LBERTON WOMAN BURNED T0 DEATH YESTERDAY $500,000 Fire In‘ Huge Arsenal At. Valeria-tier, Quebec French iieturn- German Village To Russians BERLIN. Dec. iti-MP) - The French military today hauled down its tricolor flag in the frightened little village of Stolpe and aband- oned it to the Russians. It thus be- came a victim of the cold war. German local officials, loyal to the Western Allies fled into Berlin. g mile away. Villagers who had voted 100 per cent against Moscow Ccmmunism 1n the Berlin election two weeks ago sliivered behind bolted doors fearing Russian re- prisnls. ii was a microscopic preview of ivhnt might happen if the Western Allies ever lose Berlin. Stolpe, with a farm population nf less than 1,000, was gfven to the French by Russia in 0ctober,.1945, so its surrounding meadows could h» converted into an airfield for the ariiai-cnt French sector of Berlin. Tlic airport never was built, but last month the French completed the Tcgcl air base inside Berlin- it- self. Early today .Stolpe's German fciiucrs learned that the French had yiclded to a demand of LL-Gon. G S. Lukpantscbenko, the Sovici, chicf of staff in Berlin. and were returning the village t0 the Rus- BiHTlS. Coming Events "DeSab1e School concert Dec. 21. . "Wiiisloe South school concert Licccmber 21. at Winsloe Hall. "Concert, New Haven SchooQ “Tuesday, December 21st. "Riiigriood school concert Wed- Yicstiny, Dec. 22. "School concert. in Brookfieid I-tali. Wrdnesday. the 22nd. "South Milton school concert ‘Tzirstlay. Dec. 21¢ ' "('l'il‘l5lillEJS concert Winsioe Station hall Dec. 22. Good program. "School concert in Sea View hail loiiiitlit. "liniice Kinkora Hail Monday, Dec. 2T. good music, lunches served. "Vii-iety concert in l-loly Name 1111i. Si. Pctens, Dec. 21st. "i'lil‘l.~lif1lRS Concert. Emerald S-htuil. alonday December 20th. "Christmas Concert, Vernon Hail December 22nd. 8 P. M. "Aiiwlltlll and Dance, Vernon Hui‘, iicccniber 129th. "Uotne to the Dance at Bonshazv- fnn. Tuesday. "Wiltshire School Christmas (‘oiiccrh December 23rd. ‘ ‘Christmas Concert. Belfast Hail. Tuesday, December 21st. “Christmas Concert, Pleasant Grove iiiill. Wednesday, December 2nd. Sale of Candy. "York Point Ciiiir-t-ziius Con-l N‘?! in School, Tuesday, Dccsm- bcr 21st. "$111111! Brook and Park Corner Min-oi concert iii French Rivci‘ Hull. \v(.‘(li’l€S!ltl_\’, l)oc..'.I2iid. "Dance in Crapaud liall to Don Mcsscrs Orchestra, Tuesday. Dec. 35th. Proceeds in aid of Rink. _>"i‘i‘fli£viile School Coticcrt. Lot. on Hall. December 21st,. Programme ‘Willis: 1.45. Dance after. "Salvation ArniyfChristmas Con- Iprrkq Wednesday, Deecm‘ 21nd. 8 "Kelvin Grove Christmas Coti- ffirt in the new school Wednesday. Decrmber 22nd. "Harrington School Concert. December 22nd. at S P. M. in the Harrington l-lsll. "In stock. Coleman Oil Heaters. Queen Heaters, electric and gaso- line driven washing machines. oil- Ilke. bran. shorts. W. I. Bowman. "Buying poultry live nnd dress- ed fnr Canada Packers Tuesdiv Dec. 21, 2 to 5. Vernon River Co- Bhcrative. "North and South Granville Christmas School Concerts. North Granville l-isll, Tuesday eveninl. December 21st. "Meeting C e n t r a1 Queen's County Hockey League will be held It Milton Rink. Tuesday, Dec. 1. ll 3 o'clock. All interested please Httend. "Important Meeting-A general "Wvting will be held in Long Creek H!" Monday evening. December 79th. at 7.30 p.m.. weather permit- "Yiil. to consider the extension o! electric service-from Clyde River to Rocky Point and adjacent com- munities. All Interested are urged lttand. Mr. V. A. Ainswerth 0L the Maritime Electric Company will VAIJCARTIER. Que. D00. 19 ._ (OPJ-Fire broke out anew tonight in the vast multi-mlllion-dollar Canadian arsenal and shellmanu- facturing plant of thisaicnytrain- ing and scientific research centre 15 miles from Quebec City, Cause o! the blaze was unknown. and lack of water facilities were said to be hampering the hundreds 0f men trying to bring i-t under control. Hvivever. Bris- A. Theriauit, in charge of the arsenal. said tonight that there had been a mild recur- rence of the fire but that “all dan- ger is passed." The original outbreak at 10:15 p. m. Saturday night was repgftgd w have burned spectacularly through seven buildings, causing damage estimated at more than $500,000. The fire now is said to he con- centrated in a building negr triage burned out Saturday. The flames swept through wood- s" buildings housing a rolling mill, foundry and chemical. laboratory. The area affected extends to more than one quarter of a trifle. Army authorities banned news- paper reporters and photographers from the scene. Tonight military Dolice were reported guarding all approaches to the multi-milliori dollar arsenal. Thcy were patrolling the highway leading to the area. The plant employed some 400 persons and was about to hire 1.200 more to fullfill Chinese Govern- nicnt contracts. The building was described as plant; No. 2 and one source said it contained laborator- cs. Fire was reported to have ripped through the wooden, stecl-girdpd structure with extraordiiiaijvfierce- ness. Oiie veteran Quebec fireman described it as "the most: spectacu. lar_fire I have ever seen tn my life." Will Complete Contracts OTTAWA. Dec. 19 ~ tcPi Canada will complete her con- tracts with the Chinese National- ist Government despite the de- vastating Valcartler fire. lifai-Gcn. J. H. president of Canadian Arsenals Limited, said ihe Valcartier blaze has not hit the arsenals‘ pro- duction lines. ‘Small’ Chinese con- tracts will be compigied on schedule. Nature of these contracts ivas not tliscltis-cd. Gen. MacQiieen said plans to em- ploy more workers at Valcartler also will go ahead. Reports were that the plant employed some 400 persons and ivris about to hire 1200 more. Fail 0f Peiping May Be Big Shock T0 Chinese Morale MacQueen By FRED IIAAIPSON ‘ iFor J-D. White) SHANGHAI, Dec. l9 - tAP> - The greatest danger at the mom- ent to the hard-pressed Chinese. Government scents to lie in the public retwtioii to the expected fail of Peipiiig. ' This will he specially true if the, Communists take that great old‘ city by negotiation instead of in hattlc. Actually, Peipiiiiis loss will have little ‘effrct. cu the Cliiaiig Kni- Slicir Government's military posi- tion; if llttjilillllg, might case it scnnewhait. 11c shock over the fall of Mukden almost t-arricti the National Gov- ernment (in\\'ll with it. 1 Loss. of Peiiiiiig could be an €i’t’l\ ivnrse morale-smasher, even though everybody expects it. Peipinz is the city in which dwells China's greatest pride. To many Chinese it is the syaJi-boi of all that is bcst iii China. Already the city is under close. siege. It is cut off even by air. save for a tenuous link via an emergency airfield laid out with- in the walls. Defence preparations are evitlelit everywhere. and its commander, Gen. Pu Tsn-Yi. has vowed to fight. there to the last man. _ Yr-t every radio dispatch brings word that the people are calm, "FEZn-iihueti onFPtEEII-Tzol. ii DELL-E. Utah, Dec. i9 -ttAP) — The flaming crash of two Bur- lington Trallways buses on a snow- bordered highway in desolate West- ern Utah killed l3 persons Satur- day and injured 44 others. Bodies of 12 victims were taken from the burning wreckage. An- other died at a. hospital several hours later. Many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition. Burlington officials llld the eastbound bus carried the driver and 37 passengers. Eighteen and a driver were aboard the ‘westbound bus. Somemere hurt. only slightiy The identified dead: Daniel W.. Eggers, Bali Lake City. driver of the outbound bus; Sherry Ann Cools. 12, Gold Hill Uta-h; Mrs. Catherine Hendricks, 63, Akron. I" Present. Important. Colo._; Mrs. Ines Maglonos, about Dotrt forget. liowrver. that pub-i SECOND SECTION Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew DECEMBER 20. 1948 PAGE THIRTEEN Prince Charles This is a close-up view of Eng- land's heir to the throne. He was christened by Archbishop of Can- terbury al. Buckingham Palace Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of Edinburgh. Are Being Truman May Ask For Partial Ileturn Cf Controls WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 - iAP) President THIIiBll may decide lie has to ask the iicriv United States Congress for a partial re- turn to wartime controls. H‘; circle of advisers has not tlcclcled what kind yet, if any. Fiiral decisions will be announ- t-cd in Truniiiifs "state of the union" speech and his budget speech, which will be sent to Con- gress in early January. The presidential advisers are worry-int; about. the cost.‘ of the many demands on the United States for armaments; tic-m her own defence establishment, from Western Union tBritain, France. The Netherlands. Belgium and Luxembourg), from China. Koiea. Greece and Turkey. It is within the framework of United States foreign policy t0 supply arms to those foreign countries as a ciieans of stcmminf! the further spread of Commun- ism. All such aid would take a slice of the steel, coke and skilled labor ivhlch 110W are under such real/Y dfffllllld to satisfy comfort-hun- gry Amerit us, iircd of ivaitini-e cioprivaticns. Truman has been catitioneri by his sciiior economic adviser. Eduvin G. Noitrse. that even a slight rise iii military costs would mean n quick rise in prices of the goods Americans buy for their own use. uii horns-s aiicovsnsn SHANGHAI. Dec. 19 _ (AP) —- Divcrs today had recovered 1,217 bodies from the hulk of the coastal steamer Kiangya, which exploded and sank in the Yaiifli“ 981MB’ Dec. 3. This total is less than one- third of the Chinese estimated to have died in the disaster. 13 Dead, 44 Injured In Bus Crash And Fire 60, Elke, Nev.; Albert Msrschke ttentative). Toledo 0.. The accident occurred on a straight stretch 0f windswept high- ways, six miles west of Delle and 63 miles west of Salt Lake City Two witnesses said that a third car was involved. but escaped dam- age. The westbound bus started to pass the car, skidded, than collided with the eastbound bus, they told police. The driver of the westbound bus. Charles Harris. escaped severe hurts but was cut and burned. "Our bus seemed to just burst. open, throwing me part of the way out," said Pte Joe Wilson, 23, an occupant of the esstbou d bus. .."1Ivery0ne was too stunned st first to move. By the time I got. t0 the other bus it was too hot t0 help get peopleout..." ‘ > _ 3 Federal By-Elections New York ilas ileavy Snowfall NEW YORK, Dec. 1t] —(AP) —A wind-whipped snow storm swept all of the northeastern regiOn of the Unit-ed States t0- day with the heaviest fail 0f the winter and covered New York City with a. blanket of white 18.7 inches deep. The heavy fall reached the ltiff-incfli depth in New York at 10 p.ni. and the Weather Bur- eau predicted one or two more inches would fail‘ before the storm ended, po§lbly early Monday morning. Giant drifts clogged the sprawling metropolitan area and snow and ice-glazed roads made surface travel hazardous in many sections of the entire storm area. New York city's harbor traf- fic. plagued by near-zero ,vis- lhility, was slowed to a crawl. LONDON- -Scotland Yard is pre- paring dismissal notices for the last 137 of Lonrlorfs wartime reservists of the lVlctropoliian Police. Held Todayt OTTAWA. Dec. l9 iCPi Voters in thrce Federal constituen- cses will go to the polls lvlondai’ to select three new members of Parliament in by-election con- ttsts. The votes are in the Ottawa district riding of Carleton. the Manitoba riding of Marquette and! the Quebec seat. of Laval-Two- Motintaiiis. just outside of Mont- real. The voting hours are B am. to G p.ni. EST in Carleton and Laval- Two-Motiiitains and ll a.m. to 6 phi. CST in Marquette. - In Carleton. George Drew, 54,‘ the new Progressive Conservative leader. is seeking entry into the l-iouse of Commons. l-Ie is opposed ‘c-y Eugene Forsey. 44, union offici- a‘ and C.C F‘. candidate. and J. Nelson McCracken. 37 - year - old disabled veteran of the Second world War, who is running for the Social Credit Party. In Marquette, Justice Minister Garson. Premier of Manitoba be- fore he entered the Federal Cabinet a month ago. also is in search of a Federal seat. He has anly one icppoiicnt, 48-year-old Mrs. Earle ikeatiiig of the CCI". Party. i By ameznspokcti agreement, the ‘Liberals did not enter a candi- date against Mr. Drew and the ‘Progressive Coiiservativcs reciproc- ated by refraining from oppositig Mr. Garsoivs election. The third contest. - in Laval- Two Mountains — is another two- nian affair. The choice will be bc- tv eeii Leopold Demers. 34-year-old Rapid progress ls being made in the preliminary work necessary before the blue-prints for the new Dominion Government building in Chaitottetown can be ccmpletcd, it was learned last night. The survey of each property on the block _wtb.ich has been selected and approved by the Dominion De- partment. of Public Works for the location of the building, has been made and careful measurements for the inlets and outlets of the water and sewerage systems have been forwarded to Ottawa for the in- formation of the draughtsmen and architects. The block on which the new building iviii be erected is, as was reported in the Guardian's issue of Nov. 15, that area which, from the south cortier of Queen and Rich- mond Streets, runs ivest. to Pownal. then south along Powiial to Syd- ney Street, then east to Queen. The building will be 315 feet long and 175 feet wide and font- stories in height with several ele- vators for the convenience of the general Dilblic and the staff. The Post Office, to he located in the new building. ivill be designed in keeping with the latest methods for t-he efficient handling of in- coming and Olligtllll: mail. Special facilities will be provided for the loading and unloading of mail on or from trucks delivering mail to and from the station and airport. Youthful Bank Bandit Captured By Shoppers VANCOUVER. Dec. iii _ ICPJ --- Captured by Christmas shoppers "d by a former army policeman, Danny Munroe was in custody to- Ififlht. charged with the $12 rob- bary of the downtown Imperial Bank of Canada branch. Munroe was‘ caught Saturday three minutes after the holdup and charged with robbery with violence. The youth knocks-d down an elderly woman iti his escape at- tempt but was trapped by a Chinegg pedestrian and tackled by bank messenger W. T. Boyce, 28-year- old former army policeman. An estimated 35 Christmas shoppers had pursued Munroe for a block. Munroe. former nienibci: of the United States Coast Guard, said he "wanted to get etiough money to get back to the States." Fighting Flares Again In Indonesia a Property Survey Completed For New Dominion Building ilutch Begin “Police Action” in Republic’ United Nations Security - Council Called Tc Discuss Situation. (By Net Slis) THE HAGUE. Dec. 19-(AP)—A inew stop-gap government for In- idcncsia was proclaimed during the iwcek-end by the Netherlands which announced it had started new "po- lice action" in the Far Eastern re- public. A spokesman for the Foreign Of- fice summarized an official Nether- lands communique by saying: “The Ncthcrlziiids Government fclt itself regretfully obbged to undertake police action against ter- rorist and undisciplined elements in the republic who render any con- structive policy impossible." Tho ziniitiuiit-cnicnt of the long- ‘t'\\\‘l\il(‘(‘l npciiiiii; of hostilities ’flE,t'ilflSl. "tcrrorist. elements" vivas ifllfldfi at (1:50 p.m. GNT Saturday. iThe action affects parts of Central Java and Sumatra which contain ‘about one-third of Indonesia's 70,- ‘ _00,000 people. fhi‘ WPW Slop-gap government will istr-k to augment the. plan for a fed- eral regime which would be linked later to the Netherlands crown. The ,Indoncsian rcpublic has refused to ‘agree with ihe details of the pro- iposed new federal system of states. ‘Negotiations bclvvcen the two pap. tics, sponsored by the United Na- tions, were broken off by the Dutch a week ago. (‘oiincli to Meet t‘ PARIS, Dec. I9~(AP)-—-Tl1€ Unit- ,et'. Nations Security Council has libeen summoned to meet at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow to discuss the situa- 'tion in Indonesia. Netherlands ‘troops have opened what they call police action" against Indonesian terrorists. The request for the council meet- ‘in: was made by the United States, i-‘HPPQFIPI! by Australia. The office iof tiie United Nations assistant sccrclfll'.Y-lli‘tlct'al said. however, that it was possible there would not he a quorum available and that ithe meeting would have in be 1191.1 i later. 1 >The Indonesian Republic delega- ition here asked. the council to dis. cuss the question Friday but the iContiiiiied on Page 17 C01. d) ST. JOHN. Ntld.. DEC. l9 —- iCPi Nine United States air- men remained isolated on an ex- panse of Gieetiland ice toiirght day. A giidci" with five of the strand- eti meti ivas saiatched sticcessfully into the air by a four-eiigincd agroiioniist. running as a Liberal. and J. Honors Dcsv. 52. n wood‘ merchant. who describes himsclfi as a Rcpublicaii-for-Pcacc CHlldl-i date seeking a scpriraie Canadian! republic. i Only one of tlir- liircr- seats-- (Continuecl on Price 17 Col. 5) ssohtn Fire At Saint John SAINT JOHN, N. B.. Dec. l9 - tCPi ~ A spectacular fire .de- si-royed the garage niid repair plant oi Sohofield Motors on Rothesay Avenue today. causing damage of $50,000 or more. Hedlcy Schofield- manager and oimer of the garage. suffered neck burns 1n escaping from the one and a half storey building. The fire spread quickly after a spark from an acetylene torch ig- nited grease and oil in the work- shop. Fireman William‘ Russell suffered hand and wrist cuts from SCIIOONER. WRI-ICKED BONAVISPA. Nfld.. Dec. 1B - (CP) - Owners of the 147-ton schooner Mackenzie King today were attempting to salvage parts of the vessel, which dragged her anchors during s. gale Friday and came to grief against a breakwater here. Her crew of five and one passenger escaped without injury- iicmiiei" but floated brick onto the icecap when the. towliiic stiap-pvri. The weather was unfavorable for rescue efforts Stiticiai‘. No mic was injured in the op- eration and the disappointed air- men rejoined their comrades in l plywood shelter which is adequate- ly stockcd with parachuted food A similar attempt was foiled Friday when the glider. which previously had been released to float onto the ice. struck in snmv and failed to get airborne. Seven of the men have other torn found themselves sfmilnr predicament day when 'thelr piled into a snowhonk during rcsctie attr-npt. inn the names of seven of the men fnzniiies who are ill. Aboard the Dakota crashed were: Lieut. Provost, pilot. and ' Capt. F. Speakman. whose were at Narsarssuak, Greenland; Lieut Robcri MacDonald, co pilot Bridgeport. West Va; when James D sor, Conn. Lieut. Charles Ferguson. geori Bay. Wis, and Lieut. Lane. stationed at formed the crew of the Flying Fortress. ill-fated been maroc-ncd since Dec. 9 when their Dakota aircraft crash-landed. The U.S. officials at the nearby Fort Pepperreli base Saturday released The other names were withheld to avoid distress to members of their it Walter addresses given as the American base Francis Summers. west Maniidunk, Penn; and Engineer 1".J. Duffy, Wind- Stur- bouts Narsarssusk, It was understood that further rescue attempts would be made Nine "Men Remain On Ice As Rescue Attempt In. Greenland Fails l withAAs-ccneiwv’"latidnS-hgitili as weather permits. Following Fridays attEmpt ply- Wlmii "W35 (ITO-Filed i" U"? M30313 a similar capacitv at. Regina, Cal- IOfficial inland forecasts issued t-n form a crude runwai‘. Food, foiinwm; (he peariim-aimm faiiure ‘clothing and oil heaters have been: of a third rcscue atieiii-pt Sutur- 319F995 l“ ‘he ma“ who Me 7°‘ Winnipeg as traffic superintendent, .p0t'led uiidauiiicd and confident of ircscue. ' ‘ Officials here said a ski-equip- pod Dakota is beiii: held at Nar- isarssuak, jumping-off place for ‘rescue operations. and will land .cn the ice-cap to rcsctie the nicti iii loss hazardous methods fail. Asked whether the use of dog teams was considered. said if other attempts failed dot! teams would be dropped by par- achute but the datiizei- of crevasscs- 1 -ii the COCO-foot iceca-p would make ‘his "a last resort." llfld. Children First ' A Netherlands ziiinouiit-emcnt said ‘ iMrs. Fr and suffocation when her hom caught fire yesterday about noo Firemen were able to save th building but when they reached‘ Mrs. England she was dead. The fire was apparently all in a ' front room off the hail and yaal duscovered by Mr. John England, who resided with his mother, when he came home to dinner aboutl 12:35. When he opened the door. into the room flamcs and smoke; shot out in his face and he wasi unable to enter. Firmen arriving§ promptly. after an alarm had been , sent in, confined the blaze to that ‘ room but its furnishings were bad- l 1y burned. As Mrs. England was alone lni t.he house it. is not knoim howl the fire started but there was a1 stove in the room wlicrc it occurred. - Coroner Dr. W. A. Shea con- ducted aii invcstigaiztiii and de- cided an inquest was not necessary The late Mrs. England uas the former Annie Currie of Spring-l field West. P. E. I. Her husband passed away a few years ago. She is survived by four sons and five daughters. The sons arc: John and Vernon in Alberton, Rolfe in Ottawa and Clifford in London. England. The daughters are: Isabel, Mrs. Ray Kennedy, Charlottetown; Janet, employed at the Prince Ed- vxard Island Hospital. Charlotte- town; Eleanor in Lynn. Mass; Margaret in Pasadena, California; , and mun in Montreal. The latter l three are married but their hus- bands names could not he learned last eveninsz. She is also survived bf,‘ a brohter, Mr. Dari Curriefl Middleton. N. S. —S To Benefit From Union i I sr. JOHN'S, Nfld- Dec. 18 _§ 1GP) — Newfoundlaiids some 100,- i (-00 children will be among the; first. to benefit from the Oldi C0i0n_v's iinlon with Canada. i, During thp week-end many fami- lies throughout the island received in the mails forms from the Cana- oian director of family allowances. outlining the details of chlidrens benefits. A communique received here Bat- urday from R. B. Curry. director of family allowances. said the. benefits will become operative April 1 and asked co-operation in the registration of Newfoundland children to enable lists to be checked. A regional office for family a1- lowanco officials is being establish- cd in this capital. 1C.N.T. General iSuperinteniient Dies OTTAWA, Dec. 19 iCPl - Robert MacDonald Machiillan- 61, general superintendent of the east- ,erri region, Canadian National Tele- graph Company, diod in hospital lioday of a heart attack. I-le took ill while on a business trip a. few days ago. Well-known in telegraph and railway circlcs, he started his tele- graph carccr as night matiager at Mrs. Fred England. '1’!- of Alber- I ton died from the effect of flames i ed England ls Victim 0i Fire In Home ---< liiead 0f ilationai iTranspcrtation Commission Named OTTAWA, Dec. 1D - iCP) -4 The royal commission on nation- al transportation will he headed by Hon WF‘.A.. Turgcon, veteran jliflfil-dlplflmfll. who has conduct- ed several major inquiries for thl Federal Government. . The former Chief Justice 0v! Saskatchewan is to be recalled from his post as High Commis< sioner to Elie to take charge of i-lie hi; investigation, the Cans-d- ian Press learned Saturday. Clam/Jr ovlr freight rates from the Govenments of seven Prov-in- ces canard the Cabinet to grant the royal commission in Scplcm< ber. and it is expected announce- tiicni of thc pcrsiiiiiicl and terms of refcrcnce will be made in the i next few weeks. In addition to his long years in politics and on the Bench in tho “W1. MY- TW-‘raeon is ii native of the Maixiuizcs, horn near Bathurst NB Now 71 years old. he is noted =15 the possessor of one of the kecnest legal minds in the coun- try. Mr. Turzeon had headed twd royal commissions on grain and’ one On textiles. and he was hcacl of the commission that settled the tenms under which Manitoba natural resources were transfer- red lrom Federal to Provincial jurisdiction. He. was successively Attorney- Gencral of Saskatchewan frorri‘ 1007 to 1921. a member of thal Provinces Court of Appeal and its Chief Justice. Abroad, hc has served as Mina ister to Argentina, Ambassador to Mexico and Belgium and in his present position as High Come missioner at Dublin. W i LONDOPVB CHRISTMAS TREE LONDON. Dec. 1S1 ——iRPlil6‘l'F‘—< Hundreds of Londoners Saturday watched the arrival in TTnfalgar Square of a 64-foot. Christmas tree, the gift from Oslo tn London. . U ,0‘; fiisi-ioePioej paws» . A DiilLoi/iaf is h GUY {and can Convince i-iis Wire SHE would) .i.ooi< smut 1N a "WQFUR com’ {is —4 tcpi tempciw TORONTO, Dec. 19 - llinimuin and maximum aiures: Vancouver 31 -; Edmonton 31 36; Winnipeg 4B 23; London ll 28; Toronto 2"! 29; Ottawa ll 23; Montreal 19 25; Quebec 12 ‘J1; Saint John 17 81: Mont-ion 1.1 Halifax 22 33; Charlottetown 1 26: Sydney 22 26; Yarmouth 23 iWinnipeg in 191-2- later serving in gary and Edmonton. Front 1917 to 1920. lie served at _divisioti slupcriiitcndctit. and super- ,i.itendent. of railway service. stic- lccssivciv. lii 1025, he was moved to Montreal as district plant stipcr- llllifillflfilll and was pronioicd to isupcriiitcndciii six _vc;irs inter. i He was appoinictl fl(‘1l(‘l‘J\l supcr- linteiidciit. eastern TCElflll, with the officials‘h9“d‘i‘“1"“"5 R’ Tmmli" m Jun“ centred ovci- tho nccan iiliiwc Cm] 1943. He was a native of George. Antigonish. N. S. Stirviviniz arc his ividovr. Lillian and lili'f‘l\ sons. Rnhcrt, David and ‘,Ross. all of Toronto, ‘JBritish Food Minister iMay Get Defence the following Flying Foitress lly James liloCook LONDON. 11cc. ill -—iCPi --Leati John Strachcy, ~17, who has nursed the explosive Food Ministry per:- be in ‘line for promotion in the next cao- ffolio for 2 1-2 years, may iiiiet shuffle, political sources agree Because reputation as parliament secretary for air during t months after the Labor Gov of the defence posts. dicted. all of increasing importance as Britain burnishes her iinznor in the face of international anxieties. Strscbey has never let Britons think they can expect hi: made a ministerial. ary under- he first t0 i and his ability to defend his polic- Brit-lies in the House of Commons with ment. was elected in 1045, there was 1 polished skill have vivon iii speculation he ivas slated for one!‘ ' Pritne Minister Attlcc may even ‘ consider him good enough for the top office of Defence Minister now later into sympathetic approval of held by A.\'. Alexander, whose ele- many Corrir-nunistic opinions. vation in the Lords has been pre-i Otherwise he might go Pllhfl“ to, the Navy, War or Air Ministries. ‘ed Dr. Edith Summerskill, 47. wi.l lush living Post I'll} the scars lmmicdiatciy" ahead. ‘lie imposed bread and potato rat-- toning in t-he face tif sc-mc criticism ‘that. he was being over-continui- 'F.vt~n some labor stipporters sug- gggied hc had been tardy in rclax- ‘ing ration controls Whflll stipplics - have improved m ccrtaiii food ' categories. His Food Ministiflv achicvements m com- plete labor forgiveness for his early experiments in politics which brought him into brief association ivit-h Fascist Sir Oswald Mosley and If Stachcy is moved ipost. there is the _ parliamentary secretary, red hair- succecd him in the Food Ministry At present she is the only woman junior minister but is a veteran lworker in the Labor cause and one of the party's most able debaters. to another . expectation hi5‘ HALIFAX. Dec. 19 - ICPi by lihe Dominion Public Wezithcr O'- ifice at Halifax and valid t::ii;1 imidnight Monday i S_viiops.s: Stindav evriiiii: ilia ‘clouds began to thickrn ovrr th ‘southwest section of the . 1 times. This is the ndvatzcc 111.1 ticii of‘ thp storm that inxisrt! mo: ‘l2 inchcs of siioxv llC1ll' Nciv York and salt-s hf lll’ll't" tliiiv ti) iiijcs pcr lion.- awn: tlrc Ctificd i-‘laics roast At last. report the storm was 1t could not be located exncriy but: iii uns iwlic-vcd to he about 15d ‘milcs soiltiicast of Nor York and appioarhiti: tho i\I-'i1'liilllt‘S at.’ about 21.’: iiiilcs an liriiit. I The previous siniiu, crossiii the Mflllliltlfis Saturday: iva: ml ‘causing strong winds and snow-- irlurrics in the casicrii region ‘Sunday morning. However. by zSuntiay PvPnllllZ it was centred "C! ‘the Labrador coa=i moving array from the district so that these r»- 1210115 can expect a hYlPf llilPfVitl of fitic weather (lilting 1hr nigh! before they get the affect of the new storm on Monday. Regional forecasts: ‘Prince Edward Island — Ovcra cast diuntig the lllilht Snow be- !RllllllllR Monday morning. Tem- iperattircs rising during the niglrti ibui no great clianze on Monday. iLiclit winds increasing Monday inioriiinc to east fifteen. Early imoriiing and mid afternoon tcm- ypcraiures at Charlottetown 25 and 130. ‘ High tide this morning at. 12.36 and tonight 2.19. i Sun sets this evening at‘ 4.21 and rises tmiorrow morning at. 7.35. Daily Except Sunday CAR FERRY "ABlttilvElT" - Leaves Borden, 9.10 A.M.. 1 RM, 1.30 I’. M. Leaves Tun entine 10.35 A. M. 2.40 I’. M" 1S0 I’. M. SUNDAY Leaves Borden 6.45 l‘. M. Leaves Torrnentlne I P M.