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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1954

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The Guardian, Five Cents Morning Daily Founded 1887.

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COMMONS-SENATE COMMITTE TO STUDY PUNISHMENT

Duplessis Aims Bill At Jehovah Witnesses

Avalanches Leave 157 Deaddilissing In Alps

(By Richard 0'lteagan)

VIENNA, (AP) - Hundreds of avalanches plunging down the slopes of the Alps left 157 persons dead or. missing and trails of de- struction in three countries Tues- day night. Austria bore the brunt of the blows. also felt in Switzer- land and yilest Germany.

Tons upon tons of snow and ice careenlng from the burdened peaks had wiped out much of the Austrian village of Blons, crushed farm homes elseivlicre like matcli- wood. isolated hundreds of com- munities, knocked six cars of a ltalled express train from the tracks and disrupted road, rail and telephone communications.

The Austrian list of dca(i or

missing stood at 131.

Many pre-

dlcetd the disaster would be the worst in Austria's history, sur- passing a similar catastrophe

three years ago which took 124 lives.

Switzerland counted 18 dead. four missing. 12 injured seriously and more than 100 homeless.

German rescue squads, working in the third day of a snowstorm which showed no signs oi letting up, found four dead in the path of slides in the Bavarian Alps. One was a 61-year-old woman kill- ed in her farm house.

Thawing weather is predicted in areas of Austria vvhi-re up to three or four feet of new snow has fallen within 24 hours. This may bring a new tragcily.

Attempt Today To Revive Korean Peace conference

By WILLIAM C. BARZNARD

SEOUL, 1.AP;-U. S. and Com- munist. aides tomorrow will at- tempt. to revive the preliminary xorean peacn talks. which blew up in an explosion of angry words a month ago.

The UN command agreed Tues- day to a Communist suggestion that liaison secretaries meet al- Panmunjom. But the Reds swirl nothing about taking back a charge of "perfh-iy” levelled at the Un- its-d States.

The UN representative, was in- structed to trike up the ”perfidy matter. but there were indications the U. S. attitude had softened and a compromise was possible. when U. S. envoy Arthur Dean walked out on the talks Dec. 12 he said

he would riotcretui-n until the charge was withdrawn, Date Hangs Fire The liaison officers teak is to

try to work out conditions and a aim for resuming the preliminary talks, which are designed to ar- range a time and pliicc for a Kor- ean peace conference.

In Washington. press officer Henry Suydarm of the state depart.- ment declined to comment when asked if nmong the U. 5. conditions would be a retraction of the per- fidy charge.

While the liaison officers as- semble, the neutral nations repatri- ation commission wil be mee'-ins! tn argue ii new plan for disposing of the explosive prlsoncr problem,

The commission voted down uesday Sweden's proposal that the 22.000 prisoners who have re- guged to go home be released Jan. 23, as the UN oomniand demands. only Switzerland sided with Swed- en, Indiii and Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia voted ”no".

Then Lt.-Gen. K S. Tliimayrl. India's oliairman of the commis-

Coming Events

"The Cnvcllica-riwr-oiiccit will ll" held on Wednesday. -l"nUHr)' 13th- II 3130 D.m-

"Davin hvllfllwwlll be slnpglnz It the variety concert. Victoria Hall. Jan. 14.

”('r)inc and 7lll"4'il'-ilifl iiialc quar- lotlc. rlii-cclcrl by llr- MV”0""lil- Crapauri, at the variety concert. Victoria Hall, Jan. 14.

"Comp nnghcnnin all to via- tnrla Hall tonight. singing. High- land dancing and rcadini SP0"- sored by Womenls institute Dance after.

"Hockey at North River Rink ivmngsi-lay, Jan. 1.1. Cornwall Me- teors vs. Glasgow Road Maple Leafs, League EIImP. Skate after.

"The Crapaud district l...O.L. will be held at Ariirlv Shore Wed-

Mrs. Lionel Desjardlns was

s..4..s..?..?m... B1011. brought up ii secret plan. However, it probably was the same as, or close to, the Indian plan disclosed Monday by a high, 1'.l- thoritative source.

Under this plan the 22,000 Chin- cse and North Koreans in the anti- Red camp would be turned back to the UN command. The 330 in the pro-Red crimp would be handed back to tho Comiiiuiiists.

The Communists want tiha pri- soners held until a peace confer- ence decides their fate.

The Communists used the word

"pcrfidy” in accusing the United

Statcs of "conniving" with South Korea. in the release of anti-Red North Korean prisoners last year

19-Your-Old Mother ' Burned To Death

THURSO, Que.. (C-Pi - A 10- year-old mother was burned to death early Tuesday when flames enveloped her log cabin farm- house iicar this town 30 miles east of Ottawa.

Trapped by smoke

flame. un- able to escape. Her 22-year-old husband, doing chores in the barn at the time, rushed back to rescue their six-weeks-old baby girl.

"I didn't hear a thing," said the disti-ought. husband. "She must have screamed." he said of his wife, "but I didn't hear a thing.”

The blaze. which gutted tlic cabin, was believed to have been caused by an overheated kitchen stove.

and

Sales of Cars. Trucks Down In Noveinlier

CYITAWA, (OP) --sales of new

.p.iss:-ngcr cars and trucks, wiiicti

rose substantially carlicr in 1953, dropped during November in the wake of a sales decline first no- ticed in Sr-pteniber.

November-"s turnover of new ino-

or vehicles dropped to 2R.l40 from

32,176 in the previous year. with values slipping to 371.7-ill,00ll from

S73,59l.0lxl' the bureau of stiitlstlcs

reported Tuesday.

Hoarevcr. with the heavier pile- up of sales earlier in the vcrir. the total for the first 11 months of 1953 increased to 436,817 units.

up from 375.5W in the similar 1952

period, Retail values of these trans- actions jumped to tl..097,8'79.000 from so4o.2so,ooo.

By Don Dallas

LONDON. rneutersi - Soviet industrial chiefs have received warning that they must cut pro- ducllon costs to aid Premier Mal- en.kov's campaign for more and cheaper goods for the people.

Pravda. organ of the central committee of the soviet Commun- ist party. published an editorial Tuesday flaying several branches of stahe-run industry for waste and inefficiency. But a o in 2 other branches of industry were praised for cutting costs and saving ma- terial. The editorial. "holed by Moscow radio, disclosed that many Soviet enterprises have been woi-kins It a loss. Pravda listed as "particu- larly unsatisfactory" enterprises of the timber and paper lndutry. the coal and metallurgical plants. the gnmport, gnd heavy machine

nesday. Jan. 13 at 2.30.

"Game in variety Oonoert. and no: social in Springfield Hall. Fri- dag, January 15th. if simnv Satur- dw evening. Proceuia for half.

"Watch for announcement from yup an gtgp FIHII supply Store. lhorlly now its news for you from lalndton Feed Service Ltd. Lei. tldo your grinding and mixlns while you wait.

"Now Wiltshlre. district 1.. o. 1.. will meet. in Barton Lodge room. Irootflold. Wednesday, Jan. is at 1.80 o'clock. A full attendarice is requested.

”3uylng pin Friday at Brook- flold 8 a.m.. Milton 10; Charlotte- town Ma et Square 11; York 1

.11.; nguai-it 2; Tracldle 2.30:

t. Stewart 3. Paying 330.00 I pair for good pill 0"? 30 ll”

Will in? Distribution Oi lleligiouslracls

QUEBEC, (CF)-Drastic steps to deal with distribution of relig- ious tracts by Witnesses of le- hovah were announced Tuesday by Premier Dupleitsis.

The Premier made the an- nouncement in the Quebec Legis- lature in moving first reading of a bill dealing with freedom of worship and good order.

Text of the bill has distributed and isions werc not immediately known, but Mr. Duplessls said it would deal with "a certain or- ganization" which lPrnvince. its people and religion. i Later in his brief lgovernmcnt leader identified organization as the Witnesses.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled invalid, by a. 5-4 vote, a Quebec statute by which inunicipnlltlcs were enabled to

not been

ban distribution of circulars and pi-ojector be provided for the con- H0991 venience of patients. Disinfectant

Ipamphlets by Witnesses lwith permission of police.

Freedom,

i Not Licence l Speaking of the

Prcniicr outlincd these points:

Provincial statutes freedom of worship but not lic- cncc; certain religious tracts and "0U1l'RKf?0US" utterances will be

held to constitute licence. Municipal councils and the at- tnriicy-gcncral will have power in seek injunctions against violators of the bill. Rocniirse before the. courts may apply in the case of individuals or

groups.

Defiance. of a coiiit injunction presumably will entail contempt of court.

Genrtlcs Lapalme. Liberal leader, said he hail no objections to-offer on the formal first reading but asked that the bill be distributed soon for study.

Moreilhaiifool Of Snow liiN.B.

SAINT JOHN, N". B.. (C?) ..

After a period of sub-zero tem- pcratui-es, a bowling blizzard hlt lNew Brunswick Tuesday and tflllmlleri more than half a foot of snow on the province. High winds caused deep drifting and necessit. .'lif'i'l plowing on most roads. K Telegraph and telephone com. pmlinlcations escaped disruption llwccnuse the snow was sand-like rcitlicr than the wet type that rlmizs to wires.

Saint John had one of the worst traffic snarls in its history, largely bccause Chainlcss cars be- came stalled and impeded plow. HUI. As a result. bus service had 1" ill? W-bilicnded most of the day "Ni "mink. Most waterfront uoik uns halted,

Two New Brunswick seninr Hovkcy 1-"Rue games were post. ponecl hefnuse Monclon Flye-rs could not reach Saint John and

not in Fredericton.

N. B. Man Siiifers Fatal Burns

ST. GEORGE. N. B., (Ci?) -. Lawrence Cook, 27. suffered fatal burns early Tuesday when fire of unknown cause destroyed a trailer in which he lived alone at nearby Utopia. A neighbor. Lawia Stmidgrd chopprd through the burning vehicle and pulled out the victim but Cook died before a doctor could arrive.

Soviet Industrial Chiefs

Cut Costs

lag materials industry.

Individual ministries direct these enterprises and Pravda complained that many leading officials in the ministries. and the central indus- trial managing bodies. did not pay proper attention to the lowering of production costs.

Pravda singled out for special criticism several enterprises un- der the control of the ministry of transport and the heavy ma- chine building industry. It said:

The Tsganrog boiler plant. used seven per cent more metal than was planned.

Negligence at work caused huge losses as shown at the Nova Kram- atorak machine building works. where "non-adherence to technol- ogical pi-oceaee" caused the scrap- ping of 3,000 tons of metal.

At. the Iuah-Ural-Mash works. in the Urals area. the amount of scrap increased from 4.1 per cent

am. will also buy smaller ones. land Jorgeiiua. 1

building induatn and can build-

iaieeetosspei-eeritinmt.

its specific prov-via

insults Quebec l11'm3T)'. speech the vi.n'ted Beach Grovc Inn and found

the the building in splendid conditionl Jehovah's and we r commend heating

measure, fhcl

gu,.mmee1i'egnrds to cleanliness;

Amherst Meteors weer unable to.

first Business

Grand Jury Urges Severer Drunken Driving Penalties

More severe penalties to dis- courage drunken driving were recommended by the Grand Jury in its report to the supreme Court on completion of its rounds of duty yesterday. At the same time they coupled this with a tribute to the department of the Attorney Gen- eral for he efforts being made to more strictly enforce the present

W.

Several other recommendations were made, notably ones dealing with laundry equipment at the In-

The report was as follows: "We

and stoim windows for the sun porches 'and also piping in atoreroom should be covcreci on account. of excessive heat.

"We also recommend that a movie

dvrums should be stored in an out- side building on account of their closeness to food storage.

"At the Infirmary we found the building in splendid condition in much cre- dit should be given the Matron in regards to this. Laundry equip- ment is in terrible condition and very inadequate to take care of their laundry needs, Facilities for washing dishes are very outmoded and new equipment should be m-; stalled at once Minor repairs to ;ceillngs should be carried out.. . i "We visited the Jail and found xit. clean. There are a lot of need-l pod repairs to be made which have

lnvestiture In

(By Gomer John) I WELLINGTON, (Reuters) -- Tliree New Zealandcrs knelt inl turn before Quccn lilivabcth aiirli rose as knights iiftcr II gentle sivnrd lap on the slioulrler Tucs-' day night.

Elizabeth, wearing a regal full- ,skirtcd evening gown of gotil and 'sllvcr lace, stonrl on n rials liiiiiliml with flowers to hr-stow thc accn-i ladc of kniglltllonri on sir Hiirolrli

Barrouclough, chief justice of New Zealand; Sir John Moody. llott, prominent ynulli workc 1

and Sir Bruce Lexy, world aulli-l ority on pastures. 1 .

The Quccn pros:-iilcri new )f'iIri and otlicr hoiinrs to 130 nivii and. woiiicii at Wellington town hall. l She changed from her cnron-. ,llllf)ll gown she wore this morn-3 :ing to open the doniinioii's Parlin-1 nicnt, in tlic cvciiiiig goivn 9-'1-ll, off by a diairiond tiara. iiccl.-lai-p,l earrings and brat-clot-:. 1 lhcp Dulce of Plrlinliiiigli wnrc. the riband and star of the (tr-rlcrl of the Garter for the presenta- lions. I

itor-oral:-si Pilot

The Qll4'l'll iii-o rlcmiiitml Sqrlni l4fli'. Laurence Sicgcrt with the Air Force Cross. He is pilot of n' New Zealantl Air Force DC.,'l in wliicli the Queen anti the llulcol have flou ii on a number of flights lioro, y

Ollicrs rlccnralnd nt ,tui'c Illf'llJflNl iiiciiibois of !.'il'nlPl'l scrxiccs with i-ppm-(lg gallantry in Korea and Malaya.

Kliiznlwtlt hccninc Ilio ffrsti reigning sovcrcilzn cvcr in pcr-l form the opening ccrcniony atl Parluimcnl. carlicr Tiicsrlav. Slic- nppcarcd in the white silk cnrnn-l' ation rlrcss of last. .1"...-, whim; ll embroidered all over with Mn- blems of Britain and tho Coni- monwcalth countries.

The dress contains 1.5 yards ufl Mil". find -'l.00il linurs of vvorki went. into the cmbroirlcry.

The Queen wore dininniids anrlv the kingfisher-blue rililion anrii star of the Garter. The Duke wore the uniform of an admiral of thci fleet and the star and gold pt-H1," of the Order of the G.-it-is-r,

Ten thousand persons crowded. around the to cheer the couple as they ni'I"tv.

the illi'(Nll- lllP of

ed for the ceremony. A fhnfnrp from trumpcters of the Royal New Zeiiland Air Force heralded

their arrival.

Jet Plane Missing Near North Bay

NORTH BAY. 0nt., (GP) - Ani RCA!” T-33 Tliunderjet training plans with only the pilot aboard failed to return to base here Tues- day night and was believed down in this northern Ontario district, Temperatures in the area were about 20 below aero.

The pilot's name was withheld pending notification of nexf.-of- kin.

been reported txitho different ones

in charge and which have not been carried out.

and as they are having new quart- ers built which we take oare of their future needs we have no recommendations to make except that in one ward in basement

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, ... iProvince Experiences First i,Severe Snowslornrgbeasoii mm D W i.::”:;r:;..:r":.:”::.?:.:” .i::ic”'d weaiher

agreed Tuesday night to establish! and bmught truck and car traffic L R 1 I in the city practically to a halt fort

merit of a joint Commons-Senate committee to study whether the criminal law dealing witih capital punishment. whipping and 1ott4.-rtes, should be ohanged, The Commons will name 17 mem- lwwml mu” yesierd”-Vi l ' bers to the committee which w.'ili The 5W”” signed at mid'5”"W 0 review the three issues as part of "mm 9” Mmldal Wllvh mild ”WW 9. general revision of the Or1niina1v””d m0d9””e Wmdv Md wmlmkl -H - P ling lightisnow all evening ac-l Justice Mmme, Garson apnkcicording to recordings at the Radiof m.i,.n... "t the Hm M 3 dwlong deg ,Range Station, Transport Depart-l bite which centred chiefly on tlie;'"9m- IWWUN3 3Y3”Cll- M '-3-30 I question of the present mandaforyl'"- "P971-”'-' 573' Mimi dPl'el0DP'-1 deatlli penalty for convictI:d niur-I--'”1d m”i9d 0” lmill 3 3-"L .l"35' g V V db,-e,-5, terclay Villh wind gusts liillglll” wit” T'l'”5dd5- N p V V He urged mat the Commmgpifmm 30 ,0 45 mm” my mur- AL: only pL)l.l0iiS of S-')l.l.iiCll1 Saskat- have a fir:-sisomibly open iniml”,l35l NW”-ighl SHOW W38 Yhlllnfl allymmhln and iuberia Ilppear t" in on the problem, but in reply ”.m.,.. HHS pm, of the msmm ab ciilsioc tnc ai.ea'of frigid. temp:-.. members who had criucized pm-llliollgli only occasional flurrles ;';lt:;" I;,'rI1lili;;7'li'I")-lls Je(itlf;:i'3 llV"V'”” rleiitli penalty he said Crll-llltlliikllemi fm'9C35l- 9.a;,l 1?; Imps)”. . fill.-ii-1.x law gave 'a great. deal of Jiisucnl Mr. Warren Buins at the Ex-t I P1 pile I”, 0 f if ”m ” " and met;-cy" to m(,5,, accused ogfperinieiital Farm Meleoi'olog1callb”dgQ ts "bode-Mas minded murder, Station reported ii snowfall of ten-,C”glu'Fu:b::E;gljp me WWW” pw 0! 267.p”5OnS djmigpd mm mm" mews heme?” 8 pm' Mondai andliire is different. Even Vancouvnr cler between 1946-.204 129 had becnpti inn. la-it night. The wind re-WM (warm in mm mm snap Wm i2T??23”””TlJI2-l.”'1”'..?E.”"3.fi3?3iii;iWilli. 5Z5”mff2.”1,.I”.i..l3i”i 7”S'L”W W"- were set aside on the grounds otlaiicl up to 2 pm yesterdaly) nicmntmls mvmlmg Mound "M insanity and 28 death penailtlr-s that time the wind was from the HM mg pom!" wmmpeg Md mn- commuted, ' immh mm 7 pm. but evening deg c-below weather as cold air The proper punishment for mur- when it came in from the north gaff:-IMEE: norm Wshpd South NJ der was a difficult matter and co-.f'.d.u est at 16 miles per hour with s comimind mm W.amM. W.” (rig: 2” or mics nmom; countries with all(lll.)2iJli().llit3”PlL”inls' llapodia a flling lmssibi” 5m'w”l”Tm5 1" me Gmm" vrlhhoiit. the death Penalty and -lwncthm call? C Emma Ian BEN Lake Hum” mzmm' nim- () Mn. 1? d , I5 .' M nw I '” la” " ” " ”f”"9 0f day temperatures ranged from 15 .;m.);'.m.ns-J.n-.PL...rM M. ,mi”m' the -mere” storm hllmg ”p' a-hove at Windsor in the south in tcnntinur-d on page col. 6: ,p””'m3',b1ml'” 9”” , 4? below at I.1'ttiSfrnni!, 123 milcs The city plow worked coiitinu- worm or part A1-rpm-V miisir iii an endeavour to keep thel

As House Resumes Alter Recess

G'i.st.s of wind at 90 miles pe: hour between noon and one p.m

"Falconviood Hospital was visited

believe mil

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Cold ueathcr and more cold wrwitncr S”f'IilS to be the pmsprct for inns? ni Canada as ma: cs wt Ari-'ic ;ill' settled down till;

the

there is inadequate

to take care of the needs. Something should be done about this immediately and also the vent.ilatloii of this ward. We reconimend 3. suitable exhaust fan be installed. A dumb ivziiter should be installed to carry the meals to the floors.

”We note with pleasure that the Attorney General's department has taken steps to cr.force the law re drunken driv-iiicz and we recom- mend that a more severe pena ty be imposed if necessary to discour- age this practice.

"All places visited were in ex- cellent condition and this Jury was court-eously received by the pcrsomtei at the different. places.”

After the Jury had reported early last evening Mr. Justice George J. Tweedy. presiding. thanked the members for the painstaking: manner in which thcy had attended to their duties. He noted that it has very commend- ribiestliat they had spent such a

river

plumbing

' I

ltonc day in so ll'iIll'0U2ll an iiispcc-- gniaiii strccts passable but many: 7..-.-, y.-3; m-"my mu, '4--?--: -- .--EAV j.... Romarkimr that he had hearrii ' lC”"”””"d "” W” 5 '-"”' 2i

many a. similar report in the past? NEW YORK, --- Admirali

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better jobs. warships, died Tut-sday, (APt- A l

BAKERSFIELD, CZilll.,

'' . s rong earnltqugakep rocked laigel BERLIN. (RNLEH) pnepusenh sections of Oaliiornva Tuesday, Jai-lmvm M mp B F , ,1 ring cttics more than 500 niilesln.",L'im,n, wgnjnlgwetgjielziawer Q,” ifei),";El'lone lm : m:7':llQwkl h i'1:;dlcuss tlic site and leClllnl(sJRla):ll'f?illglq.': i - r-. . -'. ii: iii - . liiigs There wr-re no rt-porLi of lTl- ?:;;,?::nIo;;1iggmlgrggnwggerence M l”””' Hwp After an 11-hour session which 0,n.AwA' rcphcnmda Wm mp.,ciided early today, an Allied spokes-

Torontzg itself. was hit by hho coldest weather in We yeirs when the tamporntiire plimzeri to znw. 13 degrees below the normal for this time rvf year.

A raging blizzard hrought. licait-' snovi falls to the Man-it-lmns anti the forecast was for continucrl snow, Halifax wnnined up for it brief period 'l'iiesclav and frenzlnfr rain fall before the tcmpcratwe dropped alzaiii.

Most of Quebec Escaped with oi-.1" light snowfhrrrlcs on the fringe or the storm.

Silzlplllllg DDH 'El'

!'eJ.Z93'i'E Sharp Split '0n

- . .. "d differences of opiniont ”'”'T"-"TT"-"'" port Indins call for rccoiivciiriig."m.? ill, , . . the United Nations Gciicrnl As- it” epfmld among me fol" mmbl 1 scmbly to deal with the Kr:i'eanl”w"",m&Sj . . i 'MANY A .TRUE a e p qmmnn onclals Indicated THCSJ OlJ.5Pl"VPl3 thought this niight