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Read by Eveybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew" THURSDAY, MARCH

Rate Equalization Hearings

Speed Limits Discussed In The Legislature YeslertlaL

A long discussion regarding speed limits under the Highway Traffic Act was touched of! yes- terday when an amendment. to the Act was introduced in the Legis- lature.

Section 36 of the Act states that anyone driving a vehicle at it greater speed than 30 miles per hour when meeting a vehicle at night, or more than 50 miles per hour at any time. shall conclus- ively be deemed to be driving without due care and attention.

It was that which started the arguments yesterday and resulted in the second fornialdivision when Mr. B. Earle MacDonald objected to the 30 mile limit and moved that it be raised to 40 miles. The motion was defeated.

Mr. R. E. Bell stated he. was not nure the 50 mile limit was wise as he thought in the past a great deal of the fault was in lack of highway su-pcrvlsion. He said it was no good to put. a couple of Mounties in Pin-kcale to pick up good citizens, He also suggested the possibility of the arresting of- ficers taking a "confession" from an offender and collecting the fine to save appearances in court. On several occasions he had seen many Mounties in court at the same time and he believed they should be out on the highways curbing reckless drivers.

The speaker said that it people knew the Mounties were on the road it would have it tendency to

Only 519.165 Spent For Marshland Reclamation Here

OTTAWA, March 13- tspeciali -Of the 52,535,690 spent in re- clamation of marsh-lands in the Maritimes in the past three years, only 319,165 has been spent in Prince Edward Island. This is re- vealed in the annual report of the Maritime Marshlands Reclamation Administration, tabled in the House of.Commons today by Robert Mccubbin, Parliamentary Assist- ant to Agriculture Minister Gar- diner.

Sole project carried out in Prince Edward Island under the Maritime Marsh-lands Reclamation Act was that at Johnston's River in 1951. Extent of land effected by this project was 250 acres. Acre- age benefited in Nova Scotia re- olamaiion projects was 23,869 and in New Brunswick, 23,263. An un- specified Prince Edward Island project is listed in the report as "under consideration."

Works of a major nature carried out under the Act in 1951-52 in- cluded 19 projects in Nova Scotia and 18 in New Brunswick. Head- quarters of the Maritime Marsh- lands Reclamation Administration is at Amherst. N.S,. but it also has offices at Moncton, N.B., and

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Big Show -Fort--ill-ito

LONDON, (AP) - A horrified Marshal Tito watched two scream- ing RAF jet fighters ram together almost overhead and crash in names during an air show Wed- nesday in his honor. Both pilots were killed.

The tragedy stunned Tito and more than a. score of high-ranking Britain and Yugoslav officials gathered to witness a spectacular display of RAF might at the Dux- ford base, 50 miles north of Lon- tion.

The visiting Yugoslav Commu- nist president. jumped to his feet and his tanned face whitened as the two low-flying silver jets col- lided near the end of the runway. They had been flying in tight for-

Coming Events

”Crokinole., ivfiilview I-lall. March 20th. 7 P. M. Lantern Slides.

"Don't. miss Social evening in Wlltshire Hall tonight.

"Try our Purina Finance plan for feeding your hogs and poultry. Dillon & spillett.

"International Harvester show and dance at Bonahaw hall, Fri- day. March 20th. Sale of lunches.

"Hear the. R. C. A. F. Choral Club concert, Friday, March 27th, Tryon Baptist Hall at 8:30. Pro- ceeds tor the South shore Musical Festival.

"Farmers. ask about the Shut Gain Feed Finance Plan. For part iculars contact your local feed mill

"For increased Potntry pronis. caponlae at four to six weeks. Eric P. MacPl1all, New Haven.

"See i-faselbrook B. Y. P. U. pre- sent Minstrel Show in Pownal 1-fall. Friday. March 20th.

"Will have about 300 R. 0. P. sired W. 1... day old pullets. avail- able by March ma. Your chance. order now. co-Op Hatchery, Char- lottetown.

"Dance and social evening at Spring Park Hail tonight, Thurs- day. March 19th. Modem and old time dancing. also Lads and Las- sie mnce in attendance. Prizes, lunches. Price so cents.

'All districts interested in a community indoor skating rink Dleaae attend a meeting at Win-

aloe Station Hall on Friday evo- v

nlns. March 20th at 8:30. The more districts represented the better.

"Victoria rink, game tonight between Kelly's Cross and Green Road postponed. Friday night. school hockey. acml-finals, Tryon VI. Vlctoriland Tryon .Ai-rows Slater: vs. Victoria Seagulls. Sat- "Ml! night, Tryon Arrows vs. New Haven Royals. Second game 0! finals.

Windsor, N.S.

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mation with 22 other jets and, in changing position. one crashed into the tail of the other. Earlier Incident Six days ago three planes from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle crashed within Tlto's view off Gibraltar while the Yugoslav president was sailing to Britain aboard the Yugoslav naval ship Galeb. Four naval officers were missing mid presumed dead in that accident.' British observers said the Dux- ford air show might have been ar- ranged as a prelude to a discus- sion of Yugoslav requests for Brit- ish jet fighters. Yugoslav military known to be on the agenda of Tlto's talks with Prime. Minister Churchill and other British lead- ers. Defence Minister Earl Alexander and possibly Richard A. Butler. chancellor of the exuhequcr. will join the discussions today. Western cold war strategy in the light of Stalin's death, tighter Anglo-Yugo- siav co-operation and economic aid also are being discussed. On his return to London from Duzford, Tlto's party stopped at

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British Expect Budget April 14

TIDNDON. (Reuters) -- Britain's 1953 budget. telling Britons if their taxes will go up or down, is expected to be brought down by chancellor of the exciiequer, R. A.

adlan Pacific Railway, proving the rate equalization, jection to some aspects of a pre- liminary equalization plan ed out by the board of transport commissioners.

known board opened a series of country- wide hearings on its plan. due to go into possible revisions resulting

C. F. ii. Objects To Some Aspects Of Proposed Plan

But Will Srpporf Trans-

port Board Against Marii-imes in Expec- ted Appeal.

VICTORIA, - The Can- xvhile ap- prlnciple of freight has taken ob-

(CP)

work-

The company's views were made in a statement as the

effect Jan. 1. 1954, with from the hearings.

Would ('ut Revenue

The CPR. said preliminary lcsis on an equalized mileage scale of ”class" rates drafted by the board would cause an annual reduction in the company's revenue of more than '

The class rates are the ceiling scales, which carry about one- quarter of the railways' 51,000,000,- 000-:i-ycar freight traffic and on which another large proportion of the roles are based indirectly. The CPR noted the board sug- gested equalization-created rev- enue changes in one type or an- other of rates may be balanced elsewhere, but the company ex- Dressed some doubt about this principle. For one think. it said. equalization of ”commo(lii.i"' rates may not be effected until some time after class-rate equalization

(Continued on Page 5 Col. 4) Newsprint in Marilimes Up

HALIFAX, tCPi Newsprint mills in the Marilimes and New- foundland plan to increase the price of domestic consumers 510 per ton effective April 1, a sur- vc.V showed Wednesday.

New Brunswick mills. after the increase. will be selling news- print for 5123 a. ton; the mill at Grand Falls, Nfld., will be charg- ing 5122 and Mersey Paper Com- pany at Liverpool, N. S., will be charging 5124.

The Bowater mill at Corner Brook is remaining with its pre- sent. price, increased to 5119.20 Jan. 1.

Beef Show And . Sale At Amherst .

AMI-llERi5I' N. 5.. (GP)--A total of 105,016 pounds of beef on the hoof were sold here Wednesday at the Maritime spring stock show -and sale.

Average price was 24.78 cents a pound against 29 cents last year. but show president W. R. Trueman said the level was "very satisfact- ory considering market conditions.”

The grand champion. owned by 15-year-old. Ronald Barteaux of Clarence, N.S., was sold to the T. Eaton Company at 29 cents. Last. year's grand champion, also

Butler, April 14, Parliamentary quarters said Wednesday.

owneo by young Barteaux, ild then for 31 a pound.

HANNOVIER. iR.euters)..A heli- copter carrying the Duke of Edin- burgh made a flare-lit landing on a Canadian parade ground here Wednesday after fog delayed the flight for an hour.

The Queen's husband. clad in the combat uniform of a field marshal, hopped out of the heli- copter and immediately inspected a. 100-man honor guard of the Canadian 27th infantry brigade.

since nobody knew exactly when the Duke would arrive, the guard had remained in ranks while other soldiers cleaned dust. off their shoes several times.

The dust kicked up by the four helicopters carrying the Duke's party from Soltau. Germany. was so thick that press photographers could not get I. clear picture of the inspection ceremony.

When the dust settled. some 1.- om other Canadian troops, nearly all with cameras, followed Prince Philip around the station. map- ping pictures at every move.

The Duke was welcomed at Han-

Duk-eIOf Edinburgh Visits Canadian Troops

Open Al: Victoria!

II. 3. issues To Malenkov

By Francis W. Carpenter

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.. (AP) -The United States called on Soviet Prime Minister Georgi Mal- enkov Wednesday to show he really wants peace by starting construct- ive negotiations on disarmament in the United Nations. This challenge was voiced by U. S. ambassador Ernest A. Gross in the 60-country political committee. Informed U. S. quarters said Gross” speech was worked over carefully on the highest governmentlevels in Washington before it was delivered by the U. S. delegate.

No Agreement

In a secret, down-to-earth meet- ing on the problem of a successor for secretary-general Trygve Lie, the Big Five powers went over a dozen possibilities without coming to an agreement. They will go back

Drew Charges (Ihevrier Had Disiorietlfacls

OTTAWA. (OP)-George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader. charged Transport Minister Chev- rler Wednesday with an ”utterly shameless distortion of the facts" in a speech Tuesday on television.

Mr. Chevrier. he said. had made

a "shameless appeal to prejudice" by declaring that Progressive Con- servative policy on television would discourage establishment of French-language stations. The Minister had made a "thor- oughly shameless attempt" to cre- ate the impremlon that a Pro- gressive Conservative Government would give television licences to its "Wealthy friends." I

Mr. Drew said his party has not departed from the broadcasting policy outlined in 1932 by Viscount Bennett, Conservative prime min- ister at that time.

The Progressive Conservative party, he said. believes there should be an ef'fecti'.'e partnership between publicly-owned and pri- vntely-owned stations in radio and television.

However, the party believed that all stations should be under "im- partial control" in the same way as the railways and the air lines. The DEC now is the controlling body for radio and television in Canada.

Mr. Drew spoke in resumed de- bate on a government motion to establish a committee to review activities of the CBC. The debate will gave way Thursday to study of resolutions containing tax changes announced in the 1953-54 budget.

At the House opening. Prime Minister st. Laurent announced the government will ask Parlia- ment to appropriate 51.000000 as a contribution toward the Canadian National Fund for European Flood Relief,

Arnrzus MacLean (PC - Queens) said both the CBC and private sta- tions have done excellent work in their own fields. Canadians wanted programs that were entertaining and cultural and not saturated with obnoxious advertising.

They would not get them through a wholly publicly-owned system.

mending officer.

The 100-man honor guard wait- ing for him was commanded by Maj. A. M. Mills of Calgary.

As the Duke left the aircraft. his personal standard was raised to the barrwok square masthead, and the hustle and the drum band of the lat Pant-dian .if'ie battalion played the royal salute.

After inspecting the guard, the Duke visited a canteen where about 300 infantry and other troops were waiting. Ha chatted with many men. was quick to note the decorations they were and asked pertinent questions on where and how they were won.

The Duke got his big laugh of the day from ht.-Col..H. H. A. Parker of Toronto.

Cal. Parker. who broke a leg recently, proudly displayed his plaster cast painted in the gay

colors of the Cameron tartan. as worn by the band of the fat can- adlan ....,..iand battalion.

ma Duke was among friends, for be inspected the with brigade in his visit to Canada in the aut-

nover by Brig. J. E. C. Panizman of Toronto. the brigades com-

umn " of 1961.

Plan Restoration of coventry cathedral

00Vil:N'r'RiY. England. taP)-- Monay to complete the restoration of bom-b-shattered Coventry cath- edral wlll be sought in Canada this fall, it was announced Wed- nesday.

Basil Spence, Edinburgh archi- tect coinmlssioned to plan the re- building of the lath century cath- edral. will tour the country with the provost of Coventry, very Rev. 1!. T. Howard.

Rev. C. II. -Rosa, bishop of Gov- entry's chaiplain, will visit Canada next month to arrange details.

The target isn't. known yet. ant- lmated cost when reconstruction plans were announced in 1061 was more than seoo.ooo with war com- pensation amounting to 0000.000.

Canadian organiais have already

donated 110,000 for the organ.

Demand Punishment Of Soviet Flier Involved In Incident Off Alaska

Ohauenge To llisarm

to the security council today at 3 p.m. EST for further talks.

The answers to Gross' questions on disarmament and to the riddle of the secretary-general may have to await the arrival of Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet. permanent dele- gate, March 26. He is coming fresh from talks with the new Moscow

administration. Gross referred in his speech to Malenkov's talk about peaceful

settlement of all problems made

in his inaugural address to the Supreme Soviet in Moscow last Sunday.

"The Soviet government, both

under its past and present leader- shlp." Gross said, "has talked much about 'peace.' I hope that in Prime Minister Malenkov's talk the word tpeace' is used as it is under- stood by the rest of the world. There are many ways by which

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By Willard H. Mobley

WASHINGTON, (AP!-The Un- ited States has demanded punish- ment for the Russian flier who attacked an American plane off Soviet Kamchatka Sunday.

The note to Moscow Wednesday said the US. ”expects” quick word on the disciplinary measures taken and steps by the Reds to make sure nothing of the sort happens again.

The air force announced the in- cident Tuesday reporting that taro MiG 15 jet fighters intercepted the American B-50 bomber on 8, wea- ther reconnaissanre flight 25 miles off the coast of the Siberian pen- insula. and about 100 miles north- east of the Soviet base at Petso- pavlovsk. One of the jets attacked.

The American tail gunner re- turned the fire. The Jet broke off with no apparent damage to either, craft, and the B-50 returned to; base.

It was the first confirmed case of a two-way fight between Am-1 erican and Red military planes outside the war zone in Korea. though there have been Commun- ist attacks on American craft in, the European area which did not or could not shoot back. Return- fire orders were given in Germany last week after jets from Czechos- lovakia had downed an American figliter.

The diplomatic protest. to Mos- cow was a follow-up to word that the U. S. Air Force will keep right on flying wherever it wants to in the world's free-air space, despite the shooting challenge over the North Pacific area.

be known after they reports on the Sunday encounter.

ll.S. Education Recommendations

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HA1-IFAX. (CP)VTlie education committee of the Nova St-oiiaj legislature has recommended a "fairly restricted" program of: agriculture education in the! schools as necessary anti desir- able.

The report of the (-oiirniiitnn

tabled by Earl Urquhart 4L-Rich-. mondi said an overall program of agricultural education would not serve all areas of the. province because there were few areas to- tally rural or agricultural.

Such education also would not be the solution to keeping young

people on the farms as schools were only one instrument in so- cial and economic life.

July i"siiii”” Dominionpvllay ,

OTTAWA. (CP)--Jilly 1 still is "Dominion Day" and will ronimue to be until the law is changed, the government informed Philens Cote tf.-Matapedia-Matane) wed- needay.

In reply to a question about the future designation of the country": birthday, State secretary Bradley noted that a statute now on the books makes July 1 Dominion Day.

"All long as these statutory pro- visions remain as they are." he added. "this holiday will continue .to be officially designated Domin- ion Day."

Mr. Cote has moved in the past

Tax Rai? 1'

twas chairman of yesterday's meet-

l-ligh government officers let that had studied!

19. 1953

Higher Than I

1952 Lew , 1

Estimated expenditure of 3700.- 2.'i0,056 were forecast for the City during the year 1953 by Councillor.) M. A. Farmer, Acting Chairman of the Finance Committee at a spe- cial meeting of the City Council! yesterday afternoon. The revenue-

for the present year was estimated ,

at S79l,889.70 leaving the council' budgeting for a surplus of 52.659.l4.i A new tax rate of 2.75 per cent: on real estate and personal propor- ty was set by the Council after oonsidemble discussion. Councillors Arthur Gormley and Elmer Mac- Donald voied against the new rate and Councillor Roy Cudimore voiced objection before supporting the motion. Last year's rate was 2.35. The estimated expenditures and revenue are considerably higher than tliom of a year ago. The in- crease in estimated expenditure amounts to sll4.188.ti6 against an increase of sl0T.679.'l5 in estimated revenue.

Actltnz Mayor Edwin Johnstone

ink in the absence of HLs Worship Mdxor .I.D, Stewart. There was a full attend-ance of Councillors.

It was the second year in a row for Councillors MacDonald and Gormley to vdte against the new tax rates. Councillor MacDonald claimed the expenses could be cut down, especially in the labor div- ision of the Street Department.

The majority of the Council felt that the increase granted to the School Board was the main cause,

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Move Failed To Save Little Boy

MONTREAL. tCPi - Mr. and. Mrs. Alphonse Noguo (lF('l(lCfl to move ft'om their home on a busy

liionireai street so their seven- year-old son, Michel. could play in safety.

They found a place at Ile des Roche: on the Mills Ile river, 15 miles from Montreal.

They moved Tuesday. While lliey were pulling the furniliirt: in the house, the youngster wand- ered out on the ice near the shore. The ice gave way and Michel was tlrownotl.

SI-IOIIL. (API-Action hla7etl along the Korcan battle front and in the air lVednestlay as Allied Thunderjels followed up powerful night Superfort attacks with smashing Yiaylight blows at Red troops and supply centres.

The ll. S. navy disclosed that two destroyers and a mlnesweep- er emerged from two duels with Communist shore batteries along the northeast Kort-an roast Tiles- day with no material damage but three casualties from near misses. The Reds claimed the minesweep- or was sunk.'

The 5th air force opened An in- vestigation info .1 strafing ailacit

Allied llncs on the eastern front. it announced soon after that South Korean-piloted Miistangs were the "only units” of the Air

ifiiunaiicn of the casualties and said

lcrash time "reasonably coincided” lvvith the flight plan of a missing - strategic .expected to pass through the Gan-

Action Blazes All lA1ong Korean Front

by four unidentified planes behindlwi"

Worry is interest pull! on trouble before it falls due.

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Giant 10-Motored U.S. Plane

Crashes In Nil

ST, JOHN'S, Nfld.. (OP) - A. giant. 10-motored United Staiesl RB-36 bomber, believed carrying 23 persons, crashed and burned on Newfoundland's isolated east coast Wednesday and early reports said seven bodies had been located.

Woodsmen who reached the scene -.ifter hearing the pre-dawn explo- sion told of finding the unburned bodies scattered on the snow around the charred wreckage. There was no indication as to the fate of the other occupants.