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PROVINC

1,815,298, DEBT INCREASE SHOWN IN PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

MAXIMS

OFA

MERE MAN

a-a--xv

of talohlnt I child

us'ls.ii.ab.l'db1:f.m to M Along without

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MAXI MS or A

MERE MAN

. uwhu, had one. Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew lnyjcarrtasz Charlottetown, Buminsrslds 818.00 per annum. llaowhara CH CANADA, FRIDAY. MARCH 6, 1953 16 PAGES Tbs Guardian, Five csnta

i. P. E. 1. 39.00-

other Provinces and u.s.a. 312.00 per annunu

Morning Dally Founded 1881.

MOSCOW ANNOUNCES DEATH OF PRIME MINISTER

A

S475,735 Surplus Achieved

Over Oroinary

An increase in liabilities of S1.- g)5,208, and a surplus on current account. of S475, 735, is revealed in the Public Accounts for the year ending March 31. 1952, which were tabled in the Legislature yesterday by Hon. W, E. Darby. Provincial secretary.

The Accounts show total ex- penditures at an all-time high level at 310.393.5115. Ordinary expend- itures totalled 36,990,097. as against ordinary revenue of 87,441,833.

Additional Federal payments bas- pd on grossnatlonal product under the tax rental agreements amount- ad to 51,049,476. Payment in lieu of taxes amounted to 51,443,068 and statutory subsidies. less Hills- boro Bridge account. to 8647.181. Federal health grants for the year totalled 8179.871, old age pensions i'146.06:l. Other payments brought ttie ordinary revenue from Federal sources up to 54.151.547-

Gzisoline taxes brought in 31,258.- 200, amusement taxes 3117.750. and public health tax 5363.909. Other uax revenue brought the -total un- ier ordinary account to 51,772,097.

Motor vehicle license fees imounted to 3389.308. with other items under licenses, permits and less bringing the total under this reading to 3058.082.

8789.011 was realized in revenue from the Temperance Commission. 538.815 from flncs' and penalties. 323.217 from rentals and sales of sundry commodities. and 591,482 from other sources. -

Under ordinary expenditure are listed debt charges of 81,101,988 in- cluding 8601,9158 in interest: health and welfare. 82,483,888: education. ll.004,214; administration of just- me. 3162,1155; legislation. 8119.495: urriculture. 3200.874; industry and natural resources. 8151.744; high- ways, bridges and ferries. 81,084,610; refunds of revenue. 8206.505: other zurrent expenditures. 397.457; gen- eral government, 3344.453.

Under capital account are listed hhe following revenue items: fixed assets sold, 820,535; refund of cans. 514,971: contributions from Dominion Government to Voca-

l . l Eilpgiditures Appointed honorary colonel 5th Signals

OTTAWA. (GP) - Lt.-col. 1'. B. Conrad. 58, (above). veteran of the First and Second World Wars. has been appointed honorary col- onel of the lith signal Regiment. a Charlottetown reserve force unit.

The Defence Department made the announcement Thursday.

Col. Conrad is District Adminis- trator of the. veterans affairs-dw pamment in Ohlirlottetowii. tlonal School. farm labour. gen- eral hospitals construction and highway projects, 8482.791: inter- est nn sinking fund investments, 389.083.

Capital expenditures included highways. bridges, etc., 32.736590: fixed assets, 5183.729; loans and advances, 395,915; other extraordin- ary expenditures including 3102.570 for general hospitals construction.

5-'i12,1'l0.

Minister Reviews Projects

Under Industry

The value of the service offered shippers in Newfoundland was stressed by Hon. Eugene Cullen, Minister of Industry and Natural Resources. when he stated livestock

Coming I?vents

"Crnklnnle pnrty lliver hnll tonight.

in Whentley

"Race:

at Avondale on March ilvh. at 2 P. M.

"croklnole Party, Millview Hall. Friday, March 8th. Lunches. Sun- MY School.

"kg: delivered to our station will be paid highest market prices M. ii: A. Peters. Market Building. Charlottetown. ' C

"Variety Concert, Wednesday evening. March 11th. in Cherry Villtv Hall. sponsored by Cherry Valley 1'. P. 5.

"Come to Cornwall. York Point

lllllilute pantry sale at S. . MacDomild'a. Saturday, Mnrch "lb It 2 o'clock. '

"Friday. March 6. North River vs. New Haven. t' ieml-flnsl game. 7.30. Coveheiid

Flyers vs. York Rangers. same of semi-finals.

"Victoria Rink tonight, Kelly's Gross Red Wings vs. shamrock Rockets. Saturday night. semi-fin-

W Tryon Arrows vs. Victoria Unions.

second

"Introducing Pioneer Sow Ration ""5 P18 starter to induce more P901319 to test. thil good feed. A reduction of fifty cents will be al- lowed for short period. 011 Cake "-35 per bu. Choice Codlish 12c

P" lb. ll. L. Dicklsson. New Glas- gow.

M"C0mlns to Morsil tonight only. - 0- M's. Mighty Romantic Ad- Venlurel "Kins Ioiomarrs lines." "mum in Animal atampeaet Filmed entirely in the wilds of MYTH Starring Deborah Kerr. t;9.0r:ngtcr in "Technicolor." ml 1 good show. Your

III?! to OM01 It. Don't min it.

And Resources

men particularly patronized it heavily as they preferred it to the uncertainties when shipping by rail.

Hon. Mr. Cullen. Third Queens. spoke briefly yesterday in the Leg- islature during iihe Draift Address debate. He said the service via the Blue Prince had carried 3.904 swine. 1,085 cattle and 605 calves. 91 horses. 18.461 live poultry and 51,400 pounds of dressed poiiltry.

Other large items shipped were potatoes. vegetables, cheese, eggs, butter, fruit, meals and miscellan- eotis commodities. He did not have exact figures as yet but thought ilhe Government might have to piiy approximately 528,000 on its guar- anlec.

In speaking of the value of the Farm Improvement service od his depart-niciit he told the members that many farmers who built trench silos were now iutcrcstt-(I in ii more pcrrnriuenl type, In 1951 14 of these trench silos were built, but last year the number was doubled. He said the service had cleared 312 acres of land last year compared to 275 the your before and ditched and graded 38 miles of lanes while ditching 24 miles for drainage. Ex- tensivo drainage projects were completed in Urbanviilc. st. Chry-

-ic-6nTiniie"d ..;.T..';.rii”ooi:'s.”

Wanl Boo-si Of Price Supports On Farmlroducis

OTTAWA. (CF) - The Cana- dian Federation of Agriculture has asked the Federal Government to boost price supports on farm pro- ducts and urged a federal investi- gation of the meat industry to find out why (the consumer isn't get- ting the benefit of livestock price declines.

A 13-man delegation. headed by federation president H. H. Han- nam, called on Prime Minister St. Laurent and his cabinet. Thursday and in a 17-page brief recommend-

ed:

1. A boost of five cents a pound in the government's price support on butter, increasing the floor to 83 cents a pound whole- sale from 08 and making the increase effective for two years. The present program ends next spring.

2. A jump of seven cents a doz- en in the price support on eggs, boosting the floor to 45 cents a dozen for grade A large, up from 38 cents. and extension of the support program to cover poul- try.

3. An increase in the floor price on hogs. now 23 cents a Pound.

Other Recommendations

Otlher recommendations ranged from federal aid for education to special "disaster" loans to farm- ers hlt by floods. drought, frost or other natural calamities.

The federation expressed con- cern over the economic repercus- sions resulting from labor strikes and urged some means be adopted-

lron Slurliii-iiSI Listeners Told No liberation

MllNlCll. Germany. (CF11 - Radio Free Europe turned on the full power of its 20 transmitters today to tell Iron Curtain listeners Stalin's death will not mean theu' immediate liberation. They were

urged to "remain calm and act with caution." The privately-financed United

States radio station said it group- ed its 20 transmitters in Germany and Portugal for the first time to concentrate full power on Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Eri- glneers said the broadcasts were so powerful even crystal sets could receive them.

Originally the concentration of power to foil Communist jamming had been planned for next month.

U. N. Flag To Fly Half Staff.

UNlTiE'.D NATIONS. N.Y.. (AP) -The blue and white United Na- tions flag will be lowered to half staff Friday in mourning for the death of Joseph Stalin. This is in accord with the UN flag code to honor dead chiefs of state. and a few other personalities,

The announcement of Stalin”: death same as soviet Foreign Min- ister Andrei vishlnsky was making hurried preparations to leave New York for Moscow.

Vlshlnsky has remained in se- clusion at the Russian delegations Long Island estate at Glen Cove since the first news of stalln's ill- ncss. Lesser soviet delegates ap- peared lit the UN political com- mittee sessions debating Korea.

SEX)-UL. (AP)-United States Air Force and navy planes sowed flaming ruin in northeast Korea Thursday cllmaxsd by a record- breaking 1.100-mile Thunderjet raid on1y.50 miles from Siberia.

Three raids struck northeast Korea while other fighter-bombers pounded targets near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

At woman. the aircraft carrier M-laaouri steamed into harbor and blamed away at the rubble of that eastern port for three hours with its 16-inch guns.

The blows by sea and air over- shadowed small clashes along the lbs-mils front, where than was a whip: or spring in the warming air

after a night of HIM 5110'-

U.S. Planes Strike Heavy Blow In North Korea

Industrial buildings. and power and mining installations went up in smoke in the three raids in the northeast. Fifteen '1"hvundei-Jets on their longest combat mlsslon of the war flew miles from base and smashe an industrial ” i 1 t near chongjln. on the east coast so miles smith of the alter- lan border.

The target is about 180 miles from the big Russian sea port and bass of Vladlvoltnck.

The Missouri moved into Won- san harbor for the sixth time and reported destroying four hosvygun positions with direct hits from her 10-inch guns.

The stunned shore batteries made

griculture Federation Asks Meat Price Probe

Stalin-Superman Or Despot?

LONDON.

(Reuters) - born Josef Vlsssrloncrvlch Djug- aslw-ili. will pass into history leav- ing a question-mark behind him.

Stalin.

l

saviour or tyrant? Superman or ruthless despot? Man of war or man of peace?

Rxussi.a's supreme ruler was call- ed fill tliesethlnga. . ,

His name split the peoples of lbs world into two opposing camps -those who supported the "mod- ern prophet of Communism" and thme who detested the principles and policies for which he stood. Millions revered him. millions re- viled him. He had followers-Midi foes-in every country.

On just one thing friends and foes agreed-that Joseph Stalin was one of the outstanding men of the 20th century and one of the most remarkable ngures in Russian history.

Winston Churchill said this of him: ”He is a man of massive outstanding personality. suited to the sombre and stormy times in which his life has been cast; a man of inexhaustible courage and will power, and a man direct and even blunt in apeech..,5talln also left upon me the impression of a deep, cool wisdom, and a com- plcte absence of illusions of any

-'c6n'Ei?ii7eI1.oii'psige'7a "C617 9 7

S1,200,000ln Anticipated By

At the present rate liquor sales in the Province will top the three million dollar mark this year with a resulting tax revenue to thct;ov- ernment of approximately 31.2110.- 0()0. Premier .1. Walter Jones aaldl in the isglslaturc yesterday when he rose to continue his part in the, debate on the Draft Address. '

Though this is high, and members should discuss it, the Premier did not believe it was as, great consumption as in other, Provinces. Furthermore he lncliiied to think that a cons1dcr- able portion of the increase is cl-iie to more people buying legally from

the

era. There was not so much troublcl with shine as in past ycars, hcl stated.

Regarding the matter of vacant farms in the Province he said he had a report prepared by the Land Valuation Board which has coni- plcteii valuation in 128 of the -108 school districts. The report lnrli-1 cated that in these districts there were 154 vacant farms with it wil- uation of 5232.000.

The Premier believed that uith the machinery in use today a mlili could farm another place five miles from his home and keep the land in cultivation. He thought the Government might offer help if people wanted to acqliirc n fiiriii and with no land taxes it slinuld not be too dlffir-.ult to get started. oven for immigrants.

Rural Electrification

"Something must be done'.', or the company must get out of the way, the speaker sold in referring to the seriousness of the rural el- ectrification problem. He said he had been told it was coming to a dead stop this year. He stated the coirpany maintains it cannot hor- row money for extension even with

PWF 6-03175)" 3200.000 Given For Flood Relief

IONDON. (OP) - A dtieqiit-. for 0130.000 Wu lumdsd to the Britlsfh Rad (keel society 'I'liiii-sday by Norman Robertson. Canadian high oomsnlnfoncr in London. on behalf of the Oanadian flood relleif com- mittee. 'me money will buy Can- adian timber, already in Britain, for rebuilding and repairliig flood-

no reply during the bombardment. incl.

damaged houses and farm biilld-

l

.iquor Revenue The Premier

,rii3FR6i6FV'EliiEl? if Won'lgSlarl '1

' EDMONTON. (C131-Magistrate S. G. Main has ruled that a car that won't start lsnlt a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Criminal Code.

He dismissed it charge Thursday against an Edmonton motorist of

wasthavinxz care or a vehicle while his A m0"ll9l'

ability was impaired by alcohol. The motorist was iirrt-sted and charged by police FOIL 18 as he

the vendors than from inoonshln- was attempting to start his parked,ERSl9l'11

car. Evidence was that the motor- lst could not start his car nor would it respond when the police tried.

lLiving Costs Go Down F61? Third Successive Month 1

OTTAWA, (CF!-The great in- flationary price wnve which threat- ened to swamp the consumer in the months following Korea con- tinued lo recedc in Jaiiiiary with lower food prices ciiitlmi living costs for the tlilrd mfmlh 111 R FOW-

Under prcssiirc, of food price desliiics. the new consumer price index. based on 1949 prices equal- ling 100. slipped one-nfth of a point. during January to 110.5 from 115.7. the bureau of statistics re- ported Thursday.

Rents Slightly Higher

Rents were slightly higher. but, price decreases for silent items as sugar. tea. eggs. oranges and po- tatoes. overcoming higher prices for margarine and meats, propel- led the reduction.

The drop was twice as great as the one-tenth of a point slip in December. In all. the prices yard- stick had dropped 2.7 points from the record 118.2 in December, 1001, pushing book the price level to where it was in July .1051.

But. as in some previous months. the old cost-of-lu'vi.n-g index failed to see eye-to-eye with the new yardstick on the way prices were going. The old index, based on 19613-30 prices, lumped for the sec- ond straight month. this time to- creaslng it half point to 184.0 from

1 Communist party.

Stalin To tie in State

LONDON. (AP)-The Moscow Radio announced Friday rlhat Prime Minister Stalin will lie in state in Moscow's famed Hall of Columns.

seven party leaders, headed by N. S. Khruschev, a secretary 0' the central committee of the will make fun- eral arranizemcnis.

Gardiner SSeSes Few Worries For Agriculture

OTTAWA. (CF) - A'.'li.cii'..'ii;'c Minister Gardiner said Thiirsdiiy Canadals present-day iigriculturul position is one of steadily rising production. no "troublesome" sur- pluses and no worry about mark- ets to absorb the products of the farm.

Speaking during the budget de- bate in thelcommons. the min- ister dlsagreed with Progressivcp Conservative assertions that the farmer faced ii dark future be- cause of surpuses and loss of mark-

ets.

Beyond il.000.000 pounds of New. Zesland beef and 76,000,000 pounds of canned pork Canada has no agricultural surpluses. he said. These eventually would be disposed of

Of markets he said:

"We are not in the position whei'e we are getting worried about pressure because of lost markets- and I doubt if tlostl is the right word. We have not lost markets if we can market the greater part of our products without trouble... and our farm products are being marketed."

No immediate Ollawa Comment

OTTAWA, (C03)-There was no immediate c 0 m m e n t Thursday night. by Prime Minister st. Lau- rent on the death of Joseph Stalin.

The prime ministers office is- sued this brief statement:

"As soon as the news of the death of Marshal Stalin is offic- ially confirmed the Government of Canada will. of course. express its sympathy to the people of the U. S.S.R, through diplomatic chan- nels which exist between this coiuitry and the Union." p

A secretary said the prime min- ister probably would await word from the Canadian embassy in Moscow on Stalin's death before issuing a statement.

. . Perish In Fire

FORT NELSON, B.C.. (GP) - and her two small child- ren died Wednesday night when fire destroyed their quarters in a conswtrucition camp near this north- British Columlbla town. about 325 air miles northwest of Edmonton. Killed were Mrs. Willis Ruffo, :10, and Jackie, -i, and Kathy. 2.

be t in December. The peak was 101.5 in December. 1951.

The old yardstick estimated foods had gone up but bureau of- ficials explained that the old index doesn't provide for seasonal chan- ges in consumer buying habits.

it still is the basis. however. for gauging escalator clauses in many Canadian wage contracts.

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STALIN

No Announcement Of Successor To

LONDON, (AP)sJoseph behind the walls of Moscow's

(Soviet Leadership

' Stalin died Thursday night

Kremlin. He dominated a.

third of the world's peoples as the most powerful dictator

in history.

The prime minister of the Soviet Union and the sup-

reme ciiicf of pm. (1:50 pm. haeinorrhagc.

the Communist Party EST), four days

succumbed at 9:50 after suffering a brain

He had been in a coma since he was stricken Sunday

night, and his condition grew

progressively worse.

The announcement of his . death was broadcast from

Moscow at 4:07 am., Moscow

time, Friday-more than six

hours after his doctors had given up their struggle.

The official announcemen

”The heart of the comrade and

Lenin's will, the wise leader a

Party and the Soviet people-

--has stopped beating." There was no immediate

was taking over control of th

ment was issued

dium of the supreme council. Stalin dominated, and among have been Georgi Malenkov, and Nicholas Bulganin.

t said:

inspired continuer of rid teacher of the Communist Joseph Vhssarionovitch Stalin

indication from Moscow who e country, but the announce-

in the name of the Communist Party's lcentrai committee, the council of ministers and the praesi-

All these are organs which those next to him in power L. P. Beria, V. M. Molotov

Appeal For Unity

As if appealing for unity. the of- iicial statement said:

”In those sorrowful days all the peoples of our country are rally- ing even closer in a great fra- ternal family under the tested leadership of the Communist party created and reared by Lenin and Stalin."

The most prominent leader the Communist party. next to Stalin, has been Malenkov. He was the keynote speaker at the all-party congress last October, laying down the law to all seg- ments of the party in matters of discipline.

"The Soviet people have bound- less faith in and are permeated with a deep love for their Com-

7oTmmTEd?FP?67? "0613? U. K. Commons

Approves Record Budget

LONDON. (Reuters)-The House of Commons passed Prime Min- istrr Churchill's 121.636.760.000 (S4: 581928.000) record peacetime dc- fence budget Thursday night.

Churchill then announced he would ask Parliament 111191” to ap- piovc l'ClPllilDl1 of mnscrlption for another five years.

The members threw out by 295 votes to 254 A Socialist Opposition

of

nmeiidmt-ut asking the House in merely take note of the program and urging the present tivn-your

period of coiiscriptraii be revicw-ed every year.

The Labor party wanted ilic House to "trike note of" the pro-i gram instead of directly appi'oviiir:' ii iii a move to pacify its own lcfi- iving, led by the absent Auciirui Bevan, which wants the arms bill slashed.

Churchill has told the House "iii, we were only to cxlcud the period year by year it would

encourage the other ones."

He said it would be disastrous tor cut the two-ycnr conscription per-I ind. There could be no rt-laxaiinnl

in the arms program "at this crlt- OHM”

ical but, formniivc. grave but not iiiihopefiil moment."

NEW YORK, (AP)-Loixi lsmay. secretary-general of the Noi-tih' At- lantic 'rrea'iy Organization, says he "would be surprised" if there were any change in Soviet Union policy should Premier Stalin die.

Neither does he expect any "tre- mendous flgiht" for Stalin's "tuhrone." he told newspaper men Thursday as he arrived alboard the liner Un- ited States for defence conferences with Canadian and United States officials. .

Ismay has had close contacts with the Russians as an adviser to Prime Minister Winston Clhuroh- ill at the Tehran, Yalts. and Pots-

184.4. following a fifth-of-a-point-

dsm conferences

Doesnlt Look For Much Change If Stalin Dies