' music by the MAXIMS '0IA MERE MAN _ lee]: h moderation. hold to u“ in view, followr the rules dun lllll LINN".- mtnrmendyonwlllsoqulrewip- ills of i gpgrlottetown Guardian. Two Cont. “only Guardian. Founded I881. Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARIJOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1947 1i he huge tree ll brought down more often by wind. high towers full with huviest crash, and light- nl-Ilg strikes the highest peek. MAXIMS ' 1 OIL MERE MAN this-as Slbsoripflon Delivered 86.00. lIsllILflotherProvincell U.8.A.$1.I BRACKEN CALLS FOR SPECIAL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT Sees Deterioration In International Situation New Synod Moderator Impressive Opening Of 130th Maritime Synod Bussey Committed 0n Murder Charge OWEN SOUND, Ont., Oct. ‘l - (CP) - Fred Bussey. 23-year-old Regina carnival worker, today was comrruttcd for trial on a charge of murder,- in the sex-slaying last month r4 11-year-old Betty Play- lonl, whose body was found blud- geoned and raped at the bottom of an eight-loot sandy ditch near her home here. Warehouses Burned MIDDLETON, N. S., Oct. '1- (OPL-Fircmen were bathed in streams of amle juice today as a blaze of llllkllOVl/Il origin gutted two warehouses of Canadian Can- ners Limited in this Annapolis Valley town. The lire was discovered when hundreds of cans exploded from the heat and blew out a door. The cans kept popping for another five hours before the fire was brought under control. There was no lmlncdlate esti- mate of the damage. Coming Events "Talkies - Moi-ell, Thursday. "Melody Ranch". Gene Auiry- ‘Movies _ Eldon. Friday. "Mel- ody Ranch". Gene Autry. "Dance, Georgetown Hall on Wednesday, October 8th. Webster's Orchestra. "Chicken Supper, B11180 “f1 other amusements, St. Andrews Hall, October 15th. "Dance st Covehéad Thursday, Oct. 9th. Duke Nellson's Orches- tra. a "Dance and Auction in Orwell Hall every Friday starting October 10th. Auction from 8.30 to 10. "Regular Dance tonight. Sea Breeze Psvalion. Dancing from 9 llll l. "In Stock - Cedar and AS11118" Shingles. W. 1. owman. Hum" River. "Dance. Vernon River Hall, Monday, October 13th. by C. W. L. Mlllvlew Orchestra. "Dance at BurllnSWb “"5119?” day, October 10th, if fine. Bemards Orchestra. "Dance in Emerald Hall. Thanksgiving. October 13th. Good music C. W. L. “Talkies - St. Thursday, Benny Fields Show. "Dulce, Union losd Schfldv (Kings County), October 10th. Web- ster's Orchestra. Lunches- Peter‘s BB)’- Minstrel "Special dance in Cardigan Hall Wednesday, Oct. o. Best v1 Eastern RhYlhm Boys. Modern sound equipment-- "Dr. H. M. McKenzlds Dent“ Office will be closed unill October 1m. m work, but will s, oven 101' appointments and accounts. "Como to the dance in Mt- ltewsrt Legion hall Wednesday. Oct. 8th. Both modern and Old time music by Rollie MacKensle lad his Island ftsmblers. Danclns 080-13 "Notice: Unloading todly ‘find Wednesday, cor bran, shorts. 011d- , hog-grower, and barley Mil. wheat flour. etc. H6111"! cheap from csr. G. C. Green. herald. Wrestle; Mestins Rhos-rm e Canadian‘ Legion No. so In Mon School. ‘Ihpndsy. 961W" Rh- Ail v The 130th meeting of the Marl- tlme Synod of- the Presbyterian Church in Canada opened in St. James Church, Charlottetown, last evening, with s solemn and im- pressive service at which the Rev. T. H. Bussell Somers, Minister of St. James Church, was elected Moderator for the ensuing year. Rev. Mr. Somers succeed the Rev. D. W. MacDonald, of Mahone Bay, N.S., who as retiring Mod- erator presided at the opening of the meeting and delivered an in- spiring address. There was a very large and rs- presentative attendance. Among those present was the Moderator of the General Assem- bly of the Presbyterian Church, the Rt. Rev. Charles H. MacDon- ald, of Lucknow, Ont., who was called upon and spoke briefly. ex- pressing his pleasure at being pre- sent. and his keen interest in the Synod proceedings and deliberat- ions. The nomination of Mr. Somers was moved by the Rev. Charles Carnegy. Summerslde, and second- ed by the Rev. J. A. MacGowan, Kensington. Thcre were no other nominations. Vote 0f Thanks Alter the retiring Moderator hau presented the gavel as a symbol of his office to Mr. Somers, Mr. G. K. NIacLellan, Halifax. moved that a vote of thanks be extended the Rev. Mr. MacDonald for his outstanding efforts while Moder- ator of the Synod. The motion was seconded by the Rev. A. D. MacKinnon. Little ,Narrows, N. S. and was unanimously adopted. The new Moderator, on behalf of the Synod, conveyed the vote of thanks. A comprehensive and interest- ing report on the progress of the Presbyterian Church in the Mari- tlmes and Newfoundland was read 7cK FRE1TaT Set 20 Days For loret Episode IDNDON, Oct. '1-fReuters)—- Six cadets at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst were con- fined to barracks- 28 days for hanging Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery's beret on the statue of a llon during a visit last month by the Chief of the Imperial Gen- eral staff, the War Office can- firmed tonight. Monty, appealed tc the Sandhurst commandant, Mal-Gen. F. R. G. Matthews, not to take disciplinary action, suggesting that "a good dressing- down would meet the case." Says Seizure 0f Plant liere “Blind” SYDNEY. N.S.. Oct. '1— (C?) -— Adam Borsk, Canadian assistant director of the United Paclcng- house Wcrkers (C.I.O.) tonight (flarged that Government seizure of the Canada Packers plant at Charlottetown was "only e blind" for operation by the owners. k- pany officials declined comment. The Prince Edward Island Gov- ernment eelzed the plant, where '10 packers ere on strike. s week ego today. Denounces Spirit 0f Intolerance At Synod Opening A strong plea for the substitution of Olzristian love for intolerance and party strife, In religious sf- fairs as well as in political and economic matters, was made in St. James Church here last even- ing by the Rev, D.W. MacDonald, of Mahone Bay, N.S., retiring Moderator of the Maritime Synod of the Presbyterian Church i/n Can- ada. Rev. Mr. MacDonald spoke at the opening session of the Synod before a very large and representative audience. - Taking for his text I Corinthians 16: 13-14, the Moderator emphasiz- ed that uhe Iwords "Let all thing be cone from love" governed and qualified tlhe other admonltions. Paul had founded the church at Corinth dunng his first visit to Europe. The church was composed of many and diverse races and cultures with a free-thinking a-nd speculative Greek background. ' preach the gospel there was both a. test of and a challenge to his belief in the finality and universal- ity of the ChrLstlan religion. But after the departure of Paul. the Corinthian Christians began to divide into groups am: parties insisting upon this and that doct- rlnc, they quarreled among them- selves. and in this dlvlslon reveal- ed themselves as strangely blind to the fundamental principle o.‘ love. In his first letter Paul showed that party divisions should be transcended by a common z loyalty to Christ. The cause of the trouble at Corinth was that the Christians (Continued on Page 5 Col. 5) Identify Man Drowned At Georgetown A man drowned at Georgetown Monday night was identified yes- terday as Patrick Cosgrove, 64. formerly of Fredericton. P. E. I., but residing in Charlottetown since last spring. He had been a blacksmith at Fredericton for a- bout 20 years. and was said to be s native of Hope River. An inquest has been ordered into his death by Dr. George In- man of Montague. The hearing was adjourned until Thursday night. Mr. Cosgrove was unmarried. 8o far as could be learned he has no close relatives. ‘The body was taken to the MacKlnnon Funeral Home at Montague Monday night and yes- terday was transferred to the Cutcliffe Funeral Home at Char- lottetown. The funeral will take place Thursday. The accident occurred at the Georgetown Railway Wharf at approximately 7.15 pm. The body was recovered shortly after but efforts to revive the man were without success. The wharf is undergoing repairs and there were piles of materials near where the man went over the edge. Several persons saw him walking along the wharf, which was partially lighted by the head- light on the locomotive attached to the evening train which had Just arrived. It was understood that Mr. Cosgrove had gone to Georgetown In a car for the drive. HALIFAX. Oct. 7 — (W) - Besrch and Rescue Unit of the Pt.C.A.F. reported here tonllm 11149 m Oenso unrhbllh °1\ I 111"" flight into the Arctic hsd landed a, “m, chimp, big United States secondary defence base on Ungavs Bay 400 miles from 90°" $7. Labrador. . n wss believed that the Oanlo. which took eff from Goose st noon on the second hos! vi I 1W1"? to the northwest tip of Q1185" 1° king medical sld to s wounded Eskimo, hld stepped It 011141" overnight b01281"! 0| dsogescln th r. "Sui." of the plsns’: landing was not received ill H1111" 1111'“ nfllo hours after the hircrsft left rm fAbrsdor outpost. Mr 01401111 m" expressed the belief h! N- _mm ‘bashsndsir ngw, ersn “m. 19mg pIIOI Wild h i?’ an», might have been bulfltll by Canso Reaches Fort Chino In Mercy Flight bud weather today. ' The mercy plane left Ilellfsx last night and its crew snatched e few hours’ rest in Goose Bay be- fore continuing their journey to the isolated Hudson Bay tip 6! Queblc close to the Arctic Clrcls.. A naval surgeon, Omdr. crlon Brooks. la aboard to render trest- ment to the lhkfmo, described as seriously ill from s gunshot sfirund; Search and Rescue officers here would not hazard an opinion or even a guess on what difficulties might be facing the Osnso crew. ‘they d lay, however. that ruc- cess of e trip would depend to s great extent on the weather. The possibility was riled that inhabits ts of the lonely Eskimo village ear Inuruvik my might begin s trek overland to Ohimo with the inland mom but Air Force authorities did not bellsve this likely. \ M.A., S.'I‘.M., Minster b1 St. Ja-llles elected Moderator at last night's cnerflns meeting of the Maritime Synod of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. A not ve of Toronto, Rev. Mr. Somcrs is a graduate of the Univ- Made Flightliere In Tiny Plane Flying from Saskatchewan in a little 200 h.lJ. single-engine Cor. nell plane, Lieut. William D. Brick- ham, post exchange officer, Un. ited States army. with headquart- ers at Fort Pepperrill, Newfound- land. landed at the local airport Monday evening and left yester- day morning for Tor Bay, New- foundland. So far as is known, no flyer ever landed such a plane at the local airport flying such a distance and with nothing but a compass and his charts to guide him. The plane has no radio. Lieut. Brlckham made the flight to Charlottetown in four hops. I-Ie left Mossbank, Saslc, Saturday morning and flew to Rivers, Man., where he re-fueled. His next stop was Winnipeg where he again fill- ed his tanks before taking off for Kapuskaming. Ont. The longest stretch was from Kapuskaming to Montreal where he arrived Sun- day evening. He left Montreal Monday morning and flew directly to Charlottetown. While in the City yesterday morning. Licut. Brickhsm called on his old friend. W. B. Agnew, provincial trsde agent, who sc- com ‘ ’ the Lieutenant to the local airport to see him take off for Newfoundland. Ouohec Packing Plants lie-open QUIBIQ Oct. 7-(0?) -Wlth two dozen Provincial Police con- stables standing by, workers. went pest pickets into the packing plant of 1A Cooperative Fedsree today ending the strike of packers in Quebec City which started Sept. 30. lefties today packers who bed been on more st s second plant, Incorporated, returned to other small alter ugrsoe their Jobs. The Rev. TH. Bussell._S:me,l-s,' criity of Toronto and- Knox‘ Co-I- . Joe and 1 fi- .U. Th - Church, ‘Charlottetwarfrvv-‘hb- was e I n50 o‘ w" at“ e0 Vlogical Seminaryfllc-ov York. For the past six years he has been Minister o-f St. James Church, and Clerk of the Presbytery of Prince Edward Island. He has also been Moderator cf the P.E.I. Presbytery. Attlee Announces Cabinet Shuffle Move ls Shift To Bight In Defiance 0f Left-wing Pressure. (By James McCook) LONDON, O:t. ‘l-—(CP)—Prime Minister Attlee, in defiance of ex- treme left-wing pressure, removed Emanuel Shlnwell from the Min- ‘stry of Fuel, accepted the resig- nations of five other senior min- isters and promoted five lesser ministers or secretaries In a wholesale Cabinet and Govern- ment shuflfle announced tonight. Shinwell. 63, sharp-tongued chairman of the Labor Party and pilot of Britainls coal nationaliz- ation scheme, becomes War Min- later under A. V. Alexander who retains his post as DelencelMln- ister with control over all three branches of the country's armed forces. Hugh Gaitskell, 41, suc- ceeds shlnwell. Most criticized of all the Minis- ters because of last winter's fuel crisis in Britain and because of his already over - optimistic speeches, Shinwell assumes s post which involves his removal from the Cablnetr-reduced from l9 to 18 members-though he still holds cabinet rank and salary. Indicative of personal fs- tlguc. fsilure in office or div- lslons within the party. five senior ministers resigned and now retire to beck ‘ ‘ They are: Joseph Weatwood, _ English- born miner who becsme union or- ganizer in Scotland. l-Ie resigns ss Sorrctsry of State for Scotland. Baron Inman. 55, Yorkshire errand boy who rose to be s com- pany director and philanthropist and became s Labor peer last yssr, now ceases to be Ilord Privy Frederick Bellenser. 53. former conservative who as War Min- later poke for the ordinary sol- dier so s veteran of two world (Continued on PIE! 5 001- i) Remembrance lay Illlllt Isv. ll mmAwA. ion. ‘I-(CPF-Re- membranes Dsy in Canada is still Nov. ll, despite the fact the Un- ited Kingdom will observe sun- dsy, Nov. I ss R-efnenmrsncs Day for m dead of the First and Second World Wars. s State De- partment official said today. ' _ the same time that Russia has One Ray 0f Dismal Picture (By The Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 'l-The Foreign Office said today that Europe's Communist leadership has offic- ially revived the Comlntem and said the step represents "a clear deterioration of the international situation." The Foreign Ofllce confirmed at accepted Nov. 25 as the date for the Big Four Foreign Ministers to resume their work on peace treat- ies for Germany and Austria-a task already complicated by mounting dlfierences between Rus- sla and the Western powers. The acceptance was interpreted here as evidence of Russian will- ingness to negotiate with the Western powers on the treaties. and provided a ray of hope in an otherwise dismal picture. The Un- ited States and France earlier in- dicated willingness to accept the Nov. 25 date, proposed by Britain. The Russians also agreed" on Nov. 6 as the meeting date for the Deputy Foreign Ministers who will draw up the agenda for the Nov. 25 session, British policy makers studied for 24 hours before issuing their assessment of the Communist do. claratlon attacking "Anglo-Ameri- can imperialism" and announcing the creation of an “information bureau" in Yugoslavia to co- ordinate activities of Communists in nine countries of Europe, in- eluding Italy and France. A Foreign Office spokesman said the Communist move was "the official resuscitation of the Com- Intern.“ the organizatlon founded by Lenin in i919 to rally the work- ers of the world under the red banner of revolution. It was dissolved officially in I943 in Moscow. and Prime Minister Stalin at the time said the decis- ion heralded an era of greater co-operation between the forces united in opposition to the Hitler- led axis. The Foreign Office spokesman noted the presence at the secret meeting in Poland. where tho Communist plan was drawn, of A. A. Zdhanov and G. M. Malen- kov. both members of the Soviet Politburo, the guiding hand q! Russia's conununlst Party. Robot-operated Plane Makes Second Flight STEPI-IENSVILIJEL-Nflcl, Oct. ‘I —(CP)—The robot-operated Sky- master Robert E. Lee, which flew "no hands" from England today, had to be piloted to a touch-down at Harman Field here as auto- matic landing facilities were not available, airport officials report- ed. The Robert E. Lee completed its flight of 14 hours and ll minutes from Lyneham at 3:16 pm. EST. and when her skipper. Col. James M. Gillespie, took_ the controls over Harmon Field it was the first time a "mechanical brain" had been interrupted in a. round trip over the ocean. The Bkymasier carried U. S. A. A. F. crew of l0 and made the first ocean crossing two weeks ago. The westbound flight was made Exorbitant (By The Canadian Press) HARVEY, N. B., Oct. ‘l-John Bracken demanded tonight that Prime Minister Mackenzie King call Parliament into special ses- sion immediately. The national leader of the Pro- gressive Conservative party. open- ing a three-day speaking tour in the York-Sunbury federal by- election. set for Oct. 20. declared mtion must be taken without de- lay to solve “the rising cost of living and high taxes and the rapidly developing trade crisis.“ Immediate action also was nec- essary to consider the Govern- ment's (union: foundland. “The mounting cost of living which 1s effecting every Canadian ls. in large part. clue to the con- tinued maintenance of taxation in this country on a totally unjusti- fiable scale." said Mr. Bracken. The Government had refused his demands for reductions in in- come and "invisible" taxes al- though revenues to the end of September were about $500,000,000 more than expenditures. The av- erage family of four and a half persons had had its cost of living increased by $100 in the last six months, and at the same taxrates for the next six months each family would have been overtaxed by S360. "The Progressive Conservative party maintains that this over- taxation — this unnecessary taxat- 1on—bears unjustly upon those Canadians who can least afford it. because they are the ones who pay most of it in the form of in- visible and nuisance taxes-taxes which increase their cost of living tremendously. proposals to New- . I Demands Tax Reductions "We maintain that the very existence of this surplus-which trill be still more increased by the fact that the Mackenzie King Government has suspended several subsidies whose effect was to keep some prices low-ls proof that the budget was bad; that it needs correction. We demand that this money be returned to the tax pay- er through an immediate lower- lng of income taxes and particu- (Conlinued on Page 5 Cc-l. 3) Strike Costs 0nt—ar_lo l-armers $10,000 Dally ‘TORONTO, Oct. 7 -——(CP) _ Financial loss to Ontario hog pro- ducers as a result of the packing. house workers strike now in its fourth week “is not less than $10.- 000 oer day." W. E. Tummon of Toronto, secretary of the Ontario Hog Producers’ Association, said today. Predicts Sufficient‘ Fuel 0l| Shortly WINNIPEG. Oct. 7 .- (C?) — Fl-l. Hall of 'l‘oronlo, a director of the Imperial Oil Ccrnpany 01f Can- ada, today said in an interview that "the oil industry in Canada will soon be able to keep up wzth the demand for light fuel oil for furnaces." Duke 0fWinds;r—_ Visits Mother. Brother Demands Showdown On Taxes And Rising Living Costs Bardi-nal Mcliuigan And Father Dougan Sail For Rome NEW YORK, Oct. 7—(CPl- Mall-Gen. Victor W. Odlum, first Canadian Ambassador to Turkey, said today Canada recognizes that “it has responsibilities in the world and is attempting to meet in a. ‘very quiet and dignified way those responsibilities." Gen. Odlum was one of 500 passengers embarking on the It- alian liner Saturnla, which sall- ed for Naples, Genoa, Alexandria and Piraeus. The Ambassador, who command- ed the Canadian 2nd Corps early in the war, said he was en route to set up a Canadian Embassy in Ankara, where Canadian dip- lomatic relations previously had been handled by Britain. His last diplomatic assignment was as first ambassador to China in 194w‘ He said that the establishment of s. Canadian Embassy in An- kara was part of a program by which Canada would set up its own diplomatic offices ln major countries. Gen. Odlum declined to discuss his specific objectives in Turkey but he said that whatever Canada noes must be in co-operation with Britain and the United States. All three are democracies and “our own long-term objectives are sim- ilar." Another passenger was Cardinal McGuigan of- James Toronto . rwhoaaidhe wes-on-aroute to the Vatican where he would report to the Pope on the recent Marian. Congress of Ottawa at which the Cardinal was Papal Legato. He was accompanied by Msgr. Joseph McDonagh, president of the Catholic Church Extension society of Canada. who will re- port to the Vatican on the So- ciety's work, and by Rev. Louis Douganof _the Diocese of Char- lottetown, P. E. I. Giuseppe Oneme, chief of tho Italian delegation to the recent International telecommunications conference, also was a passenger. bu: Or. Monro Dots wt Know how 4n: 01km new was our u’ lies lfs Susrlclonef TORONTO, Oct. 7—Mlnlmum and maximum temperatures: LONDON, Oct. 7——The Duke e4 Windsor visited his brother the King, at Buckingham Palace to- day, then went to Marlborough House for a stay of several days with his mother, Queen Mary. The Duke, not accompanied by at altitudes ranging from 7.500 to (Continued on Page 5 Col. 5) the Duchess. came to Britain last week ‘from his Riviera ville- Malartic MALARTIC, Que. Oct. ‘i -(CP) —l‘our miners were killed today in the Bast Molartic Gold Mine when I-h elevator car crashed from the ground level to the 16th level absut 1.800 to 2,000 feet below ground. The dead are: Leonard Arm- strong, Ileo culhcne, Jrhan Yerk- ovich and Romeo Tardifi. The accident occurred In No. 4 shaft, the some one in which a fire last April claimed ll lives. While there we: no official report immed- iately on the accident, it was be- lieved that the brakes on the ele- vator fsiled to work. Armstrong, a survivor of the April disaster. was in he 20's and had been married only t/wo weeks ago. The new shaft. one of the most Four Killed ln East Gold Mine modern in the Northwest Quebec mining industry. had been ox- tended several levels below the point where miners were digging when the early morning fire lsst spring took such a heavy 91°11- After the April 24 IEre. the shaft was flooded to put cut the fire and because of flood conditions and gas caused by the fire it was about two months before all the bodies could bc recovered. Since uicn, work has been coins ahead on the new shaft. one of the largest in the country with s con- crete head frame and with s con- sfderable amount of mining equip- ment, including an ore crusher, built right inside the shaft. Mining operations were resumed on s full-scale basis only a llort Vancouver 44. 59: Victoria 58; Edmonton 24, 53; Regina 55; Winnipeg 33, 52; Toronto '79; Ottawa 57, 77; Montreal 63. '14; Quebec 59, 74; Saint John 55, 73; Moncton 55. 73; Halifax 54, 78; Charlottetown 5'1, 72; Sydney 55. 72; Yarmouth 55. 62. HALIFAX. Oct. ‘L-Oificlal in- land forecasts issued by the Do. mlnlon Public Weather Ofllce si Halifax tonight. Q Today was an unusually warm autumn day in the Marltlmes with temperatures reaching the hlgll 70's. Cool dry air pushed south- eastward over the northern halt of the ares reaching Prince Ed- ward lsland and Cape Breton by evening, having already covered Northern New Brunswick earllerln the day. The cool alr seems to have stopped spreading tonight s4 that little change is expected ll the southern portions. Forecasts. vslld untll mldnlghi Wednesday. ‘ Prince Edward Island: Variable cloudiness. clearing ll the_ morning. Cool tonight but bee coming warm again tomorrow Light winds. High Wednesday Ii Charlottetown '10. High tide this afternoon et b.“ and tonight st 434. . Sun sets this afternoon st 5.31 and rises tomorrow morning st 0 _ New moon October 1401. L1 46, 21, 57, time as" A. M.