other colonies. The British African colonies and British Fa! Eastern territories have ordered large quantities." Given time. doctors behave ll will halt leprosy and enable pa.- tientr totreturn home in 90 per cont. of the cases treated. Pearson F15... To llisit Berlin PARIS, Nov 2 4~ (CF) — L. B. Pearson. Canadian External Aif- fairs Minister, and. Gen. ADJ... McNaughton. the Dominioirs rep- presentaiive on the United m». ilons Security Council, plan to fly, to Berlin this week-end if their UN. duties permit. it was learn- ed today. Tentative arrangements call for the Canadian party to leave Fri- day night. for The Hague, pro- ceeding to Berlin Saturday and returning to Paris Sunday. Canadian headquarters at the UN. said the trio's purpose would he i0 visit Canadian military headquarters in the German Cap- iial. They stressed that the plane are contingent on the pressure of the vmrk at the UN. Assembly and are in no way connected with any special urgency in the Berlin blockade issue. EXEYFER. England —- (C?) -— Dr. Charles E. Curzon, Bishop oi Exeter. will reslim at the and o! this year because. he says, "the ed in 1584 for his Roman Catholic faith, u-as celebrated here. work demands physical energy which is no longer mine." I ' _. visit your ation. Remember to see your Doctor majority of cases. It’s Never T00 Early It’s Never T00 Early To Arrange For The Greatest of All Gifts Whot ls the greatest of all gifts in the physical same. ls if no.‘ good Health? Most everyone will agree it is, and most people know that the second greatest menace to health is Cancer. doctor immediately. 00 ll0T NEGLECT: Any mass. lump, swelling ui- hardness on the face. neck. lip. tongue, in the mouth in the breast or elsewhere in the body. WOMENw-All lumps lI\ ilic breast sliuultl lit- presumed ccr until proved not to be. Many cases can be cured if a diagnosis if maile early. Any unnatural blccdlng ls a sign. The muin cousc of incurable Cancer is DELAY. But let us emphasize EARLY CANCER IS CURABLE in the majority of cases. You will know if any of the following symptoms suggest that you should MlilNi-Caticei" of the lip l5 mos! pi-rvniciit among enen and gen. erally begins in the lower lip. to be cun- An ulcer sore or cracked lip which does not. heal within a. lllflfllsl demands attention. Attend to a wart or mole that starts in increase rapidly Ilnsraeness which persists past the duration nf a common rrilti may be serious. Difficulty in swallowing your food or indigestion which deveiopa liner the age of 40 requires investigation and probably X-ray examin- Do not Walt for pain. Pain is a lair symptom. tiow. Early Cauccr is Ctirable lii the lweek ls retained hero. To Arrange. For The Greatest of All Gifts i l. s Increasing . $1 it‘ l t