Temper: Boil As Trial Of Dr. Adams Ends 12th Day

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i,tiM)()N (AP!-Ternpers hoiledl It the Dr. John Bodkin Adama nmttlcr trial Tuesday as lawyers! ctu.-lied over a Crown witoeaa: slaicmcilt that the old woman ha; 1. accused of drugging to death could have died of natural causes.

The l2th day of the trial of the int .year-old doctor ended on anoet .-.r polite anger. with the attorney- general and the chief de'ence law- yer glaring at each other.

The point at issue was what r.-mm w i t n'es I Dr. Michael licorge Ashby meant when he said natural death "can't be ruled out" In the case of Mrs. Edith Morrell. ucaithy Biyear-nld widow who died six years ago while a patient of Adams.

The statement was made at the end of painstaking cross-examlna- mm by defence counsel Geoffrey Lawrence. who submitted that throughout a protracted treatment involving heavy doses of heroin and morphine Adams might have been doing what he considered best for his patient. ' V

"isn't all this a possible view of the evidence in the case? ' he de- 'lI.'lIlflE't'l. i

"Yes, I think it is.” Ashby re-

lied.

NATIJIAI. DIATII QUERY

Then. ntotiog that Mrs. Morrell "passed away quietly" on the night of Nov. I2. iaso. Lawrence asked:

"On the face of that record. it is not possible. is it. to rule out the hypothesis that when the and came in that way it was the re- sult of natural causes?"

"That can't be ruled out." Ashby answered.

Attorney-General Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller took up redi- rect examination as Lawrence sat down.

Three times as the attorney-gem eral went back over the circum- stances surrounding the widow's death Lawrence rose to oblect that the redirect examination was being conducted improperlys

Justice Sir Patrick Arthur Dev- lin upheld the attorney-general on each occasion. But when Manning- hamBuller had finished. the judge also sought to clarify Ashbyla meaning.

Ashby, a noted neurologist. tea- tified that the sy displayed by Mrs. Mon-ell at the time of her 'death could have resulted either from heacy drug injections

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The symptoms involved. he said. could have been "exactly ll! same" and in fact the drill ll- Jections could help'to brill & such an apparent Illlllrll CIIIR.

Mannlngham-Buller p r e a I e I Ashby to say whether he now he- lives death was due to natural causes or. as the crown IIIOIGI. to massive injections of drugs pre- scribed by Adams.

''I do not think she could have survived that dosatle." he 1' Jied. "but that dosage might well hive killed her by an apparent natural cause such as uh: S l or'term- inal pneumonia."

Under further questioning by the judge. Ashby stuck to his ltltO- ment that while the drug injec- tions would have killed Mrl. Mor- rell. another cause could have been involved.

The crown, which charges that Adams killed Mrs. Morrell in or- der to benefit from her will. com- pleted its case with Ashby”: testi- mony. The defence has prepared numerous witnesses to testify for the mo-pound doctor if its move for dismissal is not granted.

Tan Ioys loin Scouts At Souris

At an taieatiturn ceremony in a hall. Iouris last night. tea-boys were catered iato the Irothorhaod of Boy scouts. scout Master Join hlullally aided by Aaafatant Icout Idaaiora Ito lid- wia locate and Joseph Gallaal perfor.-.i.d the ceremony.

The following boys having rom- pletad a tooderfoot test were in- veatad: Joseph Macnoaald. Alfred Fraser. Bobby Pierce. I'au' "-at. lant. Hilary Cheverie. Mark Gal. larit. Robert Young. Paul Mclnnis. Albert MacDonald. N o v ell lg Creamer.

Scout Master Mullally congrat- ulated the boys and encouraged them to keep up their good work- The regular scout meeting came to a close with an enjoyable ring- song.

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lCNlt Restricts 1957 Sponding' UNEF Brooks Because of inflation Threat

OTTAWA CPI---The CNR haa aevenly restricted in IE7 capital spending because of its poodhla effect on inflation. company ami- dent Donald Gordon said Tuesday.

Mr. Gordon told the Commons railway committee the manage- ment sliced 819.1!!!” from amounts which officials reco - mend for spending this year.

Eventual amount to be dlabursed in I957 in the capital handset in sass.7o7.ooo. This is up from 3233.- 000.000 last year. but much of it consists of commitments made previously. .

"In developing I951 proposals," Mr. Gordon told the committee in

ten, "we have had particular re- gard to the impact on the Cana- dian ecnnomy of large C.N.R. cap- ital expenditures durins i period of heavy demand upon the re- sources of the country."

gue on April 2nd after a brief illness. Mrs. W.B. llilchey in her Nth year. She was the daughter of the late Mr. andd Mrs. William G. Allen. Cape Tormentlne. N.R.

She leaves to mourn her hus- band and one sister. Mrs. Albert Allen. of Amherst. N.S- who cared for her during her illness; also

EASTERN GUARDIAN

DANCING ROLLIE MacI(enzies' Orchestra. Montague Rink Thurs- day, April 4th. Featuring Harold ilacllae and his trumpet.

IN HOSPITAL - Mr. William DPUHF. Brudcncll, has entered the P H l. Hospital for treatment. His many friends wish him a speed)! return to health.

KIORELL COMMUNITY Hall on Thursday night. April 4th at 8.9) a meeting to discuss the organiz- ation of an Artificial Breeding Club for Lotd 37, 38, 39, 40. and 41. Ev- eryone welctme. '

IS CONVALESCING - Friends of Miss Janet Dewar. Montague. are pleased to hear .she is con- valescing satisfactorily following her recent oppr.-ration in the Kings County Hospital.

ATTENDED FUNERAL - Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Campbell and Mr. Charles Campbell. Boston. Mass.. and Mrs. Stephen Wliite- liead. Hampton. N.B. motored to l' ' .gue last week to at' :nd the funeral of their mother, the late Mrs. Edward R. Campbell.

THURSDAY NIGHT. April 4th, Morel Community Hall. a meet- ing of all interested Cattle Breed- ers to discuss the formation of on Artificial Breeding Club. Every- one welcome. Starts at 8.30 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. George C. Fisher. P-E.I. Department of Agri- culture.

FUNERAL AT MONTAGUE - Funeral services for the late Mrs. tCapt.t George Allen. who passed away on Thursday. March Zflih, were held on Saturday. March .'ttith. from Trinity United Church. Montague. F vices at the church and graveside were condcted by Rev. .l. M. Fraser who spoke words of comfort to the bereaved family, taking his text from the gospel of John. Chapter 14. The hymns sung were "Rock of Ages" and "Abide With Me". A solo. "Asleep In Jesus". was sung at the request of the late Mrs. Allen by her granddaughtu-in-law. Mrs. Arnold Wlghtman. The floral trib- utes were profuse and beautiful. Pall bearers were Mont Wright. Lester MacLeod. Ethan Stewart. Jack Annear. Charlie MacLure and Lorne Wigginton. Interment was in the Community Cemetery-

PERSONALS

liiiss Phillis ('lay, employed vsith4iaritime Central Airways. (iliarlnttctmvn. spent the past week- cnd in Bridgetown. guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Robin Clay.

Montague ll. Prayer Society Enrorroins

'l'he Prayer Sucirty of the United liaptist Church ftlontacuc entertain- ed on Wednesday evening March 27.h. Members of the prayer soc- ictics of Murray River and Stur- Ilrnn.

Service opened with a so ser- vice led by the pastor. Rev. A. M Rnirsrson. P:'m..'r was offered by Deacon Nat. Taylor. of the Sturgeon Chu ch.

At the close of this brief worship

,' Slides wcrc shown by Mrs. llngcrsnn and Miss Freda Cpl en- titled "Baptist Home Mission op- portunities in Western Canada." these slides revealed not only op portunities for christian work. but also aorne of the beautiful scenery in Western Canada. and was great- ly enioyed by all. i

After the service all retired to the parsnnaoe. where a social eve- ning of crokiaole antroiher names

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OTTAWA. (Special) - Finance minister Harris will make an an- nouncement on the potato (ariff "very soon-"

This is disclosed in a le t to r written by Mr. Harris to T.J. Kick- ham. liberal MP. for Kings in re- pl;' to an urgent plea on th- part of Mr. Kickham that action be tak- en without delay to aid pota- to-growers of his constituency and Province who are facing un- fair com 'ition in Canadian mar- ket: from Unlted-States- g r ow n potatoes.

Mr. Kickham told the Guardian Tuesday that he hopes the term "very soon" means before the and of the current session of Parlia- mcnt which may wind up within a week or 10 days. On Monday

Promises Statement I On Potato Tariff Soon

a delegation of potatu- growers from New Bruiixuick waited on Mr. Harris ui'ging him to help the potato-growers of that Pro- vincc.

The New Brunswick group which was not accompanied by repre- sentativcs of Prince Edward is- land, asked for a subsidy of 75 cents a bushel to permit them to offset the competition from Ameri- can potatoes. Mr. Kickham said this would amount to about 31.25 per hundred pounds.

Asked if P-E.I. potato growers had made the same request, Mr. Kickham said he did not know if they had made the identical re- quest but that they had certainly appealled for help in a very diffi- cult situation.

Visits Brother In New Perth

Mr. John Hamilton of Viscount. Saskatchewan. left yes'erday morn- ing on return to his homo after visiting his brother, Mr. Alex Hamilton. New Perth. for the past ten days. Mr. Hamilton left P.E-I. about fifty years ago to take up farming in Western Canada. and this is his first visit in thirty- three years. He also visited his brother Archie. who entered the Kings County Hospital several days ago for a major oper- ation.

Brooklyn Calf Club Organized

A new calf club was organized in the Brooklyn School on Friday. March 29. I

Mr. C. Kclth Clay of the Pro- vincial Department of Agriculture was present and outlined the 4-H program for the coming your and the advantages of participating in public speaking and debating contests in training the boys and girls to become better citizens of the future.

A question and answer period then followed regarding calves as project work for the club mem- bers.

New adult officers were then appointed for the club. These are: Club leader. Archie MacDonald with two directors. Arthur Mac- Kinnon and Alexander MacKinnon.

Officers appointed from the club members are: President. Kenneth MacDonald; vice III ” Billy " i : secretary treasurer. Carol Matheson and 4-H news reporter Shirley McCarron.

A debate was then organized on the humorous topic, "Resolve that girls stop wearing rouge. powder and lipstick.” Members on the pro side are Carol Mathesnn. Beryl Mackinnon and Wayne MacKinnon. Members on the con side are Kenneth MacDonald. Blair Mac- Kinnon and Shirley Mccarron.

On agieement of the members present it was decided that the' regular meetings would be held

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sterling qualities. his faithfulness in his work and his worthy ex- ample, which he. Mr. Macltinnon, guild he had always greatly admir-

A bountiful lunch. with birthday cake. was served by Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Leroy White. with sev- eral of the ladies assisting.

A hearty sing-song. with Mlaa Alva Brehaut as piano accompan- ist. was enjoyed The company then left for home. all turning who present to celebrate the day again

First Woman Hcinsord Reporter

OTTAWA tCPl -- Mrs. Douglas Blair made a bit of history Mon- day by becoming the first woman shorthand reporter to take down Commons debate.

The first appearance of the 33- year-old woman was greeted by prolonged applause from all sides. The first words she took down when the applause ended were words of compliment directed at hcrsclf.

Harold E. Winch tCCF-Vancou- ver l-lastt was speaking when she arrived to take her turn on the previously all-male team of crack shorthand reporters at the Han- sard table in the centre aisle. When the appluase ended. he said he could "really understand" that everyone had applauded both for "ability and beauty."

Mrs. Blair. who previously worked in Toronto. on March 11 became the first woman ever to provide a verbatim report on pare liamentary committee meetings. That.is the preliminary step to- ward Joining thc Commons Hah- sard staff. it took her less than I month to make the big step.

Playwright Was Flop As Producer

LONDON lCPt-some time ago. a student at Cambridge. Peter Hall wrote French playwright Jean Annullh. asking permission to pro- duce his play. Waltz on the Tor- eadors. which had been a flop-in Paris.

Hall. now married to French on the first Friday of each month. Mr. Jack MacKinnon then invited the club members to hold this meeting at his home for the fol- loning month.

i-0.0-lGrass Fires Annoy Fire Chiefs

SAINT JOHN. N.B. ICP) - Fire chiefs in the twin cities of Saint .lohn and Lancaster. N.B threat- rncd "drastic action" Monday in tthe wake of more than 100 grassj fires that struck the area during) ithe wcckcnd.

Saint John fire chief H.S. Knight. said that at one time the central area of five city was;Ieft-nnprtr" tected as all availabli equipment v is moved to the scenes of grass fires.

Lancaster fire chief W. Earle 'L.swson ioined with Chief Knight in warning parents they are re- sponsible for their children and drew their attention to by-laws designed to prevent children frora start'ng blaaaa.

three step sons, Carl. Chatham. N.B.: Archie, of Montague. and Calvin at home and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held from Trinity United Church, Montague. Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be in the Lower Montague C:.mctery.

Nuclear Tests Can Be Hidden

LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd said Mon- day night that any agreement for limiting nuclear tests must now be more complex than was prev- iously thought possible. ,This is because it is no longer r l” 55' ' luis. " - and other devices to tell from a considerable distance how many bombs are being exploded and what sort of bombs they are. Lloyd was making the final speech in the Hous eof Commons debate on the Bermuda conference. The foreign secretary satld it would be "the height of folly" for Britain to prevent years of work on nuclea weapons being com- pleted by stopping her forthcom- ing nuclear tests at Christmas Is- land in the South Pacific. I-Ie said techniques now are be- ing developed whereby observers or instruments a thousand or more miles away cannot ascertain the facts. "It is quite possible that we have no knowledge that certain Soviet tests had taken place."

film actress Leslie Caron. aug- gested that the only reason the play had failed was that the pro- duction was bad.

Anouilh wrote back. consenting to Hall's taking over the play, which has been running in London for more than a year and recently opened in New York. The play- wright also agreed with Hall's Paris post-mortem. adding:

"I produced the play myself."

SGETEQIS; New Source Of Energy

WASHINGTON (Reuters! - The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Monday announced plans for con- struction of a "stellarator" - a large experimental device on the way to liua essing thermonuclear power for peaceful purposes. Admiral Lewis Strauss. commis- sion chairman. said "this is the biggest step to date in harnessing the source of the sun's energy for power."

Strauss said work on the stel- larator would require consider- able" hutlay and work would be- gin this summer if Congress ap- proved it and appropriated the necessary money.

He emphasized at I press con- ference that power from the theh- monuclear process of fusion - as distinct from present atomic power fission - was a hope of the future, the aomewhat distant future.

He said the name afellarnlor wasia coined word from ' stellar" and tgeneratnr" to rencet the aim of producing the energy of the stars.

LONG MOSLEM FAST TAIRO (AP)-The month-log fast of Ramadan began Monday for aoo.ooo.ooo Itoslema around the world. Aceordins to the prophet Mohammad Moslema can- not eat or drink in daylight hours during the lunar month which be- gins April I this year. Observance of Ramadan is one of the five rs of Islam H listed in he an.

' 5! erpectany by Peter Mae- Lean. with words "wily don't we do this more often".

Gather To Honor Montague Man '

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A.man gambles with justice and C0,Vers.the bet with his life!

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Thgrg pggged gwgy gt Manila influence Of llll capital program

The ompany had a basic obliga- tlon to provide efficient transpor- Iation, but could not ignore the

lit such a large organization on

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its annual survey of CNR activit-t

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Narcotic Ring Special Yearly Awards l'NlTHl) NATIONS. NY tKPt

"W I'M-I”ll Wire structure. ASKS IAISII Al.l.0WANCl-Li Hierapital budget showed nm the (RR has under way capital projects including road Property, rolling stock and other enterprises -totalling u5.'i.zas.onti. But of this "till Mil)" 82M.'I07.Ul) would be carried out this year. I The CNR executive Tuesday heard the perennial demand from Stanley Knowles tCCI-1-Winnipeg North Centre! the; the company increase retirement allowances of those in its lower pension brackets. Mr. Knowles said about 3.000 for- mer employees now draw only S25 a month from the (INR Mr. Gordon said these were per sons who had not participated in the CNR's contributory pension 'plan and it would not be fair to those who had contributed to in- ,crease the payments to non-('0n- llrihutors.

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I-force said Tuesday it has helped

", M 1-”, prune. ,0 mum tum 1m stmu.-it tearly a- of shields which will be computed t-mmu mm M opium from I," Hdltls lur the two safety records for annually.

A LCV announcement issued here "'3'!" d":”'(':I,"""' "Kn" Mhnue llklrdt ML HICKI Ilid llllf fl! mm m CH", "id uauvml "mm tkitlli ft Amlfliall aimnal Rail- run", or "gay mmpamol. - day the opium was conftsr-ated,,:i-HR ” 'l”5ll!hl(m-' A!!!-"Int 500- throughout the Atlantic Region. Ii soul? or them "afier a dramatic ” "”""-" ” l" """"'- 7'" the remrds of the individual ahopa. M. M? .. i-ill,-,ililtmti't” ?.'.',mlm"." "!,”" d9Pl"'lare absorbed in the overall tab-

The annnum.-e.. ..: was ha-at on ' "”r "”” "P '9-""” '"”"d'.ul8lmn- in future the employees of

the lornral announcement at a CNRvy.. ht Br -kl h ll, membo nf lh , ' a e to compete for their own. Ruiz. 9(f':Mdl:n Armyr Pmmx illllllfl - tiinnaucriicnl co-operative qppgrgtg graph”, . .'i ' '1 . . . military police. l'l::lliII:r?lL'&I:lSulll llile"d:(:):irl,rlicl:teipelluonk H" Mum” Regwn W" r-g;.;..g it "my hglppd t,-.,,. ti... - the winner in the entire CNR. will of mains power and car equip-l . It I) ' l B llah are it . . . frequency rate amount its employ- (:13 f;'l';l; m3m.0peral”W:" Mil; . amt W. in. l)anter. Assistant "L

break up a narcotics ring that tried

Sinai Desert in lower Egypt. l" ”"” '"”””' "M" "d "V ''”"P' Pixulllnlna the . non: for K git-rs" were captured March 9. the "W "aw """ '"""'"'"d "9" present are based on performance mgm raid involvm. In nwhange ”'"illl"'i N” he t'tHlIiK'lPd '07 by roundhouses, and repair track crew n WW" 0" me C." by Sm W R iil2 tlmw in Newfoundland. Making "ch "cm," 0' ma d,p.nm,m vm ("tops-, attached '0 "" INK". mew”: Mr mam," mm mm p"'l in the 1955 industrial safety com- :-ing in the Sinai Desert and in H ” "wk; Gpnwal S"Fprimend'iS.VHt9m. with the lowest accident ER-Wile" police of the El Qanmra f-cneral Superintendent of car 0-.

However, he said the company would take cognizance of any de- velopments in the pensi situa- tion either by the federal goiern-

area, on the Suez Canal.

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Stir. Hicks is sponsoring an a- hard which will be emblematic of the ties! safety performance amongi

luinttve pun er workers in the main ishups or at line points. while Mr.

Eihurchman

men! or by private organizations.

WINNIPEG tCP) - Tales of Lord Selkirk's settlers and Lower Fort Garry, the'Gimli Icelanders and the old-time buffalo hunts are attracting new attention abroad.

The Manitoba Pageant-a book- let fnr schoolchildren which is published three times a year by the Manitoba Historical Sucirtye

rary at Geneva, Switzerland- Anne Henderson, the historical society,

ciation was told Saturday that

He, Paraguay is k press freedom.

president of; said she has, recened a leitcr from the Inter-j SAN JOSE. Costa Rica (AP)-wuith information about the early- The inter-American Press Asso- days in .Manitoba. She said that.