MAXIMS _' i 01 A i, emu: MAN ll iliewsy inbe ‘Ilse Guardian. Three Cents. Mo ' Dolly Founded lllf. Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETQWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1949 12 Thegrenbcrthefoottliobcolor theduieer. MAXIMS ' 01A. _MERE MAN PAGES Small Yacht Found Drifting lllltligutfirevi MONTREAL. Aug. ‘if -— (C?) _ A freighter captain's report of a small yacht, found drifting in mid-Atlantic, crewless, digmagied and with her identifying marks scratched out, today brought a sea mystery to the port of Montreal. Capt. Henry Purvis, skipper of the British cargo vessel Canford, told of sighting the "40-foot yacht of the slick racing type" when the Canford Montreal-bound, was five days out of Bristol Channel. His story recalled the tale of the Nova Bcotlan sailing ship Marie Celeste discovered in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar in 1872. No one ever learned what hap- pened to the eight people aboard the Marie Celeste when she sailed from New York a month before the was found adrift. "At first appearances," gig Capt. Purvis. "it. looked like a storm tragedy _. occupants washed overboard or somethlng." A boarding party found the lit- tle vessel's name was scratched out u well as her port of registry. I-Ier lot book — ll’ such a small vessel ever had one - was gone and fliers were no other signs of her identity. Ducovery of eight bales of silk aboard the yacht added another (Continued on Page 5 Col. 5) Arms-Aid Program Wins Narrow Victory WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 — (AP) —The Truman administration to- day defeated. by a hairline mar- Ilfl- In Biicm-lfii i0 cut to half its "mmiid PTQIrBm for Western E§eeh ,. ,. . e votQ in The House of Rep. Iesentatlvas foreign affairs com. mitteo was reported b'y committee attaches to have been 8 to 8, with him abseniecs. A tie automatically rejects the amendment. Coming Events "Milli your Films to Gnrrihum Photo Studio. Charlottetown. "Dance at. new school Iona East. August 12th. Drawing lottery. ' "Dance every Friday night at '3" 9011b" I-Odse- Good music. Dancing from 9 till 1. "Dance in St. Peter's L Hall every Tuesday night. Peters Orchestra, ion liff "A show you will always re- member. See "Personal Column" at MacDonald Bros. Theatre tonight. "Open Air Dance. Lower New- town, August 16th. Good floor ml canteen. Eldon Orchestra in attend- nnce. "Dance. Vern-nu River Parish Hall, Monday, August 15th. Mill- view Orchestra. auspices C. W. L. bunches served. . "Dance at "Skyline" Dance Brill. New London, to-night. Good music and canteen service. Ad- mission I5 cents. "foo Cream Social and Dance. Darnley Hail, Monday. August 15th. Ice Cream served 8 to l0 PM. glues 10 to 1 A. M. sponsored by . I‘. "Abcgwelt B. B. P. No. BU meeting at Kingston Friday night, Bedeque and Summerside precep- torles invited. All members please attend, "OM11 for community canning Mondays and Wednesdays. Also buying blueberries. Consumers Can- nery Cooperative Association, Mt. Itewsrt. "Double feature show at North wiitlbiro tonight. "Prairie Chick- ens" and ‘The Last 111m" sierr- hg Jlfllflk Rogers and Marjorie Woodwor . " lar Dance Winsloe Ite- tion all, Friday, August 12th. com Rhythm Boys Orchestra. D ing 9.80 to 12.30. Admission I00. Canteen service. Bus leaves l. M. T. 9.15 and 10. "Erhibiticrl — Benton endiMoe- he will be delivering Blair-gain Bede to Inhibition Grounds WIT! looming during Old Home Week. We die-it be plolstd to take care of your roquirmionte. Phone 2214-1 or n» our truck. ' "flow Morell every ‘meld!!- ma» end leturdey. show mm no P. u. Cotnilll rridsv and m. Coleman in "A lining. Ioneld E10 Life‘. with aims Hem Ind und O'Brien. shows. More" fudden Squall . H [.+( One Drowned When Boat Capsized In HAMILTON, Aug. 11—fCPi —0ne man was drowned anal’ his wife and neighbor rescued when their smnll boat cap- Iiled duriniz n squall on Hom- liton Bay todn_v_ Harbor police are dragging for the body of Bert Philpnl, 35. Rescued were: Mrs. Phil- pot, 28, and Thomas ‘Baylor, 32. Harbor police suid the ihrco went out to fish in an eight- foot plywood boat powered ny an outboard motor. They were about 1.000 feet from shore when the squnll struck and overturned the boat. Earlier it hod been report- ed that the sudden wind had overturned several yachts on the bny and that n number of persons were missing. Police said they had receiv- ed reports cf only one boat capsiglng. Priaet. Buried Alive By Quake Rescued QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 11 —-(AP) -—A priest buried four dnys in the ruins of the Ambato Cathedral has been brought oilt alive, reports reaching Quito said today. The priest, Father Juan Bautista Palacios. was in the huge cathed- ral Priday, teaching 50 catechism students when: the earthquake lev- elled the btiilding. All the students were killed. A supporting arch fell across the priest's body, shielding him frcm the huge granite stones of the crumbled edifice. ' KILLED ON TRUCK CANNING, N. 8., Aug. 11—(CPi —Willlnm Patterson was killed today on the buck of a truck when the seat upset. throwing him forward and breaking his kind Buntziln, secretary, R. A. Profltt, and G. G. Hughes. Provincial Exhibition Association, have connected with the staging of the Old Home Exhibition. Starting on Monday evening and concluding on Friday night of next. week, this year's program promises to be o record-break- ing one from start to finish and the thousands who will flock through the gates of the big plant will roallze to a certain extent the trem- endous amount of work that is necessary to put over a show of this H. H. Pierce, H. J. Kennedy, president, Laine, Willard Kelly and George A. Callb Standing in the background are Messrs. R. R. Bell, Frank Acorn, Head Provincial Exhibition Association ‘so On the shoulders of the group pictured above, members of the rested the many problems Week and Provincial Seated from left to right above are Messrs. Cecil Stewart, G. H. Dr. J. P. Lantz, vice president, Dr. Robert Chuppell, F. R. Mc- eck. Moncton Brothers Charged In S'Side Court Two men arrested in Borden on Wednesday appeared in Summer- slde Police Court yesterday morning charged with olbtalning food and lodging by uttering a worthless cheque and wereremanded tillSat- urday. They gave their names as George Douglas and Roy Thomas of Toronto but were identified yes- terday afternoon by a detective sergeant of Monctcn City Police as Edward and Oscar Perron. brothers of that city. Chief of Police Peter White stated lastevcning that the car found in their possession, a 1941 Oldsmcbile sedan, has been identified as a stolen car owned in Moncton. The New Brunswick license plates on it were stolen from another car. Sets of Ontario and Massachusetts plates found in the car were also apparently stolen. Two radios in the car have been identified as stolen in breaks it Cape Tormentine and Hunter liv- er filling station, he said. The original charge arose out of the cashing of a. cheque for $20 at the Clifton Hotel, Summerside which was later found to be worth- neck. Canadian By Harold Morrison OTTAWA. Aug. 11 --(CP) — Radio-tho "greatest and most uni. verul instrument of education"- hu beccirne an entertainment out- loss-S. ‘Architects Critical Of , Radio Set-up lines, Just as it wanted Canada to have its own kind of culture and its own kind of architectural de- sign. By raising the cultural level of Canadian people. Canada could tectural Institute of Canada said tode y. It called on the Massey Com- mission on Arts and Science De- velopment in consider giving the country's cultural leaders. rather than contributory advertisers. firm control over program policy. fn a brief presented to the Com- dtilflon, A.J. lfnaeigrove, president of the mltitute which represents 1,100 Carnelian architects. declared that. "giant commercial corporat- ions" controlied the type and qual- ity of Canadian pron-arm. Weaflit-‘fiififlff mic The Institute wanted 0011141111 . Hear .... __ Q iifikfiifiiu! let for mere sales propaganda “combat the dcbaslng flood cf "tagged on to or ,. ‘ foreign p. ‘ which pours fomuntic drivel," the Royal Archi- into Canada by radio. television and magazine." The Institute wanted the Com- mission to comider other urgent needs, particularly in the ffvltis of design, films and education. It believed that the nnployrrtent of n competent architect should be made compulsory, whenever the taxpayers‘ money ll spent in the erection of ptlilic buildings. The views of the Institute on radio and television are expected to be investigated in detail when the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- orstlon and the Canadian Assoc- ation of koedcutere appear be British Labor Picture Causes Concern To G0v’t (By II. L, Jones) LONDON, Aug. 11—-(CP)—Be- hind the doors of Britain's Labor Ministry these days there is prob- ably more activity than in any other office in busy Whitehall. Each day seems to bring rfisw problems to the desk of George Isaacs. 66-year-old Labor Minister, who has the final responsibility ln keeping the country's industrial gears smoothly in mesh. At a time when all-out produc- tion is a vital necessity for Bri- tain's economy, the Labor Minister is concerned by continued out- breaks of labor unrest. During the last few weeks, fast- talking Isancs has uneasily watch- ed these developments in the changing British labor picture: 1, The clnlms of railway workers for a wage increase nre still unsettled and new "iro slow" moves are afoot. 2. London's great docks, just buck to normal after the un- official strike which cost mil- lions of pounds, are again threatened by trouble. 3. The pitwlnders who oper- ate cool-mine elevators are threatening a strike that could upset Britain's already slump- ing coal production, ‘ 4. Fresh moves are being made to obtain a "new deal" regarding pay and security for 130.000 temporary civil ser- vants. ' Most Pressing Problem The quarrel of the Colliery Winders Federation, representing 1.500 engine winders, presents the most pressing problem. The Fed- eration has threatened a ltrike (Continued on Page 5 Col. 7i Gen. Irodley Gets Top Military Post WABHXNGTON. Aug. 1.1 —(Al') _ Gen. Omar N. Bradley today was selected by President Truman for the country's No. l military post permanent chairman of the United Btatee joint chiefs-of- staff. In that position he will be the highest ranking United States mil- itary officer. , Selection of Bradley, now serv- ing as army chlef-of-staff. had been widely anticipated. It caps a career which included service in two world were, commaudof the ingest body oft-cope ever to urve under an American field commander, and three years ten- ure u heed of the Veterans Ad- ministration. Famous Author Critically injured ATLANTA, Ga.. Aug. ll -— (AP)—lMargaret Mitchell, fam- ed author cf "Gene With The Wind". was critically injured tonight when struck by an automobile near her home. She was taken to hospital where attendants said an op- eration is under way. Patrolman M. C. Faulkner said Miss Mitchell had started across Peachtree Street near her home when a fast-travel- ling automobile struck and hurled her to the pavement. He said the cor was on the wrong side of the street and witnesses estimated it was go- ings between 50 n 60 miles an hour. The driver of the car stop- ped, Faulkner said, after skid- ding brake-locked wheels more than 60 feet. Faulkner identified the driver as Hugh D. Grilvette and said he was jailed on charges of drunken-driving and accident. Brazier. like Truman. is a ne-_ 1Q fit A._ Another Drop In Margarine Output OTTAWA, Aug. ll-There was another drop in Canada's marg- arine production last month. The Bureau of Statistics today reported the July output totalled 5,372,000 pounds. compared with 0,734,000 in June. For the last four months production of the spread has been falling away from the March high of 7,349,000 pounds. Stocks, of margarine hold in Canada. excluding Newfoundland. at Aug. lst totalled 1.972.000 pounds. compared with the revised s total of 2,050,000 at the beginning of July. Rare Case of Multiple Birth In Toronto roaonro. Atlg. i! - toe» _ A 21-year-old woman from nearby Weston today gave birth to a son — the second she bore in 26 hours. Dr. Mary Whitaker. who deliv- itics, today won the Corssultative Assembly Council of, Europe. dent, Paul-Henri Socialist Premier of Belgium. elected unanimously. York three years ago. UPRASBOURJG, France, Aug. 11 -tOPi-—Wl.nston Churchill. in a vigorous return to continental Doi- two victories in of the l-lis candidate for Assembly Presi- Spaak, former was,’ Spank was first President of the United Nat- ions Assombly in London and New Churchill's second successfu. manoeuvre was made in opposition to the candidacy of William White- ley, the British Labor Govern- ment's Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury. for one of the As- Churchill Active In Opening Session Of i European Assembly hhmimlays “ llistoric Tablets To Be Unveiled Tablets in memory of Sir Louis Davies, Sir Joseph Pope and Rob- ert llarrls, C.M.G., P. C.A. will be unveiled on August 25, it has been announce-d by HCll‘. Thane A. Campbell, Chief Justice and mem- ber of the Historic Sites and Milllll- menls Beard of Canada. Previous to the unveiling are impressive cci-e- mony will be held in the Confeder- ztticn Chambers at 3 o'clock. i with the weather trend establish. oau says, is the persistent dency for the North Atlantic or Bermuda high pressure area leave its usual habitat this sum- mcr and creep inland across the Atlantic seaboard. winds to all of Canada from Re- ginn to Halifax. so far this year was 110 degrees at Rosetown, Saslc, WM" l 11ml"!!! bot mass cf‘ air worked northward atchewan and Manitoba several ail-time record atures. in the Prairies, then in the Mari- tlmes. The break came suddenly in Ottawa on Wednesday when the mercury slumped 20 degrees in 20 minutes. predicted for today will last, not even the forecasters are prepared to say. (Continued on Page 5 Col. l) Some Belief From lieat Wave In Ontario (Canadian Pres» the scorching heat which has days. It came in the form of scatter- ed sbowers and an occasional "HWY cloudburst in localities from Windsor in the west to Toronto in the east. Temperatures in most centres were in the mid-SOs yesterday in contrast to mld-90 temperatures Wednesday. But high humidity made up in discomfort for the difference in degrees, Appearing unconcerned, the Weather Bureau at Toronto says the heat wave is "quite in keeping 9d during the mild winter and early this year." r The Bureau reports that tem- peratures for Eastern Canada 4h]; summer are “well above normal." One clue to the heat, the Bur- ten- l0 This tendency has brought hot Highest recorded temperature on Aug. 6, Sask- set across to ‘ I The heat wave broke down first How lOfllZ the "fairly cool spell" Some relief came Thursday from gripped Southern Ontario for four The tablets will he unveiled by His Hcncr LlflUlCiilEinl-G‘D'\'E‘Il‘i'3l‘ J. A. Bernard. Au addrcss of wel- cc-mc to visitors present will be giv- en by Premier J. Walter Jones. Individual addresses will be cic- livered on each of the persons hon- ored. Mr. Justice Ivan C. Rand of the Supreme Court of Cflflildfi will speak about Sir Louis Davies. Hon. A. E. Arsenault, former Supreme Court Judge will give the address on Sir Joseph Pope and Professor Frank MacKinlran, Principal of P. W.C. will pay tribute t0 Mr. Rob- ert Harris. The tablets of Sir lcuis Davies amd Sir Joseph Pope will be un- veiled at the head of’ the stairs of the Provincial Building. The tab- let to Mr. Robert Harris will be outside the Harris Memorial Lib- rary at the right hand side of the main doorway. C. ll. C.Crltical 0t P. E. I. Brief TORONTO. 0nt., August l0 - (Speclal) "Premier Jones and. the government of Prince Edward Island apparently don't believe there is any truth in the old say- ing that competition is the life of trade", said Joseph Lister Rut- ledge. chairman of the Canadian Unity Council today. Mr. Rutledge was commenting on the PEI. ar- gument to the Royal Commission on transportation that amalgama- tion of the two principal railway systems under government control would solve Canada's present or future transportation problem. "Prince Edward Island has never had more than one railway". pointed out Mr. Rutledge, "and therefore the Islanders may not fully nPPreciate the advantages of competitive service. Certainly the beanie in the rest of Canada have always thought they were better off if they lived in a. town served by two railways rather than in l‘ WWI! loft/Gd by only one. "There ls also the financial side of the problem", said Mr. ant. ledge. “When discussing amslgg. rnation of the government-owned By KAY REX OTTAWA. Aug. ll —- (OP) The Canadian Teachens Federation today took a. stand on Canadian hockey, dcpiorlng professional regulations which in- terfere with boys amateur and still attending chool. The attitude of the teachers was Ipreescd in n reeolutloh passed at a final session of the O.T.P. an- nual conference in progress here. Delegates resolved that the C.- T.F. executive instruct the Feder- ation representative on the Can- adian Education Association. approach other make that amateur and professional hockey and organizations to representation to "with regard to strong Association (Continued on Page 6 Col. 4) Canadian Teachers Blast Hockey Organizations Subscriptions Delivered $6.011 Mail $5.00; other Provinces a U. I. ti." United States Defence Secretary Pleased With Canadian Picture A f$ea__Mysl:ery Reported By Captain At Montreal llas Nofears , About Alaska. By Douglau flaw OTTAWA. Aug. 11 ——(CP) —De4 femce Secretary Johnsqn of thd United States told a press confer- ‘ence today “we've no fears aboul the Alaskan tdefeilcel picturfl thanks to the understanding we have in the tvcstcraf hemisphere." As his one-day visit to Otiawi! moved inwards a close. the Amer- ‘ican Cabinet Minister also: ' 1. Indicated his own warm L approval of a plan. discussed at y an- earlier meeting with the De- fence Ct-nmiitce of the Cah- uict, to alIr-xv an exchange 0f Canadian and U.S. military production which would pre- vent further strazn cn Can-odes dollar prcblmi. t 2. Sal-d thcrc is no disagree- mcnt betwecn the two countries in any aspect of their dflftliw co-opcration. 3. Declined to discuss the possibility of a. unified Amer- CflrHCBfllldl-Bll regional corn- mand because it would be "putting the cart before the horse" in developments leading to formation of Atlantic Pact organization. The Secretary described himsej as "tickled to death" with Canada's defence picture and said "I havo never spent a more worthwhile day in my life nor felt myflell among more understanding people ...we are brothers in the cause of peace." He conferred with the Oabineil Defence Committee. headed b,“ Prime Minister St. Laurent, Ci! "the whole field of defence." . Canadian arms procuremed (Continued on Peso e Col. t). .' fut: Loneasr Distance Between“ (wo Points is BEONEEN PAY g om: : % ' (p311. _V . s9»: i; TORONTO, Aug. 11 — (CF)? Minimum and maximum temper»: atures: Vancouver 58. 6'1; Edmon- ton 50, 81; Regina 52, 83; Winni- peg 67, 92; Toronto 78, 89; Ottawa 7, -; Montreal 65, 84; Quebec 60, 68; Saint John 60. -—: Menc- ton 51, 78; Halifax 63, 66; Char- lottetown 56, 73; Sydney 48, 73;, Yarmouth -—, 74; St. John's, l1, 69. HALIFAX, Aug. 11-(CP)—Offl- clal inland forecasts issued to- night by the Dominion Public U? ;Weather Office at Halifax: Synopsis: Hot. humid air covers the East- cru United States, and high tem- peratures Thursday were in the upper 90s. Cooler and less humid as it affects school boys." In the preamble, the resolution said that present regulations of amateur and professional hockey: permit theplaclng of names ofi school boys 0n negotiation lists oi junior hockey teams while still playing midget hockcy. The C.T.F. deplored that this is done "without the formality of consulting either the boys con- cerned or their parents; that boys are thus often assigned to play junior hockey in eentrrs nt a con- siderable distance from their homes; that the situation may mean inadequate supervision and exploitation of the boy's." Meanwhile in Midland, 0nt.. (Continued on Page b Col. 4) ered the babies. said it was an ex- tremely rare case of a multiple birth. Dr. Whitairer said there were lqnrste pregnancies for each child and that they probably were con- ceived weeks apart. Both were pre- rneture. The first. weighing three pounds and l2 ounces, was born Tuesday The second. four pounds and i2 ounces. was born early today. They are being kept in incubators. YOUTH ADMITS KILLING PORTLAND, 01's.. Aug. 11- fAPi-Ceilow-feced Morris Leland, i 22, led police today to the body of a 15-year-old girl who had been beaten. stabbed and hidden under a log pile near a Portland bridge. Detectives laid Ireland, picked up on another charge, voluntarily blurted out the story of n brutal slaying that police had never sus- i-ed. They said Iolnnd admitted liirl the girl-Thelma ’I\yior- after she refund his advances, be- cause "she wee a Iced girl and vote, Michigan rolled up a 7-in-1 walkout. This handed the U.A.W. extra ammunition to back up its drive for worker pensions. Ford Workers Vote For Strike But Talks Continue DETROIT. ADI. 1i —(AP) -—-A whopping strike vote victory today gave the United Automobile Work- era Union (6.10) a free hand in ceiling n Ford walkout. UAW. , eaidant Walter Beuther said, however, there would be no mmediata strike. Contract tats will continue for c. while at least. state-conducted strike Ford employees maiority for a In the Ford Motor Company said the returns did not sltcr its position. The company has refused during two months of bargaining to con- sider any wage increase. The union's international exe- aild make trouble with the pol- euttvp m‘ who; on olden results. It was expected to author- ize unlon officers to order Ford's 106.000 hourly workers out when- ever they see fit. Michigan law made the election necessary. The U.A.W. could not legally coil a wallmut in the vital Michigan plants, which employ more than 80,000, until a favorable vote had been obtained. The huge total of 76.230 ballots cast came as a surprise. It was 93 per cent of eligible voters. The final count listed 615,001 for n strike and 9,549 against in 17 Michigan plants. Officials set aside 6N ballots. If a strike were called. it would be the second to hit Ford this year. Rouge plant workers in Dearborn walked out for 24 days last May ever e "speed-up" yicvaocs, nir continued to cover Eastern Cnnadn and temperatures were sensnnnhlo over the Marltlmes. Disturbances moving eastward along the boundary between tho vcry warm rind cooler air caused considerable cloudiness over much the Mnrltimcs Thursday with vnryini! amounts of rain. Prince Edward Island. Gnspe and the North Shore region were flnc. however, the cooler air is push- ing slowly southward, along with‘ the finer ‘weather, and Friday’ should hr- sunny even in the southernmost regions. Forecasts, vnlld until midnight Friday: Prince Edward Island: Cloudy during the nicht. Friday sunny with little change in temperature. Lizht winds. ‘Low oorlv Friday morning and high in the after- noon nt Charlottetown 52 and 71. High tld 12.59 P. M Sun rises this morning at 5.00 and sets at 7.25. Cummersidc tide eighteen min- utes later than Charlottetown. c today at 1.1’? A._M'. and DOBDEN - TORMENTINE FERRY WEEK DAYS Lv. Borden Lv. Capo Tonnentino 9.10 A.M. 10.85 AM. 1.00 RM. 2.40 EM’. 4.30 IBM. 7.80 PM’. 0.00 RM. 10.30 EM’. BUNDAYS Lv. Borden Lv. Cape Tonnes-Minn 0.10 A.M. 10.85 A.M. 1.00 RM. 8.00 PM. 8.45 IHM. 8.00 IKM. woop ISLASIE-CAIIBOU DAILY FERRY Leave Wood Isl-ands A.M.: O A.M.g 11 A.M.-, 1 PJL; . ; M ‘I 3 Poi. n P. . Leave ‘i Caribou ‘- an; e AM: n A1141 nu . Ill-rollb- - --.<-.—.-»r.-» -