jl MAXIMS Ol-'A V MERE MAN new is more preferred. An old love is little worth. when 3 p. I. I. moo. other l'rovlnou Oanlori Charlottetown. hunmersldo siaoo per annum. Elsewhere and U. 8 A. 812.00 per CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. MONDAY, APRIL 21. 1952 TWO IMPORTANT TREATIES WILL BE SIGNED MAY 17 Attempts To Row I25-Miles, Sable Is. To N.S. Catholic Church At Grand River Struck By Lightning Bolt A sudden, freak, electrical storm, the first of the season, quickly changed yesterday's sunny Sunday afternoon skies to dark gale driven. rain bearing clouds. and about 3.30 P.M. produced one visible bolt of lighting that struck and ignited the single spire of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church at Grand River. This steeple. which is about 100 feet in height. lost about the top 5 feet to the flames that develop- ed from the lightning bolt. Fire departments from.Tyne Val- ley, Wellington, and Summerside, responded to the call for assist- ance. The Tyne Valley Fire De- partment was the first to arrive. and was successful in extinguish- ing the blaze which because of its height, was hard to conirol. When talking to the Guardian last evening. Rev. W. D. MacDon- ald. the parish priest. gave credit to the work of the Tyne Valley fire equipment for saving the building. He reported no damage had been done to the interior of the church. and that damage to the steeple was covered by insurance. He estimated that the replace- ment value of the steeple might run to three or four thousand dollars. and said the work of rebuilding ' will begin as soon as possible. A large number of parishioners quickly gathered and assisted in every way they could. It is believed that water with which to fight the fire was readily available in a nearby stream. - S. N. ll. Church Damaged NEWCASTLE. N. .B., April 20- (CP)-Lightning struck the Ro- man Catholic Church at Collette, on the Newcastle-Rogersvills high- way. this afternoon and caused damage estimated at 330,000, al- though' no fire resulted. The same bolt, apparently fol- lowing a power line. struck three more times in the some district. Albert Pitrie, an invalid, suffered leg and chest burns as he lay in bed. Damage of 5200 occurred at the home of Robert Pitrie, a rel- ative and next door neighbor. The flash then caused an arm injury to Mrs. Emmanuel Gaudet. The lightning struck during New Brunawlck's first reported elec- trical storm of the season. Search for Seven Airmen Abandoned ' HALIFAX, April 20-(GP)-The search for seven naval airmen missing since their planes collid- ed and plunged into the ocean off southwestern Nova Scotia Thurs- day was abandoned durlng the week-end. R. C. A. F. planes and naval ships, after fl. full sweep Saturday in ideal conditions, reported no trace of the men. crew members of two Avengers from the navy's fleet air arm base at nearby Shcarwater. ' BElR.I.IN. April 20 -(AP) -East and West Berlin united cli one subject today. They ignored Adolf Hitler's birthday. lie would have been 63 years old. Coming Events condition critical ZURICH. Switzerland. April 20 -(CP)-Sir Stafford Cripps' con- dition, reported to be "extremely serious" Saturday night, has not changed, his chief physician said today. Dr. Dagman Lieclitl conferred with the wife of Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer and issued the bulletin at mid-day. Crlpps. who launched Britain's post-war austerity program, has been under treatment for a spinal infection known as spondyliiis. He will be 63 Thursday. Winnipeg Girl Wins Scholarship TORONTO, April 20.. (AP) - Marguriet Gignnc, 25-year-old Windsor, Onl.. soprano, tonight was awarded a 31.000 scholarship as the best of 44 young Canadian Iihizers who competed on the radio program, Singing Stars of Tomorrow. Robert Savoln, 24, of Montreal, judged to have the best male voice, won a 5750 scholarship. Joan Hall oi Winnipeg and John Dunbar of Victoria each won S500 scholarships. Four other winners received honorary scholarships valued at 8100. They are Jonathan Vlckers, Prince Albert. Sask.; James Ln- mond, Calgary: Patricia Snell, Toronto, and Barbara Franklin, Regina. Woman Killed- In Ambulance KENTVILLI-2, N. S.. April 20- (CF)-Mrs. Bessie Whenion, T7, was killed today when the am- bulance in which she was ll pa- tient was involved in a highway crash at nearby Cunning. Five other persons were in- jured. W. C. Hiliz, 65, driver of the ambulance suffered fractured ribs and Mrs. Arthur Dewitt bad to undergo an emergency oper- ailon. The nilicr ihrce.in,iurcd persons were in the our wlilcli collided with the ambulance. "seeds! snafu); Pres Catalog. Arthur Vesey, York. "Wiltshire -iuillr-innichi, crok- inole and lunch. "Cleaning grain April 25th to May lsth. Jack Gillie, Plat River. "Blue Goose Restaurant, De Sable, now open every evening, ex- cspt Mondays. "Dance. St. Peters Legion Hall every Tuesday night. Webster-'a Orchestra. ' "Come in and talk over our Purina finance-plan for feeding your chicks and hogs. Dillon do Bniilstt. -- i "For snapshots that will not tide, mail your Films and Nega- tives to Oarnhum Photo studios. Charlottetown. "Hoar Pips Major Burke and his "Lads and Lossies" Band in nel- fut l-fall, Friday, April 25th. 0.30 P. ll. Qovuored by North Pinette Women's Institute. "collecting Hogs for Canada Paoksra Ltd, each Tuesday at and Carleton. When roads are impassable farmers are asked to deliver bag: to our trucks lid. and Carleton, up until ii A. . aaoli Tuesday. under the some Irrangamont as last year. I. '11- Dawson. Phone No. is-as or 1'1. Radio Opdaior Picked up By Fishing Eat HALIFAX, April no -(GP)- Bright city lights flickered mcrrily tonight for Norman Mcxiegsn, the sable Island radio operator who quit his job last week and impati- ently started to row across the 125 miles of the Atlantic to home. Picked up by a fishing vessel after rowing 35 miles from the dreaded sandspit of an island known as the Graveyard of the At.- lsntic, Mcxiegan was transferred to a government icebreaker and brought to Halifax today. DAYTON, 0., April 20-(AP)- A big red and white racing car suddenly whirled out of control at Dayton Speeedway today. smack- ed a paint barrel. and plunged in- to a crowded grandstand killing four persons and injuring 42. Its driver, 29-year-old Gordop Reid of Burbank, Calif., a fath- er of four was killed instantly. Also killed was a track guard, Ro- bert Thatcher. 22, who tried to shunt people out of the raccr's path; Cvenc Lawson, 19, and an unidentified woman. only eight persons of the 42 in- jured required treatment at hos- Racing Car Goes Out Of Control; 4 Dead, 42 Hurt I pitals. ' Reid was running second on thei fifth lap of a lo-lap race. Suddenly. observers said, his Eagle-Stanko Special spun at the top of a high bank near the north grundstands, and hit the paint. barrel. splattering spec- tators with its contents. Then the car roared into the grandstand. Reid was the father of four children, aged 5, 4, 1'! months, and two weeks. Track officials said they did not think his car had mechanical trou- be. Might Have Cost Life Mcxlegan himself was nonpius- ed by the feat. one which Trans- port Department officials bluntly said could have cost him his life if it had not been for two nights of mild weather. Lonely for his wife and five children, Mcxlegan set out to make the voyage the hard way with only a makeshift sail, a set of oars and f5..r:r.i:: ”:::."-....,.... ....:Prize Herd Lost T0 o and his resignation had been that, Mouth Disease accepted. But. the Transport Department had told him no boat was available- to bring him to shore immediately.' Mcxlegan. although due to come off the island April, 30 was impa- tient as he wanted to see his wife before she enters hospital shortly. By radio he learned a fleet of fishing trawlers speaking to each other and to shore headquarters ELVEDEN, England, April 20-(Reuters)-A prize herd of 163 Guernsey pedigreed cattle owned by Lord lveagh. T8-your-old brewery chief, was destroyed on his 23,000-acre estate here tonight because a bull had font-and-mouth dis- g:gnen:?eo?.;:nf O! sable I'1'md' ease. Value of the herd was ax. about Il8,000. On the clear and mild Thursday night he saw the bobbing lights of the draft twinkling in the distance like city lights on a horizon. V That settled it. I Her climbed into his dory and pushed through the pounding surf. Early Friday morning he shouted' "ahoy" to the trawler Clpe Lahave and asked the startled lookout if the ship was headed for Halifax. "Not for several days." was the reply so Mcxeigan, still impatient. bent his cars once again toward the mainland. After 46 hours in the open boat. a chilly task during the best of weather on the cold, grey Atlantic, he hailed the Cape Agulug, He had served as radio operator 3503” the Asulus before taking the sable lob so ciainbered aboard and decided to make the rest of the voyage home in comparative lux- Tlie outbreak here is part of an epidemic of foot-nnd- mouth which has swept part of Eastern England recently. Since the beginning of the year 33 confirmed outbreaks have occurred. Government agriculture ox- peris believe birds transmit- ted the disease. New Prison Rioi Reported JACKSON. Mich, April 20 - (NP)-Two hundred tough con- victs grabbed four guards as hostages at Southern Michigan Prison here tonight in a mutiny. Five hours later they still were ury. barricaded in a cell block. All the convicts are in the segregated cell Search started block for infraction of prison dis- ciplinary rules. The Transport Department, They demanded to see Assistant meanwhile, had instituted a gm-chi Deputy Warden George Bacon. The R.c.A,p, gen-ch md Eujohalrman of the dllclpllnary board cue centre had a plane from'”' "'9 1"'W"' ""1 ” "””'1”'pf," Greenwood, 1.15,, on, the ueaimnn. specifying they wanted in and the fade.-.1 gce.b,u,m. Ed,”-aeprescntative of the Asscelatccl Ward Cornwallis was order 1'”5'" from Loumyu,-3, N's, ed M "3 Bacon and reporter Ed F. Smith The comwnms picked Mcxfigmrof the Jacksoin Citizen-Patriot ----w -. . .. - who was called, said the men told (C0""n"9d 011 PMs ti Col. ii) them they wanted to protest "brutality." Smith said the prisoners told him they "wouldn't say" what it would take to end the mutiny. Four Canadians Win Scholarships NEW YORK.-ft-Till-ll 20 -ICP) - U. 5. Opinion Poll Picks Eisenhower WASHIINGTON. April so-(Ap) General Eisenhower was named Saturday as the "most iikely" next president of the United states, a straw poll of Bi newspaper ad. itors. Eisenhower also finished first in E? balloting an 9, second quuuon, Four Canadians-an impression- Moscow. April to -(.m - Who is your personal first choice? ""0 Wnmv 9- "'e"'15i- " l""" The soviet Government announ- Members of the American soot. ""1 3" 9'0"9'”15V'w"e mm” ced today Russian industry pi-o- cty of Newspaper mum. voted by today as winers of fellowships by duccd 16 per cent more goods secret ballot, while attending a "'3 -1011" 311110" G'ulz8tnh01m over-all in the first quarter of breakfast conducted by sigma Del. M""9"1'1 F”""d”1”" 9! New 1952 than in the similar period ta chi. professional Journalism fra- Y"k' um. year. lcrnlty, The 1952 Canadian fellows are: Wilfred Roloff Beny. Leth- brldge. Alia., artist: Dr. Karel Rebellious Convicts Vow TVictory Or RARWAY. N. J., April 20 - (AP)-Rcbellious convicts, growing tbirstisr every hour, vowed "vict- ory or death" from behind their barricades in ii wing of runway State Prison today. As the mutiny of 231 prisoners dragged through its third day. prison officials played a waiting game. But the convicts. with a desper- sts bravado, sent their "victory or dsath" bout to the outside world lettered on a kite fashioned from I bedsheet and flown from a win- dow. water has been shut off from the wrecked dormitory win; since they began their riot night, and they arparsntly are out of food. too, since they sent up a chant of "We want food" today. The convicts treated their eight hostage pmon guard: with kid gloves. (xlginally the soised nine guards but let one .tiIera go Thursday 'r'Hiour sal Wlesner. professor of chcsisiry at University of New Brunswick Fredericton; Andre .Glroux. Que- bec. publicist for the Quebec De- partment of Trade and cornmercr and George Alexander Elliott, pro- lessor of political economy at Uni- versity of Tomato. The fellowship: are granted to scholars and creative workers who Death” Saturday night. when he became ill n.?li'.iJf.i'i.2.”d....'i2l."i;...lf.1li: image 15-,-30,;-u.-lg; Mai; -my ' an w con nue a A s r off food and water passed in for news. Although um away, 1"” M'"'” is 09,000 the amounts vary stl d But the convicts' own thirst was demw on ma pamcum work m 3"” they Mo” up um ""m on which the fellow has embark- radiators in the dormitory! and ed eagerly drank the tr oklu o rusty ' , mm mm vw-.vun-..--w- .”.';r,";:li...”":..:.t:.;":: huAng "dIIileone"c?leTJli: 1-he Uhitsd states and bounds. now is dimlaying them at a show '"'”” ""”'"' "I '1 W in Paris nu father Charles .1 , . . , i In a companion riot. at Trenton .3:;'yi.hun';g;:;d5,;"':;:e ozgf: 5”" mm" 4o "1"" "' an attend the Paris she and another south. which ended nidsy after a "mm" hm m Mign- R. the convicts also rs- 3." y. I native of Medicine Hat, ,,M,""'l'h';""""". ,,.'f,'f:',,”k"g"'m” sun. was educated in University of Toronto and lows State Uni- versity. He has meat much time in lurope, touring the country in 1940 and holding a one-man show nice they said they were afraid the man would die on their hands and they would be blamed. Th! 'Ihl:1or0s is in ma cooaluon. a K. Sask. City In State Of Alert As Flood Threatens Big Irrigation Dam ' would continue. SWIFT CURRENT, Bask.. April 20 - (CF) .- Duncairn dam heidi population from a torrential des- cent of flood waters. Engineers in charge of the l6-mile-long Dun- cairn irrigation reservoir were cer- tom the earth-and-concrete girdle would not give. But the danger "It could go in five hours or five days," said Jim Switzer, engineer of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. swift Current civil defence com- mittee headquarters said the sit- uation had not improved. Crews were working at the dam without let-up. No water now is flowing over the threatened 3200000 concrete spill- way. undermined by soil erosion around its lower perimeter. Dan- ger to the dam is focussed in these eroded areas and engineers are try- ing to reinforce the weak spots with timbers. To relieve pressure there, engin- eers last night cut an emergency splllway to carry the outflow of the overloaded reservoir. Engineers are also building a buffer dam be- hind the concrete spillway in yet another effort to relieve it. Also helping run off the excess water is a conduit pipe running from the floor of the reservoir. Twenty-live miles north of the dam on the Swift Current. Creek is the city, a saucer-like community with its centre in it hollow. Swift Current was mobilized for an emergency and placed on a two- hour alert. During the last week families from 300 to 400 homes have been moved from the city's low area. These have been quartered in homes on higher ground and in the incompleted union hospital. Two thousand blankets. 400 doub- ledccker beds. 1.000 mattresses, five portable cookers, 150 lanterns, 100 pair of high rubber boots. two as- saiiit boats and six stretchers are on hand. , Duiicairn reservoir. built lo yearsl ago by the P.F.R..A., is it! miles long. three-quarters of it mile wide and roughly 35 feet deep. The dam is 5.000 feet long. ....... F. El. Guernsey Breeder Makes High C Records Two vital treaties-one ending the: , MAXIMS ' ora MERE MAN gm, Let your precept in Judgment be. "Do Easy”. 14 PAGES Morning Dally Founded X881. tbo Guardian. Plvo Cents. One VIiIl.E-iid Occupation Of West Germany -(Reuters)-1 Vancouver VANCOUVER.. April 1) m(CP)m Allied occupation of Germany, the A '5”-13-090 11” 105” d”"'3Y9f1 '1 other setting up the European 1"””5”"1' Wanhou” 119"? W1" armygwm be Mined May 17. m,i'taining the stored belongings of formed Allied sources said today. u5C0”5 9' ”"'m”' Both treaties will come into for-.1 Tr? mam?" were ."V"c?me 111' ce simultarieously when ratified bygsmmte 111 1'3m1"K T11” 1”" 1-he in mmamema concerned. I may biggest industrial-district fire here iin two years. ;:xch:).(pected to bat several Destroyed was the Bowman The treaty ending the occupation swrage 311d C””39 1414- ll'3"' of West Germany Wm be signed by house about a mile from the heart the foreign ministers of Britain, ”1 dolmww" V”"C0”V"- the United States and F':'zihce in ,ms””"” "d-iusle” 33” 3 W" the office of Chancellor Konrad 1m”m”'Y damage ”"1"1”e 91 1"”-1 Adenauer, who will sign for West we” hall 3 mmla” d9””5'" Germany I I-hiederlck R. Armstrong, com- The same dav, under the present pa.” m'm"3"' "id wm'em5T”'c11 plan. the ministers will fly to thc;”""35 "5 I”"""'"” am "new 5: Hague. where the Six members of househol-:1 effects-are apparently the European Defence Community,” mu” 1055' will sign the European army treaty-Icdcaggirgierfhehcgllg 1:"1;ld9:gmI11"; . broke out, firemen were still pour- ing water on the smouldering ruins - ' Smoke and water damage was treatics , done to four industrial firms nei- the brick-and-wood BONN. April N Straight Exchange Deal Signature of the two must takeplaceasncarly simultan-I . eously as possible since West Ger- ghbmmz an is bi td itl 'bl”1d1"3' ggraiihi. rfeiglg-tlgbeiiixd eof vtvhelocg" Tw” M the 10 meme" ”"”9m9 u 1 h f h . by smoke needed hospital treat- :,:,:1R:ne?,r; .2 3?” Bafcztegfi dirfeggxg pmcnt but were later released. The today, protecting this city of 7,500, But it is considered psychologxcg others were treated at the scene. , an 1 - I - 1 ml 1 i Norman Aklns, chief Fire War. they tiiggfsslsljedlrtzz ”J5"tn'Q Sifropgib Gm 53” ” W1" be "Wm! Wm” army. Besides Germany, me Eur- before the ashes cool sufficiently to opean Defence community coun-ism” ” wmpe” mVe513”'""'1' tries are France, Italy and thel .The,”” W” the 5153'” M1” three Benelux countries. ikind 5”” 3 56904100 me 111" 31'"-C The only requirement for keepyish Columbia Packers waterfront ing to the present timetable is that;'pwp"1'1' 1" M3” 1959- all the remaining work on the Tm News in Brief treaties must be finished in time. Both the U.S. high commission-, er, John J. Mccloy. and Arienauory are exerting maximum pressure clean up the outstanding points on the contractual agreement for Ger-E pation statute. it-V10ndfI.i'. , castle here where her father was " ' gburled in February. State SeCl'CtAl'y' Drnn Acheson of the U.S. is expected in Europci May 9. Between his arrival and the,SlmdaY date planned for treaty signature, the ministers ex- upheaval” to pect to hold s. final confcrence,1C3-51-9 53'S19m 111 Buckingham Pal- probably in Paris, to give their roiujnce and cut costs and red tape of mal blessing to the work of iheI90U1'0 1116- negotiators and tie up any loose; - points, . REGINA. April M --(OP)-The (Isuzu)! weu.gnn,,med 5ou,Ce5,tempo of Saskatchewan's greatest consider that the only point whichl5m'"1K harvest is Increuiniz after risks upsetting the timetable is mejmore than a week of excellent dry- division of West Germany's cash in: weather. Harvesting 1- some contribution to Welsern iiefence'0Y11llm311Y -5C8W11'0d P011118 bui- between her own troops and sup-,S11111C191lt grain 1135 1101: yet been pm; 0; Aging group; gumoned m thrashed to determine the effect of Germany. lwintering out on grade and yield. Threat Of Rain Gives Jitters To Flood Fighters loinianpirnnnrn; Final Conference LONDON. April 20 - (AP)-The By Larry Hall KANSAS CITY, April 20 -(AP); pg - or we vein-N heav-v:nF'5T?J.”'is.Q&ii..”31iE3..E25 rain in spots, gate Missouri River-appmmmem of "x mm m comg flood fighters the jitters tonight imissioned rank as sub-inspectors. b 'i'l1;1'10 1'1;”11g d1;71"'1' mud Wgh thgdllcllllllilg one veteran of the 1946 B 9 0 ma "1 "1 0l"1C- is robe and another who was a Bluffs." mid Brit?--Goth D-Cu fnan in the recent royal tour. 5111081". d1l'1B10n Bfmy engineer at; The promotions, effective April Omaha. it, include: A similar threat hung over lhe' Sgt. W. Lennard Hluett. 34. I flooding Upper Mississippi vnlley,inative of surbiton, sask.. who has where Minnesota. Wisconsin and 590111 WON 01 111! 15-yell!” C8116!” Iowa towns battled a record iiooa.j1n the mil-subversive special 0,”... "gm mm: fen Md”. or-M-Illlillllcli at headquarters here and the K”, Basin. where heavy had considerable to do with the i - tion of the accused in the downpours caused a recent disaster 1"”5"” last Jilly. Jesse Gullck. district Vmmsi Mr. Brenton Newson. Brackler. P. E. 1.. has recently completed some splendid records on R..0.P.,i The first one made by Evergreen Beatrice. a 5 year old cow of 13.-. by Evergreen Beauty's Jim. the second cow square Grove May- flower also carrying Evergreen breeding made 9,D4lM and 564? in 305 days milked aington. The third record was made by Rose Marie 4th, i0,820M 56613 in 366 Rosewald Hanoi-a's Monitor, a hull by the P.E.i. Guernsey breeders. and is to be congratulated on their records. AERIAL IPOITS TRAFFIC BTOCKHOLM - (cm - Ap- proximately L000 passengers will be canted daily by the "air lift." between Stockholm and Helsinki to be established for this sum- mer's Olympic Gun at the Finnish capital. The Scandinav- ian Airlines qystem and Finnish (oouunues'3iFPue Fcofi)” gorvi Asro up cooperating in the dill. on twice a day m11k1nB ll l;Members of the Commons return 3 year old. she was bred by Buddy, Home, Winsloa and was sired by. imported from New Hampsbiraiissues. Mr! Newson has only in small herd,1dE1)llO on redistribution of forecaster at Kansas City. said ltl Sm.” Sgt 0' E' BRm'am' 46' was too earlv Io tell whether IlEllVV1G! O"uwa' Mm has "Wed m the rain would. fall in the Miissouz:ii::x;geg:;?,f'e 1932 and is uauoncd mganrriiig don pours bi enough to SR E A Pmno2('1:M' 0! zen- '" 9 i. S l(.. Bi. tine Pr d ic- pile more water into the Missouri. 8' 3 0 n 0 er army engineers stuck in their fore- Sgt, Jf R, R, Cgrriere, 41, of Hull, &::M'm?fEEg.”s1f' vg:;"bre2nb:,wl1,C(:,:i:::: that Nliznsas City would be Que, stationed at Montreal where old Laird, Kensington and is sired; ' he has served for many years. Debate On Two Major was bred by Eric bott. J. M. Macdonnell (PC--Tor- onto Greenwood). chief financial critic for the Opposition. will be lead-off man in that debate. The senate adjourned April 3 to April 29. Western members. particularly those from Saskatchewan. will hold the limelight in the debate on redistribution of representation in the Commons. Saskatchewan. under existing constitutional provisions, will lose five of its 20 seats in the Com- mons unless some new formula is adopted. Mr. St. Laurent has sug- gested that a committee on redis- tribution conside whether a coli- stitutional change should be made so that no province could lose more than lb per cent of its seats at any one time. This would re- duce Saskatchewan's ion to three seats OITAWA, April 20 - iCPI - Monday from the Easter recess and will launch almost immed- iately into debate on two major The first day will be devoted to rep- resentation in the Commons on the basis of the llliil census. Prime Minister St. Laurent will conclude a speech started shortly before the chamber adjourned for the Easter recess April 9. He likely will be followed by George Drew. Progressive Conserv- ative leader, at. J. Caldwell. c.cr. leader. and Solon how, social Cie- dit leader. If the debate is not concluded in one day. it will be adjourned to permit members to start a debate Ttissdsy on the budget. presented April I by Pinance Minister Ab- wmoson. Englaiid, April 20 -- many, which will replace the occu- (RGu16Y51- The Queen. 28 year old', . , will ceiebmgc hgr gm, quick clampdown should the Unil- birthday as sovereign quietly at the19i1 51-5195' N171??? Scores Of Families Lose Belongings In ,1Predicis Early iimprovemenl in ice Conditions Another 10 days should see a vast improvement in ice condit- tions in the Gulf and Straits was the opinion expressed by Capt. Charles A. Shaw, observer, in the ..:c aerial survey. - Commenting on Saturday's flight, Capt. Show stated there was quite a bit of ice in the Straits from North Point. West Point thence down to Cape Bear. This ice was described as closely packed on the Prince Edward Island shore. North of Cape Tormentine on the New Brunswick coast was open water. Loose ice was noted in the vicinity of East Point and across to the coast of Cape Breton. Ac- cording to reports George Bay on ,tlie Nova Scotia coast has open- ed up. . It is believed that if present wind conditions prevail the ice will move off fairly rapidly. Flights are being made daily. weather permitting. '10. S. Ends Most i Rubber Controls VVABHINGTON. April 20 --(AP) -T-he government Saturday an- nounced the removal cf almost all controls on the use of natural and synthetic rubber, effective Mon- day. But the door was left open for a stockpile fall dangerously low or prices sky- rocket again. Provision also was made guarantee that government-biiilo pmm-131 5,”, today 1h,'synethellc rubber plants are kept the Germanyipuke of Edinburgh mam I --p.1ac,,l1 operatingat a peak so they can 1 "(arm ,. Mrvlng shift rapidly into emergency pro- iductton it necessary. ; The National Production Auth. ority in announcing ihe end of the I10-year-old restriction on how much rubber may be used in each. product. said this removcs ihd 1155b second World War allocation (control. lFind Hugo Suit iled In Anrigonisli HALIFAX. April 20 - (CF) -- Drlllers probing for oil in Antigon- ish County have hit another bed of solid salt, Mines Minister Mac- Kiniion said tonight. Natural gas was found in the South side area of the county 12 days ago. Mr. MacKinnon said there are still considerable traces of gas but the major pressure and volume have disappeared. Drilling is being continued in hopes that it will enter a bed of limestone, in which oil deposits are usually found. Xriio MAN R (iii Esters titan. WES OK flit Ntlciieoaa v HALIFAX, April 20-(CP)-Oh ficial forecasts inued tonight by the Dominion Public Weather Of- fice here and valid untu midnight Monday. Synopsis: Skies were clear over the west- ern parts of the district during the night. and temperatures were slowly dropping. as colder and drier air moved over the district from the northwest. Prince Edward Island: Cloudy. clearing in morning. Colder. North- west winds 20 becoming light by afternoon. Low and high Monday at Charlottetown 12 and 45. I-ikh Mds today at Charlotte- town at are A. M. and M2 P. M. High tide on the North Shore at 3.30 A. M. and 3.54 P. M. sumraeraide tide eighteen min- utes later than Charlottetown. sun risen today at din A. M. and sets at 115 P. 11. lCI' Monday's weather should be ' mostly sunny but a little colder. Regional forecasts: -1. .1 i ....-