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MERE MAN

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Huge makes wash.

fj- 3, Carrier:

Charlottetown. llunnlenlde M 9,5,1. 59.00. other Ptovineea and IJ.!.A. 11.00 per umum,

815.00 per annum. Elsewhere

CHARLOTTETOWN, CAN ADA,

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

FRIDAY, .MARCH

5. 1954

Bear and forbeor,

MAXIMS

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MERE MAN

12 PAGES

The Guardian, Five Cents Morning Dauy Founded 1301.

TIIIMBERS CRITICAL PAilLiAMENTiS AUTHORITY USURPED

Trade Opportunities, Obstacles Viewed Model Of National Gallery

Drops Hint Of Near Elecjm

-nu. possibility of a Provincial electron in the not-distant future l'nlcd in the Legislature yes- llficl-noon by Premier A. W. Wflll.

vwulrr Matheson dropped the ,,:E,.:; tll'l during an exchange with uy R H Bell. Q. 0. Leader of the jppnszlinn who was speaking on -he D:-alt Address. The Leader of ma apposition was criticising the rmrcrnmelit for their lack of a Fl: Loan Policy to help young and immigrants to obtain

peopie i(i.'lli.l to purchase farms. "The Government would not

pt up my D0llC)' oi a farm loan." stated Mr. Boll.

'12 an: votcd down by the peo- pjw xrpllcd the Premier.

Mr. Bcii: "Perhaps they might have a rrmnge of mind the next time they vote."

pg-nlit-r Matheson: "They may (vi the chance sooner than you think "

Mr. Hell: "Is that an intimation of on clection in the near future?"

Premier Matheson: "It might be!"

white Settlers Fight Move For Mau Mauieace ”

'x'.'illlOl3l. Kenya. (Reuters) - Auzr-: muttering by white settlers sllarpcncti into an attack in leg- l-lmvn rrlililril Thursday over the ;nmvlnlcnt's plan to negotiate null xinu Mtlu leaders through Winn:-lwi China". a captured ter- l'l,. rlllcl.

'l'hn leader of elected white qvnmltrr: of the legislative council. lllrllari Rlundell. complali-led dur-

v tr: )3 debate that he had not been

rm-wlwi about the plan in his

.-zpw ,v as a member oi the gov- rlrvwt r-xt-rlllive council.

lie will he understood a small l-.ll.t- t:ill11lliP0 oi the executive

(flill1”.i llrld dealt with the decis- irn wild said this was "complete- i:' nlplnpor."

lie and that the record of "Gen- c:. llulln" was one oi murder, hv levy and arson. and the or- ('-nrv FllIZt"n would conclude the gmrznmnnt had become a party to hrutal.ty, fllihy oaths and mur-

tier iv: drilling with him.

than mmllller, llunlphrey Slade. d- ill-ml' "Even if this unholy r'”-l sum-r-nds and some terrorists tin vlrlv-nrier. the price we shall Tdl"uDl1ll'l will have been too

it zit

ll ll Windlev. member for Ai- I. Hi .-l.'f:llrs. said the decision was lFln”ll llv Governor Sir Evelyn Rar- lll: null commander-in-chief Gen- Wll Sir George Erskine after "the Wis" rnrcful cnnsldernllon."

Tie llcntcd debate ended with- mt -. mt,-p

Harry Reece Found Guilty Of Murder

ST FATHARINEES. On!-. (CF) -- li'.:'.'v Reece. 48, was found of murder Thursday night - int fatal stabbing Oct. 21 oi -I-l'cnl'-old Mrs. Florence Rlcker Who had formerly lived with him. ill lllsllce W. Judson of the On- '-li it Supreme Court. sentenced ' in he hanszed Junn ll.

l'1w jury, which deliberated iour Wits. attached to its verdict a lvmzllmclidntloll for mercy.

Mr Justice Judson said the re- mnmlenrlatlon will be passed on ';:'llIllNllltely to the proper author-

IF-

l7li'l(i9l1CE was that the woman. lnrmrriv of Saint John. N. 3.. was lmlfvvi during a drinking party.

Coming Events

"Crokinole Party in Whoatley River Hall tonight.

"Red Skelton Comedy. Frederic- ton, March 0th, I p. m.

"Hockey tonight. rnrum. fol- lflhinl ice sports. Covehead Flyers ll. Charlottetown Rockets.

"Will ltarty every Friday. St.

5'9""! Lesion Hall. Dance Sat- urday,

..

mholmd MacPheraon will be

N "13 hon at Murray River on

"milk. March 0th. Canada Pack- ” I-id. Charlottetown.

y "chewing at Mt. Stewart Friday ml sslul-day. "Watt Till the sun k "fa Nellie". Technicolor Drama llrllng David Wayne. Jean Peters M Hush Marlowe.

In

bf: reminder. get your entries

"H 10H March 18th. for the de-

Mmhl competition and croklnole petition. Apply now am: I.

hilkto

Blanksteln,

This is the architect's model of the proposed National Gallery of Canada which is to be built in Ottawa. Designed as a national centre of the arts for Canada, the cost of the proposed structure is estimated at about 395,000,000. To be built on Sussex street, the building consists of three floors and a basement. and contains provision for expansion later. The design was submitted by the firm of Green. lates of Winnipeg. It was selected from entries by 103 contestants. fCP Photo) 1954

Russel and Assoc-

News in Brief

OTTAWA. (CF)-A government- industry-labor conference on prob- lems of the coal industry in thr- Marltlmes will be held here March 12. Mines Minister Prudham an- nounced Thursday.

HANOI, Indo - China. (AP) - French Army headquarters an- nounced Thursday that tanks and infantry have struck out from the fortress oi Dien Blen Phu in north- western Indo-China in a heavy at- tack upon the Communist-it-d vict- minh entrenched in encircling hill positions.

ST. JOHN'S. Ni'ld.. (OP)- The sealing fleet. scheduled to sail next Saturday. was lncfcased to ilvc Thursday when Capt. Job Kean of Corner Brook. Nfld.. decided to go north with his '10-ton vessel James Spurrcll.

OTTAWA. (OP)--Millet! Minister Prudham said Thursday he has asked the CNR. to send an official to wostvllle. N.S.. to see what can be done towards making Westvllle coal acceptable to the CNR.

FREDERICTON, tCPl- Despite a refusal oi financial assistance by the federal government, the New Brunswick electric power commis- sion plans to start work on the 340,000,000 Beechwood hydro pro- Ject. on the st. John River next slimmer. the commission chairman. l-long Edgar Pournler. announced in the legislature Thursday.

OTTAWA, (CP)-Canada's three destroyers in the Far East will congregate at Tokyo for four davs next week during Prime Minister St. Laurollt's visit to the Japan- ese capital

QUEBEC. (CF)-Qucbt-c'a income t.lx blll uas adopted 10-'I Thurs- day night by the legislative couri- cil alter the government members had blocked a move by the Lib- cral Opposition to stall passing of the measure lllltii the next. session oi the legislature.

Warmest February In Newfoundland

ST. JOHNS. Nild, (CF! --The tlearhy Torbay wedtllcr office said

Thursday lillli last month MR! the warmest February on record here.

Aw-rage minimum and max- imum temperatures here were 25.9 and 36.7. both oi these are about six degrees above normal

February temperatures.

The coldest recording during the month was 5.4 above, the warmest 55.4.

Queens Member critical Of Film yB3ird Transfer

Bus Drivers Vote To Return To Job In Saint John

SAINT JOHN. N. B.. (CPD - Striking bus drivers and mainten- ance men who have tied up trans- portation in this city since Feb. 19 voted Thursday to return to work.

The buses are expected to start rolling again today under a settle- ment proposed by Saintdohn com- mon council and accepted earlier by City Transit Ltd, operators of the bus system.

Tile offer provides a. five-ccrlt hourly wage boost on condition that clty.councii approves a cur- tailed service. The increase is re- troactive to Jan. 1 and council will make a. grant to pay part of the back pay.

The 125 strikers. members of the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway. and Motor Coach Employees oi America tAFLt'I'uCl went. on strike mainly for a 10- cent hourly wage boost which the company said it couldn't afford.

Prior to the strike drlvcrs made from 31.00 to 51.10 an hour and maintenance men received from '14 cents to 31.29.

Deciate?0..ST Army is Not Coddlinglteds

WASHINGTON, tAPl-- Dcicnrc Secrellry Charles Wilson said on Tl1lillS(ill.V.' "The idea that the army is coddling Communists is just dlmm tomlnyrot."

Wilson made that comment at a press conference when questioned about the statement by Senator Joseph Mccarthy that "army brass" made a "sacred cnw" of a 'fift.h amendment Communist." McCarthy currently in investigat- ing what he terms 'army coddllng of Communists."

Wilson was asked if he thought special legislation was .ecessary to rid the military establishment of Communists.

He replied he thought that might

be ihPlpllil, but I think I know how to get Communists out oi the Irmy" without legislation, ”just

AUGUSTA. Me., (AP) - Mains potato growers are getting prob- ably the lowest price in history for their product. measured against the prices oi things they buy.

Marketing chief George H. Chick oi the state agriculture depart- ment and Thursday the current calhpricotolrowetaoibotooo cents a barrel at Prcaqus me is not as low as the bottom price reached in the early 1030's. when

cplrlment of Agriculture, Char- wn. I

A-

for three years the average price

Potato Prices In Maine Seen At Record Low

L..L....L:M?M.. was around 65 to '10 cents a barrel and the low much less.

But production costs also were much less than now, and the buying power oi the dollar coll- slderably greater. Chick said.

:5 coat farmers to to 32.00 a barrel to grow the potatoes last year. and another ill to 20 cents to move a barrel to a shipping point. so the farmer actually gets between 80 and 40 cents a baml.

Last year the March 0 price to growerewaaaatotuoaberrel.

fTl'TAWA, fOP)-- A parliament- arian suggested Thursday night that government arguments to sup- port transfer of national illm board offices in Montreal from Ottawa- nlso might be used to transplant the House oi Commons.

J. Angus MacLean (PC-Queens) said in the Commons:

"Ii Ottawa is the name. it should be fact."

lie added that Works Minlstrtr Winters had advanced the argu- ment. that Montreal has the largest pool of "creative talent." in both the English and French languages.

The board produces films in both tongues.

capital in the capital in

Move Mountain

MY. lilacLcau said a lot oi the Commons "production" is in the two languages and ii that argu- ment was followed "we might. have to move the House oi Comnlons to Montreal."

lie described the proposed trans- fer oi NFB offices, now spread among a number of Ottawa build-

ings, to one 55.230000-building in the Montreal suburb of ville St. Laurent as " a case of expecting

the mountain to go to lilahomet."

It is "tile largest mass immigra- tion ill this country since the rx- pulsiou of the Acadians." he said apparently referring to the num- bcr oi ti-"llm Board employees slid their families who must move.

Mr. Macl.can said one might also argue that if the government de- cldr-s to build a national tllcatlc it should not be in Ottawa because the capital has not got the nec- essary talent to do the job.

Too, Montreal would be a choice atomic bomb target in the pos- slblllty oi war with Russia.

If Ottawa was to be a capital

nvcry head oi department or agency should operate from Oi.- lawn,

Royal Bank W2; Top Money-Maker In l53

OTTAWA, tCPl-The Royal Bank of Canada was the top money- mnkcr among Canndais chllrtcred banks in li)5.'l.

Its net proflt was 18.035.()(l0. The Bank of Montreal came second with 37,043,000. Barclsys Bank fcanadni trailed at the end of the list of 10 banks with 818,000.

The information was tabled in the Commons Wednesday for Vic- tor Quelch (SC-Acadlal. Net prof- its of all 10 banks totalled O30.- .'i7tl.000, after appropriations were made to contingency reserves. pro- vision for depreciation and for in- come taxes.

Net profits for other banks: Bank of Nova Bcotia 33.011000: Bank oi Toronto 01,303,000; Prov- incial Bank of Canada 3423.000. Canadian Bank of Commercc 85,- 780,000; Dominion Bank 9,304,000; Banque Csnadlenne Natlonale U.- 305.000; Imperial Bank Il,4o2,000.

PIYNSTERS nus!

LONDON (OP) --A new uniform for members of the Women's Royal Air Force has had a good reception from alrwomen. A cur- rent bars-ack-room joke describes it. as "worth fighting for and dyeing.” . .

Businesslien Discuss Problems it Montreal

By Forbea Rhuha Canadian Press Business Editor MONTREAL. tCPr- A mixed picture oi opportunities and ob- stacles in the sale of Canadian goods to other countries. Thursday threw the annual meeting oi the Canadian council oi the Interna- tlonal Chamber of Commerce lllto a. lively debate.

C. Bruce Hill.

St. Cstharines, 0nt., industrialist, who declared that under the present Amerlcanl tariff set up an exporter can not, tell what duty he will be chargcd' asked:

"How can you sell goods lll lhcl United States when you don't knowi at what price you can lay them! downl,"

lip To Government

market opportunities by represent- atives oi the department of trade and commerce, Mr. Hill declared:

"I object to the statement that Canadian manufacturers don't get into the American market because we can't sell goods...We want the same terms of entry into the Unit- ed Slates as American exporters receive into Canada. That is a dip- lomatic problem. and is up to the government." L. H. Ausmau, assistant dlrec'or of the trade commissioner service of the department of trade and commerce. had reviewed possible opportunities in the American mar- ket and Mr. Hill felt he had "glossed over the real obstacle- the administration -01 the United States Customs Act."

sees Fair Chance

Mr. Ausmall had said ll'l part; "it seems to me that some oi our medium and larger-sized manu- facturers stand a fair chance to sell their products, not necessarily on Fifth Avenue bllt along some of the hundreds oi main streets from Maine to California...

”Tile Canadian showroom in Rockefeller Centre has confirmed to us in Ottawa that there is a real demand in the United States for some of our goods."

Several delegates cited instances of what they considered unfair treatment under the Amerlcrln (fus- toms Act, and Mr. Ausman sug- gested that such cases be taken up with the appropriate dl-partnlcll'.s in Ottawa.

Views Nullliied

Lloyd Neidlingt.-r, rector of the United States council of ICC, thought there must have been misunderstandllig in some oi

0e Valera Forecasts Early Election

DUBLIN, tilt-ulersl--Prime iilm- latcr L'Llmon De Valera called for ll general election Tllursdny night after his Fianna Fail government party had failed fions to increase their sllnl ma- )1 rlly of two in the Dali Itlllltulllll.

The opposition, Fine Gael. rc- lalnt-d the seats at Cork City nndv

Lnulh III the by-elections held W otlnosdtly. After rt rllhillr-f tllot-Illlg, llc

talcrll issued a statement that in' view of the results a gccnrlll clec-1 t.on should he held ns soon ml measures for public services. now before the i)llil. have been passed.

De Valera. frtlil lilll stormy leader of the Fianna Fail party. has headed the present gov('rn-

rncnt isnce June, 1951.

Canadian cottllns Loses 5904.000

CORNWALL. (CF)-L. C. Bonnev- castle. president of Canadian Cot- fons Ltd. said here Wednesday his company has recorded a six-month operating loss of 3904.000 because of the textile industry slump. He added that losses were continuing at a higher rate.

In an address to staff supervisors of local mills. Mr Bnnnyca.-tie. blamed the recession on three factors-loss of volume because of severe competition from American mills. the 'lnadequacy" of the tar- iff protection currently provided and the deterioration which has re- sulted irom low-plrced American imports.

Mr. Bonneyeastle said slaps tak- en by his company to meet exist- ing conditions should bring about greater operating efficiency and productlo . Three mills have been closed by the firm. one at Mill- town, N. B. and two in Cornwall.

Inoroued production at other company mills would result from production transfers from the

stated there was

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in two lly-clot--li'l-'l.i'

Farm Problems Emphasized

By Leader Of Opposil

Comments On Marketing Board

While. pointing out that he was the Pommfyesterday afternoon.

not exactly criticizing Marketing Board. Mr. Q. C Leader of the stated in the day afternoon: the i;lCt

R. E. Bell

"We must that we cannot set

the United States in the potato in- dusiry." "The Potato Marketing Board!

he added, "is probably a good thing bllt it has caused much trouble and has been a

problem. There used to be Board slogdn that potatoes somewhere, sometime.

Opposition Legislature yester- face the price for the rest of Canada and,GoVemmenL Spends

a The need of a sound general, agricultural policy and the ex-.

pendlture of more money by the; Agrtcultural Department w e r e mooted by Mr. R. R. Bell. Q.C,i Leader of the Opposition, in lhe' Draft Address in the Legislature

l Mr. Bell rapped the Provincial Government for what he claimed was their lack of A sound farm policy. ”They carry on in the same dreary old way year aftrr year,” he said. adding that the "only about lone thirty-fifth of their total rev- lenue on agriculture." .

"Last year the Government. spent 5250.000 on agriculture out of a total of 59,000,000. Thats a.

s"l”u;lvrl'y small amount for the Govern- t t c l l V-

,” M” SP” ITIEHWVII sp nd onvour Eadllg. ill dLlSi.l), the Opposition leader said.

' More money should be spent on

iomohmf, T3 itnytpr-ice". A5 3 result field men who could tell the farm-, am a lal ha we are not look- Mm. A” may do

cf to produce.

cd upon very favorably ill nthcrimw ,5 Le” me farmer how to pray

int: Bozlrrl ls mncerned."

He stated that. Mr. Roland Mac- Donald. President of the federa- tion in his report at the Fedora-l

tion's annual meeting had said

”Thr- task of straiglltenlng out the meet

Marketing Bo:-lrd did not with the dCx'il'Ed results."

Hon. B. Earle MacDonald, Ttiill-V ister of Health and Welfare. asked be a

if he thought there should Board. ”Th:ll.'s quite a question," replied

Mr Bell.

The Leader of too mllch bick-

ering and trouble between the

dealer and producers. "They shnulzl

get. together and Work out some- thing amicably to bring last cent into the industry. There are dealers have been in

the industry

heard."

Molotov Levels Blast At U. S.

MOSCOW. (AP)-Soviet Foreign

Mlllistcr Vyacheslav Molotov, in a long statement published anniversary of Stallnla death. said United States is ”l)l'az.enly" claiming the leadership

on the

today that the

of the world. The "practical expression" this aspiration. he said, North Atlantic concluded Lil

of

"There are no grounds fol b .' wed. doubting that the fate of the eglstxegliiyhe mmme, umounced, North Atlantic pact will be no me blue and gold roygl train will

Comlntem pact." ha said.

is lemma: T" in Murdtarulrial

Sl'DBl'RY, Ont, I'CPl kn fario Supreme Court jury Tllurs l'l('qlllllCCl R.ollcl't of Montreal on a charge of nlur tlo-ring Frank Asselln Oct.

The verdict was dcllvcredhaltel

two minutes .;

the fllll')'.

four hours and deliberation hy

"You are .1 lllcky mtlll," said I , I Mr. .llliiiI'F R. W. Treicaven. "Y-will l””'l' hm" . Enllil HlnIlSPt(lllCAl:;l:hClll :.:olle kllmr ullclilnr the verdict, llallllnll El()tlJll.lglS:;lliT;n(; ,

(I this .illl',v is the correct one" tlhml 19515 3119 P - the mm”.

Two cnnlpnnions of Dcslallrl .. .lnnn Guy Hr-nairc and Ecllnrd also of Montreal luck ill ll scpaltlte trial Crllltltllrlfl of Assclltfs murder nnl

ins

urro SCnlPlI('”(l to be hanged May

1? D:-slallrlcra. 29. runny Wednesday pnfhrl tn the healing that the hllsllworkcfs death. He accused lit-ualre and lie of lmntlng Assolin.

denied in tetll

lnrl

Is Reported

OTTAWA, (Cpl-THO consume price. mdcx remained unchanged ll il5'I during January.

ed for the first time in months, the reported today.

The consumer price index January lreene. th

declined thre

Before the yardstick had

drop smaller than the other. Higher price!

months.

cloned mills. Mr. Ionnsycaatle laid. - - ye

1

lhe Opposition

every

in the Province who for years and whose views should be

was the pact. which was 1937 by Hitler Ger-

,m:lny. mllltarlst Japan and Fascist executive di- haw...

than the fate of the "anti-

On-

Dcslaurlersl Qumn-5 mm;

rzmuni in A St

.. up Melbourne.

that he pAl'ilFl-:SDPni. an anxious to tram

daydiuas found in the track during the lday

Consumer Price Index

Food prices edged ahead slight- ly, but the shelter column, which includes rents. remained unchang- many Burenu of Statistics

is based on 1949 prices: equalllmt 100

months in a row. each successive

for coffee and pork products outweighed a few other scattered deoreaah to push the food column up one-tenth of a point to lll.'I, first rise in five

shelter remained at the peak of

I . . W , V . Re errlng to reviews of Anlericllupolms when, the pat,-.10 Maxkeplduoe and he doemm need mm uh

formation any more because our Island farmers are producing the .bnst hogs and cattle on the mar- ket. "In 1952 our farmers raised hogs at the unprofitable prloe oil 25 r('lliS'R pound. Then the sup- port. price was reduced 'to 23 cents. At the: same time Agricul-i lural Minister Gardiner advlsedl cattle men to hold their cattle un- til the American embargo was lift- ed.