, ‘N41714:, damn». Maxims 1 OIL MERE MAN MAXIMS OFA. MERE MAN Iifle never err: who gum“, se . a w‘ loCnféhpug-the lr cost a v t deal l j . m Guumén’ m” Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew Mall $5.00: other Provinces h U. S. $7.00. Morning Daily Founded 1887, iiiiisii PAPERS R¢Ya| Romance ls Issue In Torontds Mayor Is Re-elected; Plebiscite Favors Sunday Sport Retires As Director 0f Junior lied-Gross TORONTO, Jan. 3 - The re. tirement of Miss Jenn Elizabeth Browne, (above-l, for n years na- tional director of the Canadian Junior Red Cross. was announced today. Since 1922. Miss Browne has played a notable part in the estab- lishment and guidance of the Junior Red Cross movement which now unites 41.578056 school child- ren in 5B countries of the world in work for health. service and international friendliness. in Canada, the organization has prozrcsscd under Miss Browne's leadership from carly pioneer stages to mmprisc fi present mem- bership of nearly 900,000, operat- lnil as an intcgral part of the school systcm. and is regarded as an outstanding model by world RcdCross officials. Miss Browne was born in Park- hill, Ontario. Shortly after her graduation from thi- Toronto Gen- "al Hfl-‘Dilal School for Nurses. “h” flf-‘Nvted an invitation to or- Rauizo and takc charge of a n~xv School Hygienc branch of thr- De- illflrimcnt r-' Education in Saskat- chewan, and continued as director of the branch until joinin: the Red Cross staff. ' She is one of tivclvc Canadians Who hold tho Flor-rncc Nishtiiigal: lllcdal. one of tlic liiizhcst mil-sin: ai-vards in ihi- world. prcscntcd 1° h" by ‘he international Rad Cross in Geneva lfl i939. in rc- "llillfif"! "f her work on. behalf of the Society BREAKS OWN RECORD BISHOP. Calif. Jan 2 -— (AP) -7ohn Robinson. Arcadia, Faith, 3H0"? Pilot. broke his own world's altitude record for slnclo-nl-icc Flllliloncs Sunday. soaring to R11,- 800 feet nbovc sea lcvcl. Harland Boss. ofificial timer and observer. announced that ihc new mark u 3m 789i Hither than the onc sat by Robinson a! ii..- game nwpnri “Mil? one year ago Sunday. Coming Events “Ml-ll Your Films to Ciarnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown. “Dance Miliview Hail, Tuelduy. ha. 8rd. Mlllview w, r, “$08M to thB Oonoert, Box Soc» h! Ind DUMBO. i1! Bonshaw Insti- tute Hall, Tuesday, January 3rd. "Bradalibane tonight at 8.30, See “Glry Cooper" in “Good Sam". M” If"!!! by L80 Gallant in per- eon. "This ltore will be closed Wed- nuday, Jan. 4. and Thursday, Jan. 5. m: stock taking. .1, F, Morris, Kinkon. "Our Store will be closed for Mo: mun; Wednesday nnd Thurs- dlv, January 4th and 5th. a. L Dicklason, New Glasgow, "Dunc. will he held in South Rultlco parish hall Tuesday night. Jun. a. in aid of the school. If 710i fine will be hciii Wednesday Illliih Good music and canteen Icrvicg, "Attention! Bridal-bane, Hunt- Rb River, New Glasgow, Canoe e and Bomhaw. You've seen McCnrcyu "Bella or st. MNTI" and "Going M! Way". 110W I00 “Good Bum", a wonderful new comedy also by Leo MOCQrey, with 0")" Cooper and Anl Sheridan. "on? miss this show! J won-ONTO. Jan. __ lgiflltli: YE-Eilwiifill of Hziram (g_pfl\y fllntiglpdt“ ‘MAYO!’ of 'I‘oront.o was from” jllflbarwgm “m- as "mu-m showed hi ‘or ha“ m“ D0115 - _ ~ m in a commanding lend mfixhm W“ "Piloncnts. , “bums from 554 or toss polls Fm" Mayor McCallum 64.814 votes, Chflilfls H. Mahoncy, business ex- evllfuc and former policeman, p911. Pd 10.217 and Ross Dawson Trot. skyltc steelworker running’ as l. candidate of the Workers Revel“. tlvnflu Party. 11nd 8,513. TORONTO. Jan. i! - (C?) _ Early rcturns tonight from Tor. onto (‘IKiC voting contained one Sllrilrisc _ the plebiscite on Sun- day sport was SlIOWlHQ n majqrlty of 2 to 1 in favor of permitting amateur. professional and other forms o.’ commercial sport on Sunday. Early returns also gave a wide margin in favor of changing the traditional civic election date (mm New Year‘, Dny. D95l3lic ihc fog that settled over the city Ncw Year's Day, voting B-PPBBYBd in be heavier than last ycnr Whfin ‘$39287 - 33.316 per cent of those eligible - cast their bal- lots. An impetus to lethargic citizens was the flatly-debated Sunday sports issue. Voters were asked to answer yes or no to the question: “Are you in favor of City council seeking legislation to make am. liteur, professional and other forms of commercial sport legal on Sun- day?" Fire c315; Panic In Montreal Hotel MONTREAL. Jan. Z - (CPi - Panic-strlcken guests stood cow- ering on ledges outside their rooms early today when a flash fire rog- ed in a fourth-floor room of the Broadway Hotel on downtown St. Catherine Street. The fire broke out. at a time when most guests were waking up. As smoke filled thc corridors, some guests crashed windows and stood on laughs of the fourth floor until firemen rescued thcrn with ncrlal ladders. Six persons “flffflrétl minor cuts from broken gtiss and were treated on the sccnc ' Firemen cxtiuizutshcd the blaze, in 1'3 minutes. Torn‘. estimate of damage was sci. at $5000. DGGThTTO" W Wreck Now Three CALGARY. Jan. 2 -ii‘Pi ~Tlic death toll fin the Swuthewk, Alta. train wrcok climbed to "Jiree dur- lng the holiday WPPlC-Clili. Vlblt-t Cowley. 30. of Arrow- wood. Alta._ died in hos-vial here Saturday. George Peter Jacobs. 1t‘ 0! Rs- ginn died today in hoigutal at Medicine fiat, Alta. The third victim. Zwjvcar-old Reid B. Harlem of Moon!‘ Jaw. Sask. dicd en route to h0f1l'1i1 af- ter the collision between ,< pas- senger train and an exprcs- train King Fadiiili Loses Heart To Young Beauty By JOHlN RODERICK LONDON, Jan. 2 -—~ (AP) _ Ezyyptians elect n new Chamber of l3clluties tomorrow. and the re. ported romance of King Fnrguk with a brown-haired beauty of l6 "lily be 01w of the major impou- dcrnblcs in the voting, The story, as dazzling as any that cver Cflillt! from the pages of tlic Arabian Nights, is that; thc pourlcrous monarch first. saw Nar- riman Sade-k while she lavas shop- plni; for zin engagement ring with her young fiance. Zakl Hnchlzin, 27-_vc.ir-old United Nations diplo- mat. 'l‘lio King immediately lost his licrirt, the st/orics say, and prontiscd her the throne that once was Clctipatrifs despite the girl's declaration that she still loved Hachiau. Tlic implication that the King had come between two young lovers among his sub- jects "r-‘Iis denied by the EtIYDt- lan Embassy in Washington, but the story has not been den- ied that he wants to man-y the girl RlVl has fixed the wed- ding date, despite family oppos- ition, for Fob. 11, his 30th birthday. Outsiders here say the affair may ivcll strengthen the hnndS of those groups in the kingdom of the Nile who oppose the King's policies and the King's men. These groups lncluclo the powerful Waf- dlst Party and the Moslcm Broth- ei-lioods. a small but. ilangemus group of nationalist nnd religious extremists. A member of the B ro rherhood assassinated the King's prlniP minister, Nokrashy Pasha. last year- lifight Touch Off Revolt Lord Bcavcrbroolvs Sunday Ex- press said of the election: “FHTOUX cannot afford to court further unpopulnritsi. A surge of popular feeling against the King could swing the clcct-lons and touch off tho revolution that has been boiling for over a your." ‘The Kill}: invoked the will of Allah a year ago in divorcing his lovely quecn, Fnrtdn. who had given him no male heirs. Once the mlvilar idol of Egypt. he is report- cd to have fallen sharply in pop- ularity siucc the day in 1W6 when lie iisccudcd the throne. a Sports- lovlug, nthlctic youiiz man. One of the world's richest kings ‘- he is reported lo have u pct‘- sonal fortune exceeding $3S,0"»U.600 ._ he has had many royal iicnd- nchrs siiirc he marched lils troops into Pnlcsdliic in 194R in a vain effort to crush the Jewish stntc. Failure cf his army. wvhlch was bllicd n5 the biggest and most powerful in the Arab Middle East. to defeat what tlicn secmcd little morn than :1 handful of cli- omics, lifts become a burning cloc- tioii issue. NEW RUSSIAN RECORD? LONDON, Jan. 2 -- (Rcutcrsi- A Sovict collective farmcr. still working, now is in his 140th ycar. Moscow radio said tonight. lt addcd that Mahmud Eyvasov, who lives in the mountain village of Pirasura in the Sovir-t republic of Azerbaizun. has 11B grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great- af. the Soutlicstt siding last 'i'hui's- day. See Russian By Ann lifarie Snellman HELSINKI. Jan. 2 —-(APl - The Foreign Ministry declared t-- night that Finland has "a serious intention to do everything" t» fuilfill its obligations under the peace treaty with Russia. The announcement was made in connection with a Russian note accusing Finland of harboring may‘ that 300 Russian citizens listed as war criminals. It was mp- plqnentgd by a list of 56 per- sonii wanted by Russia for high treason and collaboration with the enemy. Russia i: demanding their extradition under terms of the i947 pence treaty. The Russian note la regarded by political circles here as a de- liberate aft/ad: designed to coincide with preparations foi- the Finnish presidential election. Electors will be chosen Jan. l8 and 17 to name o. new national leader Feb. 15. Tho note is seen u an indication that Russia is dissatisfied with the trend of the present government and wants to help the innit Com- munist Party heN. The teivn of President Juho ‘Pnaiklvt, who took office Mari-h 11, 1946. expire: in March. He auc- grml-grandchildrcn all living in the same village. Pressure In Finnish Elections . needed Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. who resigned because of ill health. The 78-year- old Paasikivi came to power as a proponent of “good neighbor" re- lations with Russia after success- fully negotiating an end to fight.- lng both in 1940 and 1944. iThe Moscow radio. heard in London by the Soviet monitor, hacked u/p the Russian note, relay- ing a Tass report from Helsinki that Hnlami’; economy la near collalpee.) Pazisiklvi. an independent. is mprporied by Fflilands Conservat- ive, Liberal. Swedish, and Social- Dnmocratic Parties. His opponents are U.I. Kektkonen, parliamentary speaker and head of the Agmrian Party, and Com- munist Mnuno Peickaln. candidate of the left-wing People's Demo- cratio hunt. To substantiate the view that the Russian note is tuned bo the Finnish elections. observers noted that tho Soviet Government this time spoke through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rather than first making the char es through the press, as on pre ous occasions. The Soviet note arrived in Helsinki New Year's night. Egyptian E Iectio CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, TUESDAY, JANUARY s, 1950 CRITICAL OF U. s. POLICY IN CHINA ljlfeal‘ AIlBEU-S- EIHerbert Hoover Urges 1,500 Persons Call On Gov-General At Levee OTTAWA, Jan. 2-—tCP)--- The man 1n the street, cabinet minis- ters and Supreme Court justices today wished the Governor-Gen- ernl the compliments of the sen- son. They rubbed elbows at the Gov. ernor-GeneraPs annual levee, a New Year's custom dating back to French colonial days. Soma 1,500 men queued to greet Viscount Alexander in the Hal] of Fame-tile main, centre hall-of the Parliament Buildings. For the first. time in 5O years, RI. Hon. W. I... Mackenzie King, formcr Prime Minister, did not utlcnd tho levee. He wns confin- ed to his home with a slight in- dlsposition suffered at Christmas, Hc- had been asked by Prime Min- istcr St. Laurent, spending tho holiday at, his home in Quebec, to represent him at the levee. ’,i‘r.'idc Minister Howe represent. cd the Prime Minister instend, Mr, Howe WiJs accompanied by Ex. tcrnol Affairs Minister Pearson, scheduled to fly to Ceylon n few hours later for a Commonwealth conference, and Justice Carson. The tradition of the levee dates back to colonial days when tho governor of New France ivclcomeil all the men of the colony to his home at the beginning of each year. With few changes, the cus- tom has been retained. Senator \Vis1"iart McLean Rob- ertson, Government leader 1n the Senate, represented the Upper Chnmbcr und the Supreme Court was represented by Chief Justice Thibaudoau Rlnfrct. and Justices Ivan C. Rand nnd R. L. Kellock. As each person came up for presentation to Viscount Alexan- der, he hunded two calling cards‘ to an iiidc. One card was kcpt to be listed Inter on ii permanent re- cord of those attending, The other was used to present. the holder to the Governor-Gencrai, Also atfrndiniz wcre members of the diplomatic corp5—inciiiding representatives of Commonwealth countries, the United States, the Soviet Union, Chinn nnd France- and top civil-servants and officers of the three services. Minister zNational Emergency” In- Unemployment Claimed Bitter Cold in B. C. VANCOUVER, Jan. 2—(CPi -—No brcnk in bitter cold gripping British Columhla is expected tonight, promising a steady drain on the Provinces fuel bins. Early today Vancouver re- corded a 10w of 6 above zero, New Westminster slightly lower and Prince George, B. C., in the northern part of the Province, the provincial low of 57.6 degrees below zero. The latter is n 37-year record, Icy, snow-strewn streets made driving conditions dan- gerous iii most cities but occl- dcnts were far less numerous than in the Christmas rush. former Hollywood Star Dies iii Austria VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 2- fAPl-Emil Jennings, 62, one of Hollywood's brightest. stnrs two deciidos ago. die-d of can. cer at his homc in Zinkcnbnch tonight, Hc had been lil for several ivccks. Jiinniiigs, who was the first actor to win Hollywood's Acad- emy A\viird, died pcncefully in his slccp, his wife sold. He iind been rzivcn sedatives to ease his pain. Shortly’ nfter his death, his doctor announced for the first time that Jtirinlngs 11nd suffer- crl cancer of the liver, The family said funeral scr- viccs will ha, held Friday at. St. Wolfgang on Luke Wolf- gang, in the American zone, ucnr Jiinnlngs’ home. The fumed actor's body will be carried uhonrd a barge across the lnko. from his home to Si. Wolfgang. I-ila wife nnd dnuizhtcr, who kept vlizil by the hodside, said that during the inst, ivcek lct- ters nnd tclcgrnms lind pour- ed in from nil ovcr the world for Jennings, who won the "Oscar" in 1928 for his per- formance in the "Way Oi’ All Flesh." Six Injured In Fires At Sudbury SUDBURY, Jan. 2—(CP)-- Six perlons were burned, two of them seriously, in two New Year's week-end fire: in Sudbury. Mn. Robert Saunders suffered severe burns on all parts of her body today when she was acci- dentally locked in her apartment after a Christmas tree suddenly burst into fiamen. Five persons were burned Sun- day when fire followed an ex- plosion in the Star Taxi stand at Notrc Dame Avenue and King Street. Joe Coulineau, the taxi- atand owner, was critically injur- ed, hi: face burned beyond recog- nition. It is believed a can of wood alcohol sitting near a stove exploded. The Christmas tree caught fire at the Saunders home while Mr. Sounders wan removing bulbs from the string of decorative lights. It was believed to hav started from I abort circuit. OTTAWA. Jan. Zfl- (CF) — A "National emergency“ in unem- ployment demands Government action, the Federal Cabinet has been told in a joint latter from the leaders of Canada's two ma- jor labor congresses made pu-blic today. ’ . ' The unusual action of a united move by the rival Trades and La- bor Conizrcss of Canada and Cana- dian Conyzress of Labor planed i-mnhasis on their demand for government, steps to provide jobs. it is two ‘Vt-WATS since lhev havc issued such a joint latter. Declaring they bavc rcason to believe more than 300.000 persons now arc uncmplovcd in Canada. presidents Pcrcy Bcnzvuigh ot’ the '1".l'..(‘.. and A. R. Mosher of the f‘..C.L. also accused the Govern- ment of ivithhoidiiig some unem- ployment figures from tho public. (Latest: reports from thn Labor Department wore that 208.000 joh- scckcrs ivcrc rcizistcrcd with the National Emolovment Service in early Dcccmberi The heads of the 460.000-me:r\- bcr $T.L.(‘. and IiSQOOO-member (LCLI called on the cabinet in out into cffcci its accumulated public works nrojccLs for unem- ployment rclicf and lo take OihP!‘ mcasurcs if these do not meet the situation. They dcclarcd. too. in apparent rcfcrcnce to rcccnt dcmonstrations in snmc cltics that "ccriain Com- mllfiisl llroiips. following tlit-ir tisiial dcstriiciivc tactics. are en- deavouring to exploit the situa- lion." "The unemployment situation in Canada." ilicy wrote, "has become so serious as to cause gravc ap- prehension throughout the nation On behalf of our rcspetctivc organ- izations. reprcscntingf,” nearly 1.- 000.000 ivorkcrs, we wish to urge in the strongest possible manner that tlir- Government not only make the full facts known, but Viki‘ Riwni-cprintc strns to meet what has bccome a national om- crizcncv," For thc last thrce months. thcy said, the regular monthly report on claims for unemployment in- surancc benefits had been "with- held" and they wcrc “at a loss lo understand whv the Government is apparently cndcnvouring to keem this important information from the public." (Union officials said the mats- rial alleged to havn hccn ivithhclrl consists of d-clailod flzures broken down by rogions and municinall-(l ties. The» had been furnishe the congresses for some wars u to last August. but none had bep\ lssuccl since then. The Govern; ment iitlll in making public ria- tional totals.) Air Mull Service Opens In Lubrcdoi GOOSE BAY, Labrador, Jnn, 2 — tCPl-Eric Blackwood, managing director of Eastern Provincial Airlines Limited, landed hleNorse- man aircraft, here late today on the first airmail run from New- foundland to isolated Labrador communities. Biackwood. an oldtimcr in Lab- rador flying although only in his enriy 30s, hnd hot-n waiting suit- able weather conditions for the flight since before Christmas. Un- aeasonably mild weather prevented him landing on the ice at his var- ious destinations an he was for- ced to touch down ere. 14 Relations Will Be Strained (By Harold K. Milka) LONDON, Jan. 2——(AP)—TM\O o! Britain's leading papers strong- i_v criticizcd Washington's China policy today and said they feared it would strain the Anglo-Ameri- can partnership. Their declarations were made at the start of the week 1n which many observers expect Britain for- mally to announce recognition of COmmiinist China, The comment was in conncction with reports from Washington that, far from recognizing the Pciping regime of Communist Mao Tze-Tung, the Un- ited States may give some fur- thcr moral or other iild to Gener- nllsslmo Chinniz Kal-Shek in de- fending the island of Formosa. Reports from responsible in- formants in Washington said President Truman had taken a stand against using American tTOOps to rlcfcnd the strategic island 100 miles off the Chin- eso coast, hut that this (lccls- ion did not preclude economic and political nld, Some Con- gressmen were reported pro- posing that the United States trike over Formosan air bases in return for limited American military nid. Th; United States already has ordered an aircraft carrier and other warcraft to reinforce its fleet in Asiatic ivnters, nnd the Arncrican joint chiefs of staff are to visit the Fur East-avoiding Formosn-—in Fcliruary. Mao Seeks Soviet Aid time Mao is in purpose of dis- At the some Moscow for the cussing China's treaty relations with Russia. Chinese Nationalists have reported that. he wants Rus- sian aid in mounting on amphibi- ous assault on Formosa. The Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Manchester Guardian all ivarned editorially of possible ad- verse effects should the United States aid in defending Formosa While Britain backed the Peiping Reds. "Having washed hcr hands of Chinng, shc (the Unltcd States) is now unwashing them." said the Manchester Guardian, "it is the old trouble of t.rylng to un- scramble tin omeletfn." "Britain and tho United States would find themselves recognizing opposite sides in a squalid and usclcss struggle in the China Sea." said the Times. The Conservative Daily Tele- graph described American policy toward China as "vaclllaiing nnd imprecise", and Ono which might strain future British-American rc- lotions. Would Piciuio Moscow _ "The brightest hope in Moscow for n new ycnr would be a break iii the solidarity which has govern- cd Anglo-American relations in re- cent’. years." the Telegraph edi- torial continued. The Miinclicsicr Guardian, most critical of tlic three ncwspapcrs, snid "this new ilccision ovcr Chino is a result of domestic politics. Thcso can b» understood nntl there is no llso complaining, But none the less the action in Formosa is ilcploruhic." "It is riiro for a Govcrnmcnt to rcpcnt its mistakes so exactly nnd quickly as 1\ir. Truman's adminis- tration bus now done." Thc Guardian said the Ameri- cans‘ basic crror in China was “to hark tlic Kuoniiiitnng, but only half-lionrtcdly, so tluir its support was not enough to prevent the PAGES Subscriptions Dcllvcrt-d $6.00. ‘TU. S. To Defend Formosa By Don Whitehmd WASHINGTON, Jan 2 ~1AP\—~; Former President Herbert Hoover, today oallcd for the Fnltcd Sfflleij to defend Fonncsa and} raise "a‘ wall against Commimim in the. Pacific." j The Chinese Nationalist forced of Ci-ilnng Kai-Shelf, bc-awn on 1h" Chinese mainland by the Ccni- munlsts. are seeking t9 11010 Fpnxnosa, big island off the south central ooast of China. north of the Philippines. President Tru- man is reported to have decided against use c1’ United States arm- ed 10m», lo hhlp protect Pornwsa. The cnunlTY-S only living PX- prcsidcnt said he believes strong- ly the United States should: l. Usi- American naval power l! necessary tosafcguard For- tlin Pescadorcs and pos- mosa. siblr iiiiinau islands. Th8 Pcscadores are small islands between Formosa and the Chin- ese mainland. Halnan is a oft the South large island China toast. east of FTODCh Irizlo-Cnina. g_ Refuse recognition to the Chinese Communist regime. 3. Continue recognition and support. of Chiang KfllxtlPkS Nationalist Government. _ Hoover disclosed his views m B letter released by Senator Wil- liam Knowland (Rel). Calif), B‘ bitter critic of administration pgllcy ‘in China and the Far East. 1m response to a. request from Knowland roi- his views on the China situation, Hoover “Tote: "There is merit in the content- ion thai the continuous pressures upon the anti-Communist Nation- alist Government. of China. begin- ning in 1948. to take the Com- munists into that. Government contributed to the breakdown of présflge and strength of ChiaflB Kal-Shek, and the encouraflmem (if-Mao Tse-Turig," the Chinese Communist leader. i? 5.; He listed seven reasons Why P19 U. S. Government" should foliow his recommendations: l, Tn build a wall agalmt. Communism in the P84111114:- 2. For the defence of Japan and the Philippines. 3. To prevent Chinese legat- ions and consulates in the United States and other count- ries "becoming nests of Corn- munlst. conspiracies." 4. To prevent a Red Chin-a becoming a penmonent mom- bci- of the United Nations 590-, urlty Council "with its dan- gerous implications to that body." 5. To avoid the dangers of Chinese Communists helping write n peace treaty for Japan. B. To lay t-‘ie basis for snv- ing Southeastern Asia. by maintaining "at. least a s.\'"}b<ll of resistance" to Commuiil-‘fli- 7. To give "at, least a con- tinued hope of wmfl films turning Chiira in the Phil“ t“! freedom again.“ Lists Seven Rosanna lea dcrs Senate Democratic 1'0- {usrd 1n make any imrmdaic commcnt on the Hoover letter. xvritien last. Saturdiirv. Thfl‘ fill- pzirenfy were wa-ilinl! for word from the White House on dctails, of the China policy to be pursucd by t-‘ie administration. INVENTOR RELEASED PARIS, Jan. Z-WAP) ——Gcorgcs Claude. '77, famcd French scientist ccncrnliy credited with hcing the invcntor of neon lights, has liven rcleascd from jail where ho was serving n term for Niizi Qollnbor-i nilon, Cliiudo was nrrcstcd in ifl-t-tl on collaliorntion chnrizcs iinrl izivcn a life term. Later the sentence was cut to l0 years and Friday Kuomlntauifs dcfcnt." Island Mines ers faced indefinite idleness here tonight following an Corporation during the until further notice. mas season and there was no of- ficial notice of the indefinite shut- cd of the action by letter. The letter, distributed by Dosco to members of Wabana Mine Workers Union tC.i.O.-C.C.L.\. said the company would require a stable contract with the union lic- fnro resuming operations. Rissiblility of a indicated early last month when the miners voted overwhelmingly against company proposals for a new contract. Union officials di-ciined specific comment today on the reasons for the shutdown but. indicated that . hsbhfethihg" mightdevelop within BELL ISLAND, Nfld.. Jan. 2 -, lCP> — some 2.200 iron ore mln- ‘ union was ready m. work at any announce- l goilations for a new contract. mcnt by Dominion Steel and Coal, holidaylamong workers, it. wns said, was that. the mines will remain closedl The mines closcd for the ChTlSF; l down until employees were lnfnrm-lvvhllt’ the union wanted tr, in h... ‘gin in March or April, at the start shutdown was * he W515 paroled. 2,200 Left Idle » As Bell l Close Down the next; few days. They said the time following company-union ne- Primary point of contention not wages or working conditions but the time of signing nnd dura- tion of a new contract. Tho com- pany ivanted the contract to take effect nt the beginning of the year inf the shipping season. The old contract, which expired Doc. 'l. provided for an hourly rate of S10 cents for n 48-hour ‘WEGK. Due to the seasonal aspect of op- , erations at Wnbana. which supplies Doscde steel mills at Sydney. Bank 0f Budge; Commander Awarded To Dr. L. E. Prowse ~ I , L: — Dafenc Claxton yesler t1l"l‘.-\VV;’\., . .. L\l.ui.»tci' Brooke day antiouiictzd the PIOIHOY-IOB 23 senior officers in the ROYB Canadian Navy's hail-yearly P" motions list. _ 'l';;i- pcrmuncnt force l5 repre sen d by l6 memibt-rs and th ltoyiii Canadian Navy ilteservc) b ' seven. There was Ont‘ PTO-WM” to Surgeon Commander. 51.11890 LicuL-Cdr. Lemuel Ewart. Prowscg ll.Al.C.S, “Quecn Charlotte". CharA lottetown. Surgeon Commander Prowse WE born in Chzirlotietoxvn, on Januar l3, 1914. Hc was practicing med:- cine at St, lifichaeia H0501“!!- Toronto, prior to enterinZ 7-11" the Royal Canadian Naval Volun- tccr Iicscrtlc in Juno. 19-11. After "' 1g for a short time in thal R Barracks, Halifax, he wast appointed to thc destroyer "Si. Croix" in July. 1941. He served m.‘ this ship until December of thuif year, tficn joined another des- troyer, the "Skccna", in which hci served for the next four months. In April, i942, he was appointed. for duty with the Naval Officer- in-Chargc at Saint John. NB" 8011' remained in this post until June. 1944. when he returned to Halifiafl.‘ as Principal Mcdical Officer on; the staff of Captain (1')). Commander Prowsc was batk 83 sea in the frigate "Grou" from. September until Deco-umber, l94_5, then spent a similar period in. H.M.C.S. "Queen Charlotte." tho Naval Division at Charlottetown- Hc served at the Christie Street; Hospital in Toronto from Marti! until June. 1946, then returned to. "Stadacona" for d-iscl-iarge that following month. I He rejoincd the Rcserve 1h Char- lottetown in June. i947, and earl! in 1949 served for a month in U"! dESiTOYEtI‘ "Haida." i Commander Pi-oivse was men‘. tioned in dospatches for his se vices during the explosions at 36¢" ford magazine. near Halifax, l July. 1945. At that time he r I cued an officer and a man frorl. the burning arfa and treated lb! Liter for lull" l‘!- 1119 i: a son of Mr. and Mrs. W‘ y, PfQVJSC, of Charlottctoivn. A Sfiiitiiuon Has Sol-vie ‘the (ironic. PROBLEMQ-d-iii - dust boas i~i~r 11c.‘ - ; ~A~ql>i§i TORHNTI‘). Jan. ‘J -IOP\ -1 Aliuliiiiiiii and maximum temper‘, aturr- llltivfiflil 451i) Z71); Vane Ctill\(".' if) 1'7, V ctoria 17 ‘.. ; Cni- girv Il-tb 23b: Ilcgitm 1Tb 11th:‘, \\'ii ' L; if Th; 'l'iii'r>i7t0 38 M‘ (ltiaiva 2T ill; hiuitrcril 29 35 Quebec 21 1H; Saint Jolui 10 4.’), Moncton 8 36: Halifax 2t 36; Chflr lfiii0i1‘\\‘l'l , Sydney l5) 34 ynnritouth '; Si. John's l5 2.3; B-Bcioiv. IlALIF/tfv‘, Jim. 2 —tC.'-P) —Of4 ficial ifilcinrl forecasts issued toJ night by the Dominion Publiil “feather (ifiice nt Halifax: Synopsis: Skies were overcast throughcu the hfarili-mes Monday evening Earllcr in the day tlicro had b“ somi,» light. snow in the norther regions. Further up the St. Law rence ihcro Wits freezing drizzle a Quebec. A disturbance is niovmg easti ivard frcm thr- Contrai State This will cliusc s-iuthcrly wind and niildcr \\‘f‘iiilii‘l‘, intermlttc rain can also bc cxpcetcd Tuesday‘ Regional forecasts. valid until niidniziit Tiicsda; Prince IXlMFM" island» Ovcrcast ivtth ivcnasioiua rain Tuesday. Mildcr. Light wind increasing Tuesday i-vcntng t south '30. T/‘nv crirly Tucsda m.-.'iw-ini' and high in lilo aftornoot at Chariottetoivn 30 and 35. High tide today”; 10.52 A. lil N.S., the time clement assumes unusual ‘importance. About 50 per cent or the mines‘ output goes to the United Kingdom. The mine union is an affiliate of the United Steelworkers of Ameri- ca (O.I.O.-C.C.L.). and 9.113 l’. M. BORIlFN-Ttlnali-INTINE FERRY SERVICE WEEK DAYS Lv. Borden Lv. Capo Tormentiq 0.10 AM. no PM.