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orrswa. mi. 22 - (special) - An appeal to Transport Minister chevrier to cancel the charges im- posed by the Federal Government on the Hillsboro Bridge was made in the House of Commons this af- ternoon by W. Chester 3. Mchure. progressive Conservative member for Queens. Mr. McLure was speaking to a resolution in the name of Rcch pinud, Liberal member for Cham- hly Rouvllle. Que.. calling for the abolition of of tolls on the Victoria and Jacques Cartier bridges across the St. Lawrence River at Montreal. He contended that the same prin- ciple of tolls applied to the Hills- boro Bridge as to the two spans at Montreal. The Transport Minister deferred his reply to the Queen's member. but later intimated he would have his officials examine the statue of the liillbsboro Bridge and the Fed- eral Government's responsibilities And obligations regarding it. An answer is expected at a later date. In his appeal for the rescinding

ince of Prince Edward Island con- cerning the Hillsboro Bri . Mr. Mcbure said Federal au rities originally had earmarked it as a. loll bridge but that this was not satisfactory to the Provincial Gov- ernment of the day. Hence the Pro- rlnclal Government decided it would use itrovincial taxpayers' money and pay the toll annually.

"This toll." said Mr. McLure. "amounts to approxhristely 310.000 in year. when repairs are taken un- der consideration. This has been paid by the Province of Prince Ed- ward Island for 5 years and is still being paid. This bridge is used as a railway bridge and also for vehicular traffic. On fan) of this. it was an old second-hand bridge brought from the Richelieu River. Today it is too narrow and 1 un- derstand it is now condemned for heavy railway traffic.

"I hope considers" will be given to the cancellation of the tails on this bridge that the Pro- vincial Government has to pay in my Province.

"If they will not agree to do so in conjunction with this i 'on on the Montreal bridges, then at a later date we will have. to bring the matter up as a separate res- olution so that justice can be ex- tended to the people of Prince Ed- ward Island in connection with the l-llllsborough Bridge".

After Mr. Moloureies remarks. and comments on the Pinard resolution by Transport Minister Chevrier. . the resolution was defeated with- out a standing vote. In view oi this rlcvelopment,. Mr. Mcbure in-Ins to have a separate resolution inscribed on the Commons order

Federal charges on the I-lillsborough Bridge.

Mr. Chevrier'a Attitude

o-rrswa. Feb. 22 - (cs) - Transport Minister Chevrler said today in the Commons the ream-ai Government believes tolls on the Victoria and Jacques Cartier bridges

lhree Killed In Crossing jrash

BRANTFOR-D. Ont. Feb. 22 m (OP)-A levalcrossing crash of an Iutomoblle and a two-car radial Kan near here today killed three The victims were Johannes Wiotnr-nnker. 22. driver of the W. Ind Henry Van Der Bruggen. 23. both of Tillsonburg. Ont.: and George Stickies. so. of Waterford. 0'”. believed to him been hitch- lllklns a ride.

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But the Gove rnent. he added. does not feel t e tolls should be abolished exclusively at its expense.

Mr. Chevrier spoke on a resolu- tion sponsored by Roch Plnard (I.- Chnmbly-Rouville) calling for ub- olltion of the tolls.

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Queries federal Expenditure On PEI Marshlaiids

OTTAWA. Feb. 32 -- (Special)- ,Members of all three Maritime Provinces are marahalling their forces to urge the Government to s d major works projects in the

sat codstal area. on today's House Co ns order pup". three resoli ns to this end were in- scribe for consideration of "the

House.

T.J. Kickham. Liberal member for Kings. P. E.I.. demands to know in what stretches of marsh- lsnd in Prince Edward Island was money expended under the Mari- time Marshlands Rehabilitation Act. He further asks how much was spent in each of the specified areas up to December 31. 1050.

Motion for a copy of all corres- pondence between the Federal De- partment of Transport and the Government of Nova gentle on the subject ohms d bridge or causeway across. the Strait of cause wu filed by Clarrie Gulls. C.C.P'. member for Cape Breton south.

A third motion by A. J. Brooks, Progressive Conservative member for Royal, N. B.. calls for all cor- respondence between the Interna- tional waterways Commission. the government of New Brunswick. the Federal Clovernment and the Gov- ernment cf the United states con- cerning the inspection and the proposal for hydro power develop- ment from Passamaquoddy Bay.

To Recondition Ailanilciable

MON'I'R.l-EAL. Feb. 22-(OP)-A spokesman for Cable and Wireless. I..id.. said here company is ' ' , to recondit- ion the Atlantic cable between Halifax. and Portcorno, England.

The official said the cable has not been operated since 1062 be- cause of the steel shortage. The cable which connects Halifax, Harbor Grace, Nfld., and Port- como, was laid in 1874 and -was used continuously until 1042 when it was impossible to make repairs to it owing to the steel shortage.

The reconditioning of the cable is not expected to start before 1952 when steel for cable would be made available.

No estimate of the cost could be given by the official. but it was unofficially learned here that the figure would be more than 31.000.-.

000.

Work of restoring service on the 2.500-mile cable will involve almost complete replacement of the old wire. The project is expected to take at least six months.

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AJHINGTON. rub. :2 -(AP) - ow strides toward develop- ment of the first atom-powered plane-a craft that might fly so times around the world on o a pound of U-235. the fisiohabe material used in A-bombs. you disclosed today. ru estimate that one pound of mass would do the work of 8.000.000 galleria of (IM- ine. ' Clknaxing.four years of intens- ive research. the United scam Air Puree and the Atomic Energy communion announced that use first phase in the ilroarani to 0'0- duee an atomic plane has been completed. ”

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Move Aimed At Hailing Inflation

OTTAWA. Feb. 22 -.(op) .. Canada's 10 chartered banks have agreed to cut down on lending to curb a threat of inflation. the Bank of Canada night in a statement.

A general tightenlng- on loans will be the policy henceforth. with three specific means of credit re- strictlon enforced.

They are:

l. Except in the case of small credits, banks will re- train from making "term loans." that is, loans consider- ed "long term," or running more than a year. Most of the banks' lending business is done on a short-term basis. Banks also will refrain from buying corporation bonds and

stock which run for a term of a year or more. . 2. when A corporation or

person borrows money from the bank to buy corporation securities. twice the value of the security must be put up as security. In other words. an investor will be (able to bar- row only 350 from the bank on s sloo security. Previously he could borrow 567. Stock brokerage firms have agreed to follow a similar policy. ef- fective Feb. 16 last. 1:

3. Generally, borrowers must put up higher margins when borrowing on the security of so-called "instalment finance paper." T is covers such items as notes dgnedvby an individ- ual in purchasing a car or re- frigerator on the instalment

plan.,

A TMD lement folowed a r g of wemns in the COf'fifIiOl'IQ&ll3li the matter -of changes in bank )oans. Last Friday Finance Min- ister Abbott said he expected a statement would be issued by the chartered bank.s.Questloned again today. he said a statement would be issued in a day or two by the Bank of Canada. The bank issued the statement four hours later.

Complicated Language .

The 500-word statement. framed in complicated financial language. said the banks also have decided to tighten up on such other cate- gories as ordinary commercial and personal loans, l -

No detail was provided there was no indication whether this would mean that the banks would request higher interest rates or out down on the life of a loan. -

The general tenor of the agree- ment was to tighten lending practices wherever possible. and keen t e current peak volume bf credit n the hands of Canadian business and individuals from go- ing still high r.

At the end of 1950. the public- loan total touched an unpreced- ented 32.651.000.000. after a 0500.- ooo.ooo climb in 12 months. This volume of credit was creating a demand on goods and pushing prices to higher levels.

OTTAWA. Feb. 22-(C P)- Cnnaders Princess Patricias are back in the line. In Korea. they are fighting their third war.

It's news that will send the memories of thousands of Canad-

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1 on how long it might take before the first atomic plane is built. The best guess seemed to be sev- eral years.

Today's announceqaent came less than a week after A. E. 0. com- niiasioner number 1'. Pike dis- closed that the first atomic plant

fore -the device will be operating

in I aubinarina -Officials said an atomic plane would have virtually unlimited

range andalnsostinercdible speed. They said that designs have al- ready been completed for aircraft 0108510 ..of travellind 180 miles all our. T . -- Am major robiuis con- mnui."'.' deslgtierspof the first A- plane. iafeniiaats l 1. How to ceii .

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OTTAWA. Feb. 22 --(CP)- Health Ministerlidartin said today the Canadian constitution limits the type of assistance the Federal Government can give to educat- ion. The Government, he said in the Commons, cannot constitutionally make.grants to the Provinces ear- marked for general educational purposes. It can only make speci- fic grahts which conform with the policies of Provincial Govern- mente.

He "spoke in rejecting a private member's resolution urging the Government to consider "means of expanding and equaliting edu- ity across Can- ada by the gut ing or financial assistance to the various Prov- inces for that purpose."

The resolution. sponsored for the third successive year by R. E. Knight (COF-Saskatoon). a for- mer school teacher. also was de- bated last Monday.

Mr. Martin said the Govern- ment agrees with the objcctives of the resolution. but could not ac- cept it because of the constitut- ional limitsfious. Interference with provincial. rights would hinder rather than help the im- provement of educational opport-

unitles.

Despite constitutional limitat- ions. he said, the Federal Gov- ernment is contributing more than 995,000,000 a year toward various educational and research projects.

George Drew. Progressive Con-

was Board P. E. Island last night's annual

Mr. N. D. MecLean. who re-elected chairman oi the of Trustees of the Hospital at meeting.

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servative leader. said he agreed there should be no interference with provincial rights. However, ways could be found to provide assistance to education without interfering with the constitution.

J. A. Ross (PC-Souris). E. 0. Jones (CUE-Yale), Percy Black (PC-Cumberland) and J.M. Mac- donneli. r(P(1FToronto Green- wood) expressed support of the resolution.

James Byrne (L-Kootenay East) said he was opposed. Edu- cation is a provincial responsibil- ity and he could not see how equality of opportunity could be improved by switching the re- sponsibility to the national gov- ernment. ,

Mr. Martin said that in oppos- ing thc resolution the Government did not want any one to feel that it was not interested -in what hap- pened to education or to teachers. No one could deny the importance of education in the proper func- tioning of a Democratic society.

At the Federal-Provincial cm- ference last December no Provinci- raised the question of Federal aid to education. The R.owcll- sirols Commission that investigat- ed Federal-Provincial relations 10 years ago recommended against

Federal grants ear-marked for general education. Mr. Martin said that before

Parliament considers any program of assistance to education he be- lieves it should wait for the report -expected next month-of the Royal Commissio. on Arts and Science. a

Anrfssal Meeting Of P. E. Island Hospital

Mr. N. D. MacLcan was re- elected chairman of the Prince Edward Island ,Hospitai Board

of Trustees last night at a meet- ing of the trustees following the annual Hospital meeting. Mr. MacLean's re-election sends him into his third year as head of the trustees.

Mr. E. A. Cudmore was re-elect- ed vice-chairman and the secret- ary treasurer, Mr. Andrew J. Likely. was also re-elected.

The retiring trustees gwere all ,re-elected. They were: Dr. J. W. MacKenzie and Messrs. H. L. Bear and E. A. Cudmore.

During the meeting Mr. Mac- Lean presented the presii-lent.'s re- port and Mr. Andrew Likely read the report of the secretary treas- urer.

The following reports were also presented: senior Ladies Aid, Mrs. Gordon Avard: Wo-llc-Lo Club. Mrs. Robert Sutherland; League of Mercy. Mrs. Gordon llutcheson.

Motions of thanks were pre- sented to the following: Trustees. Ladies Aid, W0-He-Lo and League of Mercy clubs. Hospital super- visor, nurscs. business manager. Miss Mair and Mrs. MacDonald. Department of Health and Wei- fare. Hospital medical staff. press and officials at Prince of Wales College. -

The text of the chairman's re- port appears elsewhere in this issue.

ians back into a fighting record which spells out its past in legendary names like Ypres, vrny Ridge and Pasachendaele. the Hitler and Gothic Lines. T

The Patricias - officially the Princess Patrlcia'sCanadian Light Infantry-were the first Canad- ians into the trenches in the First World War. They were part of the first Canadian army for- mstion to go into continuing act- ion in the Second World War. iandlnt with the 1st Division in Sicily ' '

They now have become the first Canadian unit to fight in Korea.

This time the regimental colors are borne by the 2nd Battalion. recruited within a few weeks of August. 1950. as part of the armyls special force. the formation creat- ed to back Canada's obligations to the United Nations or the At- lantie Pact, .

Uhunal origin

They are proud colon.

They were won in a history that goes back-to an unusual origin in 1014 when Brig. A. Hamilton

Gault. now living in' Montreal. raised the battalion at his own expense.

It was an elite unit. named af- ter Princess Patricia. new Patricia Ladr Ramsay. daughter of can- then Governor-General. Duke of oonnsiigfit.

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OTTAWA. Feb. 22 --(GP) -. Government departments are

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Senator Norman Macieod Pater- son (above) who has been identi- fied as the anonymous donor of sl.000,000 to the Presbyterian Church of Canada. Senator Pater- son, who is 68 years of age. is a prominent grain merchant and shipowner. He represents Thunder Bay in the senate, where he has sat since 1940.

Scout Awards Made Yesterday

O'I'l'AWA.. Feb. 22 - (CP) - A posthumous award of the bronze cross-highept award for gallantry in Scouting-was made today to an ll-year-old Port Arthur. Ont. boy.

Curb Larry Erskine. ll. of the 10th Si. Paul's Pack. won the bronze cross for his heroic attempt. in which the lost his life. 10 NS- cue another boy from the Mac- Kenzie River.

The award was-Ahe -highest of 81 awards made by the Governor- General. Viscount Alexander. Chief Scout for Canada. on the occasion of the anniversary of iihe birth- day of Lord Ba-den-Powell of Gilwell. founder of the Boy Scout movement. ,-

Other awards were: .

Silver Wolf-R. D. Baker. Van- ccuver: Prentice Bloedel. Van- couver; R. C. Burns, Calgary. Alla.; B. W. Roberts, Montreal.

Silver Acorn--John S. Canning. St. John's, Nfld.: Ailvln Sohryer. Ottawa; A. A. Smith, Montreal; V. 0. West. Montreal.

Silver Cross-Scout Earl Rogers.

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Barbara Ann To Appear In London

OTTAWA. Feb. 22 - (CP) - Barbara Ann Scott. former world figure skating champion turned professional. today announced she has signed a contract to make I second appearance in a London ice show.

She will appear again as the star of the "Rose Marie" show to be opened next. summer. lim- male lead will be Michael Kirby of Toronto. Both appeared in Lon- don lasi, year.

Alberto Oil Output Greatest In History

CALGARY. Feb. 22 ---(CP)--'- Production of oil hi Alberta last year totalled 2'7.l49,3lB barrels - greatest. in history-the Alberta Petroleum and Natural Gas Con- servation Board reported today. The oil had a gross value of 360.- 568.178.

The output was 37 per cent greater than the previous top tot- al of 19,788,000. set in l949 when

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studying the problems of national registration to have the decks cleared when and if it comes. in- formed sources said today. Cabin- et has not reached a decision on whether it is to be put into effect, these quarters said.

NEW YORK. Feb. 22 --(AP) - The New York City Commerce Commissioner charged today that "big names and top bi-nss" arc min! a kanipaign of hysteria" to push Congressional approval of the at. uwrence seswsy proiec-t.'

UITAWA. 'Feb. 32 ---(CP) -- Domlnion steel and Coal Corpor- ation is to expand its capacity for

DITROIT. Feb 22 --(CP) -In the first ctnerisnent of its kind in medical history. a Yale Univers- it! scientist spent two months as a patient. in a mental institution to gain further insight into prob- lems of insanity.

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Steady Red Withdrawal Continues Along 55-Mile Front In Central Korea

(By Robert Eunson)

TOKYO. Feb. 23 -(Friday) - (AP)-Nearly 100,000 United Na- iions troops. including Canadians in action for the first time. gained up to 12 miles Thursday in a powerful offensive against Chinese and North Korean Com- munists imbedded in the wet brown hills of Central Korea.

The attack. involving both the 9th and 10th Corps of the U. 5. Eighth Army. stretched along a 55-mile-wide batilefront.

"Operation Killer" -personally ordered by Gen. MacArthur only two days ago-sent an estimated 60,000 American troops slugging northward lthrough the Korean mud. together with Allied forces from Canada. Britain. Australia. New Zealand and South Korea.

Canadians Gain Ohiactive

Censorship forbade pinpointing the Canadian sector but A P. cur- respondcnt Tom Bradshaw said units of the famed Princess Pal.- riclals Canadian Llifht Infantry gained their objective by night- fall in a northeast wheeling movement.

(Reuters news agency said the Canadians led a British Com- monwealih brigade through the hills and fought their way through an estimated enemy com-

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allel. opposition was spotty. ." we North Koreans were Dullinz -PK rapidly in near-panic; at OUP-1' points, stubborn pockets of Chin- ese held firm in deep fcxhoic and barricaded duizouts. n

An estimated 40.000 Communists were in the line. including at: least one fresh Chinese division: apparently under orders to hoii or die.

The battlefront stretched from Yangpycng in the west. easi- ward to a point north of Wonju.