. Covers Prince Edward [Island Like the Dew ' CI-IARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER as, 1941 2o PAGES MAXIMS f - orA M ERE MAN llsbeerlpt-ion’ Delivered “M. llaii $5.00, other Provinces b U. S. 013i iiiizi WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ilw u. a. Make Acid, Cement And Super Phosphates . i llouile lie-elected lly A00|80l8li0lI MONTRIAL Nov. 7i — (C?) - To the surprise of nobody color- ful Camllllen Houde today gained by acclamation his sixth term ss mayor of Canada's largest elty. As nomination day for the Dee. I municipal elections approached this very development had been freely predicted around town. The one-lime butcher boy had been considered a shoe-in to retain his mayor‘: job without opposition. Would Keep Trained Workers In 0anada ~ t—__¢ (By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Nov. 27——The A311. cultural Institute of Canada today adopted a resolution asking that steps be taken to see that trained agricultural scientists graduating from Canadian universities are absorbed by provincial and federal agricultural services. Opportunit- ies should be provided to prevent them from going to the United States and other countries. Members of the Council attend- _ing the meeting included: R. C. Parent, superintendent of the Do- minion Experimental S t a. tlo n, Charlottetown, 11.1511. Coming Events i... _._. . "Lot G5 Hall-Dance, ITiday, November 23th. "Dance st New lnndon School Friday, November 2B. "Ebenezer “ ' Thursday. December l0. Concert, "Address inquiries about 0.0!. to Provincial Office, Bedeque. "Movies covchead tonight, "Roll On “rexas Moon." Roy Rogers. "Reserve Dec, 18rd for North “itch Presbyterian Christinescon- CE? . ' "Modern and old-time dancing gtarliie tonight. llhsberss Rhythm o_'s. "Unloading Old Sydney Coal st lviillon today and Saturday. B. L. Gillrsplc. "Pllllfy Bale at Maritime Eleo- tric November 29th. at 2 P. M. by Halflnston Women's I stitute. I "llot Chicken Supper, Moi-oil “ii, Wednesday. December 3rd. Admission, children 25C. Adults 50o. _i.___. r I"\ieals served. also special a es or meal th _ Edward Home by e week King H flask car Old Sydney Coal due “L: lzleoindiiiso d, cars bulk lino ' B . a km p m; . F. Morris, Kin , “if”! William nova. nllleto P" Filth Queens. spesk on radio Edgy will 1 o'clock in interests of “New and used belting. all siaes, rubber traces. horse collars. pads “m! bmiclllnks. New driving har- "m. W. R. Morrison; Fredericton. ]"8ale of Island water color i’ “W” by H. M. nausea at sass. A- l- Morrison's. m Primes It. Ill this week from s to 0 pan. "esio of fancy rs and knitted liliilds. Salvation Anny Citadel. dw- Novemooi- been. a to s r. u. Brita cameftllmnent s P. ll. All are wel- "mlvlns this oar of m?"- Bookint orders. Also in in . Brsntford Shingles and Sid- mar P~ 1- and Sea, Hunter ‘r-eflbo Potato Starch Factories mh"°" Melville potatoes sally Hug-lit! obnointmont until slums o... ..."£.‘.‘§..‘.‘.°'i.'..£“n§.°l".'&’~ "l heavines- out I l A ti“ of numbing: - mee Elli. Bowie‘ a Sonfls QIP’ llattlnone 500m riwbiriucmrr, Nov. 21 -_<c P) —-'l‘he first step in a chemical de- velopment program for New Bruns- wicls was announced tonight by Dr. H-J Rcwley, chairmen of the Pro- Vinslal Resources Development Board. who said the Atlantic Chem- 1M1: Company. Limited. an su Maritime organisation, had obtain. ed s 120-acro tidal water site near Hillsboro. Albert County. for s 84.. Ooodfwnlllgiect. - WW laid the plant would produce sulphuric acid, super llhfliivhate fertilizer and cement and was assured 'a plentiful supply 0f 11W materials from local sources, l-Irso deposits or anhydrite, mourn for msny years. had been Obtlilléd “(In nearby areas 5nd looal ahales and clsys would be used. Simultaneous manufacture the products would permit economies usually impossible one. where. Dr. Rowley predicted that pro- duction of phosphate fertilizer, normally imported from the Unit- ed States. ultimately would be sufficient for Maritime needs and prove a boon to farmers a; well as those engaged in manufacture’ of mixed fertilizer. Manufacture of cement would be on s relatively smaller scale. The Development Board head said the resident plant manager would be SR. Frost, Ton-onto, war- time director of raw fertilizer mat- erials for Canada and an engineer of long experience in the chemical fertilizer industry and in cement production. i-Ie will be in charge of the plant's construction. Dr. Rowiey f-eimcd the site ex. cellent for shipping by rail. sea and highway. He said the plant could be the forerunner of an integrated chemical industry based on known but as yet undeveloped New Brunswick chemical re- sources-- The company was reported as planning to maintain its pre- dominant Maritlme representation. The president is Senator F.W. Pirie, Grand Fails. NB. A.A. Scales. Freetown. P.E.I., is vice- president and Dr. howloy has been acting. as secretary-treasurer dur- ing the organization period. Direct- ors include George A. Chase, Port Williams, NB; Dr. John S. Bates. Montreal. and lVfir. Frost. (llisrolilll To Observe 13rd Ilrlliday Sunday LONDON, Nov. 2'f—(Reuters)— Conservatives in Britain on Sun- day will celebrate the 78rd birth- day of their leader. Winston Chur- chill, by sending donations to their party's fund for fighting the next general election, a party statement said today. The party appealed for £1,000,000 ($4,000,000) "in October. General Secretary 0f Bible Society MONTREAL, Nov. 27 -(CP)— Among passengers to arrive on bhe Empress of Canada today was Rev. WJ-f. Hudspeth, new general sec- retary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Canada and New- foundland. Mr. l-Iudspeth will wt in a liaison capacity between the ll auxiliaries here and the head- quarters of the Society in London. For nearly three years Mr. Huds- path and his wife were mtorned in China during the Second World War and they have come to Carfadu from China to undertake the Bible Society work here. He holds a de- gree in‘ Chinese from Cambridge University. s 1-1.... To. ‘llalifax, Saint it». Take linited Action seam JOHN. N.B., Nov, 1y _. (CP)—'l‘he Saint John Cengg Council today decided to send e delegation to Ottawa in. protest against action of the Canadian National Railways in lowering ffelsht rates on certain export commodities shipped over its lines to Portland. Mo. HALIFAX. Nov. 21 -(CP)-— The City Council tonight celled a meeting of its members, the Hali- fax Board of Trade, the Port of Halifax Club and all others affect- ed by the recent lowering of Cen- adian freight rates to Portland. Me, for early next week to organise a united front against Canadian Nat- ional Railways‘ action. Blame (llgarst For $75,000 Fire And Man's lleath DUPARQUET, Que. Nov. 21 - (OP)-.Fire, apparently started by a burning clgaret, swept through the Goldfields Hotel in this North- ern Quebec mining town early to- day, took the life of one hotel gueet and caused damage estimated at $75,000. The blaze was thought to have originated in n, room ' ’ by Annual Meeting 0f l'.i.l. (ioiiiinand Alr (ladet League. No change in lest year's slate of officers was made at yester- day's annual meeting of the Prince Edward Island Provincial com- mand of the Al: Cadet League of Canada. The meeting. held at the Charlottetown Hotel, was largely attended with Mr. A. R. Brennan. Summerside, president of the Lea- gue, presiding. Mr. W. E. Darby, therefore, re- 'llllifil as secretary-treasurer and the Charlottetown committee of K. M. Martin, KC. H. F. Mac-l Phee. KC. and George C. Hardy will continue to function. Mainland visitors to the meet- lnl included Air Commodore 112G. Walt, 0.3.11. Air Oflicer. Com- manding Nuinber 10 Group H. Q.. R..C.A.I".. Halifax, a member of his staff, Flight Lieutenant P. Raymond. Air Cadet Liaison Offi- cer; Wing Commander W. l". M. Nswson, D.S.O., D.F.C.. Air Cadet Liaison officer from Air Force H. Q. Ottawa; Mr? George M. Ross. Ottawa, managing director of the Air Cadet League of Canada, a'nd Plight‘ Lieutenant W. Cleaver. Central Air Command. Trenton, Ont. Mr. Ross informed the meeting that s Oommo wealth Air Cadet Conference is to be held in Ottawa the first week in February, 1048, which will be attended by repre- Emile Boutin of Baimoral. Que, who died ln the fire. His body was recovered. This was the second time this main hosteiry of this mining town of 2,000 persons 31 miles north of Rouyn-Noi-anda. has been burned out. in March. 1939. fire gutted the Goldfields hotel which wasreplaoed by the frame, three-storey building. which-vlfeoklneurasaaas of flames t0- day. Thirty-five guests fled to street in zero weather. " For a time. it was feared Hugh O'Connell, register-ed at the. hotel frcm Nova Scotln, died in the blaze but even as firemen searched for his remains he walked onto the scene and announced he had spent the night at another hotel. O'Con- ncll was the mine helper of Emile Bouti-n. 00-3 Crashes, 11 Killed the Vi“ (Continued on Page 5 Col. a) ._.~. .- Locate Tanker In Lake Erie KINGSVILLE, Ont., Nov. 27 - (CP)—The small Canadian oZ-l tanker Bruce Hudson. drifting with disabled engines before a strong southwest wind in Lake Erie, to- night, was located by rescue vessels Just east of Point Pelee and at- tempts were made to get lines aboard. The Bruce Hudson was believed to carry a crew of l5 men. She had (By The Associated Press) JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 27-A DO-S passenger and cargo plane crashed in an attempted landing at Yakutat today and the Civil Aeronautics Administration re- ported ll persons were aboard. There were no survivors. Nine bodies were found at. the scene about two miles from the south- eastern Alaska town's airport. The plane, operated by the Co- lumbia Air Cargo Company of Portland, was reported on an An- chorage-to-Seattlo flight, with nine passengers and two crew members. The twin-engined transport plane was demolished. Reason for the attempted land- ing nt the Yakutet Airport was unknown, but it may have been for fuelling. ROUGH ON BRIDE jTLANl). Mm. Nov. I -- (LP) — A pretty French bride Ibo hid for 16 days — and lost 15 pounds __ in an 18-inch high rope locker aboard a tanker on which her husband is gn oiler. was re- ported as a stowaway by Captain Berger L Visen when the Choc- law Trail docked today. The girl's husband brought her food and water while she was in hiding. Vlsen said. 8y Wes Gallagher LONDON, Nov. 2i --(AP)-—Brit- ain, the United States and \R.ussla agreed toriflht. informants said, on the necessity of quickly foaming a central government fos- all of Cer- many. Russia balked at creating a commission to study Germany's final boundaries. Over the protests of Britain and the United States. Foreign Mini-st- er lloletnv declared that so far ss Billie was concerned Eastern (lg- msn territory up to the Oder d Neisse Rivers was ceded to Poland and required no fisrther study. The Poisons conference pieced this tsrritos-yiisniisr provisional Polish administration "pending final de- tlalaetind Poland's western Big Four Discuss Future 0f Germany frontier." The Big Foil Foreign Ministers. in the third session of the current meeting here. covered e half-dosen subjects. The conference sources said that Britain, the United states and Russia reached tentative agreement that a German govern- ment should perticipste in any pesos conference and rattfy any treaty. . Despite apparent wide areas of "agreement." it was ssidnosse- of the Big Four turned up anything new enough in their positions em- those outlined so Moscow last to indioete any break in de oehe on main issues. The Ministers are attempting to draft peace troslss sent distress signals out on several occasions saying her boilers were disabled and she was running short of fuel. she had left Port Stanley today for Toledo otter te-YHDOYBIY repairs had been made Wednesday night. The Imperial Midland and the American tanker Rocket both locat- ed the Bruce Hudson and were standing by. ‘Ilhe Hudson has no tow line and messages from tihe other vessels said it would be dif- ficult to lay lines while the Wind and snowstorm continued. Bank Statement (By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA. Nov. 2'l_-lDominion Government deposits decreased $14,680,000 t0 0102581000 durin! the week ended Nov. 26. the Bank of Canada reported today; in its weekly financial statement. Chartered bank deposits in- creased $11,658,000 to $40,220,000. while notes in circulation de- creased $6,889,000 to $l,l82.894.000. Jsdglsg tontlnues At ll. Fox Show LITTLE BROOK. N. 8-. Nov. 27 --(GP)-A. Maxwell of Clarke's Harbor, N. 5., today won the grand championship in the pearl platinum class as judging in the Nova Seotie Provincial Fox Show continued. Reserve grand champ- ion was owned by H. H. Morse of Bridgetown, N. S. _ [0330 k‘. i'\ N ADA FLOUR forltlerrnenyaadasntrts. e t ilad Five Years 0f Adventure rain-sign i Elizabeth Prescott, oi’ Toronto, while serving as radio operator aboard the freighter Apollo stayed at her keyboard for 4B hours with- out a. break when the ship struck a Caribbean reef last June. Now back in Canada after an absence of five years she speaks French and Norwegian, has visited 13 dif- ferent. countries. Prices For Christmas Goods Reported Higher (By The Canadian Press) Canada's Christmas dinner tables will groan this year under their greatest Weight of toothsome iiol- iday foods in six years and the kiddies will have plenty of candy, but there's one drawback to this picture of a country fully iecover- ed from war shortaged- the family breailwinner will have to dig deep to pay for it. Store shelves are a, mouth-wat- ering delight with imports from all parts of the world and Canad- ian delicacies to tempt buyers. With the Government's new pol- icy of restriction of imports to help the national economy, this may be the last year for some time for such an array. The pres- ent supplies were .in Canadian warehouses before the restrictions were announced. Prices are‘iowest in the Mari- times. where they remain at much the same level as last year, and are highest in British Columbia. a Canadian Press survey showed to- day. Ontario 5nd Quebec, with prices somewhat higher than last year and the most varied supply of goodies, will probably sit down to the most lavish dinners and their children get the worst tummy (Continued on Page ll Col. 4) Value 0f ll. S. Fish (latch 0ovm_in_ 0st. HALIFAX. Nov. 2'7 — (C?)- V-iiue of Nova Scotia's fish catch during October was $773,000. i I» drop of $100,000 from the previous month's figure, the Department of Industry reported today. Most valuable and largest catch was cod of which 11.258000 pounds were landed with s value of $29,000. DISCUSS TUNNEL-BRIDGE HALIFAX, Nov. 2'i—(OP)—Pre- mier Angus L. Macdonald told e meeting of the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Committee today he is "quite prepared to get an engineer here and get a. survey made" for n proposed tunnel or bridge link- ing the two Halifax harbor com- munities. He w'a ed. however. that he did not regard it as poa- sible to start construction until steel and cement were more read- ily available. ' Begin At Russia Sends Sharply Worded Note To French PARIS, Nov. ltF-(Reutersl- The Soviet Embassy in a sharply-worded note deliver- ed at the Qual d'0ssey tonight demanded that l9 Soviet citi- sens arrested and deported by French authorities be brought back to Paris and handed over to Russian diploma ‘c author- ities. - The Soviet citizens, said to be White Russian emlgres who in recent years embraced Sov- iet cltlsenahlp, were picked up last Tuesday and escorted to an undetermined point on the French frontier. Some reports said they were taken to the Soviet acne of occupied Ger- many. . The Soviet note protested that "despite the long delay which has followed the arrest of these 19 persons the French authorities have not informed the Twice Embassy, nor the Sovie Consulate, of the fact of these arrests, nor of the mo- tives which provoked them." It asked that an xplanatlon be given for the arrest of these Soviet citizens and demands that these Soviet subJeots be re‘ ’ to the Embassy of the "U. S. S. ll. in France." The 19, including several members of a group called "the Union of Soviet Citizens" were arrested after the In- terior Minister charged mem- hers of the Union with "in- terference in French affairs" during France's current labor troubles. Two by-eleetlons lleld in ll. K. Yesterday - IDNDON, Nov. M--(CP)-P0li- iizg tookplace today in two par- liamentary lay-elections, one in a. Labor stronghold, the 6ther in a Conservative stronghold, a few hours after the announcement of the Labor victory in the hotly- contested Gravesend by-eiection. Results of today's voting, in Edinburgh East and l-lowdenshlre, Yorkshire, will be announced to- marrow. lietall Potato Prices ~ Level 0ft At llailfax HALIFAX, Nov. 27—(CPl-—Po- tsto prices which had rpached as nigh as $2.75 a bushel retail after ;ast week's tariff announcement: had dropped back to s2 here to- day and dealers said they would level out around $1.75.‘ ‘I was quoted as high sa $2.75 a~bag earlier this week but yes- terday 1 bought at s3 a bag." said one dealer who added that the drop in price was due to the fact most wholesalers had refused to boy at prices sought by producers last week. Seaman Expected To Go 0n Strike Tonight’ Ilsa Ships Already Tied llp In Halifax: Strike llsy ‘ildnlght. MONTREAL, Nov. 2'1 —(CP)- Negotiations between the Cana- dian Seamens Union and desp- sea shipowners tonight appeared headed for s. stalemate and the likelihood of a strike-call tomor- row at midnight. While Mr. Justice D. A. McNiven of the Saskatchewan Supreme Court tried to bridge the gsp be- tween representatives of the Un- dun and the Shipping Federation of Canada, the Union charged the shlpowners with refusing to bar- gain “in good faith" and the Un- ion's Montreal local recommendei insistence on $1 s day wage-in- crease or strike. - T. G. McManus, national secre- iary of the Union. telegraphed Dé- |.'.ty Labor Minister Arthur Mac- Numara that the two parties had agreed on a 40-hour work week ‘n port and certain security arrange- ments but that the operators had issued an ultimatum they would‘ go no further than a Bil-cent pel- day wage increase. The operators, said McManus, refused also to negotiate on work- ing conditions, claiming these would cost $60 a month. The Un- ion offered to accept last yerrs working conditions if the s1 in- crease were granted. ‘Ihere- was no statement from the owners. The Union already had set last Tuesday midnight as the strike deadline but extended it till Fri- day. Meanwhile, it was learned a telegram had been sent Mr. Jua- tite McNiven and Capt. A. L Law- es or the Shipping Federation of the Marine Council of the Trades M16 Labor Congress in which 1t (Continued on Page 5 Col. l) Executive 0f Hospital Ass’n ilolds Meeting MONCTON, N.B., Nov. 2'1 - (OP) - Seven of the '10 mem- ber hospitals iri the Marltimes have been covered to date as part of a survey on hospital accounting, Waiter Dick. Moncton chartered accountant, today told the annual executive meeting of the Maritime Hospital Association. The survey is being conducted. Mr. Dick explained, with a view to installing a. unified method of accounting in member hospitals in the three Provinces. Plans for the annual meeting. to be held at St. Andrews, N.B., June 15-13 were also discussed along with other routine business car- ried over from the previous exec- utive meeting. A committee appointed to work on the grading of hospitals re- ported favorable progress. The committee, appointed at the pre- vious meeting includes Dr. Rd. Collins, Saint John. Dr. C.J.W.. Beclcwlth, Halifax. Rev. Mother M. Ignatius, R..N.. Antigonish, N.S., Miss Katherine MacLennan. R.N.. Charlottetown, Miss Susan Mac- Queen, RN, Plctoll. N.S., and J. Winslow. Woodstock, N.B. Mr. Justice George J. Tweedy. of Charlottetown resigned as al- sociistlori treasurer and his office was filled by the temporary ap- pointment of Mrs. WB. Porter of Kentville, n.5,. secretary. By EDWIN SIIANKI , Nov. Ik-(Priday) —Fourteen German military lead- ere-three field marshals. one ad- miral and l0 generals-were in- dicted. today by the United States on charges of crimes against peace and humanity. They represent uio last (if the important military figures in the German High Command in Amer- doan custody whose health enables them to stand trial and who have not been promised for extradition. "The origins, developments and background of their crimes may be traced through many decades of German militarism." Brim-Cen- ‘Iielford ‘Taylor, chief of counsel for war crimes. stated in an in- dictment. The defendants are: Field Marshal Wilhelm von Leeb. who commanded the army which oeoqteii the Oiidebssuaad. l4, German Military Leaders Are Indicted and later was an army group commander-in-ehief in the invas- ion of France. Field Marshal Hugo Bperrle. who commanded the Condor Legion in Spain and later Nssi Air Fleet Three, which bombed England from its bases in France. Field Marshal Geog Karl Fried- rich Wilhelm von Kuechler, who coirrnanded armies and army groups in Russia. Gen. Johannes Blaskowlts, who command ‘ German forces in the Netherlands. Gen. Hermann von l-‘Ioth, coin- msnder of a panaer army in Rus- sia. . Gen. Bans Reinhardt. corn- mander of a penser army and later of an army group centre in Russia. Gen. Bans von Sslmuth, com- mander of an army in the French (Continued on Pale I Col. l) iPromiseiiAetion In Fighting Strike Wave B! LOUIS NEVIN PARIS, Nov. 2B-(Fi'lday)-—Pre- mier Rober Schuman and his new Coalition Government won a vote of confidence in the National Assembly early todayl after he promised to demonstrate] before the day is out. "proofs of the Government's energy" in fighting France's menacing wave of Coin- munist-led strikes. In winning the vote of confid- ence 322 to 180, Schuman received nearly 100 fewer votes than he did last Saturday night when his ap- pointment as premier by Presid- ent Vlnceiit Auriol was approved 412 to 184. Eighty-three members abstained from voting today. All but two of the opposition votes cacrie from the Communist deputies. The motion was introduced by five deputies representing each of the blocs supporting Schuman, who belongs to the Mouvement Repubiicain Populaire (M.R..P.) It expressed "confidence in the Government to fight by the most energetic means against the high cost of living, to assure immedi- ately the freedom to work. to re- press vlolence and to guarantee the liberty and security of the cit- izens and maintain order in the republic.” Would Use Force Schuman told the Assembly last night at the operilh! 0! its 5"" night emergency session that his Government was prepared to use force "as a last recourse" to enrl the crippling strikes. now involv- ing 2.000.000 workers throughout fiance. < . Communist Deputy Reymflfld Guyot told the Assembly his partv wguld vote against the confidence motion becausrthe “collltflliits across the Atlantic and the Put‘ isans of America do not Wen!’- pranu, to rise again" and because “the Premier had dared to speak of using force." _ Meanwhile leaders of Frances l,000.0l‘0 unionized public service workers applied an unemcl"! check-rein to the increasing wall! of Communist-led strikes by V0!- (Continued on PaBQ 5 C°1- 3) Mr Beanies. Msaiiiev A aiai. wiio cam‘ sou. Wsfan viifii wiiisconciiino TORONTO. Nov. 2'1 - (OP) _ Minimum and maximum tempers- tures: Vancouver 33, 48; Edmont- toii 31. 42; Calgary 19. 38; Winni- peg. zero 10; Toronto I), 31; O7,- tawa 21. 2'1; Montreal l3, 2'7; Que- bec —. 20; Saint John 31, 85y Moncton N. U; Halifax 3'1, 45; Charlottetown N, 47; Sydney 8L 47; Yarmouth L5. 40. HAIJFAX, Nov. 37—Of!icisl in- land forecasts issued by the Do- minion Public Weather Office ab Halifax valid from ll p.m. Thurs- day untll midnight Jrrlday. ' Synopsis: Skies were mostly clear in the Maritimee on Thursday with only patches of afternoon cloud. After- noon temperatures rsnged tom the 20s in the northern sections through S! at Charlottetown to the mid 40s in the southern re- gions. By mid evening tanpers _ turea were-below n-eesing in sections. ilrlday is forecast be out clesr but s. disturbance-- ing eastward from the Great should cause overcast skies in whole district by evenibl. Regional forecasts:- Prince Edward Island: Variable cloudiness. Little obs in teinperstu o. Light winds. in creasing Friday evening tq squth is. High Friday at Charlottetown}, as. I w. tide this morning ll 10B ._ l-ileh and tonight at 101s. , . sun sets this sftemools at 4.2! fir; rises tomorrow morning sb Full moon Nevemsr flth SQ A. It. 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