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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953

HOME BUILDING MADE EASIER UNDER NEW LEGISLATIO

Moscow Announces Beria I-las Admitted Guilt:

Socialists Seek To Oust Churchill On Colonial Issue

(By Walter Davies)

LONDON, (Reuters) -Socialist leaders beat the warflrums in the llouse of Commons Wednesday in an attempt to oust the govern- ment over questions of African colonial policy.

in an attack which centred on Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyite1- inn, they -accused the government of "dropping a match in the finder of Afrlca."

The attack was led by James Griffiths. former colonial secre- tary under the Labor government. who moved the Labor motion of censure. The motion, virtually a vote of "no confidence," ex- presses "grave disquiet" at the government's handling of colonial affairs in Africa.

if carried, it would force Sir Winston ,Churciilli's Conservative

government to resign. But the Prime Minister appeared confi- dent of victory. He has an 18-

seat over-all majority. "Increasing Anxiety"

More embarrassing to the Churchill government is a revolt .ulhin its own ranks. contring about the dispute with Egypt over British occupation of the Suez -anal zone. Some 40 Conserva- :ive members of Parliament have iigned A motion demanding that he government suspend nego- tiations for a revision of the lnglo-Egyptian treaty. and with- draw any terms it has already offered Egypt.

Opening the debate, Griffiths charged that many Britons feel 'an increasing anxiety about the position of our African colonies."

Latest crisis in the African col-

Coming Events

"Dance in Millview Hall, Dec- ember 28th.

"Christmas concert in New London hall Dec. 17.

"Bonshsw Christmas Ooncert, Dr-cembe ltith.

"North Wiltshlrs Christmas

Concert. tonight.

"Don't miss Christmas concert in Donagh School, Dec. 18.

"Fredericton ihool rrlday. Decarnbe lath.

"warren Grove Christmas Con- cert. December ma.

Concert.

"South MclvlTie-'Christanas Con- Crri. December 22nd.

"dzldon school Christmas Con- cert. Belfast I-fall. December 10th.

School

"Long River Concert.

December ftlst.

"Kiruston School Concert. Thursday. December 11th.

"Travellers Rut Christmas Con- crrll. Mondsy. December am, at 8 dc ock.

"funnies Road School Christmas Concert, Thursday night, December l'fth.

"Midnight Dance. Cardigan Hall. Christmas night. Turners Orchestra.

"Show. Moreil Hall. Friday.

"Battle Zone". This is an excellent Picture.

"Films and Christmas program It Slprtngfleld Hall. December lath. I o'clock,

"scum High School Christmas Urmcert. Parish Hall, Monday. Dec- ember 21st, at I P. M.

"Come to Cope Travsi-as School concert in Oops Traverse Hall. Tuesday. December and. 3.00 P. M.

"sa.lva.t.im Army Sunday school Concert. and Christmas Tree. Pri- dly. December lath, I P. M. silver collection.

"Help the Milton Hockey Club by attending their dance Friday "ishi. Dec. ll at Winslos station

hail Dclmn Bros. orchestra. "Card party for geese St. Peter's Legion Hall Thursday.

Dec. 11. Dance Saturday night as usuah

"Meeting of interest to turnip lmwcrs in Vernon and surrounding illliflcis. Val-non Hail, Thursday. December 17th.

"We will be taking Cream Thurldsy mornings December sun "N! 81st. Feed Warehouse will be With. Will be closed All day Dec- ember 25th and 20th. Also January ill and 2nd. Signed The Wiltahire Wwins oo., Ltd.

mg onies concerns the kabaka (king) 01' Buzanda-a province of Ug- anda-who was deposed last month because he opposed B;-1.

llsh Kflvernment POliCy and de- iglagiaded independence for Bug-

Whlle Paper Issued

The government also drew So- cialist criticism for its use of heavy bombers against Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya.

Griffiths said that Africans

were beyond the stage where they could be told and ordered. n Earlier today, the government issued a white paper which said complete independence for Bu- Randa would disrupt the economy and administration of the other three Uganda provinces, since the coion.v's major towns lie in the Kabaka's territory.

Girls -Frighlehed By Murder

TQRONTO. iCP)-Ten days ago Marion McDowell, 1'1, disappeared from a suburban Scarborough iv0WT-Ship alderoad. Tuesday Mrs. 1,V'0”'M- Schltll-V01". 23. who worked in the same office and at the next desk to the missing girl, was found dead from strangulation.

Wednesday two other girls in the same office of a photo-engraving mm emfiloying about 350 persons, decided to quit.

Neither girl reported for work and both told the management they will not be coming back.

Tuesday two girls in the office fainted when told of the death of lrliugigchrcibn and had to be sent

om , .

An official of the company said the girls were badly frightened and were asking: "Am I going to be next?"

Eisenhower Backs iluIles' Warning To Western Europe

WASiHillNGTON. (AP) -lPl'eaident Eisenhower Wednesdayi reinforced St.at.e,Secretsry Dulles' warning to Western Europe to unite for de- fence and indicated the U. 5, might arm its allies with atomic weap- ons if war comes.

The president told I. press coli- ference Dulles' advice to get to- gether or risk reductions in U. S. troops in Europe was neither new nor blunt but based on American

lam".

He put. his foot down on sharing with the Western Allies the know- how of producing Atomic weapons but not necessarily on the sharing of the weapons themselves if wai- should break out.

Eisenhower also said he still is intent won peaceful. international development of atomic energy for the good of all humanity, and Sov- iet rejection of his plan for pool- ing atomic materials for that pur- pose would not stop him. On that proposal. he said, there has been no official Russian reaction.

Reveal Hues Of Three Other. Officials Eiarged

MOSCOW, (AP)-'Bhe govern- ment announced Wednesday that Lavrenty P. Beria. has been brought. into court for trial on treason charges. and at. the same time disclosed the names of the high former officials accused with him.

Beria and his accomplices have admitted their guilt, the govern- ment newspaper Izvestia. said.

Berta is accused of treason. or- ganizing an anti-soviet plot in behalf of foreign capitalists, and conducting terrorist activities, Iz- vestia stated.

Accused with him were:

V. N. Merkulov, former minister of state security and lately min- ister of state control.

V. G. Dekanozov, former head of administration of the NKVD secret. police and lately minister of internal affairs of the republic of Georgia, where Beria. was born.

13. Z. Kobulov, former deputy people's comrnissar of internal af- fairs in Georgia, later deputy min- isiter of state security of the Sov-

iet Union and recently deputy U. S. S. R. minister of internal affairs.

Held In Jail

The statement. said Beria land the men accused of conspiring with him all are held in jail.

A statement of,t.he prosecutor's office was published in Izvestia, the Soviet, government newspaper.

It said that the prosecutor's of- fice had finished its investigation into the case of the tttraltcr Be- ria"

There was no mention that any sentence had yet. been passed or executed against Berla. or the others accused with him in his alleged plotting.

It said: "The investigation prov- ed that. Beria. using his position. organized a. plot hostile to the Soviet Union and with cflmlnhl aims. tried to use the organs of the ministry of internal aualrs. both in the capital and in the provinces of the U.S.S.R.. Bllln” the Commiinist Soviet Government in the inter- ests of foreign capitalists."

The prosecutor's statement char- ged that Boris. "wanted to place his own ministry of internal af- fairs above the party and the 80V- ernment and to seize DOW" "15 liquidate the soviet system with the aim of restoring capitalism and the rule of the bourgeoisie.

British Commons .Approvesl V Plan

1oNvDoiN. ii-teuteisi-The House of C Wedrwsday night ap- proved by soc votes to 200 the govelnmenixs controversial plan no allow a television service in Brit- ain financed from advertising.

These plans would break the present one-channel monopoly of the British Broadcasting Corpora- tion, which gets its revenue from licence fees paid for by t.eleview- ers.

Child In Coma For 2nd Successive Christmas

MONTREAL. (OP) - Christmas is meant to be a happy time. but for the second successive, your in the Dagmais home at nearby Villa St. Michel there will be little re-

ioicing, Since an automobile aocidcnt Nov. 13, 1952. sadness has sur-

rounded the home of 10-year-old Lise Dugenais. It was then that Lise. her body broken and bat.- tered, went into a coma. She has never recovered consciousness. Unlike other families who have. been counting the days until Christ- mas. Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Dag- rnllll and choir five other children have been praying for the day when little Lise will livr like It

T'Nort.hEWlF.siAoe-CCh7istmas con- cart, Dec. 2L

"Christmas concert. Westm0re- land school, December 21st.

"Unloading -.c-ai: oil treated Acadia Nut. coal at Vernon '1"hurs- day and Friday. 8 B. lms.

"Will not be receiving any live poultry. after Monday. December 21st. 1958. Central my and Poultry Station.

”iMayfleid st-:hoolAcoi::ei'l. May- neid Hall. Friday night. Dec. lath Curtain 8:15.

i?JFniEi7:i?ii?i'EaKi'ET Personality Died

Described by her mother as "a little gamln" at the age of nine. Lise's personality died the day sht- suffered a fractured skull and It brain injury. The driver of the taxi

in which Lisa was a passenger was killed. Doctors have tried unsuccess-

fully to bring her out. of the coma. Her face never alters and. except. for a few silent tears and a slight. movement of her lips and an eye. use shows few signs of life. Mrs Dagensis said no one seems to know what causes the tears. N-.v Special Plans

For months Lise was fed through R lube while in hospital. Now she can swallow canned baby foods. administered in tiny portions. A hospital authority told Mrs. Dag- cnals the girl eventually might ro- rover.

Does Mrs. DHKPTIIIM have hope. Lise will return to her former self

"Yes." she said. ”We will never slrm hoping-or praying.

"we have no special plans fru- Christmas. It will be like last Christmas. We will put a little iron in her room with n orcchc at its foot We will give her a new doll and teddy bear. but she tvr-n't arr them. S'ir will not know iii-..-it they are there."

party and hhei

Time has dealt kindly with Mrs. Theresa Reid. 2. grand old lady who celebrates her 100th anniver- sary today at the Sacred Heart Home, where she has resided for the past seven years.

Smilingily acknowledging the pn- parations being made for the re- ception and "At. Home" to her friends this afternoon, Mrs. Reid was thrilled yesterday to receive a telegram expiiessirig good wishes from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and similar communications from Prime Minister St. Laurent, Lieut- eiiant Governor T. W. L. Prowse, Premier A. W. Malheson, Hon. 3. Earle MacDonald, Minister of Health and Mayor J. D, Stewart on behalf of one City Council of Oharlottetowii.

Mrs. Reid, familiarly known as "Aunt Theresa" was born at Corn- wall, P. E. 1.. 9. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leon- ard. she married the late Thomas Reid in 1876 and lived with her husband at Hope River until his death 36 years ago. She has been living at the sacred Heart Home

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Plane Flies 27 Miles jiinuie

WASJI-IINGTON. (AP)-The United ..states Air-..Forcs rus- clnsed Wairiesday that an Ani- eiicanpiane has ripped through the air at about 27 miles a minute-2'-3 times the speed of sound-the fastest man has ever travelled.

The man who first drove an aircraft through the sound barrier, Air Force Maj. Char- les Yeager. piloted the rocket- driven Bell x-lA in the his- tory-making flight last Satur- day, the Air Force said.

The unofficial record of more than 1,600 miles an hour. or mach 2.5, at an undisclosed altitude topped a record set less than a month ago. Nov. 20 a navy Skyrocket. also a it c c is e t - propelled laboratory plane, attained a. speed mark of mach 2.01 or 1,327 miles an hour.

New Proof OI Soldierslhzver Die

WINMPEG. (OP)- Old soldiers never die.

The South African War Veter- ans Association learned the truth of the old song after veteran W. 1-1. Dlmcck left his estate to set up a Christmas fund for fellow Boer War veterans livlrig in Manitoba.

Association president A. A, Her- riot once struggled to keep 129 "old sweats" together.

The announcement that the estate was worth 313.179 and-as long as it lasts--will provide every Boer War veteran in Manitoba with 510 each Chrisunas was like. sounding "come to the oookhouse door."

Veterans began ponalng over.

Now a lawyer is trying to verify 370 claims.

11.000 live Eels . En Route To N. Y.

MONCTY)N.. Dec. 16 - l-Zlrvrn thousand live eols 12,500 pounds of them moved through here today via Canadian National Express en routs from Liverpool. Nova Scotla. to New York City via Montreal. The eels. which werecaught. around Liverpool, are dutlned for the New York Christmas trade and are be- ing carried in water-filled tanks in a specially fitted express car. Ship- ments of live eels to New York are customary at this time of year. ac- cording to Canadian National Ex- press officials here. but this is the first time an entire carload in tanks has been handled. The eels are not fed en route but the water is kept aerated by a special pump.

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NORTH LUFFENHAM. Eng" (CF)-An RCAP pilot stationed at this base was killed Wednesday when his Sabre jet fighter crashed at the nearby market. town of Loughborough. Lltlcs. His name has been withheld pending notification of next of kti.

Receives Royal Greetings On Eve Of 100th Birthday

Reid

Mrs. Theresa

Wreckage Of Missing U.S. Jet Fighter Found

Down Pay-iiienis Cut; Repayment Time Extended

OTTAWA. (C?)-Down payments under the govemmentis new hous- ing legislation will be reduced to 10 per cent from 20 per cent on the first 08.000 of the mortgage value. Works Minister Winters an- nounced today.

The down payment on portions in excess of 38.000 will be 30 per cent, making for a graduated gen- eral reduction from the current 20 per cent now applicable to all Na-

'n tional Housing Act. loans.

Mr. Winters gave these and other details of the government's pro-

; posed new housing changes as he introduced a resolution in the Coni-

mons preparatory id! a bill amend- ing the National Housing Act.

Under the new legislation a pros- pectlvc home owner can get a new 510,000 N1-IA house with a down payment of 51.400 instead of the 32.000 currently required,

Monthly relpayment will be re- duced by extending the life of the mortgage loans. Mortgages running for 25 years will become common instead of the current 20-year loans.

Principle change, however, will be widening of the mortgage-lend- ing field, to allow chartered banks and Quebec savings banks to make mortgage loans under a mortgage- insurance system to be adminis lered by the government's Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Cost of the mortgage insurance premium will be borne by the borrower. It will be two per cent. of the loan in the case nl home. ownership and 2 1-2 per cent on property constructed for rental purposes.

The Commons Tuesday, .lan. 12; Tuesday. Jan. 19.

adjourned until the Senate to

PAIR CHARCED

TORONTO. Tcziif; Leslie Irwin, 24. and Marion Ross, 20, were ar-

PRESQUE ISLE. Mo. (AP)--1 The wreckage of a missing jetl fighter was found a few miles nortiiivcsi. of Limestone Wednes- day night.

The l'. S. Air F011-I: declined to disclose immeriiiitely the fate of its two occupants.

A spokesnimi at the Presquc

Isle Air Force base saida search party reached the site of the crasiied plane. which radined Tuesday that it was running out of fuel.

The spokesman said the wreck- age. was sipotiefi by one of more than 25 search planes only a few miles from the huge Limestone siiperbomher base. which is about 2'0 miles from here.

The plane came down in a re- mote, wooded area and A ground party reached the scene at night- fall.

Earlier, the spokesman said the base here had received reports that other wreckage had been sighted near Juniper. N.B.. almui do miles southeast of Prexque lsle. .But. the Juniper report "didn't pan out," the spokesnian said.

Founder of Calgary Stampede Dies

CALGARY. 10?)-Gus Weadlck. veteran cowpoke who oriiimmd the Calgary Stampede and helped build it into R. world-famed at- traction. died Monday. He was 08.

Weadiclr. widely known as the

"dean of the rodeo producers." died in Los Angeles. Until recently

rested Wednesday and charged with possession of narcotics after Dolice found three ounces of mlri- juana undcr a construction com- pany shack in downtown Toronto. iIrwin's 54,000 automobile was im- pounded. WILD CHASE

l OSI-IAWA. 0nt., (CF)-Allan '1'. iDlll1Cln was sentenced Wednesday to seven days in jail for drunk driving, had his licence suspended for three months and his car im- pourirleri for the some period. Po- lice said he led them on a aig-zag

-highway chase from nearby Whitbyl

and forced 30 cars off the road be- fore he was caught.

LONDON. (Route-rsi - British rail union chiefs Wednesday night. cancelled a strike of 400.000 key workers, called for midnight next Sunday.

They took this action immedi- ately on receiving A firm promise of all-round pay raises from ox-

he had lived in Phoenix. Aria.

TORONTO, (OPl- Rev. Gordon Alfred sisco. secretary of the en- cra! council of the United Ch rch of Canada since 1088 and one of Canada's leading churchmen. died Wednesday. He was 33.

Dr. slaco. who administered the daily affairs of Canada's largest. protestant denomination. entered hospital Tuesday after surfacing a heart attack. He had been at work in his office Monday as usual.

During his 16 years as secretary he worked toward union of his United Church with the Church of England in Omsdn.

As secretary he conducted sev- eral preaching missions in various Canadian provinces and was it via- iting prssclier in Sec and the United States. One his widely- quohad sermons was an attack on the morality of buslnm and the misuse of power by the wealthy.

"We middle-class people." he said. "will some day come to see what. has always been true. that the catastrophies of history are not brought on by the weak, but by the strong."

Honorary Degrees

Born in Costicook. Que, he held various ministerial charges in On- tario and Quebec before his ap- pointment as secretary. He was a graduate of Wesleyan Theological College in Montreal and Queen's University. Kingston. where he re- ceived a Master of Arts degree in 10.12 and was named an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1037.

He was A member of the ex- ecutive of the Federal Council of

eciitives of the state-owned rail-

Prom or United Church Dies At 63

the Canadian Council of Ctiumhesi of the Alliance of Rtdorlned Churches and of the executive and central committee of the World Council of Churches.

In 1047 he was given an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by the University of Wsshingtxxi at Seat- tle, Wash, and in 1951 was given an honorary Doctor of Laws de- gresa by Mount Allison University. sackvliie. N. 13.

He. is survived by his widow. the former Edith Elizabeth Rothwell of Richmond. Que. a daughter. Mrs. Gordon Birkstt of Siouffvilie, Ont. md A son. Norman A Si.-co.

Canada And

OTTAWA, (Cl-ti --Canada and the United states have settled a month-old air dispute. with the U. S. agreeing to remove curbs on the opening of a Canadian civil air link with Mexico City.

In return. Canada has with- drawn rstallatory threats against two American air lines flying over Canadian tawitory.

Trariaport Minister Chevricr an- nounced in the commons Wednes- day that the U. 3, has agreed to co-operate. allowing Trans-Canada Air Lines to use Tampa. Florida, as a stop-over on flights between

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Queen In Fiji

SUVA. Fiji. (Reuters) The liner Golhir. carrying Queen Eliz- abcth and the. Duke of Edinburgh on their Commonwealth tour, Thursday threaded its way through the small islands of the Fiji group towards a bizarre but heart-felt welcome.

Cheering crowds have become the accepted greeting to Eliazhetli in every part of the globe she has touched. But when she ar- rives here she will be met with an overwhelming silence.

It's Fiji's way of bestowing the highest honor. Fijians consider cheering and hand-i-lapping is downright insult if expressed dur- ing the first moments of meeting a distinguished guest.

War Dances

Once the formalities are ..over, the excited Fijian: will be able to give more conventional vent to expressions of their loyalty.