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CHARLOTTETOWN.g CAN ADA.

FRIDAY, MAY 8,

1953

16 PAGES

The Guardian, Five Cents S. Morning Daily Founded 1581. P

DEFENCE REPORT SPARKS SHARP DEBATE IN COMMONS

Attiy General Reviews New Highway Traffic Regulations

"Effective as of today. WHY gpplivniit for a motor vehicle op- rttr-.'s license must be passed .,I,..;, hy a qualified Provincial no . ncr before the same isgrant- pd," acid Hon. Walter E. Darby, Al.'rv' y General. in speaking to H1! members of the.Junior Chapl- iw 4r.' t,'(llllI..3l'G8 at their monthly illcctillg at the Rendezvous pm -rirrmt. last evening.

The cxaminer will also give in- to -tirns by appointment, and in M. unrk will rise a dual control turn, Vlr. Darby stated. A begin- nerls licence will be granted on

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Coming Events

--cardigan Hall. Friday. May sin. Play and Dance. Curtain 8.15.

..n......., s..iTn Melville School, yTid'il'. May iith.

"Dance in llowefa Hall. Brack- ley Point. h'iday. May 8th.

"Dance. Donagh School. Tue!- day. May llth. Burke's Orchestra.

"opening dance at GordonLodge Friday night, May 8th.

"lust. arrived. Car of Cement. '.. lrickieson. New Glasgow. "Dance every l1'iday night. smith Rusiico Hall. Canteen ser- vice. Charlottetonians Orchestra.

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"fiance at SlIndy's Friday, May R. Rurkc'.-i Orclicsira. Yellow Cab waving at 9 and 9:30 for Sandy's

"old time fiddling and step dliicln: contest. Mt. Stewart Legion Hall. Wednesday. May Tlth.

"Complete stock Seeds on hand. l,owt-.sr. prices. Take delivery soon as possible. John Myers.

"The Emerald Play which was advertised for Friday night in iihcntley River Hall is cancelled.

"Benefit Dance. St. Peters Bay. Friday, May iith. Dancing from 930-1.00. Chaisson's Orchestra.

"Our car grass and clover seed. now arrived at our Summerside Mill. Get our prices before buying. You sill save money. P. L. Morris.

"Indian River Dramatic Club will repeat their play for adjudic- ation at the Drama Festival in Kcnslngton on Friday. May 11th.

"We have on -hand a full stock of grass and clover seeds. Also Reg. turnip seed. Get our prices before llllrina. E. J. MacDougall, Vernon.

"J. 0. Macl.eod will begin haul- ing cream to Wlltshlre. Monday. Mav iith, over same route as M. Buchanan had last year.

"St-is Corran Bann Players pre- sent their three act comedy drama

in Pleasant Grove Hall, Friday. liar Rih. Dance after.

"Wellington Players present their three act comedy in Com-

miiniiy Hall. wellington Station, Twila:-, May 'l2th.

"Wction sale at lnkcrman. :l”"'i"l'- May 11th. at 2.00 o'clock. "oft iron and implements. Wal- iff Scott. d”Grand reopening dance. Bor- "" lielzion Hall Friday. May 8th in Rid of Borden branch Canadian

1-eatnn. Good music. Admission 50 Cent; -

"Show. Morell Hail. Friday and 5'i"i"lny. "Vengeance valley" with Burt, Lancaster, Robert Walker. Ind Joanne Dnr.

D;'lfldlll'l River Players present aelms Festival three-act play. Ven Mlle my Hall. Friday even-

May 8th. sale candy, special-

,0:;B"-Vins daily. good thrifty "033 Pills over 30 lbs. Also listing ml 'veal calves under 250 lbs. Pay- Mrwrlilti market prices. Wellington whiny! 62 Son, Buntaln at Bell's

"Indian River:-Players present Dhimn Festival three act play in

Victoria Hall Frida i Y. May 15th. P-AM. Sale of candy. specm- " "W09-ll Ladies Auxiliary

C"""diHn Legion.

"Showing at Mt. Stewart Friday :33 .i;',::ideY- May our and 9th. at " Rm 3 To My Ht-art" - warn- Kmme. rania directed by William gm Tiver "wins Ray Milland. st. mm lg”?! Fay Bainter, Howard

"mm;n My Beth Hughes. This Dicture ended '0 be " "W "M

application and the whole routine of tests. signals and recognized safety precautions dealt with in detail. The applicant's ability to drive safcly will be determined be- foire an operators licence is grant- e .

"In the interest of public wel- fare we have instituted .. ...;.ivi'ay safety programme designed to eliminate to some extent the dan- lzers of death or niaiming through traffic accidents." the Attorney General explained. "This can only be brought to a degree of perfec- UOH by the co-operatic" of every- one who drives a car.

"A vlgoroiis enforcement of saf- ety regulations by the police. with heavy fines and suspension or even cancellation of licences, p' the exacting programme of teaching before driving licences are issued, cannot fail to improve thc situa- tion.

"In an endeavour to lnlprorc driving habits. three additional R. C.M.P. have been added to our force as motorcycle enforcement officers and also three police cars. properly marked as such. These cars will we white doors so as to be easily recognized as they do patrol duty, particularly on speed. These cars are not for enforce- ment but rather as an education

and deterrent. The motorcycle patrol will round up speeders, check brakes. lights and other equipment.

fast driving he said that short. distances to be covered in this small Province left no excuse for driving 60 or '10 miles per hour. ”I made two test runs to Summer- side. On one trip in which travel was at a relatively high rate of speed, the trip was made in one hour. Later. great care was ob- served in going through villages. passing schools and other vehicles on the road. and the elapsed time for the run was one hour and seven minutes. It mrist be obvious to you," he added. ”that a safe and sane run from ullc end of the Island to another can be negotiat- ed with so little lost: of time as compared with speeding that it is

(Continued on page 15. col. 8)

Senate Continues To Delay News Pension Deal

CYITAWA, tCl")-The Sciinte. still in doubt about a possible infring-

eral workers.

lure revising the 'Act. The revision expands the act to cover an additional 60.000 civil servants now classed as temporar- ies and provides for retirement age limits.

No action watv taken on an amendment. proposed Wednesday by Senator Arihiir Macotte tPC Simkatcliewani which would have inserted in the bill a phrase to pre-

had been dropped in revision.

”Fl"-5' mu” l39T.h"Ul' 1! "15 5bP'nlilnl3f insistence that the solute speed limit,' Mr. Darby ex-,.-.,.,..-3 he

New Coniinunisl Proposals Are l Being Studied I

MUNSAN. Korea, Communist proposals the Korean truce deadlock pro-. duced optimism in Allied head-' quarters here today although llnr-' ted Nations officers think there will still be objection to one ma-l jor point.

The plan. announced Thursday, drops the Red demand for bodily, removal of prisoners to a neutral country. Brit it suggests a post- armlstice political conference to. decide the fate of prisoners un-i willing to return to Red rule. This conference would begin after the Powa have been in neutral custody for fmir months.

Lt.-Gen. William llarrison, chicfi Allied negotiator. has already stated that such a plan is .1. "form of forced repatriation" he-l cause it leaves the prisoners onlyl a choice of going home or remain- ing in indefinite captivity.

"But at least we will be dis- cussing the same thing now." said one officer. The talks should "gt-ll moving" at least. he added.

The UN command took a one- dny recess to study the plzin and get guidance from iVashingt0n. The negotiators return to Pan- munjom Saturday.

The Red plan. in line with Al- lied demands. reduced the length of time unwilling prisoners would be held before turning their fut- ure over to a political conference. it also was Fl retreat from Com-

pris- neuirirli

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The Communist proposals: 1. Prisoners willing to go ironic

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I”2eporl:Opl:irnism Growing Al: UN Truce Camp

Citizensi Co-operation ls

Asked in Beaulific

59th Birthday

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OTTAWA. (CF)-George Drew tabover, Progressive Conservative leader. Thursday got a big basket of roses from his party colleagues to mark his 59th birthday and a kind word from a government minister.

' "j l and ltfouncil

Mr. Drew was applauded by alll

members when he entered the House and found the roses on hisl desk.

Tracie Minister Howe. with whom Mr. Drew is often at odds in par-

hers named to extend congratul- ations to the Opposition leader .and hope he would have runny more hirtiidays.

Mr. Drew expressed his apprec- iation. it was a pleasure to know. he said. that despite any party lditferences that. rill could join in ion expression of that kind on such iait occasion.

l:,l311lltg:d.cLl:;(lilwh1egi tshe f;l0t0fCi.r'Clt:;;-on-niyy gurlng the pn51.Rrn.;3;ra,.lllninentary debates. said all crem- 5'0””v 11 Y0" "9 Outpost 11;:-aulljsllllltfifmsllgllllld iEtl.mnhlndi(ol-Tam d9Cl-'10” in 9Vid3nCE 15 illllil-" innit custody transferred to thc Fast Driving Dangers I"M””l' i In speaking of the dangers of The New Red Plan

Lower Const

ruction Cost

At Siside Station. Cited

Packing House Workers To Seek Wage Boost

WINNIPEG. (OP) Canadian packing house workers launched a drive Thursday for a general in- crease in wage rates.

The policy was determined by delegates attending the District 10 conference of the United Packing- house Workers of America C10- OCL. They approved recommen-

mfnf 011 ill T131115. fi8lR.VPd Mi-lfin ,commitiee which called for open- ior the second straiizht day Thurs-.lng of negotiations with the Big d3.V On it New pension deal for fed- iThrcc of the industry-Swift Cann-

It sent back to a committee forjrnclms. Tire wage scales of the further study a government ineas- pig Tm-as set the gene-mi pattern Superannuation ; for the industry.

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serve the right of the Senate and.hv the Hails;-. of Commons to oontrol their Stampede directors. Officials hope own employees. He said the phrase to complete the work in time for

datioris of the union's wage policy

dian. Burns and Co., and Canada

About l2.000 UPWA members in p.'l('l(lllg plants from New Brims- wck to British Columbia will be

affected, sxi-aitn -its " CALGARY. (CP)-An improve-

ment program costing sl00,000 for the plant and grounds is planned Calgary Exhibition and

the 1953 stampede opening July it.

ALIMENDINGEN. iReuters) Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein. once one of Hitler's top generals and the most prominent warcrim- inal still held by the Allies. was told Thursday he is a free man.

The mayor of this southwest German town broke the news to him. The 65-year-old field mar- shal "jumped out of bed like a y gster," the mayor said.

A village delegation. headed by a brass band and complete with children carrying flowers trooped to the castle where Manatein has been staying on a medical parole from the British war crimes prison at Werl.

The mayor said he received the official telegram from British authorities Thursday.

Mannteln, tail and imperious- looking. has been living with his

German. Field Marshal Von Manstein Free Man

wife at the castle. He was released

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i from Werl prison last August. He has been recuperating from an eye operation.

Manstein was originally sen- tenced in 1040 to 18 years in pris- on for atrocities committed by his troops in Russia. The term was later reduced to 12 years. count- ing time previously served he now has completed two-thirds of the sentence and become a free man under good-conduct remission.

Mansteln. Hitler's ace comman- der in Poland and Russia, was convicted on nine counts after a trial lasting four months.

Among the counts were that he allowed the carrying out of high command orders which resulted in the execution without trial of Rus- sian war prisoners; ordered that Soviet political eommissars should be summarily executed: and or- dered the killing of civilian host-

orrawa. May 7 - iSnec1c1i- Construction costs at S'.immerslde

are just a little more than one- third of those at Churchill on Hudson's Bay. it was revealed to- dav in discussion of defence pro- duction txsiimates.

Percy Wright. CC.F. member for Melfort. Sask., asked Defence

Production Minister lfmve why it cost 5383.000 for a, icn-room school at Chtirchill when it had cost only 3.199.000 for a similar school at Summcrsidc. Both Mr. Howe and ihls l)fl'.'lllllFlll.'li')' assistant. .lohn 'Dlcke3. senior i.ibernl member for

Halifax hastericd to explain the gaping cost. tlriici'c:'.tial. Although neither the Minister

nor his assistant. appeared fam- iliar with the school at Summer- side. Mr. DlCkPj' said: "it is not possible for arryoiie to deal uitll that comparison without knowing iiill details of the school to which be (Mr. Wrightt referred at Sum- whether it is conriarablei

merside;

construction. when it was built. and niatters of that kinti. The evidence is that. coristruction at Churchill is running just about twice what the cost. of normal

construction would be at Morit- real or Toronto."

Mr. Howe reminded Mr. Wright that there. is pt-rmafrost at Chiir- chill and that foundation work in pemmfrost is difficult and ex- pensive. A school could be very cheaply built in Florida, he ob- served.

Even if-construction costs at Churchill run twicei those in southern Canada, opposition mem- bers were not. entirely satisfied why they should be three times as high as those in Prince Ed- ward Island.

St. Laiiieiilliid Eisenhower Confer

WASHINGTON. (CP)- Canada and the United States are report- ed to have reached a close and sympathetic understanding on world political issues in the first phase of lop-level talks between Prime Minister st. Laurent and President Eisenhower.

But it appeared that some con- flict in views may develop when the. two government. leaders turn today in crucial trade issues in the second phase of the talks.

St. Laurt-nt and Eisenhower went into a three-h-our luncheon huddle at the White House Thursday and an informant at the conference said later the talks ranged from mutual defence to the latest de-

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ation

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asked F. J.

this city was last night by Councillor Storey in the matter of parking beautification when the

met. in special session with the Community Planning As- socintlon.

He agreed with Councillors T. Roy Cridmore and Edwin John- stone-that iniprovemeiits could be made in the parking of cars he-

ltvveen the sidewalk and the curb. jMr.

Storey also said it was dis- couraxinlf to the Council to clean the streets only to find that on a Saturday morning people clean- ing heir fihnt. and hat-k yarti: would leave hnttles and tin cans out on the street.

Gerald Maddigan stated he had a great deal of trouble with party-goers hreaking his fence at the corner of Pow- nal and (inillort streets and sug- f:F'Slf'fl that it was linrrlly worth the while of the average citizen to improve his property when de- prcdations could not be stopped.

Presented Brio!

The brief of the ('.iiiirnriiriiy Planning Auot-iaiion was pre- sented to the C '1 r

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,Two (Iommiiied To Stand Trial In

Gambleris Death

Pi whltewashing the

Elecllonlilk Turns Commons Inlo Huslings

OTTAWA. (GP) -- Government. and opposition parties, like old war-horses sniffing the winds of. election battle, turned the Coin-j mons into a huatings Thuraday' and threw political haymakers by; the hour on the question of de-i fence. . Their uninhibited donnybrook pivoted mainly on the findings of, the Commons defence committee. with Progressive Conservative and

social Credit adh...... accusing the Liberals of whitewa'”-"rg the facts rind the Liberals counter-, accusing them of distorting the:

facts to suit their political advan- tage.

Prelude To Election

It was frankly accepted by both sides after a while as an indellcatei prelude to the election campaign and Donald Fleming (PC-Toronto Egllfltnnl confessed that he rather enjoyed some of what he called the "Liberals ”good old-fashioned, stump speeches." i

David Croll tToronto Spadinar commented: "it's the season."

The founciation'of it all was con- sideration of the estimates of the defence production department and it produced these statements scat- tered among the haymakers:

1. Solon Low. Social Credit leader, accused the Liberal major- ity on the defence committee of "sordid details" of defence construction and sug- gested that preferred treatment on defence contracts was given the Alexander construction -firm. form- t-riy owned by Mines Minister Priidham. He suggested that thei firm has "friends at. court" whenl it. took three times too long to full a contract. at the RCAP PEf'iht)l(i.l Alla, base: got ”lush” changes made in the original contract and got. another big defence contract

MONTREAL. iCPl James Rogers. 2i. of Montreal. and Franle Eattagtla, 39, of Oakvrllc, Ont. ac- cused of the murder of Charles Waggoner. appeared for prclrnrm- airy hearing 'I'liiirsday and were committed to trial in Court Queenls Bench.

Waggoner. well-known in Mont- real and Toronto garribltng circles. was found dead March 28 in a water-filled ditch in nearby La- prairre. a .'i-l0-pound houldcr weigh- ing him down and a bullet hole in his head

At preliminary hearing Thurs- day. prosecution fiicti depositions made at rcccnt cnronei”r. inquest at.which the accused were found criminally responsible for Wag- goner's death. The defence said it. had no statement to make until the trial.

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while it was "still stumbling around" at Penhold.

'1. Mr. Prudham denied that the Alexander firm has cvcr r('CCI'.'('d ipreferred treatment through him

? BtContirmePdPonPpage 6. col.V5l- , ALATL iTroops In Korea To Observe Coronation

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ll SEOUL. tReutei-st - Common- wenlth troops will fire red. white and blue smoke bombs and set off .1 fireivorlrs display at the 38th parallel to celebrate the Corona- ltion June 2. a Commonwealth divi- lslon spokesman said here Thurs- ldny. A ceremonial parade and an Iartillcry salute will be 'Troops will shout. "God save the lQueen" at the appointed moments.

PCi.iC.ll.-Trade Suggestion

Criticized By Senators

OTTAWA. iCPl- A suggestion by the Canadian Congress of Labor that Canada accept sterling as pay- ment for part of her exports to the United Kingdom was criticized Tlillrsday as unworkable by mem- bers of the SPllH'P trade relations committee.

The congress siiggcstcci in a brief to the committee, studying eco- nomic co-operation among North Atlantic Treaty countries, that the governnicnt Mtahlwlr a ”cminter- part" fund with stcriirrg exchanged for Canadian exports.

The Canadian cxporicr would be.

paid in dollar: hr the government which noultl u:e the s'cr'.ing in the 'corintcrpari. lillltl to pay for its purchases from Britain or for mat- erials prirclrasetl under the Col- ombo Plan for economic develop- ment, of sniitlieast. Asia.

Express Doubt

Peter Campbell 1L- Oritarroi, .l .1. Krnicy if.-Nova Scotiat and G. P. Burchill (L- New Brriusrvickl expressed doubt that the fund would serve any use.- ulf purpose,

Martin lmvinsnn of the CCL de- partment or international affairs said such a method of trading with Britain would help get rid of agri- cultural stirp'u.-zes in Canada.

A. R. Mosher. CCL president. added that thc Colombo Plan pur- chases could be made in Britain. an increase in Bi-it.aln's trade. At present. Colombo Plan purchases must be made in Canada or in the country where development was being imdertaken.

Senator Kinley said that in the end the government would have to take up the slack between the value of dollars it paid Canadian expor- ters and the sterling it accepted for the fund from British im- porters.

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Senator Eur-chill said the weak-

ness of the suggestion is that it

lrvoird cit-crt-ase dollar piirchases 3in the United Kingdom which badly liieederi dollars

i Senator John T. Haig, Progres- islve Coriservative leader. and Sen- iatnr R. 8. Homer iPC-Saskatchen iiwtlll ct-iticivcd siiggcstions by the POlltll'85s that Canada increase her S'.'3,f)00,000 yearly contribution to :the Colombo Plan and embark on a "planned" immigratlor. program ”wltli safeguards to protect Cana- dians against any adverse effects of ciislocation.”

Senator Haig said the Colombo rPlan sutzgeslion simply meant cm. lada was to give these countries rvithout. getting anything

. money

nmho old had millions in blocked 5tP!"lii:.

Senator liorncr said the CO1. nullifies its proposals on immigra- tion hecauze it advocates that the government find other work for people tiitsplaced by trnmigrarits "or pay them for doing nothing." He said there is no value in a suggestion such as that.

held'

back. The. countries receiving Col-.

Excellent Choral Performances 0n Festival Program Yesterday

I Choral competii ion dominated

the Musical Festival program yes- terday, with classes which included church choirs, school choluses. French language choriiaes and the more specialized work of the, tiregorran chant. j The combined Chr-rry Valiey.. Vcrnon River and Orwell choirs win first place in a competition, last evening for rural church choirs; with 34 points, and they werel closely followed by the R. C. A. FA Station Choir from Summersrcie vihzch won a similar compctrtlonl uiiii a mark of R3. The P.C..'t l7'., (fholr pcrformed the previous cven-l ink. and the adjudication of their. Derformarice was presented last' ,c-venxnz. All of the groups compet-