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dYRlAiS PRESIDENT RESIGNS FOLLOWING ARMY REVOLT

Egyptian Gov'l: Announces No Policy Change

iihurchill Urges Increased

Tradelllith 8

By TOM OOHILTREZE

L;)NDC)N, (AP)-Prime Minister Churchill Thursday urged the West .,, 5.-ak more trade with the Soviet tjzunn in an effort to reach "a uorkaday understanding with the Rugsjan people and govemmerit."

Hg coupled this with a call to the democracies to bolster their policy of "peace through strength" by goceptlng a German military contribution to the defence of western EUFOPQ.

Finally. the Prime Minister--still Iearchlng for some way to resolve Ea-ti-West tensions-suggested the major powers hold in diplomatic re-servo his proposal for a private meeting of the worlds top lead- era, He stressed. however, that it would be extremely dangerous to call such a meeting when thorn u-gs llllP chance of succrsu and no "use this rcsnilrce in vain."

The House of Commons cheered when he said:

"Patience and perseverance must never be grudged when the peace of the world is at stake. Even if we have to go through a flN'.1rlf' of cold war, bickcrings and

oviet llnion

vain parlance, that would be preferable to the catalogue of un- speakable and unimaginable hor- rors which is the alternative."

"Nothing Improper”

Churchill expressed confidence that the Asian conference in Gen- eva on April 26 will produce ”frult- lul results" He pointed out the Geneva talks will bring together diplomats of the United States and Commimist China and said:

"There is nothing improper in belllgerents meeting to discuss their affairs even while actual battles are going on."

He described the agreement to hold the Geneva conference on Ko- rean and Indo- Chin:-sa problems as "one outstanding. hopeful result" of the recently concluded four- power foreign mlnLstct's conference in Berlin.

In Churchill's view the Berlin conference had some favorable results-"it restored the reputa- tion of such meetings after some very unfortunate examples new

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Of Rev. W.

.llr H. F. Ilim'Plice of Charlotte- imirt has rm'eiv'Pd the sail now: n' the death of his hiullicr. Rev. ll. .x. l'iiarPh(-e at Edmonton. Al- lwria last night. He had been ill in: wow months.

A native of Georgetown, son of the late Capt. Hugh MacPhee and Mn. MH('Pll('E. Follicr MacPhee had been in Alberta since his or- dlrnizon in Georgetown in 1927. ll: will be buried in his old par- lift at. Cl.-in Donald. Alberta. The funeral will be Tuesday.

lie received his early education

mined in his home church of St. James. Georgetown.

Virvlving are his brother. Mr. If F. MacPhce in Charlottetown and I sister, Miss Isabel Muc- Pu.-p of Edmonton. A broth!-r. John V., was killed during the First World War and a sister. P-v Mother Paula, superintendent of the Charlottetown Hospital, rived away two years ago.

Mr. Mac-Pliee exports to leave- bv -Ur Saturday for Alberta to I!'cn'l the funeral.

Coming Events "Dance in Mhivaw I-fall. Friday. Hall to-

' '-Jadnboreel Wiltshire

night.

"Lurlori Dance. Morell Hall. V0TlllRY night. Burns Orchestra. "Jamboree at Wilishiro boned.

post-

"Unloullng Old Sydney Coal at Milton today. Vernon Gillespie.

"Dance in Fortune Bridge flail. PM-v. rein-uuy 26th.

"Ewing young pigs 20 lbs and over. Highest market prices. Cecil Stetson. Marshfield. Phone 5979.

"Dance itirddr ball Mondnr "Wit. Burris Orchestra. Sponsored bl” Canadian Legion.

"Card party every Friday, St. !II"r':r'l Legion Hall. Dance Sat- ? av.

g"Rummag-. sale in aid of St. Ulllrlos Auxiliary at Beaton'I to- '"i'. 2 o'clock.

B"C8-rd Party and Dance. Corran 18:” HIl1l.Monda.y night, March

"Dance. st, Pawn Bay I-Ioly iiamr Hall, Friday, February 26th. "ml-'x'lon's Orchestra.

I"i4mhnree dnncn, Ml. Stewart "3'”" Hall. Feb. 27. Cnnlv-on ser-

llf” -"id Ioor prlu. Burke's or- tl.o:vr,L

T,"Tl'lhiiY Teen Bean supper. '”-?l.V Social Hall. Saturday, Feb-

I)eath In Edmonton, Alta. A. M-acPhee

competitive Rates on Potatoes To Continue Till April 14

The Potato Marketing Board has been advised by Mr. Rand H. Mntheson of the Marl- times Transportation Commis- sion. that competitive freight rates on polatou enjoyed by

at Georgetown school. and then Island shipper: for the put attended St. Dunstan's College, few months will be continued Si Slam"! COHPKE Ht Emmllilluril. until April 14th. This means -Vim-ind. and St. Ausustmcn that the rates of 50c-541: to 5""vMriw Toronto He was no Montreal. 64c-66c to Toronto.

and similar low rates remain in effect.

Liberal Ass'n Heads lieporl Al Ollawa

OTTAWA. Feb. 25. lBpccial At the first post-election gather- lng of its kind, heads of the 10 Canadian Provincial Liberal As- sociations gathered in Ottawa to- day and reported on the state of liberalism in Canada from New- foundland to British Columbia.

The meeting was held in camera Mid Dresiclnd over by Duncan K. MacTavish. president of the Na- tional Llberal Federation of Can- ada. Results of the general federal election of August 10 last were dis- cussed and Analyzed and reports made to federal hcadquarters by representatives of the provinces.

William A. Currie of Summer- slde. president of the Prince Ed- uard Island Liberal Association reported on "the state of lihcrni- ism in P. I!.'. 1'." In his rcport Mr. Currie was able to show gains for the.party in Ccl'taln areas and an overall gain of om fedcral sent or 2'5 per cent of the total representation of thr province. This was excelled only by New- foundland which gained two new Liberal members out of six or an actual gain in representation in the House of Commons of 33 per cent

P.C. Leader

HALIFAX. 1GP) - Rnbcrt. L. Stanfield. Progressive Conservative Opposition leader. told the Nova scotla legislature Thursday that the Provinces industries are in a bed state and the federal and pro- vincial govermnents have "failed utterly to cope with the prob- lems."

lll.1 i .1-rd-n.,.27Lh' I30-Gaol Tickets speaking in the throne speech ' Egg debate on the second day of the "lwv M,-M1,. gm. ,,,.,.5,,,m,.I ,,,gsc.rsion. Mr. Stanfield said 3

cl”. g-Will. P E I. Regiment will i g fwd at the Son. Room. Ken- sziflnn. at 2130 hrs. in-my as Feb.

,,C',fPlj.V parade for personnel of M Nln. P, E. I. Regiment will hf-id at the Armourlu. sum-

1')?-'r2'lc. at 2015 hrs. ch. 54p

Friday, 26,

prime responsibility of the Liberal government. is in rslain and de- velop present industries and bring in new ones.

He bad faith in the economy of Canada and the future but "dio- aster can occur if.t.he men at the helm do not preserve a content lookcut for danger."

He mentioned marketmg prob-

Milifary lledime Haslens To lleassurellesl

By Robert B. Hewett CAIRO. MP) -- Egypt's new military regime hastened to as-

surc the western powers Thursday night that the removal of Maj.- Gen. Mohamed Naguib as pres- ident will not swing this country against the West. Thirty-six-year-old Lt.-Col. Ganial Abdel Nasser, the emerging strong.

mnmllncanwhiie took over all of Nagulb 5 offices. including the presidcncy of the republic. and

kept Naguib under guard.

-The need for a guard was a "lhuw 1" N38uib's popularity among EfzHll's millions. Military police were posted at his home as a precaution against any popular movement in his behalf that might. try to reinstate him in the of- fices he resigned in a losing strug- gle with Nasser for power.

The Nasscr government sought to reassure the West that it would carry on just as Egypt had under Naguib.

During the Nagulb regime. Nos. ser, as vice-president. had con- ducted negotiations for removal of British troops from

ference with the West. The ne- gotiations long have been inching along or sthlemated.

Opposed Western Plan

Egypt repeatedly has refused to foin in a Western-sponsored plan for a Middle East defence com- mand. based in the SUPZ. against the threat of Communist aggres- lion.

The on an

Nasser tactics in sequence eventual day were:

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Prominenl Church Leader Passes

HALIFAX, iCP) -- Edl.K'ai'd H. "Ned" Targeit, 71. veteran cus- toms officer and one of the most active church laymen in the Mari- tzmes. died here Thursday.

Mr. Targctt joined the customs SFillC(' in 1913. served overseas in the First World War. and re-en- lored the ciisioms in 1919. He re- tired in 1948 as excise cashier.

He began his church work as an I8-year-old Sunday school teacher. and when he died was president of the Church of England Il'i5lltIl'F' 11 Nova scotia. president of the Dartmouth branch of the Nova Scotia auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible. Society, provincial secretary of the Lord's Day Alli- ance. and held numerous other lay posiiinns.

Favorab St. Laurent

By WILLIAM STEWART Canadzan Press Staff Writer

NEW DELHI, tCPl”RrlmeMin- ister St. Laurent's endorsement of an appeal by India's Prime Min- later Nehru for a cease-fire in Indo-China. was received with much pleasure in government cir- cles here Thursday.

Indian officials said the Cana- dian leader's unreserved support of the appeal. given at his press con- ference Wednesday. was yet an- other indicatlon of close under- standing between India and Can- ada on international matters which has been in evidence on several occasions in the put at the Uni- ted Nations. in

In I. leading article devoted Prime Minister St. Laurent.

Says N.S,

the

Industries In Bad State

lama in agriculture, the depressed coal mining industry and other problems and said the issue is an important one.

"The lot. of the farmers. fisher- men and lumbermen is I hard one." he sold. "Regardless of what the future holds the present dif- flcultles of our industries are very real and preming."

Mr. Stanfield. his Opposition in- creascd from eight to 12 members in the general election last May, snidthn government was not.shcn'- fry enough action in meeting the problem.

Michael MacDonald, 00? lead- er. started his speech in the de- bate and then suddenly adjourn- od it because "of an accident which just occurred". Hi: clones had broken.

the Suez canal zone. the main point of dif-

l. A pre-dawn announcement by the revolutionary council that

Ileaction To

Had Headed

O'1'rAWA. (CF) - Two Liberal scnatcrs Thursday protested the method of deciding in which cit- ies and towns postal workers will get the five-day week starting April I.

But the protests by Senators F. W. Gershaw of Medicine Hat,

Alta.. and Walter Jones of Char- lottetown uere made for differ- ent reasons. Senator Gershaw

wanted his city added to the list of 180. Senator Jones said the five-day week is throwing away s5,0fl0,000.

The two senators registered their protests during consideration by the Senate banking committee of the governments plan to in- crease first class postal rates by one cent an ounce April 1. The committee recommended Senate

Senator Jones Protests Five-Day Postal Week

Senator Gershaw said no in- vcstlgation was made in some of the areas omitted from the list to learn whether the five-day week was in effect in most biisinessas and industries. This was the yard-

Mililary Coup , Three Years Ago

By SIMON ALLAWERDI DAMASCUS. Syria. (APl- Pres- ident Adib Shishekly, Syria's bul- let dodging president, resigned late Thursday night because an

army revolt had threatened the country with bloodshed.

Thc diminiitivo prcsidnnt. who. 'hcaded a military coup in 19.31

was reported to have left the coun-

stlck which the government an- "V

nounced would be used. ” , , . Senator Jones, former premier 6:21: orrehlfsvinb;g;?grne1:;addc:5:,r:l

of Prince Edward Island, saidl i i

the investigation amounted to 8. request for information about the five-day week from the Civil Service Commission to the Un- employment Insurance Commis- sion officers in each area. The un- employment officers ”want to go fishing on Saturdays ton.”

Mr. Cote said the list. an nounced last week in the Com- mons. "is not the final word." Consideration was

approval nf the measure.

whether it should be amciiricd.

Annual Meeti Hospital Held

Mr. N. D Mni:l.z-an who was re- clectcd chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Prince Edward Is-

rland Hospital at last nights an-

inual meet ing.

MANY DANCERS

WETASKIWIN, Alla. --rCPi .. The crowd at the square dance in the drill hall hrrn was estimated at 1.400 -- making it probably the sl.cnnd-largi-st. dance of its kind ever held in Alberta. Officials said the record was durinz Cnlizary's Stampede last grain

sci corral

In India

l-lindustan Timas said that there is no doubt that. by his visit atl this juncture and by tho sentl-4 nioiits he exprcssed the Canadian!

,leader has strengthened the tiu lot frimdsiup binding India and Canada.

Work For l'i-ace

"It is bcrniisc of his great work for peace and the spirit. of friend- ship and goodwill in interiiationnl aiInii's which he has sought to promote that the people of this country feel proud to honor him." said the paper.

”Mr. St. Laurent has frankly admitted the need and importance of co-operation between countries which are now more highly devel- oped materially and those which are economically less advanced.

"As one of the root cause: of world conflicts is t.his wide dispar- ity between tho two.tho lead given by Canada in subscribing to this international concept. of common iindcrstanding and on-operation for building up friendship and equa.lir.y bctweennationa by peace- ful democratic means is of great value."

Front Page News

stories and pictures of Prime Minister St. Laurent) activities have been on the front pages of newspapers here since his arrival at the beginning of the week. '

Thursdays editions prominently displayed detailed accounts of his press conference Wednesday.

Tliiirsday the Canadian visitor, on the last sight.-seeinlz tour of his visits to northern India, flew 100 miles southeast of New Delhi to visit the Ta) Mahdi at Agra. For half an hour he enjoyed the bcautlful gardens surrounding the great marble shrine, built by

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ng of P.E.l. Last Night

"I hope we will be able to con- tinue to extend assistance to all the Island Hospitals in view of the great work they are doing," said I-Ion. B. Earl MacDonald. Minister of Health and Welfare in a brief address at the 7lst an- nual meeting of the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital Board held last evening in lecture hall of the Nul'sPs' resi- dence. Mr. MacDonald expressed his pleasure on hearing the splen- did reports of the trustees and various committees. with les' organizations.

Mr. of the board in his report refer- red to the admission of 4488 pali-

days and an additional 2258 out- patients.

Reference was made to new deep therapy x-ray machine which is of the latest design with all safety controls. The

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Seal Hunl In Open on March 5

OTTAVVA. tCPI- The seal hunt gets under way March 5 in the Gulf of St. Lawrnt-co and March 10 off the Newfoundland and Lab- rador coasts.

The Fishcriu Tliiirsdny announvr-d dates for the 1954 Atlantic scal- ing operations. Roth areas will be patrollcd by aircraft prior to the opening dates.

Informal discussions between Canada. Norway. Denmark and France have resulted in standard opening dates for the last thrcc reasons.

commons I AppIoves More Credit Control By central Bank

D 4'' pa rim out the opening

OTTAWA. iCF'I-Til? Coiumor.s Thursday endorsed the priizciplc of

of Canada lighter control of cred-

lit through the chartered banks.

The measure, which Finance Minister Abbott indicated would be used sparingly as an anti-inflation device. got second reading without objection from the opposition par- ties Now it. goes to A. House com- mittee for study.

Mr. Abbott, explaining his bill. said that in an inflationary per- iod the present methods "may not always be sufficient to cope with the problems of restraining credit and cxpan.-non in an effective and orderly wa,V"

of situations where such factors as an inflow of in

EXCESS OI cash FOSCTVBG

chartered banks.

Divers Will Search Wreckage of Jet

FHATHAM. N. R. WP) divers from Halifax will

self and hailcrl nui. lla) in 24 feet of water.

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special reference to the work of the lad-

N. D. MacLean, chairman ents with a total of 49,945 patient the i

hospital has been redecorated completely

a government bill to give the Bank L

He said this in particularly true Drlvilti foreign funds might create I substantial the

Navy search the wreckage of an RCAF Sabre

The fuselage

tcessful revolution early Thursday,

lot the cninilry. They gave Shis-: ikvklr 24 hours to gct over the bor- drr.

Ask Resigns tinn

. The lenders called for recogni- ill0lI of former president lfachenii

-,3P.V El Attassi, Wliosc regime was!

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.criimplcd in 1951. as the lawful I lncw prr-sident i In Damasriis, lmwnver. ll uwsi

i uncicrstood the speaker of the as-1

st-mblv uoulrl assume the inlcrlnl presidency until a new prrsidr-nl is electcd. Shishckly, elected pres- ident only last June. resigned in a letter to the speaker of the as- scmbiv in which he said he was, quitting "to prevent bloodshed; among the people and army I so.

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: Dental”-Association

lBacks Fluoridation

CALGARY, iCP) - Dr. A J. lcoughlan of Saint John. N, B, president of this Canadian Dental IAssociation. said the association gives full I)ackil'i;.' lo fluoridation of water and believes the trcatmont is one of the most. important re- cent hcalth incasui-es.

Dr. Coughlan told Calgary Dental Society Wednesday that science has f1l'0V8di fluoridation of communal water supplies is an effective pre- venialivc of tooth decay. There is no scientific proof that fluoridation! is harmful in any way, he said,

(YITAWA. (CP) - The govern- ment has decided to close out the 1952-53 wheat pool and hug gum. nrizeci the Canadian wheat board. to distribute s58,282,000 to prairie farmers

The decision will give farmers- ln addition to what they already have received-an average of 10.- 934 cents a bushel on the 523.- 000,000 bushels of wheat delivered lo the board in the crop year Aug. 1. 1952. lo Jilly 31, 1953.

Trade Miiivster I-lowe made the announcement in the Commons Thursday and indicated that

farmers participating in the cur- rent 1953-54 pool likely will wait some lll'llP. before receiving their usual mid-ycar price boost from. the board. I Wheat I'nsold ' Howe. replying to I-lam-n Argue tCCF-Awniboial. said there. will no no interim payment onl deliveries lroin last fall's crop "ail the present tiiivc, for the vcry, ;good reason that we have not soldi ,any wheat from the last. crop." I Canada last. fall produced 614,-. 000.000 biishel.s of wheat. sccondg .onl.v to tho pcak of 6lf8.0fl(l.00fl. lbushcls produced in the prcviousi year. i The fact there will be no early

Mr

R Turned

OTTAWA. tOPr-Coal from Novel scot.ia's Driimmond mine has been of such a quality as to cause de- lays to Canadian National Rail-l ways trains using it. 'IYanq)ortI Minister Chi-vrier said Thursday.

Hr gave the Commons this ex- planation for the CNR"s cancella- tion of the 14.000-ton remainder of a 40,000-ton order from the mine, mainstay of the community of Weolville, N. 8.

The mine management announ- ce-dsaturday it is trying to per- suade the CNR to accept the hair! lam-o of the order, to limp 400' men at. work. 1

Mine: Minister Prudham i

. . llifl lggrznimdglyml"I,-”::t";'R'n,:,llyirrrg; here Tuesday the railway will re-yl NR, died in me Wiprknge. H-1, sume buying Drummond cool if ill aircraft from the Chstham base C5" pmdu" P q”'l"'y ""31' crashed into ice-covered Shediac m "I9 cxmmm" Thu"9'”7- Cl” Bay Tuesday and It was um. "9 Gilli-8 (00!-CI-no Brown thought he may have ejected hlm- 50Ul-hl 3304 MT Ch9VTl9" "WWI

the Drummond sitiiation and leftl in question for Mr. Prudham-out

'Western Farmers Get 58 Million Final Payment In 1952-53 Wheat Pool

I ,,, ,,. ,. .L-..., of capital--as L0 when he w a previously-arranged meet-I lug WIH1 union men and coal op- l'lv'7rlc and

Reports "Co

Among Manufacturers or

House-iBuildin

OTTAWA. ICP) - The president of the Canadian Construction As- sociation said Thursday there is "very good understand nz and co- nppialiun" among nianuiarturcrs oi some house-building supplics. l

The speaker. Raymond Brunet. of Hull. Quc. said he would not wantg

to use the word "combine" '0 describe that co-operation. . Mi: Brunei, a witness hclorc

the ('uninions banlxing tcmmiliee

0lllYllrom Aleppo in the northern part 5lllll)lfIl.! new housing legislation.

uiis n-lmcl by l.ui'ii-n fiariiiii R.i'llPll9ii - Ycrclicresl if s dcrs cnmbincs are the he "c.vig;:ni'aiPcl cost” ir-ms VKlil4'll go into ug.

41,. he con-l cause of nf some house-build-g

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