MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN We can inform America lie h- eritable consequences of being 000 {and oi‘ military glory-taxes on everything on earth. and in the waters ll " Guardian. TIoOeII. phnlettstowu gaming Guardian. Founded ilfl. The Fee's Paper l fCovers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew 'CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1o, 1941 ; Read by Everybody 16 PAGES the In: lug llothingissweeterthsuteeecwy ' MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN selts of the wise fortified by ' , watching others wander- hlther and thither vainly geek. the path et life. Jig llbscrfpflonllellveredldbl. IlflllJflothaIProvlnceaJIIl-LLIIJI MONTREAL MAN CONVICTED 0N ESPIONAGE CHARGE P. E. Island -Men 0n Executive 0f tlommerce Chamber QUEBEC, Oct. 9 -—(C P)— C. Bruce I~lill of St. Cuthat-lnes, Ont... (above) was elected president of ilhe Canadian Chamber of Com- merce as the 16th annual meeting concluded iterc today. lie succeeds C. Gordon Cocksltutt of Brunliorcl, The chambers final session also confirmed a. nonlinatroits report containing the names of 160 other officers, councillors, directors and committee men. Election of a first vice-president, who under amended chamber by- laws would succeed the new presi- dent next year, was deferred. Other elections were: Chainman of the executive, l-l. Greville Smith. Montreal; vice- chairntan, D.A. Hanson, Montreal, and A.G. Partridge, Toronto; hen- orary treasurer, W. G. Moore, Tor- onto. Provincial vice-presidents includ- ed: L. W. Simms, Saint John. A. hfurray McKay. Halifax, and Lt.- Col. K. S. Rogers. Charlottetown. Members of the advisory council included‘: D. A. Turnbull, Halifax. National councillors included: N. B.-.l'. A. Morris. Moncton, and Cedric Cooper, Fredericton; N. s.-A.A. Dunphy, Kentville, and Johnston Chew, Glace Bay; PILL- \V_ M. Melllsh, Summerslde. and Wnlter llyndmnn, Charlottetown. National board oi directors (Continued on Page ll Col. 4) Coming Events "Movies - Wood Islands Mon- tiny. “Ilhe Return oi Rusty." "Movies —- Sturgeon, Tuesday. "The Return oi Rusty". "Movies _- Bridgetown, Satur- day. "Melody Ranch". Gene Autry. "Dance. St. Teresa's, Monday, Octobert 13h. \’Vebster‘s Orchestra. "Legion dance Morel! Friday night. Eastern Rhythm Boys. "Our Stores will be closed all ~ 41M’ Thanksgiving Day, October 13th. Parker Canileld, Brant Wood. "Hot Goose Supper, Thanksgiv- ing Monday, October 13th, Victoria H811. 5 o'clock. United Church. "Come to Bernards Store, Bor- don, for your Rubber Boots and Rubbers. "Notice: We require I hgs 000d iced oats, either mixed or. straight. Livestock Feed Agency. "Grinding Grain every ’l‘hurs- day. 15 cents per cwt. Lem Mac- Donald. New Dominion. "in Stock -- Cedar and Asphalt Shingles. W. I. Bowman, Hunter River. "Rsgulsr Hospital Dance. Mon- tague Curling Rink every Saturday 1118M. Webster's Orchestra. "Annual meeting of Mall Oar- Plflrl’ Association Monday even- 1118. 18th. at City Hall at 0 o'clock. ~l>ast forget the ma n Ber- Illrds Biol-e. Borden, Oetober om. 10th ma - "318 Danes, Morel] l-lsll, Mon- hv. October 1am. Cliff Peters’ Orchestra. "Growers with tablsstock Wilkes and turnips, ready for market in Kings County; also re- "l" Quantity of pressed hay. sny- Whers in the Bovinoe. Phone or writs '1‘. J. Rickbam. lcuris. llevl Zealand Man Flies Tiny Plane llonle From Belgium ti. AUCKLAND, N. L, Oct. 10- (Frldan-Psrmer Harry New. ton came home today as non- chalsntly as if he had taken a stroll around his back yard. The 30-year-old New Zeal- ander had Just concluded s unique 22-day "repatriation" trip, from Belgium in a. baby plane which had only a 75. horsepower engine. I Unable to obtain sea passage home, Newton. a former night. fighter pilot, worked in a Bel- gian aircraft factory until he was able to buy a plane. Then he set of! casually. obtaining permits to fly from one alr- fleld to the next across Eur- ope. the Mlddle East and Southern Asia. After leaving Brisbane In ‘ his plane, which had the low- eut horsepower oi’ any aircraft to attempt to fly the Tasman Sea. one of the studs securing the engine cowllng came a- drift. Newton made an emer- gency landing on the beach of Lord Howe Island, made re- pairs and took off immediate- ly- He intended to fly to Nor- folk Island, longest hop for which he could get a permit to fly from the Australian authorities. however, seeing bad weather. he determined to fly direct to New Zealsnd and landed here after dark. Expensive British Sire Sent To ll. S. LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) — A fleet of the most expensive and luxurious automobiles in the world, bound for the United States in search of dollars. was given a send- Oli today by Sir Stailford Cripps. Brita n's econcmic chief. The fleet consists of sevenRolls Royce and Bertvley automobiles equipped with special coaclavwork designed to appeal to American buyers. They will make a coast- to-coast tour of the United States covering about 20,000 m les. The cheapest is a Bentley costing $13,000 while the Rc-lls Royce models cost anything from $15,000 to $19,- 000. Agrlcultura Minister’: Son ls Nominated DUVAL, Saslc. Oct. 9 -(CP)-—- James Wilfrid Gardiner, 23-year- old son of Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner, has been nominated Liberal candidate for Last Mount- ain provincial constituency. lie is the youngest candidate now in the field for the Liberals. by ROBERT S. BALI. (Staff Correspondent of the Deirlot News) (Copyright, 1947, by the Detriot News) t GJZVIZLAND. Oct. 0 — (AP) — United States robot rocket. planes have crashed the sonic barrier at blistering speeds In the neighbor- hood of 1,700 miles an hour, a high Government official revealed today. The flights have been carried on for months from s lonely island off the Virginia coast, where the Nat- ional Advisory Committee for Aer- onsutcs (N. A. C. A.) has a small experimental station. Tlhls disclosure oi American pro- gress In the field of supersonic flight - which is flight faster than the speed of sound — was prompted by publication Wednesday of ac- counts from Britain of the 000- mlie-sn-hotlr flight of pilotisss rocket m-sit. As In the n. A. r. experiments. the American mad imp are launched at high altitude frcm a fast-flying bousbsr. .Thalr controls us pro-set to send them diving into the sea sitlr a. flibt 01D to I0 rules. ‘ Telemetarinl devices installed t is the robot automatically trans- dshbo Iii piilltbnt Infant ‘Kidnapped; Mother Makes Plea TORONTO, Oct. 0—(C.PJ- Ilbur-weeks-eld 105s Hughes was snatched from her carriage outside a downtown department store to- day and the baby's mother. Mrs. Elmer Hughes Bllliiealed to whoever took the infant to follow its special feeding formula. The formula is made with nine parts of syrup, 12 parts of milk and 111116 Paris oi water, said the mother, seriously ill since the baby's blrtih. MTB- Hughes and her unemployed husband expressed amazement that their child, token on a busy street in the noon-hour rush, should be "kidnapped." “We haven't a frying pan to call our own." said Hughes. whose last regular job was settng bowling plflS at the Canadian National Exhibit- lon in ease the baby-snatcher was thinking in terms of ransom. Mrs. Lois Badat, operator oi the rcomlnghouse in Vlillcl} the Hughes couple has a single room. had taken the c-hild downtown. She went into the crowded department store. made a purchase and ref/timed to the street to find the child and her tiny blanket had disappeared. At least five persons reported seeing the baby being taken from the carnage. One said the snntcher was a man; another said the per- son wag a wcman; still another volunteered the information a young girl too-k the infant. Police said they believed the per- son is a woman or a young girl. By MICHAEL O’MARA IDNDON, Oct. l—-(CPi—The slx-week strike in Canadian pack- ing plants has forced a slash in the British bacon ration-the tast- iest tid-bit in the drab United Kingdom diet-the Food Ministry announced today. Starting Oct. 10, Britons will get two ounceb fortnightly instead oi weekly. Should the strike “go on indefi- nitely even that ratlon cannot be maintained." the Food Ministry statement said. But ii the strike is settled in the near future, the two-ounce’ weekly ration will be restored as soon as working stocks are rebuilt in Britain. The Government statement made it clear that their reduction was intended to be only temporary. In the meantime. often cir- culated rumors of potato ra- tioning-n step to which the GuvcsIImEnt never had to re- sort ln wartime-was given a fllllip by a remark dropped by Foreign Secretary Bevin in an address to housewives at s ctr-operative meeting. "We are considering how to dis- tribute our available potatoes." said Bevin. “I don't know whether we shall have to ration them but I would rather do that than let one section oi the community (Continued on Page 5 i. s. Robot Planes Fly At 1,700 M. p. n. aloft and on the ground, Radar also is used to track the rocket plane throughout its brief but sensational flight. "It wlll not be many months be- bors we have a pilot aircraft break hhroilgh the sonic barrier (750 mile; an hour at 30,000 feet), although he will be flying a turbo-jet plane with a rocket boost," the Govern- ment spokesman sad. Ib- was revealed that great pro- gress t-lsd been made in recent months in perfecting controls for the supersonic aircraft, whose Iwings are so sharply swept back that they resemble s "V", Today's disclosures eoinclded with. but were not part of, the first annual inspection military and civilian engineers oi e N. A. C. A.‘a flight propulsion research labor- atory at the edge of the Cleveland municipal airport. This 850,000,000 Government re- search plant, which Detroit sought. in 1N0. has been operating at a constantly accelerating pace for five years. It now has s staff of more than 2.000 teehnwians. Among the 2'10 civilian engineers who toured the vast laboratories Wednesday was Charles A. Lind- burgh. who headed the N. A. C. A.. committee which orllnally planned the facility in i010. Will Be Set 0f Antique Silver And Wild lllink Boat (by The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Oct. B—Ca.nada’s gift to Princess Elizabeth on the oc- casion oi her maxrlage to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten next month will be s selection oi inscribed antique silver and a mink, coat made oi Canadian wild mink skins, Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced tonight. in a statement the Prime Min- ister sald that through the Prin- cess Alice. the Countess oi Ath- lone, it had been learned that Princess Elizabeth “was in need oi silver for setting up house and would particularly welcome silver for her table. “The Cabinet has accordingly authorized Princess Alice, on be- half of the Canadian Government, to make c. selection oi antique silver which will accord with the personal wishes of the Princess. “The gift will be suitably in- scribed to indicate that it has been presented by and carries with it the best wishes oi the Government and people oi Can- ads.” Mr. King said the Government also had decided to present Prin- cess Elizabeth with a mink coat oi Canadian wild mink skins which (Continued on Page 5 Col. d) Stfits-ike Causes Cut In British eflaeon" ‘Ration (lne Packing 0o. Seeks To Settle Present Strike MONCTON. NB. Oct. 9 —tCP). —Prospects oi an early settlement in the strike against Swidt Canad- ian Company appeared “gocd". but there were no signs oi a break in the strike against Burns and Com- pany and Canada Packers, an of- ficial of the United- Packinghousc Workers of America (C.I.0.) said tonight. Adam Borsk, assistant Canadian director oi the Union, hare to ad- dress a meeting of striking workers at the local plhmi oi Swift Canad- ian, said representatives of Swl-ft are negotiating with the UP.W.A., but no efforts had been made by Canada Packers and Burns and Company to resume negotiations on the Union's wage demands. Charging Canada. Packers and Burns had reniegsel- on a union pro- posed settlement of the strike, Mr. Borsk said there could be no set- tlement. of the present dispute without arbrittratlon. Russia Will llot Participate In Balkan commission LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y-. Oct. 0- iOP)—R.ussla and her associates in the United Nations today angrily condemned the majority move to establish a Greek-Balkan border commission and bluntly declared they would boycott-it. Russia. as one of the Big Five powers, was named as a member in the tentative list of countries to make up the body assigned the task oi maintaining peace in the Balkans. Weary supporters oi the major- ity of the political committee said at adjournment. that they would go along without Russia and he!‘ friends and try tomorrow to lat up the commission. B10580 a,‘ »t 1* Cut‘, FLOUR . l The next meeting or the Marl- tlme Synod oi the Presbyterian Glurch ln Canada will be held at Sydney, N. S. on the first Tuesday in October, 194.8, it was decided lpst night at the closing sedenlnt of the Synod's 130th annual meeting in St. James Church here. A busy day was spent by the Synod commissioners yesterday in getting through a heavy agenda during lengthy mornng, afternoon and evening sessions. The newly elected Moderator, Rev T. H. Bussell Somers, pre- sided. Morning Sederunt When the Synod met at 9.30 yesterday morning devotional ex- ercises were conducted in Gaelic. those participating being Revs. Roderick MacLeod and Archibald MacKinnon, Ministers, and Donald MacKinnon, KC, H. A. Grant, M. D., and Donald Nicholson, Presby- terian student. In accordance with the docket as submitted by the chairman of the business committee, Mr. Bean, the first. matter taken up was that of the committee on Presbytery Records. Rev. Roderick MacLeod submitted that the Committee had carefully gone over the records of all the Presbyteries as tabled namely, Newfoundland, Cape Bre- ton. Pletou, Halifax and Lunen- burg_ Si. John, Miramlchi and Prince Edward Island. He moved, seconded by Revps. Kgrr, that. all these minutes ‘hauling been - ly and corriictiy kept‘ and '~" "be g otherwise in accordance with the law oi the church, that they be received and attested by the Mod- erator. Amendment Defeated Dr. A. A. Murray. moved, second- ed by Dr. A. O. Thompson, that the records of the Presbytery of Halifax and Lunenburg touching all phases bearing upon action taken by the Presbytery regarding Rev. Perry F. R/ockwood be read to the Court. Diversity of view emerging. discussion ensued par- ticipated ln by Mr. T. K. Mac- Lellan. Clerk oi the Presbytery. Rev. Frank Lawson, Dr. A. 0. (Continued on Page 5 Col. ll) Big Plane Turns 0n Back, Startles 48 Passengers EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 9 —lAP)— A big four-engined American Alr- llnes plane flipped over on its back momentarily while flying near El Paso yesterday, tumbling 48 frightened passengers to the ceiling of the plane before it was ri-ghted. Baggage and passengers scram- bled back into their seats after the pilot, Capt. Charles Slston, rlghtcd the craft from the unexplained manoeuvre. An unscheduled stop was made at El Paco where six per- sons were given first aid. The plane, bound from Dallas to Los Angeles. had just flown over El Paso at 8,000 feet, Slswn said. when it went into an abrupt climb. He adjusted the automatic pilot. then switched it off. The ship promptly dived 5,000 feet while Siston struggled with ilhe manual controls. During the descent, the plane turned on its back briefly but the passengers said it seemed an eternity. "People and pieces of baggage were flying through the air" said Clyde Miller, a passenger. "The passengers were shouting and screaming. Children were crying- Only a few had their safety belts fastened. "I wondered if we were going to pull out of it. when we did we all fell back from the ceiling to the aisle. A boy fell in my lap." cabana Announces out To lfi-incess Elizabeth Busy Sessions Yesterday For Presbyterian Synod Anglican Primate 0f All Canada To Be Welcomed iiere The Most. Rev. George Frederick Kingston, Anglican Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Primate of all Canada will be welcomed at a special service at St. Paul's Church. Charlottetown on Thanksgiving Day, Oct. 13. This will be the Archbishop's first visit here since the was elevated Prirrtnte, Archdeacon G. R. Harrison, Sum- merside, will address words of wel- come to the Archbishop. Special invitations to the service have been issued to His l-lonor the Lieutenant Governor, the Chief Justice, the judg:s oi the Sin» reme Court, the Premier of the Province ant‘: hrs Cabinet, the Mayor of Charlottetown and the City Council, members of the Min- isterial Association, the President of the Canadian Legion and com- manding officers of the Anny, Navy and Air Force. The service will be held in the evening. "=1 Silicon sentenced '10‘ Hang Jan. 23 (By The Canadian Press) MONTREAL, Oct. 9—A Court o! King's Bench jury today found Marcel Marcotte, 40-year-old hat. salesman, guilty of nlurdering his friend and fellow salesman, Mar- cel Boileau, by shooting and the tall, slim. one-eyed Montrealer was sentenced to be hanged Jan. 23. The end of the seven-day trial was as dramatic as some of the evidence that had been produced. When Mr, Justice Wilfrid Lazure pronounced s e n t e n c e, Marcotte fainted into the arms oi nearby police officers. He recovered quick- ly and was led away to the cells. Marcotte's aged mother was in an anterocm adjoining the court- (Continued on Page 5 Col. 4) Give Verdict ln Railway Wreck (By The Canadian Press) WINNIPEG. Oct. 9—.l\ cor- oner's jury tonight held that non-observance of‘ railway rules by those in charge of the in- ukl special. was iesponslhle for the Labor Day train wreck at Dugald, Man, In which 31 persons were killed. The find. lng was returned one hour and ' "nglloiiée officers-who Wounded Eskimo Taken To Hospital RULES DUTCH Dutch Princess Juliana has been appointed Regent of the Nether- lands. Her mother. 87-year-old Queen Wilhelmina, ill with bron- chltis. transferred all her royal powers to the princess. Record Narcotics llaul In Vancouver VANCOUVER, Oct. 9 —(CP) - Described as "one of the largest hauls eve;- mulo In North America," contraband narcotics worth $4,645,090 on the blade market, were seized l‘! 3°"! °"".1i!li.;.li1@luuefl- Dutch freighter Manoemn to. day at a North Vancouver dry- dock. ' The narcotics, conning in several packages, weighed a to- tal of 45 pounds, and were discover-e hidden in s. winch. R. C. M. P. officials said the ship carried Indian seamen and Dutch officers. About 165 pounds were found in the first seizure, leading of- ficers to search further and they uncovered an additional 250 pounds. The raw-drug content of the sifzed parcels was believed to have originated Win China. (By The Canadian Press) HALIFAX, Oct. 9—Sea.rch and Rescue officials of the R.C.A.F. reported tonight that their rescue Canso aircraft had landed st Goose Buy, Labrador. with a wounded Eskimo from Nuvuk Har- bor near the northwest tip of Quebec. The Eskimo. suffering gunshot wounds in the leg, was described as in “pretty good condition" but no other details were available. lierson Sentenced To Four Years ln Penitentiary OITAWA, Oct, 9—-(CP)—I-i’arold Sarnuel Gerson of Montreal, 42- year-old former key man in the Munitions and Supply Department, was convicted tonight by an On- tario Supreme Court jury in his second trial on s charge of con- llflrlcy to supply confidential in- formation to Russia and was sen- .‘ y tenced to four years in prison. The jury deliberated for three hours and so minutes, returning at 8:47 p.m. EST and Gerson ap- peared calm and cool when the "zuilty as charged"- verdict was announced. Crown counsel John Cartwright asked that the six months’ Ger- son spent in prison between his first trial and this one be taken into consideration in his sentence. Defence counsel A. W. Beament asked that the previous "good character" of Gerscn be also taken into account and the Crown agreed to this. ‘ Mr. Justice Barlow asked Ger- son ii he had anything to say and the prisoner replied: "I still say I am not guilty and ._ (Continued on Page 5 Col. 4) ltlaine Potato Alcohol Plant To Slosc llown CARIBOU. Me., Oct. 9 —(C P)- The big potato alcohol plant. here wi-ll suspend operation; Saturday because supply of tubers is dwind- A spokesman said today that the distillery, which has a capacity o! nearly 16 cal-loads of spuds a day, would finish processing Saturday 'a. LStiO-carload run of surplus south- ern potatoes it has worked on since August. The United- St-ates Department: o! Agriculture has not offered any potato diversion program this year to alcohol or starch plants, the spokesman said, in the belief that all edible potatoes might be need- ed to fill out shipments to Eu-IVPQ at this time of year. HY tint. is (is Luckiest Panson m acsfauaants sacs Atwms “some. Menu outta PLATE‘! 9 The rescue plane, piloted by vet- eran Air Force and bush pilot PO t R. B. West, landed at Goose Bay at 6.45 p.m. AST. The plane took off from Fort Chimo on Ungavs Bay earlier today. The plane started its LROO-mile 45 minutes after the Jury re- that mercy flight from Hollis-I. SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont, Oct. 9 -(CP)—Four men were killed and three injured when an explosion oi methane, highly combustible marsh gas, rocked the Central Ptarlcia Gold Mine 100 mi-les north of this Northwestern Ontario mining centre yesterday, it was learned to- ht. The dead: James Campbell. shaft leader; Laurie Haatainen; John D. McDonald, Claire David MacKic. The injured. all reported in fair condition although burned and in- jured: John Fedlck, Valmore Bras- eau. Francis McGrath. All made their homes in Central Patricia, the mining town of 600 at the pithead. McDonald leaves s brother, Archie. in Tlmmns, I-Isatainan. a Finn, has no relativ- es in Canada. and MscKlewl family live in Winnipeg. l-lometowns of other; on the casualty list are not available. The seven men were working in a wince, a vertical shaft started un- dsrground, at the 3.000-foot level when the gas ignltbd, probably from a drill spout, The explosion blasted out ladders Pour Men Killed In Gold Mine Explosion and platforms for 450 feet above them. sending timbers, platforms and a bucket tumbling down. The few minors working st shift- change time in sections several hundred feet sway felt the force of the explosion. iiamperlng immediately-started rescue operations was the fact dense gas filled the bottom of the wince. the bucket could not be raised and new ladders had to be built for 450 feet. Early today rescue crews from Central Patricia and nearby Pickle Crow Mine fought. their way through a mass of splintered wood to the rnen still alive. They owed their survival to the fact the ex- ploslon ova: not strong enough to dislodge more than a little rock from the sides of the 30-by-10loot shaft. Later bhc rescuers brought. the bodies of the four dead to the sur- face. In a statement issued here to- night. RE. Barrett. mine manager. said the men "out. into" a seam of methane "which apparently be- came ignited and resulted in an ex- TORONTO. Oct. 9 -(CP) -_. Mnnltmllltl and maximum temper- atures; Vancouver 52. 63; Edmon- l ton s1. s2; Regina as, s2; Winnipeg 45, 64; Toronto 40. 58; Ottawa 35, 51; Montreal 42. 54: Quebec as, 57; ‘ Saint John 42, so; Moncton 4o, 53; Halifax 49. 58: Gilarlottetown 45. 5g; Sydney 4'8. 53; Ysrmouth 48, 0| HALIFAX, Oct. l! -tCP)—0ffie- ial inland forecasts issued by the Dominion Public Weather Office at Halifax tonight. Synopsis: An extensive high pressure ares which is moving toward a dis- trict irolm Ontario is preceded by s northerly flow of cool- sir. This resulted in cloudy and cool weather throughout the Marltimes Thursday with a few showers in Eastern Novs Scotis. Soon after sundown the skies had- become nearly clear in most places. Consequently some frost can be expected early Friday morning. The centre of high press- ure will move over the Maritime-s on Friday so that the weather will be mostly cool but sunny. Forecasts, valid until kids; midn ht. Prl e Edward Island: Mostly clear but some cloud along the north shore. Cool with risk of frost dur the nidit. No important change temperature Friday, North winds beeuning 1| during the day. High Friday at Charlottetown 55. High tide this morning at 6.0! and tonight at 8.05. sun sets this afternoon st 5.! and rises tuner-row morning st .10. . u Dloslnn " New moon 0000b;- ldt-b. 1.10 A.‘ 1111511114517. .e=.gn4o..€...,.o* t