MAXIMS OIL- MERE MAN’ '_'—"¢i Ambition combats l0"- ,._..-==--i_-‘i btlsaollypowlfl The Guardian. Three Cells “more; Dally Ibwllsl Ill}. on) ClTY OF JERUSALEM FALLS h‘ ARAB A Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADAASATURDAY. MAY 29. 194s ’ Read by Eve i!‘ l6 PAGES Oar hours In love have wings; h absence ‘ b MAXIM!- i or A ~ _ MERE MAN i, J mini seen-mien Delivered sue. ' ' u»: sees. other meme- a u. s. use. nxu-n-nq f . reset-en Govtfliicies riooeundeie unite.- i lClosing Exercises I __ i “At Prince 0f Wales Sea Ballets Inspected At Queen Sharlotte ‘There should be no such thing u s, second rate cadet. There should be lust. toP reterl- 0m- ads has no use for second raters. You should work herd and play hard and be s credit to yourself. the corps and the community." The speaker was .Cornrnodors A. M. Hope, 0.13.1.2, R..C.N-. com- mending officer, l-LMCS. Studs.- gong, Halifax, who addressed the assembled Division of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Kent at the close of their annual in- spection at. I-LIVLCS. Queen Char- lotte last night. (iommodore Hope expressed him- self as favorably impressed with the keenness and efficiency dis- played by the Corps. Ha was much pleased to see a “Guard mounted" and stated that it was (Continued-on Page 10 Col. l) Coming Events "Rummage ‘Just... Build- III, SBtuId-BY. MBY 29th. O P. H. "Liberal Poll Meeting at Green Road, May 39th. "Dance. Dome valley Hall, June 1st. Webster's Orchestra, _ "Movies, Kingston. Tuesday, June 1. "Noctiunc". George Raft. "Play. Cardigan Players in Tra- udie Hall. Monday,» May 31st. Dance after. "Pradalbane Play, “Here Comes Charlie", Emerald Hall, Mond . May 31st. Curtain 8.30 P. M. "Dance every Saturday, Mon- tague Curling Rink. Webster's Or- chestra. "Don't miss the big dance at Bradulbane Hall. Thursday. June 3rd. Rollie Maclienzle‘: orchestra. "Dance Larkin’: Restaurant, Kehsiuszton. Tuesday. June 1st. Rollie MacKenl-le’: orchestra. "Come to the big dsnco at Leo's. Borden, Monday. May list. Rollie MacKenaieh Orchestra. “Grain Cleaning. We will dis- continue Grain Cleaning on June let. Livestock Feed Agency. "Come one come all to the dance in the Spring Valley Hall Friday. June 4th. Rollie Macxen- 210's orchestra. “Cake Shlc at Rogers Hardware Seiurdhy. May 29th, 2m r. u. Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion. "Scc "Hill Billy Hospitality", iiifttiiied by Marshfield-Dunetsff- "We Y- P. U. st. Milton, Tuesday iiillht, June 1. th"Victm‘ia Y. P. U. will present H“ Vfliisi-y Concert in Victoria h3g5 Tuesday. June 1st. Bale of "in stock. whim-en Lime in “mi-s and bees. Also Asphalt linse- and omen a. x. Didtiewn. , uiinm forgot to see South win- ,,°° Pifiyers present their play mfll“ 101/01!" with Qecisitles, in Brookneio Hall on Tuesday. lime lst. "hhw in stock - Asphalt Chin:- 1,3,, “use Roofing. Brick Hiding, n Piper and Barb Wire. Older “W It the old price. J. 1.. Mao- chem. m. Albion. “rdouth Wlliaioe Y‘. P. U. present m’ 3 act comedy "Lookiiv “m?” with Insctaltiel. in emu Egipiairsdey. June m. (mi-me ""Ciarke's Peed ‘lerviee working Bmtir-t- Tuesdays. ‘Thursdays and c. mm" 5 I-m. to v pm: Mon- sti-mwldheadsy and hidsy, I to I “romancing June lst my store hldiimlih om on ‘Iuesdsy and ‘Y "thins! only. Closed eseh J. L. Ilse- lfiitiiudey at noon. ° ‘In. Mt. Albion, ‘lb-i Possibly the largest audience ever to attend closing exercises at Prince of Wales College saw flout.- Ciovernor J. A. Bernard award the coveted A. ’ rson prize, symbolic of leadership in Fourth Year work, ‘o 1"" D°W11n8 of Charlotte-town. Charles Reed of Bree wss second in Fourth Year and Stewart Niac- Donald. DFC. Little Sands, e vet- Ulfl With l. distinguished wgy pg. cord, tied for third place with Shir- ley Simpson of Belmont. The Governor Generals silver medal went. tr Mark MacGuignn {orlead- lng in Third Year work and the Governor Generals bronze medal for ltighest standing in the Normal School training went to Miss Anna B" Page 11 for honours list. Hughes of Johnson's River. The function, the 88th in the prize and ' history of the College. was presid- ed over by the Minister of-Eouca- tion, Premier J. Walter Jones. and the prize awards and certificates were handed out by the Lieutenant Governor. In the Principal's report which appears below, Dr. G. D. steel paid a warm tribute to the academic work of the veteran students who. he said, had wielded e salutary in- fluence on the whole social and intellectual life of the College. l-Ie also had warm words of praise for his vice-principal, Prof. J. If. Blanchard, who had given fifty years of his life to teaching in the Province. ' The veledictory, delivered by Leith Tierney. a veteran of World War II, had that maturity of thought and broadness of outlook which called forth praise from Mr. L. W. Shaw. director of education. who stated the veledictory was one of the finest he had ever heard at any closing exercises of any col- lege. A Both the Lieutenant Governor and Premier Jones in brief ad dresses congratulated the faculty and the students of the College in their year's work. Both predicted that nothing of a seriously adverse nature would ever befall the coun- try so long as the educational in- stitutions continued to send forth such a splendid type of young man- hood snd womanhood as those who had received their certllfcetes from Prince of Wales yesterday. Mr, L. W. Shaw spoke briefly. I-le said he was glad to note the num- ber which were graduating from the teacher training classes but said ths Prolvnce could easily use twice as many. He admonished those going out to teach not to be- come too greatly worried over thc various sides of the educational program. Cultural education and vocational education were both ‘ed and there were times when _ (Continued on Page 15 Col._4) VANCOUVER. May 28 - (C?) ... flood relief agencies went in- to action today to meet the growing peril of the Fraser River. Reserve army troops may be called into the rich neaer Vel- iey, a key agricultural area ln British Columbia, where towns are isolated. e wide expanse of fame land flooded, highways in- undated snd rail lines awash. Crop damage alone may run into millions of dollars. flaconstruction Minister CD. Iowa, here on a by-slsction tour, postponed his return to Ottawa. "Ottawa is ready to do any- thing asked to meet the situa- tion," he said. "Anything asked’ o: ug will be done." - Breechlng dykes in a relentless path of destruction, the Fraser took e heavy toll as heavy rains swept. the valley. Hundreds of people were stranded, awaiting rescue. All Highways Cut A11 highways were eut and the yelling waters l t but a single rail link from V oouvsr to last- tern Canada. A flood-rescue train left here during the afternoon for Harris- on Mills. when 300 WWII. will)‘ ly- wcniea and children. were stranded: Ibsen surrounding fsruuthqcembybargetothe village when the nil line to the out was out. u the danger mounted, the snnllonu SAL Smuts Resigns As Premier 0f South Africa CAPETOWN, May 3g _. (CP) - Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, 70-year-old advocate of intro-commonwealth ties, resign- ed as Prime Minister today and prepared to tum the office over to his successful Nationalist rival in Tuesday's elections. Governor - General G3, vgp Zl’! called to form a new govern- ment Dr. Francois Malan, ‘M. whose Nationalists flavor g polit- ical ‘ ‘ “ from British Ilnp- 1" 1318i". strict segregation of non-Europeans such as Indian; and African natives in separate districts, and development of mineral resources under state control. Vlii Zyl asked Shuts to remain in office until the for-oration o! g new government. Jen Hofmeyr, deputy pump 0.M.A. President Mr. Norman Healer ‘PORONTO. May fle-tcm-nor- man A. Healer of Sackville. N. 13., was elected president of the Gan- adian Manufacturers Association at its annual meeting today. I-lc succeeds R. C. Berkinshaw of Tor- onto. M. A. East of Saskatoon was elected first vice-president and H. G. Hilton of Hamilton, second vice-president. J. C. Macfarlane of Toronto. was (Continued on Page 5 Q91, 1) elected treasurer. Will Erect 17-Day Chrysler Strike Settled DETROIT, May 28 -— (AP) - The 17-day Chrysler strike‘ was settled tonight for a fiat id-cent hourly wage increase. The Corporation's 75,000 0.1.0. United Auto workers got two cents more an hour than General Motors 226,000 employdes under an adjustable wage formula. The U.A.W. said the settlement would cost Chrysler $8,100,000 a year. A company spokesman estim- ated the strikers lost 0000.000 a day and the company lost 5,000 cars and trucks g day during the tie-up. FOREST FIRE STILL BURNING PORT ARTHUR, May 28 - (CP) - A fire burning over out land and young growth east of Lake Helen, 70 miles east of here, now covers approximately 6,000 acres, rt. Boultbee, district forester, said to- day. Flood Damage Mounts In Fraser Motley Area Navy, Anrny and Air Force rnsr shelled their forces. Boats were sent to the stricken districts from the naval baae at mquimalt and from H.M.C.B. Discovery in Van- couver. The Air Force made reconnais- sance flights and carried emer- gency supplies, while portable power plants and aesrchllghti bat- terles were organized for nlgtht rescue work. lelfel lnard NJed Premier Byron Johnson sp- pointed a three-man board to co-ordln te flood evacuation and disaster lief plans. . Starting so miles from Vencou ver, desolation in the fertile vsl- ley is widoqireed, ranging from Iort Langley east to Agassla, '13 miles from here. The C.N.R. has the only rail link w the east. Waters from the swollen Maser spread across the CPR. tracks nesr Harrison Mills. 0.1-1.3. trains were rs-reut- ed st I-Iops to can. lines com- iru into New Westminster. Only red-eyed. weary men were left in Agassiz, where dykes broke Thursday, qoreading ruin scrcsa the countryside and in the town. An hour after women and child- ren were evacuated to Vancouver train traffic was out. A town of 2.000 Mutilation. half of it is un- der water, the flood swirling int- downtcwn buildings and homes in the residential section. 1 Cairn To Lucy Maud Montgomery OTTWWA, May 20 - (Special) -- A stone cairn and tablet to commemorate the work of Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of "Axme of Green Gables", will be erected near the famous Green Gables house at Cavendish in Prince Edward Island, lt was de- cided at a meeting of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, it was revealed today. The Board is composed of his- torians of recognized standing and advises the National Parks Service on the marking of his- toric sites across Canada and the commemoration of persons who have made noteworthy contribu- tions to Canada's history. Chaim of the precise site of the cairn and construction of the monument itself is expected to be canted out this summer. Employment Trend in P.E.l. still in demand in and around Char- lottetown, and this seems to be a First-class carpenters are general condition throughout the Province. Employers are ask- ing for skilled men, rather than rough carpenters. Nc-w that the colleges are clos- ed, quite a number of students are being placed in employment through the National Employ- ment Office. These students for the most. part, are taking labour work on construction jobs. Em- ployers are quite pleased with these young men, and claim that they turn in a good days work ev- ery day. About two hundred jobs were filled through the National Employment Office in the month of April. most of them in the construction trades, hut n num- ber of the positions filled were clerical. The lobster filming and cen- ning has created the usual em- ployment around the island coasts, and very few people are (Continued on rm e Col. 2) Bottom Price 59 Gents Lb. At 0h’town BY GEORGE KITCHEN OTTAWAfiMay 28 - (CP) _. The Government today gave the ~ dairy farmer a guarantee that the wholesale price of butter will not drop beioy 571,-’.- cents a pound anywhere in Canada. Agriculture Minister Gardiner tabled in the Commons an order- in-council passed today which establishes "HOOP" pricgg undu- butter of 50 cents at Charlotte. WWII. Halifax and Saint John, N. 13., 58 cents at Montreal and Toronto and 57% cents at Van- couver. The floor for the Western Pro. vinces will be the same as that for Montreal-Toronto - 58 cell's a pound. As the spread between the whole- sale and retail butter price averages about 3% cents a. pound, this means for the consumer that the retail price now cannot go below 62% cents a pound in the Mari- liimel. 61% cents in Ontario Quebec and the West and e1 cents in British Columbia. A retail ceiling was sag on but"! Herb’ in the year when a l scarcity threatened 1,0 P1101 the wise up to s1 a pound. While the Ceiling vulgg aggro“ the CWIWY. as does the floor, i; generally averages around 73 cents a pound. The guarantee "floor" price will operate this way; If butter on the open mules; shows sighs o! dYQPPiHg below the rates now _set as its minimum the Government-operated dairy pro. ducts board will step in and Support ‘hi? market by buying whatever is offered at the floor price. It either will swre these supplies or release them to the trade immediately. If stored. they win be released through the normal trade channels later. » The Government support purchases will end once the open market price advances above the floor level. ileatiteeord For Labrador Base GOOSE BAY, Labrador. May 28 —(CP)—Wl-ist's that about the far north? It was a sweltering 84 at. the Iabrador air base today. Needless to say, it was a record for May.‘ Weather liondltlons Good 0n Prairies WINNIPEG, May 28 —— (C?) — With the weaither in the Prairie Provinces mostly clear and warm the last week, conditions were ideal for drying the soil and early sown grain is showing through the ground at heights ranging to sis: inches. weekly crop reports oif the Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway said to- day. Ioy Fatally Inlnred In Fall 0n Knife PICTOU, N. 3., May 28-40?)- Seven-yesr-old Jack Turner was killed today when he tripped and a knife he was carrying severed the jugular vein. The boy was playing with his sister and younger bro- ther in a field on their grand- fathers farm when the accident occurred. IDNDON -- (C?) — A 10-foot Indian python began to hstch her 16 eggs at London Zoo recently after sitting on them for two months. Indian gyyhonl were hatched last there in i880. Supreme in p Quality "SAi-Allli‘ res acorrrir. ' At-A-iilanee Parliament ‘- . (Canadian Press) Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced a floor price for whole- sale butter. Western members described the likaser River flood as a national disaster and asked Government help- Three Cabinet Ministers said their departments were giv- ing asisiance. Mr. Gardiner outlined a pro- gram to reclaim 80,000 acres of Maritime marshlands. Third and final reading was giv- en a bill authorizing the Bell Tele- phone Company to increase its capitalization. Agriculture Department esti- mates were considered. Monday The Commons will debate var- ious Governmental legislation. The Senate will not sit. 0. P. ll. ‘Earnings MONTREAL. Moi! 28 - (C?) — Canadian Pacific Railway today announced net earnings during April, 1948, were $1,313,304 compar- ed with $1,73~i,871 in the corres- poning month last year. Gross earnings last month were $27,520,495 and operating expend- itures totalled $26, 191, 1S1. Corres- ,.onding figures for the some month last year were $26,247,075 and $24,- rnxi one... o... o. Local Man Dismissed In Exchequer Court OfITAWA. May ie-(spcctgi)- In a judgment handed down to- dsy in the Exchequer Court of Canada by Mr. Justice E. R. Ang- ers, ali appeal against the assess- ment of his 194-3 income tax. filed by Robert F. Acorn of Charlotte- town was dismissed. In dismissing ed: ‘The respondent (the Depart- ment of National Revenue, Tax- ation) will have his costs against the appellant, if he deems fit to claim them." The appeal was in the nature of a test, case and hinged on Mr. Acorns claim that $134.80 receiv- ed by hlm as Army pay when serv- ing ivith the 17th (R) Armored Regiment of Charlottetown was exempt from income tax. Mr. Jus- tice Angers ruled that pay receiv- ed by members of the Reserve Army was not tax-exempt, the ex- emption applying only to mem- bers of Canadian military forces when on active service. Although the amount which the Income Tax Depvartuient claimed was due from Mr. Acorn was only $29.40 for the year 1943. the ap- pellant was not satisfied with the ruling of the department. He was still dissatisfied when the original income tax assessment was con- ‘ firmed by C. Fraser Elliott» K. 0.. then Deputy Minister of National Revenue, Taxation, and now Can- ada's Ambassador to Chile. Grounds of Appeal In his appeal. Mr. Acorn set forth that he served as a Lieuten- ant in the 17th (R) Armored Regi- ment of Charlottetown from Jan- uary i to June 1, 1948, and as 512,204. Annapo By MARILYN LAMBORN KIINTVIIJE, 11.5., May 28 (CP) -- For the first time in 10 years, the queen of the Annapolis Valley will reign over a blossom- less countryside. Residents od the longest orch- ard valley in the British Empire could also take honors for the longest faces as they prepare to welcome an expected 50,000 tour- ists here to their loth- annual Iossom festival. Scouts have been out all day, up and down the Annapolis Valley, vainly search- ing for an apple tree which has ruetled into pink or white bloom, but they came back empty hand- ed except for s few wild pear blooms. However. the weatherman has promised to co-operate by pre- dicting “a fine week-end" with just the merest suggestion of fog in the morning and late evening. "You'll have to rattle your beads a whole lot harder than you've been rattling them, if you expect blossoms this week-end," warned a parish priest when he discussed the situation with Frank Burns, president of the festival since its inception in 100d. “Just. can't understand it." (Continued on Page 5 Col. l) bio Blossoms For Festival Sunday In lis Valley “We've never been wrong be- fore." Exlperts of the Dominion liz- perimental Farm for the Annap- olis Valley have ‘an answer. They say the whole of Canada has ex- perienced a late spring, and even the country's greatest apple dis- trict can't expect the usual pink and white countryside until next week or maybe later. Although festival official: are resigned to the fact that only in- fre-red rays could produce the desired bloom setting, the Val- ley's finest feminine beauties were on display today, when 12 attractive young women competed for the title of Queen Annepolisa XVI, From the time the girls left their rooms today, they were un- dcr inspection _ by unknown judges who met them at a tea and dinner. Their poise, person- ality and carriage will be consid- ered, as well as natural attributes, when the judges announce their choice tonight of the girl chosen by communities or counties to represent the Annapolis valley. A large coronation ceremony will be held tomorrow when the queen, surrounded by her ladies ln waiting will lcad the festival parade. Beauties rather than blossoms will be the order of the corrlrnented the jovial president. __.._- UITAWA. May 28—(CP)— Al- though B. C. C. vaccination is not an absolute guarantee of immun- fty against tuberculosis, indications are that it is reducing the risk of contracting or dying from the dis- ‘ease. the Canadian Tuberculosis Association was told today. B. C. G. -— Bacillus Calmette Guerih-is being used to vaccinate Canada‘: Indian population where the T. B. death-rate is exceeding- ly high. Dr. RC. Ferguson and Dr. A.B. Bimes of Qu'Apelle, flask. said today in a report reed at. the 0. T. A. annual meeting. In s study at Qumppelle Indian health unit, it. was found that. the ratio of tuberculosis which de- veloped among the vaccinated and those not vaccinated was approxi- mately one to five. said the report. In the same manner the ratio of T. B. deaths also was one in (Ive. In e report on the "source of diagnosis of patients,“ Dr. l3. li- day. Vaccination Shows Promise In TB Cases Ross of Winnipeg, said that the preventive campaign, "no matter how wide its scope and how varied its activities," is designed for .one tu- bercle bacilius from getting into thing alone-to prevent the the bodies of uninfected persons. In an era of highly anti-tuberculosis tlent assuming lees apnnsibiiity for his illness. said Dr. Ross. Though 3'! per cent of Mani year by surveys and clinics, 26 pe cent of the new diagnoses wer their doctor, "end this group con active and infective cases." “~" the appeal Mr. Justice Angers add- organized programs, with‘ treatment out of the general prec- titioners hands, and with the pa- financial re- "the tendency for both the general practitioner himself and for those wholly engaged in anti-tuberculosis work is to underestimate the im- portance of the private physician.‘ tom's popuistion was X-reyed last made by patients going direct to tslned a much higher proportion of Main Battle-i ~ i Shifts To Latruniirea N Dy. Ill $II\~ CAIRO. Mei’ R -- (A?) t. Arab Legion and Israeli com- manders fed armor and artillery into the mounting battle for Let- _ run tonight after hungry, out-vi» numbered Jews in Jerusalem’! Old City surrendered to King Abdullah's siege forces. ‘line victory of the Trens-Jor- - den troops in the Old City wss not a decisive one. The battle for a bigger prize — ail of Jerusalem: . —Was being fought out 14. miles west of the Holy City on the vital highway frcm Tel Aviv. -, Israel's army announced that: f‘ its troops captured the Arab vil- Iages of Belt Jiz end Belt Buslni just south of the highway end l. little more than a mile from Lat- ' run. l 1N1“ A Tel Aviv dispatch eaid,.there were indications the utrun en-V gagernent might be the decisive one in the Palestine Iwer. The British-controlled Nee!‘ Ihlt. ts- dio quoted a correspondent sl describing the battle there ll. the largest yet fought in tho . . (Continued on Page 0 Col. d) l. , . -_......s»..-...;_¢oss.. I _ a,“ _ _ i,§f§f§f;g‘:;,t.. _ ’ Phone (clitoris 1f, €__Y;7\ iii ‘_ r I’ . (1- \ q ‘PORONTO. May 28 — (CP)-. - Minimum and maximum tunper- ~ aturesi-Vencouver 53, 83; Edmon- ton 41, '11; Regina 30, d0; Wlnni- a peg S0, 64; Toronto 59, ‘l5; Ottawa ~ 54, 19; Montreal 61, 81; Quebec 50; ' 82; Saint John 48. 66; Moncton 5i, , 7B; Halifax 46, 56; Charlottetow‘ -_ er, as, sydney M. —: Ysrmoutb 52. es. ’1rA1.rr'Ax.Msy2s-(cr)-i Weather synopsis and official in-i l: land forecasts issued by tbs Do- ' mlnlon Public Weather Officl tonight. _ Synopsis: Strongly contrasting: types of weather continued over the Maritlmee today. There was considerable sunshine inland Incl » temperatures rose to m degrees in some pieces. As a further in< dicetion of the simmer-like wea< ther there were scattered thun- dershowers. In most coastal sec- tions there was fog and te para-t turcs remained in the 50s. here is drier sir over the Prairies but: a series of disturbances develop- ing over the southern states fl likely to prevent it from reaching this district for- a while. Instead there will be southeast winds bringing in warm moist. air to all . regions and the outlook for Bun- * day indicates little change. ' Forecasts, valid until saturdsy p. midnight, with an outlook for Sunday: Prince Edward Island: variable cloudiness during the night Am] - on satui-day. Continuing very. ‘ iwann. South winds 15. Low early Saturday mflming and high in Y at. (marlottetowni i the afternoon 56 and '75. Outlook for Sunday - Variable l cloudiness. . high tide this morning at 8.31 and this afternoon at 2.10. sun sets this evening at 7.30 ssid - rises tomorrow morning at 4.18. , PLast quarter moon May 30th, 0.48 silnmerstde tide eighteen enfn- ~ utes later- than Charlottetown. ‘ CAB PERRY "ABECWEIP Dilly yixeept Sunda, Standard Tlme , haves Borden, 0.10 mm, 1.00 Inns 4.30 p-m. Leaves Tormentina, 10.35 ma!» Ml p.|n., 1.30 pun. SUNDAY lnavca laden M!» pm. Leaves Tormentlna 0.00 pm- WOOD ICIANDS - CABIBOI daily lllelndlng Sunday Standard Time Leaves Wood Islands, Prince Nov! . s.oo a.m., 1.00 pun. - Charles A. Dannlnl. 11.00 an. 8J0 p. m. Leaves Caribou. Charles A, 0m- ning 0.00 a. m. 1.00 pJIl- Priace Nova 11.00 use. b-IO l‘ C eu- j