DECEMBER s, 1946 Assembly Fails GEliTRAL GUARDIAN New Liquor Again To Elect Premier (By Robert: C. Wilson) PARIS, Dec. .'>—-(AP) -Vlllcent “Hal, National Assembly Presi- lcnt. tonight summoned all prance’: party chiefs to confer to- nlght in an attempt to resolve a thus far ‘insoluble government rl-isis. after a day marked by fut- m, ballgtlrlg in which Georges Blddult, leader of the Mouvement. aepublicain Pop ilaire, failed to muster enough votes for election n; interim Premier-President. Biclault. receiving only the bal- lots oi the M.R.P and "he rightist Dal-lips, polled only 240 voles inl the newly-elected National As-i FGhlbi_‘l—7O less than necessary for ,. majority and 11 less than re- l-r-ivell by Communist Maurice ‘Fhorez Wednesday when he. too. failed oi election ' i The crisis engendered by the ‘i\_:_=,rillili)"S attempts to set up the interim government, which will QCXTC until mid-January when the pQVPFIIITTEHC of the Fourth Republic will be established, hourly grew more complicated. and patently, nn- insult-hie unless one cf the‘ lilree major pI»!‘lleS——I».'lE M.R.P.. iii!‘ Socialists or the. Comlrlllnists —aizreed to give ground. Under the circumstances sociai-_ Li Auriul himself might consent: :.. arbitrate the crls'~ and take the interim premiership. in which "Yflli Edouard Hcrriot, Radical Socialist leader. might become president of the Assembly in his ittril-l- Aiiriol w-ls calccted assembly pFHTIIETIi earlier this week. i After Bidauit, y/ho resigned the| premiership and presidency in a; constitutional step Nov. I8 falledi lo muster sufficient votes for elec- tion. the assembly voted to ad- iflilfn until Tuesday, overriding ltroposals of some members for s7 session tonight. In today's voting on Bidsult‘: candid-Icy, the Communists. 80c- inlists and the leftist rally bloc. which is headed by the Radical- Socialists. all abstained. Bidaiilt received only the votes of his own snli the rightist patties Tile Communist stand against either-participation it. or support of in YVLRP-headed government was tnliounced after a meeting of the "wmmiinist party political bureau. Vilii? the Communists still smart- Hi from Thoreis defeat yesterday. Fishermen RBSG-illli (By The Canadian Press) Ci-IATHAM, Ont., Dec. 5—-Adriit ill'\l‘\‘ than two hours in a small lifeboat after their wooden fish- ing boat the Muriel T.. sank in lake Eric nine miles from shore, five fishermen from Erieau near here were rescued by a tug crew. Tiley iverc Capt. George John- sln, Joseph McCarthy. Erie Ran- llion and brothers Louis and George Granville. iiiitbrsak D_f_Mlnk Thefts AMHERST. N. S, Dec. 5--tCI’)—- hnlice here today were investigat- ing a minor outbreak of mink thefts. Police said they were in- vestigaling the thci: of three val- i-lilie mink. one rf them a hlflll-i it! ed brood matron. from the farm of Nell McKay at ‘Tlrlnish-j PIISOTI mall; had been placed in i!» mink pens llfld one of tllei nnimals was found dead. they 881i. l BlRTllS. MARRIAGES. ' DEATHS t 50c Per insertion i alums i nll-uAllE-At the Charlottetown iimilliiii. December 5, 1946. 1w Ml‘- lliili Mrs. Gordon J. McWade the!) il-iiy Mitchell, R. N?) a daughter. MILLS-At the Prince County Hospital, Dec. 4, 1m, to Mr. and Mrs. William Mills. nee Ens Webster, a daughter, Helen Bar- ililril. ,_ DEATHS in . MMISKEY-At his home lhrnlltum on Thursday. Dec. 5. isle. Hugh H. Cummlskey ill his 02nd year. I-lis remains arc resi- ing at his late residence. from \l'il[‘l‘l'.‘ the funeral will take P111" on Saturday morning at 0.00 am. to 8t. Iltrhtb Oimrch. Ibrt Augustus. Interment will tale "time in the church cemetery. A in loving masonry of BIN" Basil MacDonald who llifid 9°‘?- 5. l9“. Amt-Me hangs a: mflnr- 0 IIOQIQ I a A llctlo one we loved is waltllll For us fuse over the hill. m» waa only a little white nee- Aaweebllttfo flower from bit“!- God sash hills sway in III"!- NIIOI OI CINE Before he Ill In mill; by llls tether. ll u. a.""'%u...l.s§. “white. errfll MacDonald Annsadsls. not l0. P-Itl- N. MacLaqn UNDERTAKER EMF! ATMER ammun- Msrtl Illhhho I this oalamn in reserved for news of loos-l interest, out advertising of a new” nature may be inserted! at live sauna a ‘word. strictly pay- llilo in advance. BLIPPEITS make an ideal Christmas gift. See our selection. Fit-Rite Shoe Company, Ltd. IN HOBPITAIr-Fkiendd in Chm‘- lottetowiu will be glad to hear that Mrs. Fred Shimmer; (nee Beatrice Welsh) is improving after a slight operation in tihe Hamilton Messier- ial Hospital in North Sydney. (Patriot Please Copy) . -—- I a com-para srocx of lad-i dies‘. men's and children's slip- pers at the Fit-Rite Shoe Comp- any Ltd. ISLANDER. DEAD —The death occurred in hospital Tuesday of Frederick McLeod, after a lengthy illness. He was 72 years of age, The late Mr_ McLeod was bom in Prince Edward Island and for a. number oi years lived in lialifax. lie was a tailor by trade. The re- mains are resting at the Dart- mouth Funeral home. 2S) Queen Street. Dartmouth, pending funeral arrangements lard word from rela- tives in Boston-Halifax Herald. LAID T0 REST-The funeral-of the late Silas Bernard was on Thursday, December 5. The ser- vices were conducted by the Rev. J. I. Morrison. The pail bearers were as fc-ilolvs: Russel Bernard. William Bernard. Raymond Ber- nard. Willard Bernard. Vernon Bernard and Emmit Bernard, all nephews of the deceased. Inter- ment in Grcenvaie cemetery. i FUNERAL WITITNESDAY —Til6| funeral of the late Mr. Fred C. Dollar of Brookfieiq was min on lwedllesdlly, December 4, and was aground at. Halifax Island Point.- rvell’ lerscly attended. The srrvices 15 miles from here. but hopes of were conducted by the Rev. Mr, Nicholson of York United Church. The pail bearers were all fpllgwg; Ambrose Sentner, Ambrose Rodd,‘ 110ml! C019. Archio Johnson. Vi'il-‘ fred Wood and Chlzles Proud, In-v ferment in Princctown Road cemetery. crry POLICE COURT-At the City Police Court yesterday morn- J"! e "w" charred with uttering .5 “lied Cheque was sentenced to three months imprisonment. The accused in a case of keeping llq- uor ior sale was fined $100 and ""5 °l' 1W0 111001118. Another mall. on a similar charge had his case ldiourned until December 9th. The case against a man charged with driving a motor vdliclo willie intoxicated was adjourned one week. A drunk and disorderly time fined $10 and costs or 2o days. SUCCESSFUL CARD PARTY- The Saint Thomas Aqulngg ciety held a very successful card party in the Catilcllc Women's League hall on Wednesday night. A handsome amount was realized. The prize ivinners were: Ladle; first prize: Mrs Vernon Mac- Euchcrn; second pflze. Mrs Pete;- Egun; Gentlemen: First prize. Daniel Mahal": second. Vernon MacEschel-rl; Freezwut, Mls. An. lhony Arseriault; Liirky table. Mrs Frank Lawlor. The prizes were donated by the following: Prof .7. W. Arsenauli, Mrs. J. H. Elan- chard. Mrs. Jerome Gallant. Mrs. Jick Wnlsll, Mrs. Velnon Mac- Eachern. and Mrs. J E. Arsmauit. D. ll. A. Employees Form Association OfITAWA. Dec. 5 — (C?) —The Department of Veterans Affairs Employees Association, a staff body with branches across Canada. was formed at a three-day conference in Ottawa, it was announced to- day. The organization starts with nearly 4.000 members in nine of the districts of the D.V.A. The or- anizers expect the membership will eventually reach 10.000. Officers are HS. Sparks. na- tional president. and I...D. Crane- toun, national secretary treasurer, from Tbronto; D R. Brochu. Que- bee; Dr. John E. Baker, Kingston. and William Ross, Saint John. N.B.. who were selected regional vice-presidents. Two vice-presidents from western Canada will be chosen later. In interviews with the Civil ser- vice Commission and with WS. Woods. deputy minister od Vetm- am Affairs. delegates outlined staff problems. The situation of nurses, the future of war duties’ supple- ments and the examination for stenographes-s were among the matters dealt with. Recovering After Five-storey Leap ( By The Canadian Press) sr. HYACINTHE. Qua. Dec- I _Ihtella Lapalme. W. who leaped five storeys from a St. FIJBNDWQ hotel to escape from a man who allegedly attacked her, was re- ported in improved condition in hospital today and her alleged ‘assailant was il-ae on 81.000 be" pending preliminary hearing on a charge of attempted rape. A youth identified as Pierre lsllldoln. M. W" lPfl-lillfi 5*‘ fora Judie Victor Obsbof Yester- day and pleaded innocent to the attempted rape charre- fill ore- llmlnsry hearing was lot for Dec. .10. The attack sllelldlv took lilacs earlier this wash» Miss Lapalmos ‘fall was broken by WQPTWDQ wires but she suffered levers alum and mu requires hospital held tem from Hunter River United Church‘ - HE CHARLOITETOWN cuaanll: Says Officials Askeii lllm To . Post Bonds MONTREAL. Dec. 5 —(CP)_ Frank Roncarelli. whose restaurant liquor licence was cancelled be- cause of his support of the lvliness- es of Jehovah. declared today that city authorities asked him “on many occasions" to stand bond for arrested members of the sect. Tllle 42-year old, Italian born reitflllflllcur Bald in a press stale- ment that his licence to sell beer Regulations For Ontario { (By The Canadian Press) TORONTO. Dec. 5 — Premier Drew of Ontario in an address prepared for lnoadcaat tonight over an Ontario network of the Canadian Broadcasting Cooperat- ion announced proclamation of the new Ontario liquor regulat- ions was made today and the re- vised laws will be in effect as of Jan‘ 1' mid spirits was cancelled by Prem- Tile regulations provide for l D l -- cstablislunent of cocktail and er up u“, on me grounds m“ my posting bond for the persecuted Witnesses of Jehovah constituteda provocation against public order, against the admininration of just- ice in t-he province of Quebec." "I am befuddled at the action of the attorney-general (Mr. Duplessls) dining lounges for sale of liquor- by-tile-glass in Ontario's five largest cities-Ottawa. Toronto, Hamilton. London and Windsor. In smaller centres an affirmative vote of citizens is necessary be- fore such privileges are intro- as I thought that the posting of duced. Ii] bond for anyone was and is a At present liquor is sold in F1811! 0i 8-D)’ CDhfltl-ifln Citizen in Ontario only by the bottle from government stores on an indlvid-i ual permit system. Beer and wine may be obtained with hotel meals; beer in hotel beverage rooms, and beer for home con- sumption from brewers’ ware- houses. Wine fs sold fn commer- cial wine stores on a ration sys- good standing as I am." he said. The action followed a statement earlier in tlhe day by Mr. Dupicssis that Mr. Roncarelifs auppurt of tulc witnesses "in such an evident, rc- peated and audacious manner. is a provocation of Justice drri is defin- itely contrary to the aims of JD- tlce." Mr. Rontcsrelli. who professes the Witnesses‘ faith, has stood bond for sect. More than tlviee that lzum- ,ber nowlare awaiting trial in Molli- lreai on charges of distributing cir- culars without a city licence or on a. charge of seditious conspiracy. Three MITIDBSSCB were ' arraigned today for distributing circulars without a licence and were granted cash bail of $100 or bond of $1200. Trial was set. for Dec. 19. FEAR D£_WlllTER - (Ooh-tinned from Page l) Sailing the craft tlom her rook)’ period and the large amount of Pervli lied erimrmtil" been aband- water used in fighting a recent oiled. disastrous firs. At first it was believed the 11 mild weather continued, it powerful Halifax lug Foundation was thought conditions would im- Franklln, would be sent to aid the prove but. with continued cold Middle-sex after she arrived here weather the supply in Charlotte- with another stricken craft early town would be limited within the this morning ‘ lnext 30 days. Rainfall for No- Oificlais of the towing company, vernber was two inches below that however, reporter; tonight. the of November in the previous year, salvage craft had left port for officials said. Saint John. NEH, where she lvilli attempt to free the grounded ship Beaverliill. ’l'lle Beaverhlli Abandon Efforts To- Save Minesweeper HALIFAX, Dec. d--(CP)—M0un—- tainous Atlantic waves had sub- sided today and a flot. sea rippled around the sidei hf the grounded Canadian minesweeper Midilieilex, Situation Varies In Nova Scotiu tile situation lan aground itflvaried widely with some centres slllllt Jvhn harbor during tile war reporting plenty and others short- years, and attempts are being ages. made to remove her as l; menace 1n of navigation. [was All clay the work of sayagiclg telnlporzlrily replenished by iighi valuable equipment from the rain. Public Service Commission iviiddlesex continued. The "val-ship officials tonlgilt reported the level ll"! Hsfound early Monday dur- lower than it had been for some illlf-I R T881112 Ali-mile gale while time. Chain Lake, one source oi Halifax. tile city's falling sloiviy after Suppl)’ being rushing tn the aid of the Boston the city's water, was 40 inches dlllllger Ohio. tbeioiv the waste ixeir. Last year The Ohio. which radioed ic-r it was only 11 inches below the help after losing her propeller Off Sable Island, was being towed safely to port here by the Founda. tlnn Franklin. Meanwhile the Spanish freighter Szlnti was due to arrive tonight tinder ioiv of the RQMLP. cutter French The Santi asked for assist- ance after breaking her main ghgft, lbout 450 miles off the Notva Scot. ian coast». weir. The city reserve supply at Big Indian Lake has not. been drawn on and a "good December rain" is expected to bring tile lakes back to normal. _ Trenton, Stcliarton, Westvliie and Pictou reported a plentiful supply and no complaints had been received from rural areas. lThe Pictou County Power Board. ‘electric distributors for the area. however. are depending on steam B 1 generators. in an effort to coll- serve lvater to meet any possible ishortage. No Cape Breton towns reported Fruits Program months was said to be good. In (B! The Clllllliln Press) ~Sydney a plentiful supply was OTTAWA. Dec. 5-The Agri-:clso reported and was not expect- vegetabies. l The IHBE 1946 production of apples will be “almost maintain- s dangerous situation. The sup- ly in Glace Bay was described as excellent with no appreciable change in the last two months. The outlook for the winter Cllllllrlll sllPPiics Board, in a re- ed to decrease unless an "excep- port to tile Dominion-Provincial |tionalil» dry" season set in. Conference on Agriculturg, loll”. __________ released details of its 1947 r - duction program for fruits parid (Continued from Page l) . said their office had not received cd" with light reductions in Brit. any reports of layoffs in the iSil Columbia and Nova Scotia, Montreal area. the two heaviest producers. Halfl In Nissan Fails. Ont. indus- of this year's crop is being dlg- trial posed of in export markets.chief_ 1y the United Kingdom. The Board predicts an increase of 14 per cent. in 1947 pear crop. Production in i046 totalled 900.- 000 bushels. Peaches: A decrease next year of about three per cent. Firm prices are anticipated and pro- duction is estimated next year at 2.050.000 bushels. Cherries: All overall Ines-ma of I per cent duo to an expeetefl comeback next year from recent low yields in Ontario. Last year's Western Canada ls not expected production was 292,000 bushels. to be affected by the strike as Strawberries: A slight increase severely as the cast since little of up to four per cent over the U. B. coal is used in this section loss output of 1s.ins.o0o quarts. is: the Dominion. Raspberries: A total increase ofi -——-—-—--— 13 l!" W"! due to rlsin prodilg: tlon in British Columbi: About half the i901 crop, as in the last (Omflmued {mm page l) economic coercion" Amid the talk of peace, Gov. two years. will be or ‘ O O I Ralph E. Gates of Indiana report- Id that the Interior Department has given its tic-ahead for an attempt to get milling resumed in that state. Indiana officials pro- pose to seek a mrttlr-t 0f mills operators and llnloll represents- tives to work out a truce. Mr, Green's nplwnl. made in a press statement. for sessions appeared slgnltlelnt in view of the current deadlock and its background. It seemed un- likely it would llavs neon issued without the know-ledge of Mr. Lewis. an ARI. vice-prasldent- but there was no rrrimedlate com- nseng from him or from the tzovern- meat and the owners. IO MILES INDOOR! Shops of the Oasi- sdlan Pacfic nallwsv in Montreal have D0 miles of railways tracks ‘twithtn the fence.’ . leaders yesterday attempted maintain production schedules if the strikes should be prolonged. The nlajofity of the large indus- ltries in this district depend on Jhipments of raw materials from ‘the U. S. and much of their pro- duction is for export: to that country. which has been exlporting to Eur- ope via New York iii considering shiplflng via Saint John. N. l, lltholldh t-he rate Ls higher. Potatoes: A slight reduction in acreage is recommended follow- ing the llMd production of I0.- 061000 bushels. Tho Board antl- cipates production of about ‘ll,- 000.000 bushels in 1H7. i (tanning crops: ‘rile Board ro- comlnsnds an equal acreage for beans. an sight per cent in- crease in corn. a lil per cent re- duction in corn and a seven per cent reduction in tountoer Pam: Suddenly DARTMOUTH. I. 8.. D00. b- Bemo D. Beland, I, president of nds Limited. Dartmouth vdloielile grocers. died lllddenly more today. Be had been s Dub‘ n. mouth merchant for so years and wll fo rly‘ president of the Board ‘trade. . to determine how long they can‘ llelllllllllll! were to evolve an illlillsllilliisls Demand “Pro Public”, Policy NEW YORK. Dec. b — (AP)— Leading industrialists of the United States attending the annual con- gress of the National Association of Manufacturers today charged Congress with tfl-t responsibility oi framing a “pr: public" labor policy that would break what was termed the "monopolistic powers" of some labor lest-hrs and at the same time guarantee essential freedoms to management and labor i alike. In tones that by contrast ap- peared moderate to yesterday's angry outpourings ‘against John L. Lewis and President, Truman's ad- ministration. speakers also asked a greater voice in national affairs for women, particularly in matters itiiat deal with labor They also urgel acceptance of a stabilization plan that would gli-lraniee a worker. not an annual fixed lvage, but the security of iknowing that a maximum number ,cf working days a year were open I lo him i-f he cared to take them. ' Simultaneously l'l.l. M‘: hoard 0t directors announce‘. approval of an industrial relations program calling for high wages based on high productivity working condi- tions that safeguard till- health dignity and self-respect, of indivi- Iiliili employees and a stabilized . fcrln of employment, The program provided that. the right of employees to loin er. not '0 Join o. union sholiid be protected il_\' lniv. It also stiiifatod that un- ions ns lvell as employers should hn obligated by lav to bargain col- lectivcly in" good ‘zliili. provided that a majority of tmpicyees wish to be represented by the union. No strike should have the pmtec. lion of itlw if it nvnives issues which do not ln-ltte to wages hours, or ivorkirg conditions or demands which till powerless to grant Rates 0f Pay Show Increase O/ITAWA, Dec. her of hourly-paid Callldian mauutactullng and their rates of pay increased ill the week of Oct. l as compared with s month previously, the Dominion Bureau 0f Statistics reported iodzlv em player ls ~—tCPl--Num- light lllillluiactureil tries, overcoming a decline in pi-Ints turning out heavy nlanu- ,facturcd goods, which the bureau lattrlbutcd in part to industrial disputes. In both rategories, pay rates increased. In 6.210 repollllg establish- ments. hourly employees number- ed 720.980 the week unller review. Combat-ed with 714488. Number of hours .WOl1k8d- rose from 30 519,313 to 30,892,200. The lveekiy wages of the hourly. rated personnel i056 by 2,4 per ,eeni, from $21 555-436 to $22,070- ,069 in the week or October i. , The Sept. 1 hourly rate was 70.6 icents. increasing to 71,4 cam; l“ lthe week ended Oct. l. These two |nvernges are the highest lrecord of 2i ITlOITIEr, The QCL L H945. average had been 67.8 cents. i See Britain’s goods i-ndus- iStay In India l Prolonged i By Arthur Gavshun l LONDON, Dec 5 ——(AP)—T.he Jltth-hcui- effort of Britain’s high- cst officials to weld India's Mos. lcnls and liindus into constitution. ai unity appeared on the brink of failure ioriglli: after three days of [intensive explorations for a possible iSDiUliOII. ' i Informed sources declared the ef- fect of Prime Minister Attlee's vain attempt to mediate tile Iiindu- ZlTO-Slcm dispute may be the pro- longation of Britain's stay in India. Mr. Attiee withdrew from the pro- ceedings tonight. An India office spokesman said, hcivcvcr. that the continuing trn- ipaslse did not mean the scrapping At Kingston, Oni.. one company of Britain's plan for a free India- was leamect we m.“ although it might necessitate ivialonr-and the congress party spokesman here. Jawalharlsl jNellrii. ‘said he did not thir-k there was danger of civil war | Nehru?» Mosle-nl counterpart, ,Mahommed All Jinnah of the Mos- .¢re_ 1cm League, declined to comment on the future. - British officials pinned their hopes for a successful meeting of India's constitution-writing assemb- t ly next Moi-day on a final round of separate talks tomorrow with Nehru, Jinnah and Sardar Baidev Slngh. leader of tlhe Sikhs. i If Jinnah stayed out. as seemed virtually certain now. however. it appeared that the chances of Moa- lems and Hindus agreeing on the new India conitltution were slight. The central idea of the British tpiln for independence therefore would be wrecked. fol- that plan iapeclficd that the sub-continent's irlval political and religicus groups “agreed con- stltuilon." | In an interview tonight, Nehru slid: "We Indians can settle our own affairs, I believe the sooner the British leave our countfY- "l: sooner a settlement will be found. Eight Killed CALCUTTAp Dec. 5 -(AP)—-M ileaat eight persona were killed and more ilhsn 100 injlued today H! Moslcms brought to a close the celebration of Muhsrrazn. s reusi- empioyees n1 . in tilef South Africa Lagging In Immigration Correspondent) Dec. 5-—(CP)—Feal' that Africa is falling behind in tile rac Pd by industriefsts, commercial leaders and politicians. partments of lack of co-opcration and wants a round-table once lvith commerce, milling. agri- culture and the ltr-ds of govern- ment departments to evolve central co-orclinatml: illithilrlty to control the \Vilf)i=: immigration scheme. Industriaiists stat:- th-et Canada 9nd Australia rccemr 90.000 immi- grants yicariy to F.o.lth Africa's 9,- 000 and that even neighboring Southern Rhodesia with .. Willi-t‘ population of oniv 61.000 IWITIDBT- ed with the Uni-oil's 2.300000. is doing slightly better tilln South Africa. The position in South Africa is that there ls almos‘ unlimited op- portunity for industrial and com- mercial expansion and plenty of money to back it up but. tiirre are not nearly enough skilled workers to go around, lb» /*51l'lf"'l!~. say thnt right now t -rc is work for at least 10000 s sci lvnrlccrs alili that another 10.000 would h» given work within a _i~e-l;. As the South African Chamber of Industries sees it. there ave two mzlin bottlenecks En the immigra- iEc-n Siiliiliii)i’l—'lllflSpDFl from overseas and ihc lack of hous- ing ln the Union. Airplane industry in Enviabie Position f-lulld itself £0.18)’ "5 Tile nirpi-lne indii=try in an enviable position United States industrial leaders sought to adjust business open:- tions to fit the freight embargo brought on hv the tlvo-ivcck-oid strike of 400,000 slit coal minors. While many large. manufactur- crs rushed to get under the wire with silipnlents before the embargo became effective at midnight to- night. and plans were colripieted 'for laying off as nlariy us 2.500.- ‘000 lvorkers iviihin the next lveeic The increase “.35 ronfined to the or 10 days. tile airplane munufac-i turing companies, for thl- most part figured they woulli be able to con- tinue for 30 or more days. Aircraft plants in tlhe In! Ang- eles are-l. employing 50 000 agreed that inventories wi.i he imbalanced ‘"11 a week or so but they hoped to maintain production for as ions as C0 days by flying in supplies. Sim- llal- reports came from other areas. Meanwhile, the number of un- employed throngboizr the col-ntrl‘. outside of thr- mi w, lncrc-lsed to around H5000 v: l the hi. slated for the Mid of this week. and additional thousand: to he added within 30 days if the coal strike llas noi ended. Federal Government Not Committed To Vacating Gas Tax OTTAWA, Dec. 5 —-(CP)-—The Federal Government has not com- mitted itself oil the question of vacating the gasoline tax field ul- though the question has been (lis- CIISSQd with provimes seeking new tax agreements. it was learned of- ficially tonight The gasoline tax-levied at the rate of three ccnis a gallon and ‘source of $30,000.00!) ill annual revenue-ls ilnliersicod to be looked on as one of the bargaining points the dominion still holds in megotiatlons with the provinces. ‘ With the ncgotiiitioils still going on, federal sources have been ,cautiou.s tn predicliiu; just what ‘_nffers may be made and lvhat {changes will be effected in the pro- posals made to the provinces in the budget last June 2T. At present ill the capital for illx iagrcemcnt nctzoiiniloils is Prrnlier ‘null. of I3riilsil Columbia. IlllVC been proceeding as rnilidll‘ WHY expected Mr. Ilart is icnoivn to support views that the dominion should vacate ithe gasoline iliid amusement itax fields and leave them solely in the provinces. He made that point vl ilOl. {i5 Or- clear inst May when the Dominion“ Provincial conference broke up af- ter failtin; to bring about new over- iall taxation agreements with the i provinces. ‘ The agreements would have re- placed the now expiring wartime agreements under which the prov- inces gave the dominion exclusive use of the income alld corporation tax fields in return for a rc.i~.'al based on revenue from the taxes in 1041. Mr llart has yet to Comment 01'! the budget proposals. whioh have | formed the basis oi new agrccmcnlf» with Manitoba. Saskatchewan and i New Brunswick. (X15 observance highlighted by pro- cessions through the streets. Most. of file deaths resulted when police and military forces opciicrl fire to break up Hindu-Mcfilcm clashes in north and northeast (‘ai- est rioting inst August. Flaming torcilcs thrown itilroilflh itiilop windows caused sevcinl fir“ along the main thoroughfares and l-here were frequent excllllnsP-s "l brickbatg between i\‘ioslenl procu- sionist-a and Hindus. JOHANNIELSBURG. South Africa, Southt for immigrants is widely express- Industry accuses government. de-, confer- PITTSBURGII. Ilec 5- tAP)—, ilul, ii ‘ outta. scene oi some of the bloollb, PAGE sEVEN THANKS 2 We wish so express our sincere thanks to our many customers for their co-operation during the difficult years (By Bryan Young, Canadian Press just passet-L t? i iyservice that made Ed’s Tax the Maritimes. t EIPS Now we offer you, with our fleet of new cars, pro-war i the outstanding service in TAXI Phone 170 or 1010. i Ellev. M. D. Dunbar iGuest Speaker At i i I a i =KlilSlll8ll Meeting t , I I The Rev. M. D. Dunbar. Pelt-ol- of the Central Christian Church. ,Cil.'lr1ottetown. was the guest speaker at the reguulr fortnightly nlecting of the Kinsmen Club helci last night at the Charlotte- i lt)\\'il Hotel. , inking as his subject. "The tPirzlri oi Great Price“. Ml‘. Dun-i ‘bar stressul ihl- importance nii biliidlng a iastiilg peace and said illc effort t0 aciliciv- that goal should be ut Zea." us strong as the effort uilicll resulted in the iwinning of tilt- \\'l'il‘. Guests at tfzit- meeting were Messrs. Joseph Rice and Allison MacDonald, both of Charlotte- town. and Mr. Harold Sharp. member of the Kinsmen Club in Montreal. Messrs. Duiiillcl H055, Barry Bugdeli, and Percy MacDonald were initiated as new members of the Club. Mr. Keith ltfacKinnon presided. ilranian Troops Take Village i By EDWARD CURTIS lVlTl-I IRANIAN TROOPS AT THE AZERBAIJAN BORDER. Dec. 5- (AP) — Irregular Iranian cavalry clashed in a sharp battle with forces of the semi-autonom- ous province of Azerbaijan Thurs- iday and captured a tiny frontier fvlllage. while the Iranian army pvaited qrders to enter the pro- ivincc and supervise forthcoming qlarllamentary elections. i (A dispatch to Moscow from line Azerbaijan capital, Tabriz. tquoted President Shabestari of »the Azerbaijan provincial council as warning Iranian Premier A.h- lmed Qavam that “the dispatch of itroops to Azerbaijan means a de- claration of war on the demo- cratic movement." Eddy Gilmore, ,.-\.ssociated Press correspondent. lsaid in a dispatch from Moscow that "iilcre is no doubt this stand is fiiil_l~ supported in Momonx") About I20 mounted guards at- lilCilvii to the regular Iranian Army in North Kilamsell Prov- ince swept into the village of Rcjiil and drove out tile Azer- baijan force which had seized the mticl-iiut village the day before. The guards also Cifi§il9d with tho Azcrbaijans near the border Tuesday, capturing two in a nine- hour skirmish. i 'I"he. government's main forces are concentrated in the Tazcii- knnd area, about. l2 miles from the Azerbaijan border. iviiil inr- ward road guards at Sarcllam. four miles south of the nearest Azerbaijan outpost. The govern- ment. troops formed a live-mile Zine across iilc main road and rzlilival". both commanded by si-v- crzii lieht field pieces. Adoption 0f United States , Plan Urged i By Francis W. Carpenter i LAhitI SUtICESS. N.Y, Dec. 5- iAPi-Bcrnard M. Bulucli. acting- swlftly after major Rilsslall cone‘ ‘emit-ms. ill-ged the United Nat-i ions atomic lr-ergy commission t0- liigilt in ildopt the lflillcli Sirves plan lls its basic recommendation for hdlrilessing the atomic forces for peaceful purposes. , The United States representative on the commission presented a resolution by which the commissloni would report the American plan,‘ first pNFCF-‘Ftl inst June 14, to the United Nations security COlliWll Dec. 31 as its decision on the best; way to control the atom, The American resolution immedi- ately raised one potential slum- bling-bloclc in the form of a renew- ‘ed (iChlflllCi that the punishment oft violations of a proposed treatl‘. -l'egilialiilg atomic enemy must: not be subject to the veto of 1hr), >five permanent mel-nbcrs 0i illlei isceiiriiy council. ‘ Rugcin has yielded tlic point. of no vcto on inspections and Cofliml hlli, ihflsa stood adamant against our of the ililnicroils proposals from small l])i)\\'(‘i‘S to alter or discard the veto POWPI‘ in the security council. The United States resolution. in cffect re-statiivz the essentials of the United sillies plan. called M" a "strong and cdlriprellensive inter- ‘national system of cont-mi oi aiom-| ‘lc energy“ to be set llfl bl‘ “will which shall be effective "only when those inrtnbcrs of tihe United‘ Nations necessary to assure ii! silecess," agreed to accept and IuP-i port. it. fWESTEiiN GUARDIAN —(.‘lVlL CASE IN SSIDE COURT -Tlle civil case 0f Wayne ililghes. infant. sol‘. oi ilco ilughes. plaintiff. versus Leo Ilfaliett and (Jiifforcl l-‘railcis, was begun yester- day in the Supreme Court at Sum.- nicrside before Mr. Justice MR. McGuigcln It will be continued to- day. The case involves an action for $5.000 damages and arose as the result of an ailtomobiie accident in August, 1944. H. F‘ hIacPhee, KC... J. B Johnson. and W. Henry Noon- an are appearing for the plaintiff and l2 R. Bell for the defendants Willf-‘Be on; llandful 0f - Nazis Left . (By George Kitchen, Canadian Press Staff Writer) OTTAWA, Dec 5-(CP)-—A handn ful of German pfioners of war. still hunted by Canadian police forces, will be lcft in Canada when tile last batch of departing prisoners, llumbervg about 2-200. leaves the Domlniorh‘ shores late this month. They will be the few who have escaped and sti-il aw.- at large when their fellow-prisoners sail fmnl Halifax Dec. 22 for Britain on thei! way back to their fallen homo- land. At the moment the number d escaped Nazis stands at '22. most of whom have fled their amps within the last fzw months. but just; what the total will be as the sailing time approaches cannot be estimated because some mod likely will be recaptured while still others might have escaped. Most of the escapes have been 'rom farms, manv of them in On- tario, wherg the prisoners haw worked for their keep and a III cents a day for their smokes and minor luxuries. Some of those who have fled custody in recent months-till iast was Nov. 4—-~are believed b0 have done so because they prefol’ to remain in Canaan rather than return to Germany Most of the 2.2U0—le-st of an estimated 35.000 Germans sent to tile Dominion llur:.t,1 the wen-are merchant seamen tc whom Can- ada's priSOIl€l‘-0i-\\'i.l‘ camus and farms have mezlit good food, il€-‘.]iil_\‘. hard work and a glimpse cf Canadian life, ‘Prey will follow another ‘.1000 who icfl these shores last month. Police forces are keeping up an intensive hunt for the 22 men still missing and will continue the search even after the last hi: hatch sails. Iii all. csltpcri from Civlndiln custody since the first batllt \‘."*."€ brought tn this country in ‘i140 Some were shoi to rlcaiii wbw they resisted 'i‘£’('<'l{li‘lTt“. hilt t e vii-t majority iii-ere taken itzlc‘; into custody. Oniv one, all nfivlli-n. mnnlsod to set hack in G"i'il'l"ili_\' illlfi h? ilir-i‘ was reported fiiilcd in aerial combat. Set Date 0f Trial At January 2i iBy The Canadian Pres!) MONTREAL. Dec. 5—-Jun. Si. wal set tndnv ils the date for opening of the trials of Harry Ship, Dnind Miller, Joseph Blond zincl Gilsiwl Peiicilci", charged with being keepers of a SLCath-i erinc Street betting establish- mcnt. Pnciflqiie prosecutor. Plante. special polio! asked ior delay until then uilien the accused appeared before Recorder E.J. hiclvianamy. A largo nllmber of exhibits seized \\‘i‘|(‘|l the alleged gaming house ivns raided inst September is ex- bc produced peeled to Hi i118 trials. h, I iShoing m.’ iTo Christmas t‘ 065 Grman prisoners‘