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RED CHINAS SILENCE MAY DELAY PRISONER RELEASE

ll Nations Sign African Affairs Agreemenl:

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OTTAWA, (GP) - A government spokesman Monday rejected

cent floor limiting deduction of medical expenses for income tax purposes be eliminated.

William Benedickson. Perils- meritary assistant to Finance Min- ister Abbott, said in the Commons that the government feels in- dlvidusls should pay normal medi- cal expenses without receiving in- come tax relief.

However. spokesmen for opposi- tion parties supported the resolu- tion of Stanley Knowles (OCR- Winnlpeg North Centre) that the government consider removing the three-per-cent floor on de- ductible medical expenditures.

The resolution was defeated by a. vote of 90 to 60. with CCF, Progressive Conservative and So- cial Credit members voting to-

gcther in support of the proposal. ;

Mr. Knowles said taxpayers should be allowed to deduct. from their income every dollar spent on medical care. up to the ceiling of 51.500 for single persons, 83.000 for married persons and 3500 for each dependent. up to four.

The three - per- cent floor per- mits a taxpayer with a total in- come. for instance, of 33.000 to deduct from that medical ex- penses exceeding 090.

Mr. Benedickson spoke in the ab- sence of Finance Minister Abbott, who is attending a Commonwealth Finance M1nisters' conference in Australia.

He said that Mr. Abbott has not changed the views expressed last year in opposing ssimilar resolu- tion sponscred by Mr. Knowles.

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Income tax deductions of med- ical expenses. first allowed in 1942 were not intended to help every- one. but only those who had above - averaged medical expend- itures. The floor had originally been five per cent and had been lowered twice to the present three per cent. '

Mr. Beriedickson said the sav- ings under the proposed I . ' iion would not mean "the difference between hardship and well-being” to individual taxpayers. A married man with no dependents and an income of 82.100 would have a maximum tax saving of 810.11. However, the cost to the govern- ment would be about 835,000,000. which was greater than last year's government surplus of about 524,-

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Coming Events

"Bingo and Dance in Vernon River Hall. Tuesday. January 10th.

"Auction and dance Vernon Hall Thursday, Jan. 21st.

"Reserve January 19th. Crokin- ole Party. Kingston Hall, Aid of school.

"Buying pigs daily. Paying 800.00 pair good igs over twenty-five pounds. Wil rd Prawns.

sale, Wednesday, st. Peter's

"Rummage Jan. 30. 0.30 p.m., Cathedral Hall.

"Rurnrnage sale Batt. & Mac- Rae's Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. Auspices Spring Park Community club.

"Come to Hampton 1-lsll Jan. 21 ii o'clock, and hear Dr. Lloyd Shaw lecture on Robert Burns.

"Doubleheader at North River rink Jan. 10. Dunstsffnage vs. North River at 7:30: Lon! Creek vs. Winsloe I:45. skate after.

"acute to Hampton Hell Pride! night. Scottish songs end dances. accompanied by Piper Msoureri. Also seottish readirill by coarse

"Hog producers Fredericton and Ireedslliana. John lei-tram will be collecting hogs for Iwift Canadian Co. Ltd. through V0"? district every Wednesday until irslrrtiiae. for prompt and effi- cient trucking service -please phone Hunter River w-14.

" Feeds. - Muir Feeds BI: just arrived. Pig Grover. Lin- seed Meal. :27. Dairy Concentrate. W35 Dairy Concentrate, Pig Ooh- contnte. Ipeeial cash W100! 0" oar-. Dlsl I100. L. J . Rouiter. Grafton Itreet East. Gisrlottetown.

"Just arrived hog concentrate 35.”; Dairy concentrate 34-95: Royal chick starter 84.60: scratch feed with corn 83.6: bone meal 5-45: barley meal 83.15: Crltk corn-01.40. Also special prices on floor. At Royal reed Service Warehouse. Grafton St. East. Disi

E . CCF proposal that the three-per- .

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Capt. (above) who recently from active service in Korea. and is now visiting his parents Mr.

M. A. McTague, M.C., returned

and Mrs. P. B. Mc'l'aguc. 35 Bishop St.. accompanied by his wife. the former Miss Elsie Mai- zard of Arichat. N. S.

iiev. G. W. Guiou Gels Appointment

SAINT JOHN. N. 3.. (OP)-Rev. Gerald W. Guiou. who retired re- cently after serving 13 years as pastor of Zion Baptist Church at Ysrmouth. N. 8.. has been ap- DeirsiAd.:lh.riti.me Provinces -field secrehryvol the Lord's Day Alli- srice.

Mr. Gulou will make his head- quarters st Moricton. said the an- nounoement received here Monday from Alliance Headquarters in Toronto. He succeeds Rev. Lloyd G. Marshall. United Church min- ister st, onslow, N. s

Housewife Helps capture suspect

TORONTO. (CP)--Police said Monday a Toronto housewife who was dragged over a six-foot em- bankment while clinging to a man's foot was responsible for capturing a suspect charged with looting scores of automatic coin- operated laundry machines in To- ronto.

Mrs. William Corby said her husband and son William corner- ed a man in their basement with a. shotgun Saturday. The man pushed the gun aside and fled to the street. -Mira. Corby. waiting outside. grabbed him by the ankle. The five-foot woman was pulled over the bank but held on until her husband and son arrived.

Police said they have charged James Gash. 20. s seml-profes- sional Toronto baseball player. with 74 counts oi theft. They said he used s screwdriver to force locks off the money containers.

cadet Enlistments

OTTAWA. (OP) ---Nearly 8,000 navy, army and air force cadets enlisted for active service in the three branches of the armed forces begveen Jan. 1. 1060, and Sept. 30. 19

The defence department said Monday in a reply to a. question tabled in the commons for Lt.-col. Dou lsa H-arkneas PG-Calgary Nor that 1.840 cadets enlisted in 1952 and 1.137 in the first nine months oi 1063. a total of 2,977.

See cadets enlisting in the navy during the 21-month period totalled 575: army cadets 1.155 and air cadets 1.247.

f-IADl!1..'l'M, (Q) - All morn- bcr Oanadian provinces were rep- resented as delegates arrived here today for the annual meeting of the Dairy Farmers of Oanada.

lilo xltel-ion. of Woodstock. om... secretary - manager of the Diary Farmers of Canada. said New- foundland would be In only place not , nted at the meeting; the smestien not having been

in this province yet.

our-don Leveridge. orvnfetl. sad. first vies M d the Dairy Farmers Oanadl said: ”ndArn Canada is the main mar-

Wiii Consider Economics. Disease And Wiichcrafi

LONDON. (Reuters) - African witchcraft. the disease-carrying tsetse fly. and the prosperity of 100.000.000 African natives will be considered co-operstlveiy by Brit- ain. France, Belgium and Portugal, under an agreement signed here Monday night.

The Union oi South Africa and the new Central African Federa- tion also signed the document, which gives formal status to the commissi for technical co-opers- tion in Africa. south oi the Sahara

power in Africa, was not repre- sented. She declined invitations to attend three meetings of the com- mission last year.

Even without Spain, the four powers are responsible for more than 8,000,000 square miles and 100,000,000 people south of the sa- hara.

At its current meeting in Lon- don. the commission. set up four years ago. will consider new activ- ities in the field of health, an- imal disease. geology. soclalogy and climatology.

The delegates also will approve the 1964 budget for the commis- sion. and for the scientific council for Africa. south of the Sahara. The latter body brings together scientific specialists rather than government officials.

Experts from the six countries will attend three more conferences this year-on education, soils and co-operatives. Next year they will discuss medical co-operation and the mechanization of agriculture.

The scientific council includes among its varied activities a. study of the social background of the African tribes. . fnu,commi.uio;,.wa.s described?-a year isgo-by Paul van zeeland, Belgian foreign minister. as the best answer to widespread criti- cisms and misunderstandings of colonial policy.

Manufacturing Wages Increase

CYPPAWA. (OP)- Average wages in Canada's manufacturing indus- try edged ahead to a new highgof sf-0.88 on Nov. 1.

This was an increase from 356.09 on Oct, 1 and 855.15 on Nov. 1, 1952. the bureau of statistics re- ported Monday.

The average work week dropped . lghtiy to 41.4 hours from 41.5 in October and 4-2.1 in the previous year, while average hourly earn- ings rose to 0137.4 from 81.361! and

ispain. the other major colonial 3

BERLIN. (Reuters) - Russia and the West are expected to have trouble settling that very first major point to come up when the Big Four foreign ministers meet in Berlin next Monday-the scope

of the conference and the order of discussion. The West says its major point

will be reunification of Germany on the basis of free elections.

But the first move in Soviet re- jection of this plan already has come from Premier Otto Grote- wohl of East Germany. who told German audience during the week-end that Germany is not a key problem.

He declared that the key topics for the conference will be "world peace" and the recognition of Com- munist China as one of the great powers.

It was tacitly agreed in dip- lomatic exchanges between Mos- cow and the Western capitals lead- ing to the conference that the for- eign ministers themselves would fix the agenda when they arrived in Berlin.

Force Discussion Western diplomats here are con-

vinced that Soviet Foreign Min- ister Molotov will attempt from the

Twenty-five members of various may Scout Troops throughout the Province will assemble at Govern- merit. House on Saturday. Feb. 6. to receive their Queen Scout Certi- ficates at. the hands of their Pat.- ron. Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse.

This. will be the first formal pre- sentation of such nature taking place here since 16 certificates were presented to Island Scouts by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth when visiting here in 1951 as Princess Elizabeth. The ceremony at that time took place at the Experimental Farm. I

A Queen's scout badge indicates the'top grade and honour in scout training and is granted Only i0 those who have passed certain tests of proficiency qualifying him for "The Queen's service" in times of national emergency. and who has assumed the obligation always to "Be Prepared” for such service.

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ronorrro, (CP)-If the united! States is wise it will realize Cana-l disn storm slgnslis are flying. George Ferguson, editor of the Montreal Star. said today.

"it is not that we have sud- denly developed s. rush of national- ism to the head and have become a difficult neighbor more or less overnight." he said. "what we are doing is what we have always his- torically done. We are reacting against the pressure we most im- mediately feel."

Canada today is resisting U. 3. pressure as she once resisted Bri- tish pressure. Mr. Ferguson said in an address prepared for deliv- ery to the Canadian Club here.

"If the reaction seems odd to our neighbor. it is they. rather than we. who should make the ad- 'ustmant." he said.

Since the Second World War. Canada had sought to counterpoin-

Delegates Arriving For Dairy Farmers Meeting

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U. 5. pressures by moving into the North Atlantic Treaty Organ-

ss interested in what happens down here as what happens at home, You cannot segregate the country, we all have to think of it as one big family."

bk. Loveridge said mine as- sksochenvan had the second largest butter aw-phis in-Oarisda. he was pi ith the way lie product was h ndled. He said there was an adequate supply and reason-

able prices which produced a bet- ter par The price did not run away in the

low uoducticn periods and thus

Parents of the Queen's Scouts

Suggests U. 8. Should See Stormjignais in Canada

ization and toward the Common- wealth. .

"Our government . . . is culti- vating our Comma wealth bonds." he said. "If economics remain harshly opposed to them. there is much in otther fields which has been strengthened."

Indians end Pakistanis had transferred their old fears of the British to new suspicions of the United States. If Canada. a friend of the two Asiatic countries. could show them it is ,.ossible to live beside the U. 3. "without becom- ing a satellite. it may well en-

courage them to attempt the ardu-.

ous task of working out a close and friendly association of the same kind."

Genuine Regret

"In the circumstances in which we find ourselves as a nation. it might be easier to relapse into lethargy. and to follow our big neighbors lead without question," Mr. Ferguson said. "This a course which has been rejected not only by the Canadian govern- ment but by the Canadian people . . ." '

when a sub-committee of the U. 5. Senate late last year pro- posed that Igor Gousenko should be made available to it as s wit- ness. Canadians. from coast to coast. showed "every sign of want- ing to tell the Americans to go jump in the lake."

"There was indeed a certain amount of genuine regret when the government . . . did suggest that under certain conditions and safe- guards it would be glad to make arrangements for senator Jenner to interview Gousenkc." he said.

"We are-the United sum and Canada-both democracies but we should never slide into the error of thinking that we operate in the

has held quite steam inrovuhcut.

same way just because we speakl

abesaine language."

Big Four Experts Work Out conference Details

Formal Present-ation Of Queen Scoutjgrtificates

start to force discussion on gerierwl world tension. and will relate the debate to disarmament. his de- mand for outlawing atomic weap- ons. and abandonment. of foreign military bases by the West.

New India-Ii Statement is Expected

PANMUTNJOM, (AP) - Indiais decision to start turning back 22.- 383 disputed war prisoners Wed- nesday to the two commands was threatened with delay today by Red China's failure to send a re- ply here over the controversial is- sue.

The British, U. B. and French ministers are expected to counter any such move by demanding thati Russia prove her sincerity by agreeing to free elections in Ger-' many and a grant of freedom to Austria.

The only item both sides have agreed to discuss is ”European security."

A new Indian statement was ex- pected today, possibly putting off the operation .1 day or two.

Nonetheless. the UN command went ahead with plans to free 22.- nae Chinese and North Koreans as civilians Saturday,

The command stood firm in the face of a new letter Monday from Lt.-Gen. K. S. Tliimayya, India's

Recent articles in Pravda. the Soviet communist. party organ, in-' dlcate that Moscow is so strongly opposed to the six-nation Europeani Army plan that she will not agreei to serious discussion on the futurei peace of Europe unless the westi gives up the army plan. i

The Western Ministers are united in refusing even to con- sider such a demand.

Pravda also confirmed Western fears about Russia's attitude to a German settlement. "So - called: free elections," it declare cl, brought Hitler and other ”dict.a- torial cliques" to power. -

Western and Soviet officials in at British headquarters here Mon- day to iron out technical details of the conference.

ma...ms...L-.L. receiving their ertlficates will be guests of lieitenant Governor Prowse 'and'Mr.i' Prowse at Gov- ernment Houss to witness the cere- mony.

The following Scouts are sche- duled to receive their certificates: (name of parents in brackets):

2nd Sunumerside Troop: Charles

Hickey (Mr. Cyril Hickey); Noel Palmer (Mr. and Mrs. Robert Palmer).

3rd Summerside Troop: Anthony Coles (Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Coles): Donald Coles (Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Coles); Edward 1-lenthorne (Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Heiithoi-nel; Reagh Clark (Mr. and Mrs. R. Ciarki.

ist. Georgetown Troopz, Donald IMacDonald (Mr. and Mrs. John MacDonald); Jack Lavcrs (Mn? and Mrs. J. W. Levers). E

7th Charlottetown: Ivan Duvar (Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Duvar): Ro- bert Hyndman (Mr. and Mrs. W. Hyndmani: Fred 1-lyndman IMr. and Mrs. W. Hyndmanl; Derekp Dew (Mr. and Mrs. Morton Dewi; Rodney lves 1Mr. and- Mrs. George: Ives); Jclm Massey (Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Massey).

Dth Charlottetown: John Mac- Lean (Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Mac- Lean): Blair MacDonald (Mr. and Mrs. Dan MacDonald): Thomas' Davies (Mr. and Mrs. J. '1'. Davies): Donald MacArthur (Mr. and Mrs. James MacArthuri; Ernest Peake tMr, and Mrs. James Peakel: Wil-

chairman of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, reiterat-

g his view that such a release would violate the armistice.

Thimayya wrote boiih sides Jan. 14 that since they could not agree on disposition of the prisoners he had decided on his own to turn tlhcm back, starting this Wednes- lay.

UN To Accept Custody

Gen. John E. Hull. U'N Far East commander. replied. saying his command would accept cus- tody aithougrh feeling the cnniI.'t- sion had the "sole-:nn obligation" under the armistice to keep the prisoners imtil Jan. 23 and then declare them civilians.

The Reds. while telling India in a note to New Delhi they "in- tensely disliked" the decision. have yet to reply to Thimnyye. s-,v- ing whether they would take back the 21 Americans, one Briton and 327 Soutih Koreans in the pm-Red ramp.

Allied sources said aparent-ly what Ti'iima.,vya and the Indian government fear most is s Com- munist charge that they have con- tributed to any armistice viola- lion.

Key Sentence

The sentence in the armlsticc terms which is the heart of this controversy reads:

"Any prisoners of war who have not I-xeneised their right. to be re- patriated and. for whom no other iriisposition has been agreed to by the political conference within i2ii days after the Neutral Nations Re- patriation Commission has as- sumed their custody shall be changed from the prisoner-of-wnr status to civilian status by ric- cinration of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission."

'I'hr 120 days end at midnight Jan. 22. However, the Reds ac- cused the Allies of tactics which made. it ' possible for prisoners to exercise "their right to be re- patriated" through "come home" interviews.

RCMP case Histories To Appear On TV

OTTAWA. (OP)-Television su- dlences in both the United states and Canada may soon get an in- timate picture of how Canada's Mounties get their man.

Victor Stnloff. Hollywood film

liam Henry iMr. and Mrs. W. A. Henry); Alan MacKen1.ie (Dr. J. W. and Mrs Macxenzici; Kennethi iMacKen7.ie (Dr. J. W. and Mrs. MacKen7.iei: Wlliinm Reid Ji-J (Brig W. W. and Mrs. Rcirli.

1stEast Royaly: James Gill (Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gilli; George Kclls (Mr. and Mrs. wu. iiam Kellsi.

Scoutmasters of Troops: 2nd Summer.-ide. Donald MacDonald: zird Summerside, Morley Wylie; 1st Georgetown. Daniel MacCorm- nck: 'ith Charlottetown. Frank Hlclks: 9th Charlottetown. Bill. iaem st-.; East Royalty (lat). Franki Costello.

25 Killed In Volcano Eruption

JAKARTA. Indonesia. (Reutersl- Merapi. Java's 9.500-foot "killer volcano." eruptad Monday. mout- ing lava and cloutk of deadly volcanic dust. which killed at least 25 persons and injured about 04

Troops and police evacuated 2.- 000 persons from the danger area -about 25 mils northeast of Jog- jskarta-es rain forced the chok- ing clouds to the ground.

Two earth tremors signalled the start of the eruption, with streams of molten lava pouring from the crater tnwnrth the nearby village of Bojoinli.

HVI IN ON! IIAI

RAHWAY. N. J.. (AP)-Triplets born Sunday gave Hrs. Clara M. Baron a record of having five chiltk-en in a little less than a yeer. She had twine last Feb. 10.

he also has two other children. Sandra. 6. and Ll.

pz-oducer. arrived here today to begin production of a series of 13 dramatized TV films. showing case histories handled and solved by the RCMP. including the cele- brated Gouzenkn affair.

The 40-year-old Mr. Sloloff. who now is completing a similar series involving the New Orleans police department. said the Canadian films will be shot by Floyd Crosby who won an academy award for shooting the Hollywood film "High Noon".

Lloyd Bridges who appeared in that film stsired by Gary Cooper has been chosen as leading man for the Canadian RCMP films. He will appear in the role of an

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The official opening of the Cen- tennial Year at St. Dunstanls Col- lege will be observed this morning when Most Rev. Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec City. cele- brates a Pontifical High Mass in the College chapel.

Ssgr. Roy is Bishop of the oldest Catholic diocese in North America. He is also chancellor of Laval Uni- versity, with which venerable iii- stitution St. Dunstan's College was affiliated for many years. The Archbishop arrived by plane yes- terday, accompanicd by his secre- tary, Rt. Rev. Paul Nicolle.

The sermon viill be delivered by Rt. Rev. J. A. Murphy, who was rector of St. Dunstau's College from 1926 to 1943. Msgr. Murphy is the present pastor of St. Mary's Church, Souris.