Klwqasm ‘ION. Jan. 4'-(A.P)—Boston arrived at the half-way ‘it int of the National Hockey Lea- " e's 50-gamc season by outscoring ~1‘~ e Chicago Black Hawks 6-4 to- ‘Pflniiirht before a crowd of 10.000 at snlhe Boston Garden. -.. Bill Cowley. veteran Bowen cen- Mtrc. collected two assists to run up Ans lecture-leading to a1 to 5 points When the game started m-Cmvleys all-time assist total was ‘£56. which equalled the National Hockey League record for that de- partment made by Frankie Bou- cher during his l2 seasons with the New York Rangers. SUMMARY First Period l-——Clll(‘l1$!0. Smith 2:17 fl-Bcsluii. A. Jackson 5:07 Ii-Busioii. Cain (Cowley, Clapper) 1.4 R53. 5. lle i!- B:04 ' 4—Boston. Hollett (Boll) I32 b-Oliicago, Bentley (Dahlstrom) 11.39 Penalty-Gallinger. Second Period o-Chicago, Purpur 5:04 _ 'l—?o4s0ton. (Boll, Cowley: j-Chlcago. Dahlstrom 12:46 t Penalties-Dahlstrom. H. Jack- lson. Third Period Jackson (Clapper, 10~Boston. Labriel Penaity-Seibcrt, MONTRYTAL. Jan. 4 -~ (CP) —- Cflflldlflls whipped 'I‘oront.o Maple “Leafs 6-3 hfre tonight before a wapaeity crowd of 12.730 fans to .\vin their 13th game played on home ice this season. M Starting with a five goal spurge " "in ihc first period Canadians fought fiercely throughout the entire game. They added their sixth goal Win the second and were held ‘I scoreless after that. Goalie Paul Blbeault who ap- peared against his former team males for the first time was kept BUSY find U-uzle brilliant saves __throu<zhout the entire game. But U ‘Bill Durmn stood out for Canad- , Jens and also put on a. fins ex- hibition of puck stopping. SUMMARY ‘ ' ' First Poriod l-Mmtrcal, Richard lllach. 4UP’EEIQ.U UOHIQEQKQI-‘l Play for the Wright Curling trq- phy. for which 32 rinks are com- " DellIll-Il. continued at the Charlotte- town Curling Club last night. sev- en matches were played and ano- ‘thci- 11 arc scheduled for today ~ The results of last night's play: L.B. McMillan. 7: G.G. Hughes, >1 _ j~ J..7 Morris. l2; Chief Justice T "A. Campbell. 9. ' C.H. Black. 91 T.W.L. A W. . Stewart Moore, ll; W. W ' Lord. 5. .Li'..-Col. GE Full. l3,’ J. C Montgomery. 5. E.D Nicholson. 12: J 1-1. Hovwatt Hon . _.....-_.a~n...n.au»nwn.nwt ‘ " ‘ Today's Schedule 4 P. M. ICE N0. I Al. McPherson vs. RW- Tum- i ll‘ ICE NO. I ‘d’. J J. Morris vs. C H Black. __ ._,..Canadiens Hand Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 Drubbing k-Montreal, Hermon) . o-Montreal. Watson 15:52 6—Toronto. L. Carr (Pratt) 10:56 ‘l-Toronto. Bouchard (Getliffe, Fillon) 17:26 Penalties- Bouchard. Ingcldaby. cureaux, O'Neill. Bodnu, Second Period kaoiantc. L. Our (Davidson) 9—Montl'elil. Blake (loch) 18:19 names-Blake. Ric Pouchard. Hllnflib J‘ B. Third Palild Scoring-None. Penalties-None 5.11 Matches Scheduled In i,‘ Wright Trophy Competition ‘IBM. ICE NO. 1 J F. McLeod vs- 5.8. Smith, ICE N0. I W. R. Adams vl. L. B. Mc- Millan ICE N0. 4 Cruikshank vs. Judze 0.0 ICE N0. l. PER. MoLaine vs. 12.11.. Bell. rdarivgi.’ s Hf... Sear vs. (3.0. Hughes. ICE N0. I Chief Justice TA. Campbell vs- l-lon, T.W.L. Prowse. ICE NO. 4 Dr. l-Ll-I. Pierce vs. 8.5.1’. Jar- ciine . ICE NO. 4 kl-larrl‘ Winchester vs. J. A Fra- r. Montreal University in Quebec league . . u... w-wri l-‘W MONTREAL. Jan. 4 - (cm- ~~~~fliiivcrsltv of Montreal wag ad- __,,.niitted into the Quebec Senior ., ~ Hockey League tonight. and a. ache- . lylulc for a four-team circuit cover- . ,.in;z the remainder of the season “Hy/as drawn in. ‘ ‘fht- Univo iiv club had bccn n picvinirsi~ ll . d. but later lea- 1111C mcfnbcrs expressed doubt as to ih- calibre of it team the club mild ice and demanded a player hi. and ll $2.060 bond. "Flir- Uiiivc it “Ne! visi- inert _ .1111" s lllfl ; $1 \ -. us bond and sub- .i. remaining three thr- lfifll] voted to lot the l ,1 . =irl n Qios Angeles Golf Tourney Opens Today i P? ..___ L08 ANGELES‘, Jarn. 4—(APl—- [miter skipping last year. the 111s l-Anizelcs open izoli’ tournament re- sumes tomorrow with a field that has the old-timers dreaming of the DTP-Will‘ days Even the Junior Chamber of Commerce. sponsoring the event “which catys off in 412,500 war nds. is amazed at the number of Jinks gtgu-s who have entered These are some of the 210 golf- ers who will be battling for l .375 ton award and l4 other prizes: Craig Wood. New York. duration ‘(LS open chamDlon. Hamid (Jug; McStpcidcn. Win- i-olicstier. Mass. who won the Phil- iDDinc open championship before ‘the Japanese look over the course. cl h Guldahl. cho Santa Pa. Calif- two-time U.S. ODQn yowfihimP- Sammy Byrd. Detroit. former New York Yankees baseball star. Byron Nelson. sharmliootiiig ace “our Toledo. h . Diegel. Philadelphia. five- winn 204s. Ion Ziiharlas. Preliminaries will start tomor- row at the Fox Hills and Slllwel» miirses iuid the iraicli will be held Friday thrmiiili Monday nt the Wilslilrc Cmmtrv Club. i\ll irro- ceeds no to the American women clunteer services. I ICE NO. 1 P. S. Cobb vs. Dr. l5. Gid- dings. Cowley Leads List ‘ With 50 Paints MONTREAL, Jan. 4 — (GP) — Boston's Bill Cowley pulled farther ahead in the official National Hoc- key League scoring figures releas- cd today. with an even 50 points and an eight-point lead on team- mate Herbie Cain. Cowley has complied his half- century on l0 goals and S1 assists. while Cain has 24 goals and 18 assists for 42 points, five more than Bill Mosienko of Chicago and Lorne Carr of Toronto. Canadiens hold down fifth and sixth places. with Elmer Lach moving up to 86 points. one ahead of Buddy O'Connor. Cain continues to set the pace in goals, with 24. five more than Cowley and Mud Bi-uneteau of Detroit. and six more than Gerry l-ieffeman of Cnnldienl. OW- ley remains atop the assist column with 31, compared with 27 for O'Connor and 2d for Lach. Murph Chamberlain and Mike McMahon continued to make the fair. Each added two-minors to their totals during the week to remain tied at. 44 minutes each. Sport Briefs NEW YORK. Jan. 4 —— (AH- Allie Swltz, Newark lightweight. and Angelo Collars. of Hamilwn. Ont, today were signed for an eight round fight at. the St. Nich- olas Arena. Jan. 1i. BROOKLYN. Jan. 4 — (AP) - Harold Parrott, baseball writer and columnist on the Brooklyn Eagle since 1028, today was appointed travelling secretary of tho Brook- lyn baseball club. He succeeds Mel Jones of St. mu! OTTAWA. Jan. 4- (O P) — Though Defence Minimi- Balaton and Air Minister Powor will asked tomorrow by Canadian an ateur hockey association to reconsider the decision forbi ding n. C. A. I‘. iconic from participating in Allan or Memor- ial Cup playdowns; sources close to the ministe B said today tiny understood there was no intent- ion of altering the decision. a...» rre 714th“ :. I a i$"."i“F.'. - f...“ Chicago Black Hawks 6-4 ; Blake) 4:55 2—l‘\%ontreal. Richard lvlarinori) a ii-Toronto. Webster (J. B83111‘, ton) 1513 . Maioau (Heffernm. 1611 TO NIGHT Y E T H E A T R E S Q-"aizsrrzztf- MONTEY WODLEYV IDA LUPINO SOUBIS — TIIUB. I P. ‘in MONTAGUI-‘SAT- I P. M- EWELL. Dvfilnd -((.YP)- W!!!“ piatclayer rircrvped a shovel on a ve rail on the Soutiicrn Railway in this Surrey wwn. it caused sev- eral feet of rail no buckle three-hour delay on the ualarid a ndon. rvitmiollth line. - By Jack Bnyley MONIREAL. Jan. 4 - (GP) — This is the story of that exclus- ive company — the short snor- tars. who perhaps today are having a "short snort" on the occasion of anniversary and if "short. shorter" means what most members think it. does. Like everything e150 lbw". 9135 lnfornsl band of ocean air hov- are pretty obscure. But most hol- ders of membership Cards —- WY- tbing from one bill to mar! yfl-Ydl o: folding nwnay-think the ides you born four years a o in s. cir- cls of ferry Wmb" P ‘>58. Him"! their heels at the Gander. Nfld. airbase while waiting for favorable weather. A bunch o: pilots. sitting around waiting toi- storm; to pass. is out to produce straw! myth! N"! W5‘ toms. It was from such a circle ma; the caterpillar club-member- ship restricted to pilots IOfCed t0 use parachutes-was born. Slwh I‘- group also developed the Gremlin myth. 11m Qualification An ocean air crosalnfl — thy ocean -ls qualification for mem- bership and entry costs . thlie 10 shilling notes or three bills 0i a-per currency of any (wllht-ry- TWO gills go to two short - liiortcr 59011801’! while the third. silncd by . the sponsors. is the card. The shorter must always carry his bill anidbc prepared Y0 9N5"? it. on the statuary challenge. “Wlycrws your bill?" 1f he MM produce it he must give each snor- tei- present a bill-as near as W!" glblg to on; value of a. dollar in the currency of the country in wiiicii the challenlfi 1B mflde- (A dollar is considered the unlvflwl m‘ of) a "short snort" or drink or wo. If he does produce the W1. the other snoi-tcrs who are 1111*" l!‘ fix their dgnatures. If there i; no room the (mortar. llectln the signatures, must add another bill in the currency of whatever coun- try the challenge is made. Considers‘ rascal-ch at the n. A. 1". Transport Command base at nearby Dorval turned up little that is definite or conclusive. It Ls as- sumed the name was suggested by a Canadian or American mem- ber of the original Atlantic ferry service. The crews of the early flights were predominantly Arucri- can and the expression belcnls to this side of the ocean. No “(thief Shorter‘ TTBUSFOHS command pilots ar- ound Dcrval said there is actually no “chief snorter" but they agreeAeld i -penalty race an all-Canadian af-_ be i flown stun _.. - lmao official! ‘lmlv- If" d_ . this rank should belong to Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bow- hill, commanding officer of the fignsport Command and l 6110" si-iorter of long standard. 51i- Frederick has only once fail- Ii 51561251‘ IIIITIIIIIG BETTER TIIAII SKATIIIG MAKE 1944 A YEAR or HEALTH an anniversary. That ls. if it is an 1n b] pers. the name. origin and by!!!"- inunberslilp I m, rcnun ; Luster Patrick Socks To Bolster ilangm NEW YORK, Jan. 4 - (op) _ faster Patrick. seek to bolster- the porous defence o his New (Bob) Dill cf Buffalo Blsons of the American League. In obtaining the rugged defence- man, who drew a suspension last Saturday at Pittsburgh foi- strilv ing a referee. Patrick gave up de- fcncemen Gordon Davidson and Roger Leger of the Rangers. and the rights to the Western Cana- No ~vclved_ Dill, aged N. was born at St. Paul. Mlnn., and is 1B8 pounds in weight and five feet eight inches ;tsll. He broke into hockey at the Creighton h School at St. Paul as a gca le. in 1936-39. Short Snorters Believed“, Founded By Ferry Pilots Pmfliligédmgi. " 5 with it wd sleep with ii." 11D lli ‘have’? PPQd I 586K $0 the IDNPON —(OP)- Jolin Gals- WOIlhZégk fags‘? chaér uplléalgmrgd B“ R0 cord brou-ihltmfflfi at a recent auction of _t.he ture from the author's lfoimcr home. a High Single -. H, “m. w; Fish ‘rhree _ 1. pinch; m. ‘Itillfllli. Gllllillllii ~11 nonunifor- detonation“ ilvocolllaawotlhllkc ply- I OODII l0!‘ Photos LIII I14- B IIATION LIOD. ly tnd W. ‘noon: a 1.10.. wiu Wcdn .- 32.9"“ m a i-s-'i'i. HENDERSON I: CUDMOBWS store will be closed all day Wed- nesday's for tho winter mouths]. POLICE COUIT - One man appeared before the mtgistrate in yestcrdayls Police Court. for being drunk. and incapable. He received 83-00 and costs or 5 days. II-ST FIRE 0F NEW YEAR York Rangers of the National Hoc- - a key League. announced a deal to- ‘occur, night under which he geu Robert I Bowling nmsxan sown-mo uraoul: Jeeps: c. Smith m, m, ms H. Turner 137. 3N. 14B .1. Howatt 142. iss, m H. Finlayson ll. 170. 143. PI- Hui-cei- m, 201, iao Lancasterd; c. nmwif 105. ioo. m g. McPherson 113, ill. 150 - Molar-n m. w. in 0- Myth" - m. m. iss E Campbell us. so. n4 n. stewim m. m, 14 Cardinals: M Blmnwa m. m. 171 11 Hoover I17. 0e. m n. White ici. m. lll T Stewart 144. 77, S6 Trailers 1- La-fferty m. 201. 1'15 E Sutherland 100, 1m, 1'10 M- heard iia. 10o. on E- Mwvoueau us. iaa. ai I‘ YISTEBDAY- Charlottetown fire- ... awn..." .......'""'. —...i st St. Theme Ramon Catho- uroh, vinco of Quebec. when Illiuba Kathleen. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Arssaault, l‘! Street, on". lottetcwn, P ., was united marriage to Gerald Romeo Pepin bride was dress: . bins trinimed with silver fox fur and l 00ml! of red roses. Af- ter the wedding services the nappy couple left on a honeymoon tr to St. Jerome where a de cu; breakfast was served. after which they motored to Montreal and from there by train to Sherbrook. Quebec. with relatives of the , Mr. and Mrs. Pepin p in St. Theresa where Mr. in has s dad totheir first call of at 4.06 prn. ycstera of the fin. which. y. ed at Vi Edward Street, was iunkncwnhgijd the resulting dam- happy wedded life. IE0 W55. REPORTED WOUNDEI) — Silt} Major '1‘. 0. Irlnm. city, has re-- celvcd the following telegram; from the Director of Records. Ot-- tawn: "Sincerely regret to in-l form you B26874 Signalman Wil-| lard Watson Irlaui officially re-i ported wounded 1n action twenty- fourth December, 1948 Further in- formation follows when received." pi. EGGS AND POULTRY - Earl prices here have remained sui- tionary. hciuction seems to be on the upswlnn this week. P. tions are uuotinz or ungrad. undelivered: Al. 37-8. AM ao- , . shi - merits delivered Charlottetown AL 41-2. AM 37-8. M 36. B 34. C 32. Specialised iiioducers are receiving for car-waned pack AL 46. AM 43. Al? 40. Poultry is still coming in in fair quantity. LII‘! UNDDWVBJIERS MEET- ‘Ine P. E. I. Life Underwriters As- sociation held it‘ annual meeting yesterday afternoon in the office of the Confederation Life Association at Charlottetown. Reports of the retiring president, H. w. Ives and the secretary trassuror. n. J. Rup- , ert. indicated s very Successful. yeal- 5 w. J. O. Hyndman was appointedi a. delegate to represent the AS500‘ iatiori officially at the annual meet. i ing of the Dominion Association which will meet in ‘Toronto on Jan. c2. Following the report of tli= nom" I inating committee the following offaifiersniert e1 for the eomlnfl Omit Our ‘Way BRINGING UP FATHER radio service. Thai;- maiiy friends both iii Quebec and Prince Edward Islam‘. wish them many years of Personals Mr, Walter G. MacKcnaie. Springfield. was a visitor to the city yesterday on business. Mr. John K- Falconer South Granville. was in the city yesoer-_ day. Friends were glad to res hlrn| after his recent illness. Mr. Alfred McGaiighey, Borishsw has returned home after s riding a very pleasant week visit ng re- latives in Halifax. N. S. Miss Khthleen Cauysmn, Sum- mcrside. went. a few days at the home of her sister. Mrs. L. J. MacDonald. Mermaid. L.A C. Edward Mills‘ from the R..A.F. Charlottetown and a. fvlills have returned home after spending stands with the lat- ter‘s parents. M3‘. and Mrs. Edgar Gillespie. Debert, Cpl. Leo. A. MacDonald and Mrs. MacDonald have returned to Sydney after spending s pleasant holiday with Cpl MacDonald's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. l. Mac- Donald, Mermaid His many friends will be pleased to learn that Captain A. F. (Brick; Gormley has recently been pro- moted to rank of Major. Major TRAIN AND IIIIY -- Tho early train left Borden last‘ even- i angers. arriv in: wtli 1n Ohlriotlatown with 101 at 0 80 ‘£1; ferry made four trips ycstar. FUNERAL YESTERDAY - Th: funeral p! the late Harry S. Stewart was held yesterday morning from St. Peter's Cathedral whore services were conducted by Rev. Canon Malone, who also cf- flciatedlt the grave in St. Peter's Ccinc . The -- pallbearers were: J. O. Hyndnian, Vincent Blake, Hector Currie. Dr. J. E. Blanch“ ard. William Coady and William Maclcan. USE "CAPES POAT" — An cld method cf transportatiomawapea boat" was used “yesterday by oil- inen to et to e drilluig rig in Hillsboro ay. it was learned. And i condition; at the site were found n ar is to tluoe- The central crib. which sup- the actual drill rig. ls ap- parently intact. The Bay froze during the cold snmp in mid ember, Then a high wind a week I80 yesterday caused the ice to brreak ther has not cold enough to freeze the pans together again. Drilling will not resume until the DVH‘ ics becmnea firm “ to support heavy traffic Y day the men went tn the site. with a boat equip- ped with runners. open waiter they rowed the boat and when Milled it like they came to ice they a sleigh. Personals Mr. and Mrs. W. Wctiiei-worth. Montague, arrived in thq city last night. Miss Elva W. Mains, is visiting her ‘sister, Mrs. Gormley was a former Bisley Shot Shaw and Rev. R. ll. Shaw. New lvissfiniilis JAIiiiillY 12in Our store will be cloaedQrill day Wednesday‘ ‘until Further Notice. _ , ~A.- MacDougall . . Barter Mona Wear . ‘n81 l: up nd sinr then the wea- in a -e Cooke. Eastport. 1v .'\\ ..1_ 143 ‘Great Geo, st. { Mr. Med Roatnlredcricton, u. rived here last evening. ‘ xlignyhfriends 0:1 Mr 0.1"‘. o ove eaua adi ‘ recovering niccgy axtef m" operation in tlzc pitsi Willis. he is a recent P.1d Island Hos. I Miss It. Aime Rourlzs ha; u. .turned to her home at Monatgue vmillh (Limo-led in health after spending the Dost six weeks in h“ city owing to illness. Cot-pl. Kzthleen Carter, has re. urned to the mainland after spending the holiday season with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Carter. Cornwall. . Congratulations are being ex. tended to Mr. and Mrs, Alton Ro- bertson. Munn’s Road. who celo. brated their 25th wedding anniver- sary on January 2nd. ' aid Mac- Ml‘. and Ma's. J. H, M who have been guests at the 250?; Hotel this W811i! left thlg morning for their homo in Murray Hard ur. “*'—' . L.A.C. Ronald Moore. R.A.F. and L.A.C. James Watson, 3,11 1". Momma, who hays spent; ' holiday-leave in this city, yesgeflil for the main an . LAC Jack Schofield of the n. C. A. F‘. (formerly of Charlotte- town) arrived here to spend New Year's with his father. Mr. Wm. Schofiald of the Eastern Chronicle staff. The young airman is taking his training course at Yannouth, N. S. and was formerly linoiype operator on the Easicm-Chroniclo cw Glasgow Eastern Chronicle. transact: .,Afi§2»i3..lii. m ‘firfrrj- ‘p 1- “"“"'" "‘ “°"" Bv J. R. Williams Our Boarding House With Major Hoopla __._- .. __- ____..-- -—<_ By GEORGE LdcMANUS I éAVE VOUI? WIFE NOUR MESSAGE’ NOT "ro EX- PECT you “LL LATE CAUSE i iqnew sue yt/‘Afp BEAU“ *0" "AVE 1° fié“il.l=“.‘a€2lffli%l°ali il/Aw pokéigl FLIRNITURE- sue i-iAs i2 THAT- A MANIA FO ITOLD HER THAT‘ BE- oAvDv-Mdn-ieiz wAs so SORRY wou HAVE TO STAY LATE ON ACCOUNT oi= THAT OLDCLISTOMER- DOWN WHILE YOURE wAiTlN6 Foiz HIM saws COMING ARRANGE YUIJR OFFICE FURNITLI TO HELP YOU I35- lzsl! ' lilli‘) !. l y i: By Rplwi n? MY 1.1mm! wi-iv\ oossu-r Mn. auoes cm AN’ TELL us ed to meet the challenge. Twirl- ing his bushy eyebrows. the little Ferry Command chief walked into‘ a iress in Britain recently wearing his air battle dress. A short mvrtbf noticed the chi-Me from tho un- dress tunic and summoned s group of ferry pilots to make the chall- e Ilfll. Sir Frederick didn't kcve his bill and the challenge cost him about $178 in Canadian funds — one of the highest fines ever paid by s short sncvtc". Therp is the case of Capt. f... V. (Buddy) Messenfler. a British Overseas Ali-ways Corporation pli- ot. callcd from a shower bath and asked for hit; bill. He smilingly opmed a locket. attached to In identity disc around his neck, and it...» sue At t auction rooms. rid y. B cl. III! mirror, chairs. wulntlnd, hook! Iran and several other small arm-l GI . i w. ll. BIATON. Alclllnool- l 1-4-04 "gags-ii... xii f - . -~i=.-v.c¢w11:5nnic".' WHAT HE rouno our 'aou1' 1w SCROGGlNf-‘IS ?! WELL. wouuzw YOU LOOK y! WALKIN’ ' LONG WELL. SALLY i i_uci<v ‘r0 HAVE SUCH . DELIGHTFUL ROOMERS! ' YOLYRE --I HAD A VERY PLEASANT CHAT- EFFIE'$ “AND. BY THE WA --EFFIE BAKES THE MOST wouosrzcuu COOKIES"- i l t: o. VVE A MlND TO 6O WiTH . ......@qqapnurmownwum....-g~m~ mm $AY. PM GOING TO CATCH Tl-iAT TRAIN AFTER ALL