MAXIMS ‘ or a MERE MAN lav! eiisre stribeebigbaridliurts ‘Ir-lie Guardian Three Cents. flaming Daily handed 1H1. l; Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew cnsawrraroww, cannon, frussoXvf-oacamsaa 2a. 194 12 Paces Illllreit. _MAXIMS 01A MERE MAN‘ Neither fear vow denies an Subscription Delivered $6.00. lllll 05.00, other Provinces d: U. S. 81.00. EXPERTS PUZZLElT OVER CANADA’S F 00D CONTRACTS u Slightly Illitlretl In Train Accident m Care lifWost-beaed o. s. n. Psesespsr ma Leave lialls At iisois, Manitoba. May Bo Slight Decline iiere In Christmas Mailing 'I‘he amount of incoming and outgoing mall passing through the Charlottetown Post Office during the present Christmas season has not been quite so large as the of isst year, Post Office otficiais said last night. The mulling of Christmas par- eels was done in a more orderly manner this season, they said. There was uo huge piling up o! mail for one or two peak days followed by a sudden drop, but a more rqular and uniform amount of business each day. Lest Thursday 61,860 letters wont thxoulh the automatic stamylflk machine; the following day 01.028 letters were stomped: and on Saturday .173 went through the machine. xesterday’: iisures were not available last night. Supplementing the permanent staff for the Christmas rush are l5 veterans. last season S’! were employed KILLED IN MILE Norseman, n. n, Dec. n‘... (OFF-Edmund Beteman, 30, ‘oi suhirbaa Lewisville was killed in the mill section oi the Mcncton Lumber l‘ , _,. today when fill sleeve caught between two large rollers which "crawled" up his srm and crushed his shoulder and throat. Bateman had been married in nine. ' ' Coming Events "Alexandra School concert to- night, B pim. "Bt. Catches-ins’; Christmas U011- QW; DQQEWN‘ 2411i. "Movies Hunter River tonight, ‘Queen of the Yukon." "cunning Grain daily. mu am. It. Peters Road. Perkdeie. "School concert. mapaud Hall, ‘ruesday, Dec. 23, 3.00 p.in. "Shooting Match at Cswapaud, Qiristuies Day, starting 2 P. M. "Cornwall School Concert. Corn- wall Hail. December 23rd, S P. M. "Dance, Baldwin's Road School, Tuesday. Decnrnber 30th. Lunches. “To arrive. oilcake meal. $4.00 per cwt. Book. McCiuigan and Boyle. "Bmyvale Christmas Concert. Lot 65 Hail, Tuesday, December ‘Jlird. Dance after. “Box Social and Dance. Pleasant Grove Hill, Monday, 9th. bi ll I ldsecl. "The annual Sunday school Christmas program. in Pleasant valley Church tonight. "Oollectlsige hogs every Thurs- hy for Canada Packers. Phone N A. Cutciiffe or write me. D. h Mac- Dowell. “This store will be open Mon- day. ‘niesdey and Wednesday be- fore Christmas until nine pom. and closed ell day Friday. "Hockey rneetine to form lees- ue. Uliflord Moore's. last yaltv. ‘hsesday. Dec. llrd. Woul like Milton. West Royalty and Breck- iey represented. "W0 have a ibsiited Otleeke and Rebip I Flour at lieoiel cuss. also F! De ry and Posilky Fleet mixed 2% 3mm‘ ""'.i.“‘.".i‘l‘i°°‘ Ii alien y o . ve- iloel Feed Remy. lo Fitaroylt. nttty of Ia iosdiul hole at the points eeoh ‘fliursday: . Bradelbans. until il. Hun- lrli pa: and ken- Ilrlten until 8 an. IasIeen and‘ (By The Canadian Press) WINNDPIXI. Dec. 22 - Officials tonight reported ll persons shaken up but none seriously injured when four cars of the westbound No. 3 transcontinental passenger train of Canadian Notional Railways were derailed st Anoia, Man, an miles east of Winnipeg. . ‘Hie accident occurred at 11.00 am. 05.1‘. and reports said four cars hurtled from the tracks. Two. both sleepers, rolled on their sides and about 80 feet of track was torn up. No reason has been disclosed yet for the accident which came only eight miles from Dugaid where last. Sept. 1. 3i persons were killed when another holiday train, the Minaid campfl’! special. smashed headon into an eastbound trans- continental and burned. A porter. H. I-Iarewood. (home- town unavailable) suffered facial cuts while Miss Gina Nesbitt of Toronto, former R.C.A.F. Women's Division oflicer bound for Edmon- ton, was found injury-free after s hospltial check. One report said a wheel had become loose and bad thrown the coaches oft. Officials also said little time will be lost and no eastbound traffic will be delayed. They said train No. 1 pas been blocked by the torn-up rails but that work- men had repaired lt by evening. Passengers going to Winnipeg had been taken of! No. l they said. by a special train which left from here. Passengers bound else- where had elected to stay with the train. . Initial reports of the accident; said some persons might have been hurt seriously and three am- bulances were ordered to meet the train which proceeded under its own pcwerto" Winnipeg." All pasr sengers rode in the undamaged’ front part of the train. Scheduled to arrive here three hours before noon. it had been running late because of the mist- mas crowd of travellers and C.N R. officials said they were thank- fui no persons were badly hurt. Windjammer Makes 15,000-n|lle Voyage GRAVEBBND. Kent. ma. Dec. 33.—(R0lltQl’B)—-'1‘il6 SJCO-ton bar- que Pamir docked here ‘today ai- ter an 80-day voyage over the l5.- 000 miles from New Zeaiand with raw wool and taiicw for Britain and gifts oi clothing for displaced persons. The ship. winner of the 1039 windiasnmcrs grain race irosnPort Victoria, south Australia, to Fal- mouth. England, will be towed up the ‘Thames to the Royal Albert dock at mndon on Wednesday. Her crew were ensured Christmas on land when the Palnir cut l0 days of! he: 90-day schedule for the trip. The Pamir was a prize of war for New Zeaiand in 194i. She was oewht in harbor there when Fin- land joined Germany in declaring war on Poussin. she later became attached to the New Zealand mer- lialifax To Bo llome 0f iluge Shipping Firm HALIFAX» Dee. fl — (CP) - Purchase by Acadia Overseas Freighter: Limited of D8 "Port" class 10,000-i0n freightfis from the Canadian Government will rmake Halifax the home port o! one of the largest - “if not the larg- est" - cargo-carrying fleets in the world. Harry Mothers, 88-year- ‘oiid president of the firm. said i417 ay. Purchase o! the as Crown-own- ed steamships. to be delivered someti re in 1960, "as confirmed Reconstruction Minister Howe Iw o said the deal involved $15,000.- Mr. Mothers, however, said 1dr. Howeu figure was "way low". At present the firm operates 12 ships. one more la scheduled to be added next swing and nine more are due from Britainnext sum- mer. The line's vessels fly the Nova Scotia flag -- the first time the‘ flag has been flown in e sea-going fleet since the days when wooden‘ ships from the Province celled in all ports of the wOrid. So far. Mr. Mothers said. no def- inite trade routes have been map- ped out for the new ships. Whisky 0n Plane Costly To Woodsman v ____- OTTAWA. Dec. 19 ~—- (C?) _A couple o! chastencd woodsmen dug deep into their breeches today and forked over-dam, payment f an ‘eseapade revoivirigfirbilliifi‘ se- tic plane ride and two bottles oi bootleg whisky. Leo Menard. 47. of Port Arthur. Onto and Joseph Beaudoln. 2d. o! Ieflechcrssik. were taken of! a ‘Toronto-Montreal Trans-coma; Air Line plane here last Wednes- day alter a stewardess and the plane's captain failed to persuade them to part with a bottle of whisky. They caused a ruckus in the T.C.A_ office at Ottawa Air. port and then finished by scuff- ling with police. Menard was fined $13850 on charges of causing a disturbance in a public place. resisting arrest and wilfully damaging property. Beaudoln was fined p69 on charges of causing a disturbance and re- slsting arrest. French Are Tolii 0i Tax increases PARTS, Dec. 22 -- (AP) —I‘ln~ nnce Minister Rene Mayer gave Frenchmen an unwelcome Christ- mas present today when he at- tached a number of stiil m: in- creases to his over-all program for bolstering the bench econ- omy. ' He announced tax increases on radios, night clubs. coioziiai and petroleum products as the Nation- al Assembly neared approval af his economic program, which ai- resd includes s heavy tax on chant navy. prnits {no incomes in the upper bracket . Quinta 13.. 00113131». Ont. Dec. Ii —(CP) -Csnads's five famed sisters — the Dionne quintuplets -. today switched from -suite to kit- chen-aprcns to oln "chere meni- an" in humming Noel carols and a spiek-and-vpan clean-us of their home in this snow-Valle . Christ- inee-cerd Northern-Ontario dis- rict. ‘Their ‘ ‘ reddened by out- door pranks and winiary duets. the 18-year-old quintet will forgo sriow-drift garnbois for the first few days oi their Christmas school hoiid to prepare e typical mac aensoisn family's recep- tion for the Jelly Old Gent with "ia barbs bianche." This Christmas is particularly slotting for Marie. Yvonno. Cecile. Annette and Emilie: five‘ other Junior member! of the family are due home — Rose, who has been attending school st Montreal: ‘Therese and Pauline. students at letvisw. Oat. and Daniel and Olive Jr. studying at lesthiervllie. e. Brother victor has been attend- ing school here and IO-months-oid Preparing For Christmas Day Claude has been‘ the only child home during the day. Aside from exercise “loop-and- dust," the sisters are tackling mix- ing bowls and ladies and wrap- ping gifts in free evening hours. While busy at the latter. they assume an air o! mischievous ml’!- tery. Mamas: and papa must not know what their daughtars sre aivia them New Year's eve dos. foil ng the Hench-Canadian tradition, the most important gifts are given then. not on Christmas. And as in the due of Connie's first iiabitent settlers. Ollva Dionne and his sons will soon set out across the snow-swept hllie to cut down a dcotch pine for the redres- tion room. Of coins. the five sparkling-Hid sisters will direct itgroratlon. Chris quiet - and to sense emn. At mid hi. Christies eve. the entire iarrily will hear Mess in their own chapel. Ancient aerols; ptilig and head-noddins until the "big" gifts are unwrapped. Canada May Cut Fuel llil Imports 50 p. o. OTTAWA, Dee. B-(CP)... Bepreaentatives of the Cana- dian iuel oil industry, meeting with Government effiehls to- day. agreed to a cutback oi up to S0 per cent in imports from the United States and if the sten is carried eut it will mean that Canadian fuel oli eon- auinesa will ‘have to “go cosy" this winter. Reconstruction Minister Howe said tonight following .‘ the meeting with oil industry representatives that be eauid give no immediate details oi the proposals but said be probably would issue s sills- ment tomorrow. He emphasised. however. that a 50 per cent out In im- ports of fuel oil frosn the Un- ited Stefes would not mean I 50 per cent out in Canadian consumption. But it would mean that Canadian consum- ers would liave to "be careful." Another source explained that although the recommen- dation, if carried out. would become a part of Canada's dol- in 4 Waeliingtuinover 11.3. domes- ""tlir'flsel‘s1'lll' suimllesfia House of Representatives committee has raised the question of the effect or Canadian imports on U. 8. domestic supply. il. S. Police Head lists ilew Position _--- HALIFAX, Dec. 2'2 --(CP) - Qhesley K. Gray. tall New Brims- wicker who helped organise that Provinoeb police force 20 years ago, today received the news of his appointment as deputy commission- er‘ of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with little comment but praise for his wedeceesor. B. A- igya! Gegnon who died in Novem- l‘. In command of the 3.0M}. Ln Nova Scotia since last year as a senior assistant uim issione , his new appointment will take the st-year-oid Douglastown. NB. ne- tive to Ottawa where he will be in line as a possible successor to Commissioner 5.1‘. Wood. due to retire last year. i The broad-shouldered, greying deputy commissioner is reticent about discussing any of the cases he has handled during his l5 years in the R.C.M.P. Wounded in the First World War. he came to Halifax where in i918 he worked with the Muss- achusetts-l-laiifax Relief Commis- sion administering relief to the city which suffered in the srest explosion 0i 191T. Durlnl this period he served as an instructor in the Nova Bcotis Technical College before entering the lumber business in his native Province. die helped organise the New Brunswick Provincial Police in 102a and four years later entered New Brunswick force. He saw service in Fredericton. Saskatoon and Vancouver before coming to Halifax in i940. nonnvorsais. inland - (or) -- Because he received ll "Mall for money during his first weeks as bard Mayor. Councillor John Mitchell said he was not in office to "Provide be cash‘ and ed ed he could not d husbands, wl or Ills-pals." No '1‘ r a e e, Missing Since Dee. 18 _ ilsllooptsr ilssd Yesterday: Tracks Indicate Mes Isve Wssdsrsd Into Little-Travelled Swamp Country. the R.C.M.P. when it absorbed the _ 0f Four (By The Canadian Press) 11 h. N. 8.. Dec. 2a- lrom anowwovered backwoods so treacherous that only expel-lemma woodsrnen dare enter, weary search parties returned tonight Wlthquf. ilndmg any trace of four young l-lverrool men missing since earuy last Thursday. When tracks of the four miss- ing rabbit hunters were found 168911112 into the swampy Tobeatic country yesterday the less-exp“. lenced of the searchers were left belimd and veteran guides led the others deep into the seldom-trav- elled swale. ' An R..C.A.P. helicopter joined m the search through the heavy birch forest but found no trace of i“ 10w‘ misslns men. Burton Weethavcr, 26. Jimmy woods. Worth. 11. William Oickie. is. and Jimmy Rogers, l9. Armed with M rifles, the foul Nuns hunters entered the woods at Port Mouton Thursday and have not been reprorted since. They carried provisions for only om fill!‘ but old time hunters in my; country which has produced man; champions at provincial guides’ meets said the four would prob- llbly find a. good supply of game in the tricky Tobestlc. Six inches of snow ieii during the night and erased the mm tracks which searchers had founri yesterday leading into the deep backwoods. At one point the racks veered almost within sight o! Liverpool but then they turned - cii again into the back country. Bven hardened woodsmen iounr. going difficult through the snow , and R..CM.P., who are leading the search. allowed only guides and hunters with a thorough know- ledge of the country to loin the 8087011. Although many of the search- ers camped overnight in the woods and started early this morning in temperatures varying from 14 to 8t degrees, not one sinsle clue to the hunters‘ disappearance was found. Scattered hunters’ cabins in the district were checked but no trace of the missing four found. The thickly-Wooded Tobeatlc area is one of the most tteacher. ous in this lake-studded country and many trained guides veer a- way from the swampy lowlands when travelling with inexperienc- ed hunters. , Y Po;e Pius llas Slight Cold VATICAN CITY, Dec. 28 -- A light cold and hoarsencss decided Pope Plus today to suspend aud- iences, as well as his afternoon walks in the Vatican gardens. un- til after Christmas. l-ie continued, however. to see his closest associates about urgent Vatican business. Vatican sources said the Pope is taking the rest portly to -con- serve his strength for the rigors oi the Christmas season-his ad- dress to the cardinals. which wit‘. be broadcast to the world. the audience for the Holy See diplo- math: corps, and the customary- visitors calling to convey the soe- son's greetings. , Corliss industrialist Clvss IrlsoLSsntsnoe BERG. Dec. 2.2 - (AP) .5 United States military trib- unel today sentenced lfi-iederich Flick, 01-year-old German indust- rialist, to seven years‘, imprison- ment for exploiting slave labor and looting German-occupied countries. Flick. head of Germany's largest privately-owned coal. iron and steel empire. already has spent g 1-3 s in confinement. This time will be deducted from bis sentence. [0380 7X In‘ 1x i F. FLOUR May Bolittlo Surplus For Marshall Plan 5! I055 MUNEO OTTAWA. Dec. 23—-(CP) — A mayor puzzle facing the Ottawa, economic planners and the cam- not today is how Canada can ful- fill her new British food contracts ‘and also participate widely and effectively in the Marshall plan for European aid. The new contracts may take practically all the estimated Can- adian food surplus, as they did this year. Exports to Britain also might cut deeply into the sur- plus of base metals, timber and other items. Yet under the Marshall plan, Canada is being counted on by the United States to help supply several billion dollars worth of food and commodities. There seems to be an unreaiity ‘about this situation. for if there are no substantial Canadian sur- pluses over and above those for the British contracts, there can be no real participation by Can- ada in the Marshall plan. One Solution Some sources here maintain that if Canada is to play ball in both leagues, the only realistic solution is for the British contracts to be enveloped in the structure of the Marshall plan. This would mean. in eflect. that Advises Hog Breeders To Stay In Business ___._ Prilel Ewsrd Island hos bo-ooq. ers who are cutting down on the number of their brood sows are making a serious mistake, in the °Dinion oi Mr. H. W. Clay, senior live stock held man, Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, Char- lottetown. Mr. Clay informed The Guar- dian yesterday that he believes meat prices will remain high and Will, in fact. increase rather than decline within the next few months. l-le gave several reasons for his opinion. The first was that the live stock population in the United States had declined last year and that there were three million less cat- tle in United States this year than last year. The second reason was that Canada as well as the United States and other meat-producing countries. would continue to be called upon for several years to help feed the meat-hungry mil- lions of Europe. The third was that the new food prices agreement recently reaches between oflicials of the British and Canadian Governments coup- led with President Truman's mes- sage to Congress on December 18 urging the United States Govern- ment to spend between six and eightblilions of dollars in Canada and Latin America for food for Europe indicates that there are at least. several years oi prosperity ahead for the meat ‘producers oi (Continued on page li. Col s) l (Continued on page ll. Col t;- s1 oo,ooo In Bank Loot ls Recovered (By The Canadian Press) WiI-NNIPEG. Dcc. 22—More than $100,000 in gold and securities. ap- proximately half the loot taken from a safety deposit vault of a north-end branch of the R-oyal Bank in Winnipeg's largest rob- bery, was guarded tonight by po- lice who recovered it after a three-hour treasure hunt. They guarded almost as well the seoret c! how s. squad of de- tectives had come to uncover it. bundled in a shopping bag and buried under a pile of dead roots and branches. in the outlying Bird's Hill section. All officers would say was that the cache, $100,000 in bonds and securities and about $1,120 in gold. hadbeen found "as a result of new inform- ation." They added that the securities. 15 per cent of which were bearer bonds. were in “good shape.’ Meanwhile, James Davison, Z3. arrested in Sydney, N. 8., a week ago, and one of three men charg- ed with the night-time pillaging of the vault last Oct. 23. appeared briefly in police court and was remanded to Wednesday. John Mlchaeiis, 25, oi Winnipeg. also is due to appear at the same time and the third. Michael Stefanik. Christmas Promises . Ha p..p_y...'.l‘ i m e F o s- The Royal Family --._-. (By Russell Landstrom) LONDON. Dec. 22- (AP)-De- spite the austerity that will dim the celebration more than usual. this pzomises to be the royal fam- ily's happiest Christmas since be- fore the war. For one thing the new member of the circle-Princess Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, now settling down to his desk at the Admiralty-will be welcomed with suitable rejoicing to a traditions. holiday season at Sandringham, the King's birthplace in a quiet corner of Norfolk. A tree has been chosen. a med- ium-sized one, and the brittle de- corations have been taken out oi their tissue paper and cotton wrapping. Household retainers have found holly and even a few sprigs of mistletoe. Family gifts will be set undcr the tree. It is an established pol- icy, however, not to publicize what they are. The staff at Sandringham and employees at the other royal resi- dences habitually are remember- ed with presents, and those boast- ing longest service receive person- ai greetings from the King and Queen. A Sandrlngham Christmas means carol singing by villagers and farmers gathered from the region, by domestic workers on the beautifully-landscaped grounds and by the younger members of the royal family themselves. Food and drink will be modest in a noble house where fntteneti N, of Winnipeg. is scheduled in come up tomorrow. OTPAWA. Dec. 22 —— (C?) - Tho excess profits tax, imposed in 1N1 as a means of preventing business profiteerlng during war- time, will be repealed Dec. 0i, de- spite recent requests that it be continued. During the pre-Chrieimas sit- tings of the Comlnosis. several 0.0!‘. speakers urged that the tax be continued into 104i. However, it was learned that Finance Min- ister Abbctt planned to stick to his announcement in the budget last April 29 that the tax would be repealed at the year-end. An unofficial calculation showed that the tax. applied at ver- ious rates on profits in I800" o! standard profits, has yelded It.- Olmlfl. to the lheders treasury since it lrst was imposed. The let’! rate of the tax was ll per cent. This was over end above the oer sea tea on resuler oer- re on pro ts. Britain and the nited States dropped their ex- cess profits for the 1947-48 fiscal year. But in his budge speech Mr. Will End (Continued on page-ll. Cold)‘ Excess Profits Tax 555i... Bounces Back into Air After Crash GREAT FALLS, Mont. Dec. 21 —(AP) —- A United States Air" Force bomber that bounced back into the air from a crash landing at Spokane landed safely two 110w‘! and 4d minutes later at Great Fails air base, officials an- nounced today. Describing the escape of the Plflhfs pilot, K.C. Asherfeidt, and his crew of six. Co]. John Chen. nault. base commander here, told this story today. The bomber was returning to the Spokane field from a routine flight Sunday morning. 1t was ap. preaching for a ground control landing in a heavy fog. "We UlWGht we were okay un- til suddenly there was a terrlflg crash." Chennauit said the pilot: told him. “Immediately after the crash, the ship hit the ground and then bounced back into the air." The pilot save the ship full throttle and managed to gain all’ itude. He nosed the plane out of the fog and headed for the base here, where they landed safely. It was learned here after the plane landed that it hacl crashed into a power line and sheared of! three poles before striking the ground. a ll. S. Insanity iiato Roaches iiovr iligh WASHINGTON, Dec. :2 --gAP) —'l‘he American rate of going in. sane was higher during the war years -— 1940 through 1945 - than ever before, the United States Census Bureau reported today. The development was particular- 1y marked among men in the mil- itary age bracket. 2o through s4 years. the Bureau said. For all patients with psychosis, the report said, the estimated number 0f first admissions to hos» pitais for the permanent care o! silch patients increased from 'll.'l in each 100.000 of the population in i940 io 88.8 per 100,000 in i945. TORONTO, Dec. ‘.12 - (CPJ ~- Minimum and maximum temper- atures:—Vancouver 37. 47; Vio- toria 37, 47; Edmonton 3, 85; Re- gina 2. i0; Winnipeg 2B. 10; Tor- onto 25, 3i; Ottawa d. 20; M0115‘ real 14. 22; Quebec 2. i2; Saint John 0_ 24; Moncton l8, 26; Hali- fax 23, 31; Charlottetown 17. 29; Sydney l8, 3i; Yarmouth 28, 29. HAUFAX, Dec. zo-(cm-ot- ficiai inland forecasts issued by 0n Dec. 31 Abbott said Canada was opposed to following sult until the e115 of this year. In that speech. he said: "if business conditions had not returned lo normal and we could rely upon the forces of compet- ition and bargaining to keep prof- its at normal levels we would be justified in repealing this tax with effect before the year end. Xi business needed. larger profits to encourage and enable it to provide additional employment by great- er expenditures. we shonld repeal the tax forthwith. Neither of these conditions exists at present. "Business confidence and avail- able funds are so hllll that a I°°i| many business men ere compet- ing more in their efforts to eXPlml their investment quickly than in netting down their atolls and keeping down the prices at which they sell their products. In all these circiuisstances. the governs ment has decided that this tax should not be terminated until the end of the year." the Dominion Public Weather Oi- fice at Halifax and valid from ll. p. m. Monday until midnight Tuesday. Synopsis: The disturbance that caused snow over a portion of the Marl- times was well east of Newfound- land Monday evening and ‘con- tinuing to move out into the At- lantic. During the greater part i! the day it was cloudy with snow- fiurries. Temperatures rose to "he zos in most regions. A weak nigh pressure area is expected to nova over the district from New Inge land and on Tuesday generally fine weather can be expected with no great change in ‘ mperetum. Regional forecasts:- Prince Edward Island: Cloudy night and Tuesday. Little change in tlmpllltllxp. Light windaulaw early ‘niesday morning and high in the afternoon at Charlottetown 15 and 35. l-iigh tide fliis sues-sling at 032 and tonight at 8.20. Sun sets this eftessieoss at and rises tknorrow ilflfllfl‘ at .1 Full moon Deccriber 21th, 3.28 P. 1i. with scattered snowilurries to-< i161” ""