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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew" ;yTlfHBl: Charlottetown, Sununenids u5.00 per snniun. Elsewhere 16 P The Guardian. Fin Cents .

in P.E.L 39.00. other Provinces

and U.B.A. 312.00 per snnum.)

CHARLUFTETOWN, CANADA,

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1953

Morning Dally Founded 1381.

URGE INVESTIGATION OF DEATH PENALTY, LOTTERIES

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School Board Submits Report On Proposed Higwol Costs

The construction of a Composite mmor High School. with audi- nmum-gymnaslum and vocational .':ic.i1ities and costing approximate- iv 5-175,000. to be ready for use by stvptembu. 1954. also a similar iooi less the auditorium-gyrm nasiiini and vocational ft!-Gilli-led misting approximately SQILOOO. to be staffed with catholic teachers, I! recommended in a report sub- Tllltifd by the City School Board -.1 the City Council last week.

The report, which recommends "mat the monies required to fin- ance the whole program be ob- tained by a general educational levy, and which gives details of ronstruction and operational costs, roads as follows:

At a meeting of City Council ll.f'ld mi the 8th of January. 1953, me school Board was asked to provide the answers to three ques- ”t0n.S tat The exact cost of the ;VilOjeCi.Cd High School. (tb) An estimate of the amount required annually to operate it. (c) What, ' any. help might be expected from Provincial Government funds.

in) The Coat of the School:

In order to arrive at the fig- ure. as accurate as possible, it was decided to use the services oi an architect familiar with school construction. and a contractor fun- 1i1al' with the local scene. Accord- 1n ly, Mr. Downie, Architect of

Coming Events

"Cardigan Hall. Friday. May tltii. Play and Dance. Curtain 8.15.

"Dance cancelled-Lorne Valley Tuesday. May 5th.

"Opening dance at Gordon Lodge Friday night. May 8th.

"I-'armerii.' iioiv hooking clover seeds. McGulgnn and Boyle.

"Afton Hall. May 5th, Hampton Variety Concert. auspices Nine Mile Creek W. 1.

"Movie, "Here Conies The Nel- mns”, laugh riot, Borden toniglil, 7.00-9:0(l.

"Dancing every Tuesday in st. in-tars Legion Hall. Chaisson's Orchestra.

"'11-1' arrive car double rcclean- rfl Alberto onis. McGuigan and llnyle.

"in stock. Barb and Page Wire. isphalt Shingles. Booking orders for Cleaner Seeds. W. I. Bowman.

"The monthly mccting nf Hope River Credit Union Tuesday. May 7th.

"Bay Fortune 1'. P. 11. I-lam Supper. Fortune Bridge Hull, Wed-

nesday, May 6th. Supper served from 6. ”Aiic.tion Sale at Inlrerman.

llonday. May 11th. at. 2.00 o'clock. Flock. crop and implements. Wal- icr Scott,

"Cherry Valley players present their three act play in Uigg hall. PTlflti.l'. May iiih. auspices Wo- mcn's Institute. Curtain 8:30.

"Indian River Players present mama Fcsiival three-act play. Seven Mile Bay Hall, Friday even- ipa, May am. sale candy, special-

cs.

"Come to the Dance at Mlllvale School. May 6th, in aid of the Women's W. 1. Door prize.

"Triton Farmers Institute. Seeds now in stock, Dixon's Store Base- mt-nt. Frt-d A. Leard. secretary.

"Jimmy Pnwei-'s Variety Con-I

iieti. Afton lisll. May 21st. Aus- niccs New Dominion W. I.

"Lobsters - South Side Lobster: '3”'”Wl dilly It Edison's General Store. Vernon Bridge.

M"Sinn1e.v Bridge Hall. Friday.

F W 8th. at 8.15. Hampton Variety nnctart, sponsored by Stanley Bridge woman's Association.

"Iiobert. vii-keratin will be haul-

"W cream to Wlltahirs Factory gm Thursday. until further ntice.

m:;N0W booking Clover seed. Also and 'm:1i;:i-Lflflly. oats. turnip Ford semC&. west prices. Clerks

"1-"nl cnZiF”u.,i.... 35pm; gailfal Annual Meeting Wednes- bm- my urn. st. 2 r. . All meni-

requestcd to attend.

"NW8! Y P U -will , o t . prsssnt iiiiiiinmiirim M” "Blow vnuey" Aiirntcos” Wwnwdny. my am. no. Belfast Y. P. S. curtehi

Halifax and Mr. F. W, Curtis, Contractor of Charlottetown con- ferred. with the Superintendent of Schools and the Chairman of the School Board. As a result of the plans that were worked out. Messrs. Downle and Curtis have submitted the following estimate of cost of construction:

. A. One School -- Capacity of 900 - consists of 2'1 academic class- rooms. library and reading rooms. general science laboratory. house- hold arts and industrial arts dept. visual education room, combined auditorium and gymnasium to seat 900 people. with stage. dress- ing and shower rooms. prlncips1's office, tsachers' rest rooms and pupils' toilet rooms - s7'70.000.00.

B. Two schools - Capacity of approximately 500 each.

1. 12 academic classrooms. house- hold arts and industrial arts de- partments. general science labora- tory, library, visual education room. combined auditorium and gymnasium with stage, dressing and shower rooms, priiicipal's of- fice. teachers' rest rooms and pupils' toilet rooms-s475.000.00.

2. Similar building, having three extra academic classrooms. but without household arts and in- dustrial art departments

84'.i5,000.00 Eestimated cost of con- struction of two schools s91o.ooo.m

Differential between one school and two schools-s140.000.0o

Estimated cost of equipment for one school-580000.00.

Estimated cost of equipment for each of two schools-340,000.00

Therefore, total cost one school

-38.50.000.00.

Thereforc. total cost two schools -&990.000.00.

Estimated cost of combined auditorium and gymnasium. in- cluding equipment, in each of smaller schools-3120.000.00 each

Therefore estimated cost of two schools. equipped. as outlined in B - less an suditorium-gym- nasium in the second one would be-Sil'lo,000.00.

(NOTE-This does not include cost of land for sites).

(Continued on page 8. Col. 5)

Artie Shaw Says He Neverjfas lied

NEW YORK. (AP)-Bondleadcr Artie Shaw, humbly contrite, told a congressional committee Monday he attended Communist meetings but never joined the party. Com- mittee members agreed he was an innocent Red dupe.

The 42-year-old clarinetist 1'tl'TI'ill- ted he became a Communist cats- paw in 1946 after n-artlnit-. Navy

5"”'i" Mi him With 8 chin on to 5 school chorus class yesterday afternoon. Stevenson, Lawrence DeVeaux, Joan ' Hazel DcV'eaux, James Stevenson, Elizabeth

his shoulder against. black market- oering and other social But he insisted:

"I have never in my life done B-nyihing disloyal to this country."

Shaw. who has been rumored a Communist sympathizer was the first of an estimated 45 witnesses as the House of Rtpresentativcs Committee on un-American activi- ties opened a week of hear- ings here into Communist effort:

to bore into the fields of educatioril

and entertainment,

"Buying pigs Wednesday morti- ing it Buiitain and Br-ll's wharf. Paying S3ti.00 pair over 32 lbs. 525.00 for ilmsc '27 in 32 117:. Vl'il- lnrd Prowsc, I-lrscklcy.

"Chat-ry Valley players present their three act play in Kingston hail. Wednesdaycnighi. May 6th, ntispict-x Women's Institute. (Tui- tain 8:30.

"Farmers ask about. the Shur Gain Feed Finance Plan. For par- ticulars contact your local feed mill. .Farmcrs who break records use Shur Gain.

"Cavendish Service Sinlinn now open for summcr months. Closed on Tuesday. Saturday evenings until July 1st. then closed only on sat- urday evenings.

"Buying poultry: We are receiv- ing live and dressed poultry at our plant Monday. Tuesday and Wed- nesday of each weck. Contact us for best marketing results. Canada Packers. .

”Wedncsday. May E. fiddlr-rs contest at Tracadie. 9 p.m. En- tries also received for boys and girls in singing and dancing. Mall entries to Mrs. Wm. Lacey. secretary C. W. I... Trncndle Cross.

"South Rustic-.o Hail, Wednesday. Mgy nth. "Hero. Comes charlie." farce comedy in three sets pre- sented by Tignish Dramatic club. This play is entered in the Drama hstlvsl and will be adjudicated here. Music furnished by Tignish Orchestra. Fine specialties inclini- ing dancing by Island Champions.

curtain 8.30 sharp.

are, Douglas Rodd. Marilyn

Matheson: back row,

right, front row. Marilyn

m'i”5”c”' DcVe-aux and Patsy Stevenson; back row, Dickieson and Edward DeVeaux.

Elvin

i orrawa, (CF)-Another cut in food prices during March took the punch out of rising rents. widen- ing the crack in living costs for

With prices down for meats. butter and potatoes. new consumer price index. based on 1949 prices equalling 100, de- clined a fifth of a point to 114.6 in March from 114.6 in February.

Back To June 1951 Level

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exactly to its Julie. 1951, size.

BOMBAY. MP1 --A policeman foiled an attempt to nsusinsts Prime Minister Nehru Monday when he picked up a live bomb from a railway track in the loco- motive hcadlight. glare of the In- dlan leader's own onnuhing train.

The incident occurred at 1-ialvsn railroad hub. 33 miles from Bom- bay. at 5 am. ti few minutes be- fore the Amritsar express thund- cred along carrying Nehru from Jnlna to Bombay.

Patrnlling the track. the pollcg. man med on an unidentified man believed to have placed the bomb on the track. I-Iis bullets went wide and the trespasser escaped.

As Nehi-u's train bore down. the engine's headlight reflected on the bomb and the policeman removed the explosive, not realizing at the

?costs Decline For Fifth Month in flow I

tho. fifth month in a row. I

fresh' . the I or rents.

moment that it was a bank

Members of the North Milton School chorus. which tied for class yesterday with 81 points, are show

n above. From left to right, front row,

Competed In Festival Yesterday

Cluiral they

second place in 21

Laird, Janet Rodd, Beth Colcs, Diana Rodd and Wallace

Enid Colcs, Nancy Thompson, Gail Carter, Anna Neill and Marlene Chandler.

The old cost-of-living index.bas- ed on 1935-31) prices equalling 100, also slipped during March, drop- ping iliree-tr-uiiis of a point to 183.9 from 18-12. as lower food prices toppled the impact of high-

This was tiic sccniid consecutive monthly drop in thc. old yardstick which had icticiicil n pcak of 191.5 also in Dcccnibcr. 1951.

The new iiidcx came into use last fall after several years of de- velopment. Tlic base of 1049 prices

This prices yardstick. which had equalling 100 W” pwje..t'd back

reached a peak of 118.2 in Decem- mmmh the wars in 3913 m mm: 1951, now has been trimmed'gg T

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Policeman Foils Attempt To Assassinate Nehru

Nehru went on from Bombay to New Delhi by plane. arriving laid in the day. unaware of his close call. He was concluding a 1.200- mile tour of the Mahrnshtrian famine areas.

The bomb-probably of a type to explode under pressure--was ex- amined at Ambcrnath ordnance factory and later sent to Bombay for analysis.

Nehru. 63. a lift--long bnttler for Indian indcpendence. bccnme In- diats first. prime minister Aug. 16. 1947. after Britain relinquished sovereignty. Communists h a v e sought to stir up trouble through- out Indiv. and Nehru fought back by jalllng more than 6,000 of them in the first years of independence.

When Mohandas K. Gandhi was assassinated Jan. 80, 1943, Nehru fell heir to his leadership.

lyiarjorlc Chandler, (Bai'tei"s Film Lab).

llviusical festival contestants from New Glasgow School. who competed in tlic Grades 1 are shown abovc,. Thoy arc, from

left to Stevenson, Beverley

(l3:irter's Film Lab.)

Pi?ciiclsPFedEr5ii"” Election In Aug.

OTTAWA. will The Ottawa

Journal in a front page story Mon- day said ll had learned ”from

indispuiablc soiirccs” that the fed- eral goticral cit-tttimi will be held

next August, cith:-r the 10th or 17th. "Tho I.il)ci'.il lll'.'ll coinmniici has

been iiisiriivtctl in proceed with campaign plans on that basis." the paper said. Clioico as hctwt-en the two dates would tlrpciid on how soon the prime miiiislcr could get back from lmitinii aficr the Cor- oiiaiioii.

Tilt-so dates have been the choice of coiisidcralile SDN'illflilOl1 in re- cent works althoiicii many obser- vers still bciicvc ll1P voiiiig will be in October. 'l'hei'e was no immedi- ate mnimciit from Libcral party officials.

67 Persiaiiiiiamb Coats Stolen Al Montreal

MONTR.EAl.. tCPt -. Ponce are seeking the pcrpctr.-ttnrs of 5 week- crl robbery in which 67 perslan lamb coats valued at 315,000 were stnlcn from a Park Avenue store.

Five weeks ago seven mini: coats, vniucd at 325.000. were stolen from a store on Sheibrooke strrct wt-st.

Police said a well organized gang apparently is specializing in this typo of robbery. The thieves broke into the Park Avenue store through a basement window be- tween Saturday night and Sunday noon and quicilv made off with the coals in a truck or large sedan without leaving even it fingerprint

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Committee Tables Report

CYITAWA. (OP)-The Commons criminal law oommittee has urged the government to establish a royal commission or Joint parlia- mentary committee to settle the questions of lotteries. abolition of the death penalty and wliipping and the use of insanity as a de- fence in court.

The unanimous recommendation of the all-party committee would leave to the cabinet the decision whether to establish one of thesc bodies to study the problems and recommend some solution.

Essex Westi, chairman of criminal law committe, likely

journs this

government.

No Action Before Election

goveninent will not act on recommendations before the

St, Laurent. The government has clearly in-

this Parliament. ruling out a joint parliamentary investigation of thc questions since such an invcstisza tion must be carried on While Par- liament is in session,

And the government is not likely to appoint a royal commission which might. conceivably conduct a long investigation and make a retmrt to a new government.

The appointment of in parliament- ary committee of senators and members of the Commons has serv eral thinzzs in its favor. One is tih.-it Prime M i n l s t er St. Laurent strongly indicated earlier this week that the new Parliament must complete the task of consolidating

Former ll.S. Senator Wagner Dies At 75

NEW YORK, (AP)--Former sen- ator Robert F. Wagner, 75, anili- nr of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, died Monday.

German - horn. VVagner was brought. to the U. S. as is child. A lifclnng Democrat, he was s U. S. senator from 1927 until he resigned in 1949.

The Wagner Act made legal collective bargaining by employee agents. forced employers to nego- tiate with their employees as A body and provided policing of bar- gaining elections.

The report. tabled in the O0m- M , . mom Monday by Don Brown (Lg tclc.iapii opcratoi. He 11:15 Island the Will. be adopted before Parliament ad--. land Swan ,0 what is new cap. month Thu womdi 'I'l”nl'Pl'SP. Thnl was in 1872 and the 19"" seveml WW5” open it” me: other curl of the cubic was in Cap"

Criminal-Paws iVeteran Railway Man Passes

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"At Advanced Age In Chitown 7

One of the last links with the .esirly days of railroading in this Province was broken through the death yesterday of Mr. George A.l Hughes, 148 Prince Street, in his 97th year. Mr. Hughes had been a ,patient. in the Prince Edward Is- lland Ilospital for the past three weeks.

A uativi-, nt Gcorgetoivn. where -he was born June 26, 1856, Hit: late Mr. Hughes al.'endPd school ,there before coming to the city to 'takc a course in the Commt-rciai lcnllrigc. Vhile he was only 15 he look up the study of the work of .1

operator of 'he first submarine tclt-graph cable ever laid in North

,Amci'it':t across the .X'0rihumber-

'Tm'meiiI:ne in New Briinswick.

Two years later he joined the P El. Railway as telegraph operstoi lbut this was purely a summer job

'1 lie late Tilr. Hughes

0139- ihin8 Emmi Wfialfi. Vhai ill? as the snow made winter operation fh0'of the railway impossible. In 1975 ' fali

iagciiitiiaiid-operator and it short

H 5' Pnmimmi 5m” M” mimnmdl iimc iavrr was trrinsfcrred to llun-

clcction forecast by Prime Mlnistcr, and Mr. Hughes be-came reilcf 013-1 Mr mvm Just mm. wars liter h.

lcrator and train baggageman. llclmu msmi 10 mm my as "am W15” 5" "P ma”-V "elezwph ln5ml' rirspatchcr and operated the first

i in 11376 he went to t'l'1.eary a.si-t.Ct;i-iiTt.iniicd':)n:paWgt!v1T.5, Col. in

dicated this is the final session oft ments in Island railway stations.

Music Director For Schools

Proposed At Festival Session

1 b M4” . .L-,.. i id t. 1 Dr. G. D. Steel. pn-sidmt. otI””1';Y ffsff Sigvdwed hm hm,,,y l - v ' iglheiil:i7lllnC:sEOdClTi:l.il:l5I1Isliallid5gT3:iiPl"T;in! She Musliml Fesmvall nhawinz 'at the official opening last eveii-;;'1he itiegciidwfcfegfdggmrpzfg wiglliiiz ling av. Prince of Wales College feH;iV:1'. m P i i iAuditorium of the eiglhih annuai1 Hm. ML Mnhemn 390" hwy. ';1e5;ll'l::;ro3ei'”?;::lii;:1lLe;;31” m';:”51ctl,v. commenting upon the wonder- " H ' f assoc ti (1 in” daily P'09"m 1” mmy "I nthcmaedjudicaltaoriini In our stzhools." and went on to say that, he- felt the time had come to have a director or supervisor of Eilnsviicncemr Hdhepogiietiois otiii tiiidll GT" rugukag gaitm h"d' r 1 , . t. 2.- other provinces employ such di- lgrdai Cnigzi: Q5”: Jilin ca,mp,,:.,P:- mCm”' mm ”m mu he mougmtmeiit over similar classes last year. if the practice were foliovted here, He urged teachers. puema land

Notes Improvement

regional festivals might be con- mmpemors not to be mo ma” siricred. m .1 L I f. g Dr, Siecl welcomed a number T n" bu G appreciate he hp

portunity provided by the festival to perform before large audiences,

jbontilnued on page 5. Col. at

of distinguished guests, His Honour Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. iPrnwse and Mrs. Prowse, His Wor- ship Mayor .1. D. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart, and Hon. A. W. Matheson and Mrs. Mathssnn. T6'pl'6SFl1l.lllg Hon. Premier J. Walter Jones and Mrs. Jones. as wcll as the adjudica- tors, Mr. Reginald Geen. F.R.C.O., and Mr. Earle Terry. B.A., Paed., M.M., and Mr. L. W. Shaw. hon-

ALWAYS iAKE A GUY Youa Slzii ONLY 'fRY AND Ptcttitu: fiou SMAl.L ftou ARV-.'.

Government

firm in Regina. mons Monday.

They also showed that Mr

Light On Lunam Case

OVITAWA, (OPW-A month before Harvey Lunam was injured in a car accident, the government he- gan getting storm signals about the financial htaiiis of his construction it was ll'ldi('.i'iiPdl in documents tabled in the Com-

Lunam says the government itself is mainly to blame for this financ- ial situatlon by tying him up for

Throws New

'r-rived from anyone a claim" against the contractor. Monday's documents showed that on Jan. 5. 1952, Gustave Eraiiit, chief archi- tcct in Mr. Fniirnicrs department. wrnie Mr, Lunam sayiitg that. his plumbing nib-contractors. Trail; Plumbing and Healing Lid.. had complained of receiving no pay-: t niciits for there work and saying r they should be paid 59,324. 7 Tngoxq-0. .rpi-Minjmum and .15 month earlier. the citiu-nship maximiini Ictiipcrzttiires;

OTTAWA. tCP)---The Progres- sive Conservative party made two attempts today in the Commons to tighten control on the tax-revenue monies the publicly-owned CBC will get. to nnaiice expanding radio and television operations.

Both moves were unsuccessful. but they stirred up It two-hour dc- bate, with CCP spokesmen accus- ing the Progressive Conservatives and Social Credlters of attacking and attempting to undermine thr- broadcastlng corporation. The charges wt-i-c. dcnit-d.

Donald Firming ti"C Tornntn Egliritonl got social Credit. sup- port for an amendment to a gov- ernment blll which would have made monies going to the CBC from the 15-per-cent sales tax col- lections on radio and television sets subject to annual parliament- ary scrutiny.

To hand the money to the cor-

Control Of CBC Finances

. dcpnrimentf: Indian affairs i-irwnc.h' Min. Max.

mzngifli”r::::u;0:le1arf5Il2.dehlleb, linfi started to gct similar c1ri,iiis l7an.r.nii 32 -- q P ,3 "1"" mi" ftom stlb-cmiti'actm's nn Liiii1niV;cini'1a 49 711 pill” hi: WM bmldhw "' FT” rf)llil'RCiS which subsequently wc"c I-lrinitiiiton 41 '13 Q” Amw"1e' s”k' miicoiled in April .1052. -'rllP5C. (Tal;:ai'y RT 72 llt'lllPt'CT. were outside Mr. Four- llcgina ER 07

F"""'l" E"Im"' nici"s departmcnt and outsidc t.ic;W1”l1iilf'R 33 53

I . . p battle which has rngcd iii the Com-1 'llti:-imtri 41 as C::L:h;sMrplt:fraF031r"t'ed wild Slmlmoiis conccriiinr: the rcspotisibillfv. -liTxi'ii&i 33 70 0 P m” "' of the c-overiiriicnt iwrtrds K'lh.- M0ll'l'P3l 4'3 70 Lunam was injured Jan. 8, 1952.!” gghiri ; wggn V w giQm.bN 3;; 72 his department "never had re-I tcontinued on page 15. Col. 2i ism... ,1nhn,,x: B, 32 57 ; Nloncion 35 62

0 I II-laiifax 40 ms

n O I 1 Ciiai'lnitcinun 3.3 3.1 Svdncv 33 44

' Yarnmuih .. 41 56

St. John's. Nflti. . 29 45

.-X. (CP)wThe Weather TM?" -D ' "T" -'T'-'l Office . as not much cliango. is ex- -poration without scrutiny by the : parted the wumcr rm. Tuesday Commons uas ll contravention of; RFKIOHM fnruum. ' t .Chlt:Vr' T. ';im (Thcd H-mglidlllfllli. was l'lllNll. nut v,l,:d;l”Inw':l.:JlRv:,ai;r:? F:.1:,::m.,nx:g” W Tr " -V ,”""m” M cha”m"" anti 70. Saint. John 40 and G0, Ecl- l::;:l”p:;:il:;:::'lhjbztlpusfkzliLl:3g;:59: mundsion and Cttnipbcllton 40 and - - rt 65 principle alrcadyt approved by the House ---and attached a condition 3. pto the CBC grant. t Later Mr. Fleming mow-d a sec- ,nnd amciiclmcnt--this time with- nut. Social Credit. support-that imonics colic-ctrd from radio sales ptnxcs .:hmild be clcarly oaimarkwd lfo'r sound broadcasting operations and those from TV set sales for television operations and develop- zuciit. The two tax sources are estlniaicd to yield ..bout 312,000,000