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Eden Says .Wesi Will Meet Peace- Offer Half Way

IONDON. (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said salt- uxdey the West will go half-way to meet any genuine peace offer from Russia.

He emphasized. however, that more must be no slackening of the defence program.

ting to Britain on the fourth anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. Eden said the 14-nation organization "of- fers the best prospect of a settled and prosperous future."

"Today we see signs that some lessening of tension between East and West may become pouible.

We devoutly hope so. We have worked earnestly for Jubt this.

Five Indians Bumed lebeaih .

BASSANO. Alta. (OP) - A hot- tle of gasoline hurled through a window at a hot stove Saturday night brought death to five Indians m a reserve near oluny in south- ern Alberta.

Police arrested Alex Standing-sh the-Door. Whose 26-year-old wife and six-year-old son. Clifford. were isilled. The other victims were Mrs. Ben Ironheed. 65: Mrs. Joe Little Chief, 50: and her adopted son. Gary Brullbear. 0. All are members of the Blaokifoot tribe.

Police said the bottle of gasoline was hurled following an argument between the arrested man and his

OTTAWA. (OP) - A .cut in clgaret and food prices during !'ebi-nary chopped seven-tenths of a point from the new consumer price index-the biggest drop in living costs in 10 months.

For the fourth month in a row the prices yardstick, based on 1949 prices equalling 100. receded -this time to 114.8 from 115.5. The decline. more than triple the January drop of one-fifth of a point. was the biggest since the decrease of nine-tenths of a point in April blast. year.

Food Prices Dropping

Food prices have been dropping steadily since last October, but the cigaret drop was something new. sparked by the cut in the tobacco tax announced in the federal bud- get. Feb. 10, followed by a further price knockdown by manufactur- era

The food sub-group which had climbed to a peek of 132.5 in Oc- tober, 1051. dropped 1.1 points during February to 111.6 from 112.7-tlie lowest level in two years.

Lower prices were noted for tea. oranges. potatoes and all cuts of beef and fresh pork. These out- weighed boosts for butter. eggs tomatoes. ham. bacon and chicken.

Only other major change was the decline of almost 15 per cent in eigaret prices which cut the column of ”other commodities and services" to 115.2 from its peak of 116.7. V

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Rents Higher The shelter column, which had been climbing for four months in a row. was unchanged at 122.5. A drop of one-tenth of one per cent

in home ownership costs over- balanced a similar advance in rents.

Household operations were up one-tenth of a point to a peak of 116.7 from 116.6 with the column showing a variety of small. scat- tered increases. Clothing also rose by one-tenth of a point to 109.7 from 100.6. still well below the peak of 115.2 in November. 1961.

gpeculaie New

Struggle For

Power Developing ln Russia

By John M. Hlghlower WASHINGTON. (AP) - Fresh evidence of a developing power struggle in the Kremlin is seen by United States officials in the sensational "depurglng" of agroup .-if top-flight Russian doctors who, prior to Joseph sts.lin's death. had been accused of fantastic crimes of murder and treason. Whether this struggle involves, at this stage. Premier Georgi Mal- enkov and Internal Affairs Minist- er Leventi Berle. no one. here knows. But the relationship be- tween thoae two men is regarded as the key one in the present sov- iet regime and speculation about the contest for control tends to focus upon it.

V Experts Intrigued

U. 3. staii department experts were intrigued and puzzled by the release of the doctors. They said the one thing which seems to make sense about it is that somehow it is a public outcropping of a. secret contest for power among the men who took over and reorganized the government after Stalin died.

They believe these men are ruling now through a kind of com- mittee system which probably m- eludes as dominant figures not only Malenkov but also Bsi-is and For- elln Minister V. M. Molotov. Nikolai Bulgsnin may also be an important member of this central group.

There was little tendency among

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Coming '0 Events

"Card party and dance at Lot 65 Hell. Easter Monday night.

"Seeds! send for Free Catalogue. Arthur Vesey. York.

”Dpn't miss the big dance in Emerald 1-loll. April 6. Good mu- sic. Lunch served.

"The grookflsld grain clean- ins plant is now operating daily. Cruwys ni-es. Brookfield.

"Don't miss the big tester Dance in lmerald Hell. April 5th.

Good music. Lunch served. "Reserve Tuesday. April gist for

Spring Tee, Y. M. C. A.. by Royal

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"Dance tonight. Mount Stewart

Four Deaths In crossing Accidents

STE. ROSE. Que., members of a family were killed Saturday night when the car in which they were riding was struck by a Canadian Pacific Railway train at a. level crossing in this town. 10 miles northeast of Mont- reel.

Dead are Angelbert Lafontalne. 88. his wife, Beatrice, 32. and their son. Alain. '7. Their four-year-old daughter. Michelle. is in fair cori- dltion in hospital in Montreal.

(GP)-Three

SUSSEX. N. B.. (CP) - Milton Mcknight, 22. of Apohaqui. died in hospital here Saturday two hours after a Canadian National Railways train struck his car at a private crossing at the western end of Sussex.

EXPLOSION AVERTED SAINT JOHN. NB. (OF) - l!.'x- plosion of dynamite and oil on it drill soow in Saint John harbor ms averted Saturday when tire- mern extinguished a blue on the vessel. Damage was minor. The scow is owned by the J.P. Porter construction company of Helidax.

Finish Work

UITAWA. (OP) - The Commons hainaingtoflnishlxaslneubylifoii I or sooner.

'Niow recessed for a four-day lbs- ter holiday. the House returns to work Tuesday and the following week - beginning April 13 - will start morning, afternoon and nigh-t dttinu. The usual half-holiday on Wednesday! will be eliminated. The increase in the sitting hours

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Main Linaif C.N.B. Blocked By Wreckage

BA'I'H'U'li.ST. N. B.. (OP)-Eighfn een cars of a fast Canadian Na- tional Railways freigr... train were derailed Sunday at nearby Nigado. minutes after the crack Ocean Limited. loaded with Easter week- and passengers. passed the spot.

There were no 'rijuries but the derailment. which tossed cars like matchwood and ripped up 800 feet of track and 500 of embankment, delayed the eastbound Scotisn Ex- prcss. Construction crews expect to have repairs completed by Monday morning.

Cause of the derailment was unknown. Buses transported passengers

tom the '1-otian. which stopped west of the scene. to Newcastle. where a. special train from Mono- ton picked them up. The west- bound Oeean Limited was later re-routed to the CNR's transcon- tinental line.

Sixteen of the derailed cars were empty. The others were loaded with coal. The two uvieeel engines stayed on the track.

King Carol To Be Buried in Portugal

LISBON. (CP)-Former King Carol II of Romania. who died of A heart attack early Saturday. will be buried beside the kings of Portugal at; the St. Vincent national pantheon.

Premier Ollviera Salazar gave permission for burial there to Carol's third wife. former Mme. Elena Magda Lupescu. who was alone with the one-time playboy kin: when he collapsed and died in his villa at nearby Estoril. lie was 59.

Saureldlaahwers Way To gllohus

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld.. (GP)-The icebreaker Saurel punched through ice surrounding Newfoundland's eastern seaboard to this DON? Slin- day. the first vessel to break the icy grip in 18 days.

After repairs to her radar the stubby ship will crack open I channel through nearly eight miles of jam-packed sodden ice to allow eight vessels, including the coastal tanker Im-perial Halifax, to leave port.

Then she will attempt to clear a path for the tiny trawlers and fishing vessels marooned by the fields of ice floes. The Saurel broke ice away from the trawler Blue Haze en route here. The trawler ran out of food more than a week ago and the R. C. A. F. was called in to drop food parcels.

11 Sabre Jets Land At Presfwick Field

PFLESTWICK. Scotland. (CP)-t- An 11-plane vanguard of 91 cans- dian-built Sabre jet fighters land- ed at the airport here Sunday after I. month's delay by deep snow in Greenland. The planes will be handed over to the U. 8. Air Force and the RAF.

OTTAWA. (CP)v- Prime Min- ister St. Laurent left. Wednesday by air for a 10-day Easter holi- day in Bermuda.

He will join members of his family at Hamilton for a reunion and brief vacation.

During Mr. St. Laurent's ab- sence. Trade Minister Howe is acting prime minister.

Expect Commons Will

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budget dsbaitn this year. generality considered an election year. some members commented that it seein- ed the election campaign had al- reedybegun-onthe floorodthe Commons. '

A total of 112 bills were given royal suent last week. This sounds like a lot of work since they all went through the Commons and the senate.

But there were few government meesuu. and the list included 06 bills of dlvorci on which there is little debate, A Bensite committee doeemoatdfthewnrkontheni. sifting the divorce afdence from Quebec and Newfoundland.

The bulk of the main government measures still must be considered.

And the biggest se-lonal chore - going through the estimates of how the government plans to spend its 34.500.000.000 budget in the 1953-

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LONDON. (AP) - Western Eu- rope is watching the somersaults in ' Soviet domestic and foreign policy with bewilder- ment. There are signs of hope that the long winter of the cold war was nearing an end.

Neither foreign office officials not men in the street knew def- initely the complex motives be- hind the Kremlin's conciliatory moves. But this half-formed the- ory gained ground: ”Stalin's death may have removed the immediate threat of an East-West conflict. , Voice was given also to dozens of other theories ranging from the rosiest optimism to the dark- est pessimism. Unquestionably the atmosphere in Western Europe has changed. East-West relations seem to have taken on a more civilized tone.

Many Warnings

However. for every expression of hope there were warnings from public men and newspapers telling the people of the West not to low- er their guard.

on this happier Easter. Lord

West Bewildered But Hopeful New Russian Policy Will Mean. Peace

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summed it up with this quotation from Alice Through the Looking lass: ”Wb.y. sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible-things before breakfast."

The same newspaper. editorial- ly wondered whether the move to change the Stalin line arose from reasons of conviction or reasons. of expediency. If expediency werel. the reason, the new bosses of the- Kremiin might need to restore morale in Russia and the satel- lites. ease the stress of the Gold Wai' and pubthe West off guard.

Whatever the reason. the cost "includes the lrniplicit discrediting of Stalin himself unless he, too. '15 to be shown as a victim of a conspiracy."

Inle. estlng Case

Of all the Kremlin's' recent moves. diplomats and journalists in London were intrigued par- ticularly by the release of the doctors, accused such a short time ago of plotting to kill some of the leading figures of the Soviet Un- ion.

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if; Planning No Slash In Defence Budget

By Sterling F. Green

WASHINGTON. (AP) The Eisenhower administration plans no slash in its defence budget if the war ends in Korea. high of- ficials s:.ld. Saturday.

An armistice would bring neith- er sweeping cubbacks in arms pro- duction schedules or in defence spending these sources said.

There has been some specula- tion in the business world that a Korean armistice might puncture the piesent economic boom by prompting the government to put the brakes on the defence program.

But officials here hold that the business man's psychological re- action. typified by the stock mar- ket break when Red China offer- ed to settle the prisoner-cxchangc conflict. will have possibly greater economic effect than any change in federal spending.

But the best obtainable esti- mates outlays for Korea amount to about s500.000.000 a month, out of a total national security spend- ing of 54.000.000.000 to 84,500,000,- 000 a month. Considerable spend- ing would continue in Korea. even if the shooting stopped.

President Eiseii-hoiver's econo- mists. one of them said privdtely. will watch with special concern whether industry takes an armis- tice as a. signal to stop expanding and start retrenching. Such an at- titude. it was conceded. could fore- shadow trouble.

Atomic Experis Will Confer

CHALK R-IVER. Ont., (OF) M Atomic experts from three coun- tries will meet here Wednesday in a conference which may help write a new chapter in commercial atomic histm'y.

Experts from Canada. Britain and the United States will consider pro- posals to take the wraps from atom- ic secrets which may help speed commercial development of atom- drlve-n power plants.

The three-day conference will mark the sixth post-war session of the three-country atomic "declass- lfiers." the men who get together periodically to consider what atom- ic secrets can be made public to help scientists without endanger- ing Western security.

some atom secrets already have been declassified as a result of- pre- vinua meetings. Now. scienftlsfs at this Canadian wiomic site any. the big question is whether the three countries will agree to further de- clamiflcalions. esserrtial if civilians are to get. into the commercial at- omic power field.

The imvortanit infomwtion still on the secret list. they say. deals particularly with technical phases of atomic furn-ace coristructdori. There is no point of civilian indus- try discumlng plans for building Mam-driven power plants if ma 3. suetritisvl information is not releas-

Memon-able Easter Reported In Moscow

By EDDY GILMORE

MOSCOW. (AP) -- The release of 15 doctors once 4-.h;u-god witii-i plotting the death of Soviet lead- ers and the disclosure of a friendly Russian gesture toward the Brit- ish and United states 'Bmbassiies' contributed toward making this a memorable Easter in Moscow.

There is an atmosphere of con- ciliation, of lessening tension in the warm spring air. Even the ice jam on the Moscow river has bro- ken. And Western observers are cautiously optimistic and hopeful at the turn in East-Wcot relations.

Accused Falsely

In announcing release of the doc- tors, Premier liialenkov's new gov- ernment said thev had been nccus- ed falsely. that "strictiv forbidden" means were used in the investiga- tion of the case, and that the per- sons respciisible had been arrest- cd.

Dr, Lydia F, Tiiiisisliiik. ll wom- nri physician awarded the Order of Lenin with fanfare ':fnr aigistance given the government in the mat- ter of exposing doctor amasslns" soon after the arrest of the group was announced Jan. 13, was order- ed stripped of that medal.

The doctors oriqiiiaily were de-

Could L354 To Eaiiy End Of Koreaiiwar

MUSAN. (AP) -- Allied and Communist truce negotiators open talks Monday on the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war in a test of good faith that could

lead to ending the Korean rwar. now in its 33rd month. The meeting of liaison groups

was set for 10 H. m. 8 pm. Sun- day. EST at Panmunjom. the neutral truce negotiation site.

it was the first meeting since full-scale armistice negotiauons broke down last Oct. 8 of high- levrl delegates of the United Nat- ions command and the Red high command. The UN team was head- ed by Rear Admiral John Daniel.

Moves To Speed Truce

In advance of the meeting Gen. Mark Clark, UN commander in Tokyo. moved to speed a truce agreement.

Clark asked the Communist high command Sunday to give him a detailed plan for settling the entire question of repatriating prisoners. --the only issue blocking an armis- tire.

Clark asked for.Communist views on the repatriation issue ”in order that it may be studied while reas- onable selt merit" of the exchange of sick aniwounded was being worked out. 3

The Reds have insisted on get- ting back all Chinese and North Korean POWs while the UN just as strongly maintained it would not return about 51.000 who refuse i.o go back to their homeland. The UN lists about 132,000 POWs in South Korean siockades.

Numbers Not Indicated

The number of disabled POWS to be exclianged was not disclosed officially by nltlwr side prior to the meeting.

Clark originally proposed ex-

change of the "seriously sick andll wounded." But in his letter Sundayy Clark omitted the word "serious-i 1)." Clark also used the words "cap- tured personnel" instead of mili- tary prisoners-an indication that the UN commander may ask the Reds to return civilians interned by the Reds as well as military prisoners.

It is estimated the communists hold about 150 civilians of various nationalities including diplomats, newspaper men, business men, mis- isionaries and church workers.

Jup Fishing Boats Released By Reds

TOKYO. (Reuters) - Two Jap- anesc fishing boats held by Russia since last autumn returned to a northern Japanese port Sunday with 26 men on board. the Coast Guard announced Sunday night. Another 147 Japanese fishermen

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three overhead apsrtimenits were destroyed early Sunday in I 8125.- 000 fire. the fifth big blaze in this. west coast Newfoundland paper tovm Wllll'llfi two years. No one was injured. ; Fires since December have caus-. ed sl,325.000 damage. and the town": chief shopping. district. scene or the!

tl25,000 Fire Early Sunday Momiiig At Comer

CORNER BROOK. Nit'iid.. (CP)- latest fire. beers ugly soars of this A two-storey department store and destruction.

Seventeen buildings were destroy- etd in the 31,000,000 Decuniber hlaze. Only ii badly scorched build- ing stands in one business block.

Sunday's fire was just a stones throw from a restaurant burned out last fall, and last mnntJh'e 5110.- 009 fire which destroyed enooher restaurant and slioe store, :

TORONTO. (CPI-Eight theatre groups from six provinces were named Sunday to compete in the Dominion Drama Festival for I 51.000 award and several trophies. The festival will be held May'-i-9 at Victolza.

Richard ,liacDciiald. executive secretary-treasurer of the festival announced the following groups and the plays they will present have been chosen by the executive and its adjudicator, John Allen of London:

British Columbia: Club Alumni of the British Columbia. Ben Jonson:

Alberta: Edmonton studio Thea-

The Players University of jvclpone" by

ire. ”Othello" by Shakespeare; Saskatchewan: Regina Little Theatre, "Burning Bright" by

John Steinbeck:

Western Ontario: London Little. Theatre. ”Dark of the Moon" by Richardson and Berney:

Central Ontario: University of Toronto Alumnae Dramatic Club. "Family Reunion" by T. 5. Eliot;

Eastern Ontario: Saturday Play- BNLOI the Ottawa Little Theatre, "The Madwoman of Chaillot." by Jean Giraudoux;

Western Quebec: -Lc Jeune Scene Montreal. "Zone" by Dube:

New Brunswick: Les Etudlants de i'Universite Saint Joseph. "Le Isourgeois Gentilhomme" by Mol- ere.

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Hope Alihidtliied For 81 Turkish Sailors 01 Sub

ISTANBUL. (AP)-Hope was abandoned Sunday night. for 81 Turkish sailors who went down in the rammed submarine Dum- lliplriiif” in the Dardaneiles Sat- urday. The defence ministry ll- sucd a communique detailing the loss of life: Seven officers. 35 petty officers. 39 enlisted men.

Five men, including the Dum- lupinar's skipper were saved.

who have been in Chin-ese. Com- munist custody passed between Shanghai and Nagasaki in three:

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Held In War-

By Reuters News Alene!

Christ's Resurrccticii was cele- brated by mlllions of Christians throughout the world. On both SW95 of the Iron Cllilfllll.

One of the must impressive Easter Sunday services was held in war-torn South Korea. where thousands of UN M00135 and civil- ians attended a sunrise service on a mountaintop near Seoul.

Hundreds of services were con- ducted thinughoiit the country and at the battlefront by UN chap- lains and Korean churchmen.

Nearly 1.000 Canadian. British, New Zealand and American troops attended a service in the dawn mist st. ithe headquarters of the U. s. 2nd division. other coni- mcnwcalth troops celebrated quiet- ly. with no special services and no special rations.

In The Holy Land

In the Holy Land. the Jordan- Iaraeli froniicr was opened again to allow pilgrims into the old city of Jerusalem Thousands of Christ- 1.mg-m;man catholics. Protest- ants. Copts and Greek orthodox ..attended services in the city's myriad churches.