MAXIMD or A MERE MAN We Llffsbestionsondstlnpsaos Morning non; Founded not. no Guardian, Tbrss ' N. S. WCOAL x CHARll)T'l'ETOWN. CANADA, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1950' MINERS UNION BEGINS PURGE or COMMUNISTS Euebec Liberals Elect New Provincial Leader lieseanrchiy st. llunstan's And Pass List KILLED BY TRUCK GLACE BAY. N.5.. May 21 - iCPl - Thomas Daye. 56-yes:-old is-sident of nearby Dominion was killed last. night when struck by a -truck operated by Jack MacPhce of Glace Bay. Days was on his iifiy home with week-end grocer- irs when the accident occurred. An inquest will be held Tuesday. Coming Events "Mail your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown. "Wiltslilre plays in Kingston ilnii postponed until May 30. "Dance, vemon River Hall, Monday, May 22nd. 9.30-12.30. "Corron Ban Play in Covehesd 1:. Hall Monday. is cancelled. "show. Mbreil, every Tuesday, Friday. Saturday. Show starts B30. "Farmers. now booking Clover seeds. Rush order. Mcouigan as Boyle. "St. Teresa's Hall. Tuesday, May 23rd. threesct comedy drama- Curtain 8.30. Dulce Liter. "Lobstar supper in aid of school, Tracadie Hall. May adth. Tickets 75c and 50c. Dance after. "Three-act drama Corr-on Ban players at Pleasant Grove Wednes- day. May 24. Dance after. 0 "North River tomorrow night. four plays competing. Curtain 7.80 sharp. "Lot in Hall, Wednesday, 24th. Ham Supper. Bingo Dancm-supper-served at 5.30. May and "Moran O. Y. 0. presents '"Iihere Goes The Bride" in Morell Hall. Wednesday. May 24th. 8.30. "Dance St. Peters Legion Hall svcry Tuesday night 9.30 to 1.00. Cliff Peters orchestra. "Drama Festival Finals. Empire Theatre. three nights, commencing May 29th. "Cake sale in aid of st. Vin- ccnt's orphanage, at Moore or Me- l.c(1)d'.:. Tuesday. May 23rd. at 2 o'c oc . "Regular dance at Skyline New l.ondon every Tuesday night. Dan- cing from 9 till 1. Good music and canteen service. "seeds. Open daily. Also Mon- day and Thursday evening until 9 1'. M. Closed Sundays. Arthur York. "Heart: Community Hall. East lloyslty. Monday. May 22nd, sso r.M. Cherry Valley Y. r. U. Play- crs. Auspices Women's Institute. "Dance to Don Nasser and his l.-isndcrs. Bonsha. Institute Hall. Monday. May ma. Canteen. Ad- mission 50 cents. ttnnetald Hall. Tuesday. May 23rd.14ot 5 Players present a three set comedy "The Colonels Mtald." curtain 9 o'clock. Dance a ter. "summerfleld Hall. Monday. May 2kid. three act comedy. "Path Across the Hill" by Spring Valley Players. sponsored by Springfiel W. 1. Sale of candy. "Kmsington Presbyterian Play- ers present their Three-Act Com- Edy " Mode Family" in Free- trtvvgnaoxali. on Monday. May hid. I . . "See the play "Sauce for the Goslings". Clinton's Entry in the Junior Drama Festival. Monday. May me. other specialties. danc- ing. Lunches will be served. ' "Ohaclottstovwn I. Y. P. 0. also "Nobody's Home". Wirlloa Road Hall. Thursday, May 3th. I30 PJL Auspicu Wlnsios South Iiistitiite. Isle of lunches. "The thrs set comedy drama. "The Little odhoppsr from The Poor House". at Iaiith Bustloo llsll Wednesday. it Dlth. curtain 9.80. Adults soc. ehii eon sac. lpoasored 5! the Oyster Bed dub. "Bsnsw.dsnca in Now haven l . ::"dx.ii .3." nrsntrh I d den, P.E.I. Graduates f Students Following is the pass M j list of graduates and honor stu- dents at St. Dunstan's University the 96th annual Commencement exercises of which take place this afternoon. GRADUATES Bachelor of Ari Pierre Jean Berlingust, Rivieres. P. Q. Francis Alexander Summerside. P. E. 1. Gerard Joseph Chretien, St. Etienne dos Cres. P.Q. Daniel Lawrence Driscoll, Mount Herbert, P.E.I. John Charles Gerard Fisher. Tracadle Cross. P.E.I. Roger Georges Frigon. Ste. Gene- vieve de Batiscan. P.Q. Jean Hugh Gagnon, Matane, P.Q. Margaret Laura Green, Albany. E Trois Cameron. Michael Francis Hennessey. Char- lottetown. P.E.I. Austin Richard Johnston, tral Bedeque, P.E.1. en- Charles Amedlus Kelly, Bear River, P. E. 1. Marie Imelda Kelley. Charlotte- town, P.E.!. Andrew Gerard MacAulay. Sourls Line Road. P.E.I. ' Raymond George Mccarville. Kin- kora. P.E.I. Raymond Maurlca Mccloskey, Emyvale. P.E.I. Joseph Lorne MacDonald. Char- lottetown, P.E.I. Angus Alexander'MacInnls. Sum- merside. P.E.I. Arthur Francis Mclnnis, Char- lottetown. P.E.I. Wendell Peter Msclntyre. Sel- kirk. P.E.I. Joseph Allan MacLellan. Indian River. P.E.I. Rupert Augustine MacLe1lan, In- dian River. P.E.I. Hugh John Macl'-thee. Cardigan. E I Joseph Gerald McQuaid. Ken- singion. RE I. Jacques Laurent Morency, Vic- toriaville. P.Q. Harvey Elmer Power. Charlotte- town, P.E.I. Pete; Joseph Sullivan, Cardigan. . E. . Cum Loude Fernand Raymond Desrosiers. Lyster. P. Q. John Kenneth Donneily, Cable Head East. P.E.I. Wilfred Joseph Drlscoll. Herbert, P.E.I. Mary Kathleen Ofshes. Iona. P. E. I. Mon at t Magus Cum Lands Joseph Alexander Maclsasc, St. Peter's. P. E. 1. Reno Georges Tremblay. Shaw- inigan-South. P. Q. laolsslor of Science Leonard Allison kora, P.E.I. Pierre Emile Maurice Matsne. P.Q. Eugene Albsn MacDonald. Grand Tracsdle. P.1l:.l. William Louis MacDonald. Bed- ford. P.E.I. John Allister Maclsaec. West- vills, N. S. James Joseph Mshsr. Charlotte- town, P.E.I. Joseph Jules Bale Comeau. P.Q. John Frlficis Murnaghan. Char- lottetown. P.E.I. Thomas Philtp O'Connor, Rin- dolph, Moss. Reginald St. Clair Rodgers. 301'- Donald Frsnols Jose in Sign- worth. Charlottetown. P. John Francis Itraln. Charlotte- town. P.E.I. Msgna Curls Lltide Dowling. Charlotte- Farmer. Kin- Gagnon. Gaston Mercicr. John lvsn town. T. E. I COLLEGE PASS LIST The Pan List contains in order of merit the names of the stu- dents who have made a sonml Lapaimflo Head Social Justice fr-ogram By WILLIAM STEWART UEBEC. May 21 - (GP) Quebec Liberals Saturday chose a 43-year-old member of Parliament, Georges-Emile Lapalme. to lead the old political party against the Union Nationals on a new "social justice" program. Lepalme, o. smooth-speaking lam- yer from the tobacco-growing dis- trict of Joiiette, was the unani- mous choice on! a party convention that met here for two days to study Party Policy and pick a. permanent leader. The 1,400 delegates acclaimed Lapalme after he delivered a 20- minute nomination speech attack on the Duplessis administration - "government of the party, by the party and for the party" -- and he become leader without ballotting. Others Withdraw After three other men "nominat- ed as leadership candidates with- drew. the new chief said that Lib- erals must rely on good organiza- tion and hard work for success against the Union Nationals in the next Quebec elections. due in" 1962. . He told newspaper men at an informal press conference. he will have to resign his Commons seat for Joliette-L'Assoniption-Monteslm as soon as possible but has no plan to try right away for a seat among the eight Liberals in the 92-seat Quebec L gislative Assembly. Attack on Union Nationals ex- private rights was the theme 0 addresses by the four men nomin- ated for the leadership contest, de- cided in the presence of Defence Minister Claxton. Finance Mints- ier Abbott and solicitor-General Lapointe. all official dsleg-tea. Tornado in Britain Sunday LONDON. May 21-(AP)-A tornado-a rare weather dis- turbance for Britain today rip- ped through three valleys north- west of London. Jailed lightning bolts lanc- ing through the atom: took at least two live:: Torrential zains of three in- ches an hour burst the River Ouse (pronounced ooze) frcm its banks in Berilordshlre. In one place in road was flooded with 15 feet of water. I-Iailstonas near- ly as big as chicken eggs pelt- ed four counties. The tornmio dipped down three times in its 23-mile course between the Thames and Ouse valleys. Viscouni Waveils Condition Serious LONDON. May 12 -(AP)-Field Marshal visoount Wsvsll, who un- derwent a serious abdominal op- eration May 5. his 67th birthday. took a turn for the worse today. A hospital bulletin said his relapse "gives rise to great anxiety." Viscount Wavell was one of Britain's top commanders in the second World war and also is a former Viceroy of India. His son. Lord Koren, g, major in the Black Watch Infantry Regi- ment on duty in Comwall. hasten- ed to his father's bedside. Ask N. 5. Teachers For Heed Relief - HALIFAX, May 31 - (CP) - President Thomas Parker, of the Nova Scotis Tsachers' Union said tonight the Pi-ovince's 4.000 school teachers will be sslred to contri- (Continued' on page 3 col. 4) buts funds to help flood-stricken t ” - in Mt ” 't re-establish themselves. Place Death Toll In New -(Ii!)-Dsssoiitioo ohms ed cautiously ihrousli in mine- "! strewn mo sstmsy for trace ”'....'.' "'3..'i?i'J.”' '?J... '3."i.”i:.'. 'i'niurs.d lbundesds 1? this water- Iont oltnu . lblir is already have been resorted. N! I than Jersey Explosion At 27 South Ainbors firs commission. or. William. o'l.ssry. said the property damggs might exceed soo,ooo.ooo. Uliesry said it was believed that the men who were loading four barges with son tons of am- munition probsbly had been "blown to bits.” The blast at 7:25 P. Id. was heard hi three states- Nsw Jersey. New York and Pan- nsyivsnla. : it was not determined how the . ,(oeocorsus.sssvuosooi.sf penditure and "interference" win” Wedge, Summerside: flooded Manitoba. Guardian News Boys P. W. Turner ..... J. E. H. Worth . Woodrow Wheatley 228883 Y Mrs. and Mrs. Bert n Holm. Hampton . Associated Shippers Inc. .. . Miss Harriett D. Mccollum Bowley Lesrd, Carleton Siding A Friend, Freetown Geo. E. Full & Son Hon. J. P. McIntyre Dr. B. C. Keeping gs. and Mrs. G. . s. A. L. MacPherson ........ .. H. S. Msclwen. Stanley Bridge Island Fertilizer Co. G. F. Hutcheson ., F. G. I-lutcheson .. J. Lincoln Dewar. New Perth ..................... .. Master Goeaorrdoioi. .... Ernest C. Cameron "ob oo Gww . 5535 w9535wwM 93” 5wwm5? 68388888 3888 38388888 8 Lia. .9Sv'iWEfU' M . Miss Marie Woods .. . Miss Priscilla Nelao . Mrs. D. J. Riley . Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Webster 10.!l.'l Miss Florence Matheson 1.00 Miss Wilma Watts 1.00 Miss Jean Higgins Mrs. Roy nman. Col. F. 1. Andrew Island Co-Op Services .. . Miss Gertrude ove .. H. J. Phillips Son Geo. E. MacDonald Mrs. R. H. Rogers .. Mrs. Nora Farlsh Prowse Bros. Ltd. A Friend Vernon ridge 3.00 M. H. Johnson ,. 3.00 Dar-lingoon Women's Inst. 10.00 Norman Bentley .. 2.00 Bunbury Red Cross 500 Russell Farquharson 2.00 The Misses Coles .. 3.00 Miss Etta C. Coles 500 00 oil Y Dr. & Mrs. J. A. Car Mrs. Walter Matheson 10.00 Mrs. J. C. Montgomery 10.00 Ralph Runtz . 1.00 Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Jones .. . 30.00 Mrs. W. S. Hyndmon .'v.0ll R. S. P. Jardine .... .. 10.00 Fennell ii! Chandler Ltd. 2i).')d Brig. W. W. Reid ........ .. The Misses 0'!-lalloran Fred Lambros H. T. Macxinno . Mr. & Mrs. S. G. Peppin . Henry L. Wooldrldge . Miss Lillian Duchernin . 3.01 A. Belcher ............. .. . 25.00 Miss Mary H. Robin . 5.00 llev. & Mrs. G. C. Webster .. 3.00 Mrs. J. W. Boulter .. 5.00 Malcolm Macswaln . :r.00 A Friend .............. .. .. ht!) Judge A. E. Arsenault . 5.th'l staff Provincial Infirmary Kcnsington Rd. THE GUARDIAN Manitoba Flood Relief Fund PATIDNS: His Honour Lieut.-Governor J. A. Bernard The lion. Premier J. Walter Jones Their Worshlps, Mayors B. Earle MacDonald, Charlottetown; Henry W. H. Lane. Montague; Edwin Lavls, Souris; Charles Profltt, Alberton; W. F. Taylor. Kenslngton; P. L. Boudreault. Georgetown; Willard beard, Borden. We can Csrvell Bros. Ltd. Rev. E. C. Evans Mrs. V. L. Goodwill .. ........ W. L. McKenna 5: Co. .. The Misses Haslam Rev. Canon Malone . Margaret Irving . Mary Irving Mrs. Ernest Champion Winnlfred Allan Dr. H. P. Stewart. Eldon .. R. E. Mutch 82 Co. Ltd MacDonald-Rowe Ltd. Lilly Aitken . Hal. L. Smith,.. Tanton's Accessories .. H. E. Moore ........... .. Mrs. Lloyd Jay, Mt. Stewart Anna Maclnnis A Friend A Friend One hundred thousand (100,000) people of Southern Manitoba have been forced to leave their homes and of this total many thous- ands will have to completely refurnish them. realize what these big figures mean. but if they were reduced to easily wuiprehensible terms. and declared 1,000 Island men, women and children had been suddenly precipitated into the swirling waters of the see. we would immediately grasp the situation and hasten to the rescue of the distressed. Thank goodness many do fully realize this. as is evident by the generous response to the Relief Appeal in these columns. Every little helps. and every contribution carries with it the blessing of benefltted fellow Canadians in distant disastrously hardly Director ls,Fired Ct-LACE BAY, N. I., j Q. (OP)-Scrappy Freeman Jenkins, "president of the Maritirnes' big- gest union--the coal miners-to- night announced the firing of research director C. B. Wade in a Red purge preceding an officer election which saw Jenkins win an acclamatio.-i. The chief of United Mine Work- ers (C. C. L.) district 26 said Bob Stewart. discharged mine and former union official who chall- enged Mr. Jenkins long rule in next month's contest, "is lnell.v,- ible for any district office." He declined to elaborate. Mr. Jenkins said Mr. Wade's dismissal was "part of a show- down . for the removal of Communist influence" in the Un- ion which has a membe ship of 13,000 in Nova Scotls. and New Brunswick. The powerful Caledonia local called a. special gathering to dis- cuss the case and decided to give the matter a. full airing at a meet- ing Wednesday. Mr, Wade said in a prepared statement that he would ask dis- trlct board members to support his ”right for a tribunal to hear" his case. The constitution, he said, povided for a tribunal to hear such matters within seven days. Mr. Wade said the union presi- dent had asked him to resign Sat- urday and when he refused told him: "You are fired." Mr. Jenkins refused to give a reason for the dismissal. Mr, Wade said. He Joined the union as research director and head of its education service in 19424. Previous to that he was a. professor in the commerce Florence Do or Mrs. E. B. Windsor ..... .. ,. W. C. S.'. McLure' ....... .. W. I. Green, Stanley Bridge Mrs. H. R. Hllson . .. Happy Gang Bridge Club. Kensington Moore & McLeod Ltd. Alpha Chapter. Beta Sigma Phi C. A. Beer Miriam Matthew DeBlols Bros. Ltd. Mrs. J. D. Jones . Mrs. W. L. Jordan .. Crystal Chapt. L.O.B. D. R. B. Show . Mrs. Marion Show .. Silver Cross Circle of King's Daughters ............... .. Mrs. W. B. Leard. Sourls .... Angus M. Orson. Graham's Road Miss Marlon Puncher A. Mackae Ir Son Jeremiah simpbon. Cavendish 5.09 Carter & Company . 25.0) J. I. Gordon Ross .......... 5.00 Mrs. E. H. Beer .. .. ZN Mrs. Mary Doiron ...... 5.00 Mr. it Mrs. C. P. Reddall .... E. A. Foster Royal Edward Chapter P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture .. 35-00 P.E.l. Dsiryrnl a A 'n .. '31!) Ch'iown I-loop. Nurses Guild 5.00 Adrianne I Ted Callaghan .. LN Provincial Government .... SLOW. Carrie Holman. s-sis. 20.00 A Friend, Carleton Siding Junior Chamber of Commerce Charlottetown .. Dr. 8 Hrs. O 5.09 Hazel Jenkins . 00 Rev. Fr. Bernard Gillis Wendall MacDonald. Upper Queen Street . J. A. Lawson .. Mrs. D. B. McLeod .. Mrs. H. K. S. 'emm ng .. Mrs. C. H. Black A Friend -.......... Blanche Howatt .. Wanda Ivory Glen Ramsay Princess Mary Lodz! No. 515 Crspaud ..... Msllett's Battery Service John F. Whear Guardian Pub. Co. Mr. 5 Mrs. R. L. Co on .. Dr. A.J. Murchison Oh'town Mlnisterisl,Assn . W. a. Taylor. Kensington City of Charlottetown - .... Prov. Cabinet Ministers H. M. Simpson Lid. ..... W. E. Bentley. K.C. ............. Laura A. Young .. ...... .. Dr. F. E. Srnaliwood Jacqueline MacDonald .. .1. Harry Hill - ..... ...........-... A Friend ..s-...................... Cash dz Carry Stores Mrs. F. H. McLean 3.00 M. A. McLean ....... .. 2.00 Brighton Bridge Club Willard Lank, North River. R. R. 2 Thomas Millar 5.00 Harry Evans 300 Mrs. E. K. MacNutt .' 1000 Mrs. Greda Morrison. Summerside 1.50 J. A. 5. William . 1000 Mr. & Mrs. W. R. A 25.00 Mrs. A. D. Borden ..... .. 25.00 Geo. H. Toornbg & Son . 20.00 Horace Wright ......... .. 1010 Doris M. Anderson 5.00 Dr. & Mrs. G. D. Steel . 5.00 St. James Kirk Cubs 200 Mr. dz Mrs. S. T. Green 15 00 Benevolent Irish Society 25.00 Mayor B. Earle MacDonald 5.00 George R. Keefe . 500 Florence Owen 500 S. L. Hardy .. 5.00 G. H. Taylor 1500 Dr. L. G. Dewar. sun Ethel Doiron 1.00 Mrs. Aubrey Dolron . 1.00 Hon. Dr, W.J.P. MacMilla 25.90 Mr. & Mrs. A. Bert Davlson 5.00 Alan Massey 1.00 His Excellency the Bishop of Charlottetown . 1000 Edwin C. Johnstone 5.00 - H. W. Weeks 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. A. 35 00 A Friend .. 5.00 A Friend .. 25.00 wen Taylor 5.00 . Cox .3 2.00 A. Brown .. 100 Margaret R. Gould .' Arnfsst Cool Co. '10 100.00 (Continued on Page 5 001. 1) Quake Destroys City in Peru - LIMA. Peru, May 21 --(AP) - An earthquake today destroyed much of the city of Ounce. 340 miles southeast of Lima. The in- formation office in Government palace here said between do and 50 persons are known to have been killed and many others are injured. The Peruvian Government, rush- ed ald from Lima and cities near Cuzco. The quake disrupted corm- munications. making it dillilcillt for officials to get a complete an- oount of the disaster. The tremor struck at 1:5 p. in. EST and lastedfour seconds.Many of the city's 45.000 residents rush- ed into the streets in panic. Auiihorlties said they expect the death toll to climb when rescue workers areable to dig their way into the wreckage of mar!!! 113' idences. ' Forty per cent of the bulldlnds in the city were dornosed. and (mm 20 to 30 per cent were de- strayed. Duke Of Edinburgh Receives Command LONDON May ll-(Rcuters)- The Duke of Edinburgh. sailor husband of Princess Elizabeth, Saturday was appointed to his first novel command--common er of the 1.430-tmi frigate Magpie. The Duke, who will be 29 next month. now is serving as a lieut- enant aboard the destroyer cheq- uers, based iii. Malta with the 16 PAGES A small offence. MAXI MS OIA. MERE MAN "ndnesg is a great Subscriptions Delivered 30.00 Mail 05.00: other Provinces A U. B. 87-00 Island-Born HALIFAX. May it -(GP) -- Henry Pops Duchemiri. who ad- vanced the cause of Canada as a journalist with a sharp legal mind. as a lawyer with journalistic perception and as an edlux.-ationist who combined both assets. died in hospital here today after 5 lengthy illness. He was 81. The man who campaigned with persuasive pen and tongue in edit- orial column and in court for his deep-set convictions of what was needed for general betterment. liv- ed long enough to see fruits of his most forceful arguments realizzd -1;, program launched for bridging the Strait of Canso to his beloved Cape Breton. Sometimes he crusaded with broadsword, sometimes with rapier, but once having launched an at.- tack he wouldlnlt be side-tracked. Never one to disguise his forth- right Conservatlve politics - he didn't like the modem "Progressive conservative" designation-for the tamer and less-controversial role of neutral writer, he also saw his Sydney Post-Record flourish and expand in a. turbulent industrial area which had its share of man- ageme t-lazbor strife. And his pep- pery editorial stands never waver- ed despite the fact that most of his readers worked in the coal pits and in the steel plants and didn't always agree with him. As a newspaper man he had gained the presidency of his own paper and the Canadian Press, the co-operative news-gathering and distributing association of Canadian daily papers. As a lawyer he had served his (continued on Page 6 col. 3) . Morrison and Macnae Ltd. have been Kranted the contract for pav- ing two miles of Summerside streets this summer. The amount of their tender was 099,110.00. It was an- nounced at the last regular meet. ing of the Town Council by Coun- cillor J.L. Drlscoll, chairman of the streets committee that it had been decided to start a program of permanent street work this sum- mer. ' Tenders were called and were opened at a special meeting of the Town Council on Saturday, pre- sided over by His Worship, Mayor Henry wedge. All the members of the Council were present except Councillor T. D. Morrison. Three tenders were submitted. and that of Morrison and M.scR.oe Ltd. was the lowest. The other t.wo were: County construction 00., Ltd.. 302,730.00 and Curran and Briggs Ltd.. 3129.-ioo.oo ' According to the terms of the contract the work is to commence by May 30th and is to be com- pleted by October 10th. The mat- erlal- used will be concrete of a seven-inch thickness. The streets to be paved are as follows: Duke street. from the corner of Maple Avenue to the railway cross- ing. Notre Dame street, from the corner of Cedar street west to the Town boundary. Summer Street, running north from end of present pavement to Clark street, thence -west to Central street. Green street. from the corner of spring street to Granville street, thence east from the east side of Granville street to Arcons Street and south on Arcons. street to Ot- tawa street. Pleasant street. from Spring to Granville Streets. Royal Navy's Mediterranean fleet. By JOHN DAUPHINIE WINNIPEO. May 21 -- (CP) -- The storming Red River droppr.-:i one-hall inch this afternoon. in- creasing hope the muddy. danger- ous flood crest hsa passed through hard-hit Winnipeg and st. Boni- face. Man. Ten million tons of water poured hoinly for s. day and a half be- tween the twin cities' 20 miles of dikes to bring the tiny change in water level. From 7:00 A.M. C.D.T. satur- dsy the Md held steady at 30.2 feet in Winnipeg. At 3:00 P.M. today it went to 30.15 feet. That is still 12 feet above the flood-risk stage but almost two inches below the 30.3-foot peak -- highest level since 1803 reached Thursday night and Friday Flood-control headquarters said all major dikes were holding and ..........:....L...mL J. 1.. Iaockhsri .. 2.00 Queen Mary Needlework ' . Guild .. 10.00 Hyndman & Co. Ltd. ..100.00 Little Change In Flood Situation At Winnipeg m:- that a few minor breaks had been local materials are to be used as w Publisher Of Sydney Paper Passes Retirement Of Mr. E. E. clawsoii The retirement of Mr. E. E. Clawson, Marine Agent for Prince Edward Island, took place on Sat- urday. Mr. Clawson, who has served since 1925 in this capacity. is 1 native of Saint John. N. B. HQ was previously employed with the Marine Department at Ottawa. No appointment of a successor has been made. llepori Aiilee Ready For Election DORKING. Surrey. England, Map! 21 - (Reuters) - Prime Ministers. Attlee was believed ready tonight- after a two-day conference with 66 top Labor Party leaders '- bring about a general election any time after the end of June. Saturday and today. Attlee was closeted with the Party chiefs. in- cluding members of the Cabinet. the executive of the Labor Par-tyi and key men in the trade union. and co-operative movements. doses allies of the party. The only cab-. inet member absent was Foreign Secretary Bevin. ocoirpied in Lon- dozitavith fogeign affairs. : ee reurned to the to late in the day. 0”” ' Summerside Paving Contract Is Awarded "much as possible such as sand on gravel and as much local labor possible is to be employed. It is understood that the Town will employ a rim of omsulti enzineers to inspect the job .35 progresses. -- s . i Surf Soar NEVER Maps. A Success . au-r rr oneness, flu: WAY sonny (MES 2 -' HALIFAX, May 21 - (GP) .. Official forecasts iusued by the Dominion Ribllc Weather Office at Halifax. synopsis: The weather over the Maritlmes and Eastern Quebec was generally cloudy and cool Sunday, although in some localities it remained sunny most of the day. There was some rain and wet snow in eastern Nova. Scotia and a few showers in other widely scattered sections. Much the some weather is ex- pected Monday. An area of high pressure over Quebec is moving slowly eastward and will result in. quickly repaired. But. even so. peril would remain for days. The minor drop in river level, al- though not enough to be conclu- sive. was widely accepted as in- dication the flood tide had turned. A senior officer at flood-control headquarters said it was "encour- aging." And there were indications. though they were not conclusive, that three river-formed lakes. which cover more than we square miles of Southern Manitoba and North Da- kota, were slowly being drained into Lake Winnipeg. Prime Minister St. Laurent and Justice Minister Carson took off from Ottawa to survey flood dam- age in the Red River valley and discuss resulting financial problems with Premier Douglas Campbell of Manitoba and his Cabinet. Sunshine poured on most of Southern Manitoba during the week-end. accompanied by drying winds. light winds. clouds will form dur- ing the day and there is s. alight risk of showers in the afternoon. Regional forecasts, valid until midnight Monday: Prince Edward Island - Frost in the early morning. Monday clear with s few cloudy intervals in the afternoon. Warmer with light winds. low and high Mon- day at Giarlottetown so and 56. High uae' today at 2.40 A. M. and" no . P. M. Suunrisesat-LwA.M.sndIofs at 7.42 P. M. BOIDEN - TOIIKENTINI 1113! SERVICE. WEEK DAYS Leave Borden at 0.10 a. II., 1.00 p.m.and d.IOp.In.aaid0spsTor- mentino pier at 10.36 s. In-. 8.40 p. ns.. 7.80 p. m. SUNDAYS Lv. Borden Lv. Cape Torrnultino 0.45 PM. Mo PM. one sailing on Sunday. All times are Atlantis standard. ...:.......... WOOD ISLANDS - CAIIIOU DAILY FIIIIIY Leave Wood Islands 8 A.M.: 11 A.M.: I P.M.: 5 EM. Leave Caribou I AM.; 11 A.M.; 1 2.111.; I ll.