MAXIMS

OVA

MERE MAN

I--:u-

Men M l-QM” with.

byanilaeoonnot

B!

H, p,g,g. 09.00. other Prorlneca

cu-rm oauiotmowu. In-I--an um per annum. llaswboro

and U.l.A. 011.00 per annum.)

1 CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. TUESDAY. MARCH 3. 1953

14

but

Money is a good servant but a

MAXIMS '

OIL

MERE MAN

11.:

master

PAGES

The Guardian, Fin Cents

Morning Daily Founded 1831.

CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT TO CALL IMMEDIATE ELECTION

World's Top Meat: Market Opened To Canada

P.E.l. Govt. Makes CL000 interim Grant For Flood Relief

All across Canada people and governments have swung into not.- Lon to aid the flood-stricken resid- mts of England and the Low Countries. As a' gesture the GOV- ornment. of Prince lldwarr Island vestcrday made an interim gift of 31,000, it was announced by Prem- for .1. Walter Jones who is heading the campaign for funds in this Prml cc.

.-it he present time gifts of clothing are not wanted as the need for it, though great, can be better supplied by officials who know the exact requirements. For this reason money only is being Accepted. It has already been stat- ed that the Canadian dollar will my much more in many of the other countries,

Premier Jones in emphasizing the seriousness of the plight of the people of Holland said that there were 50.000 homeless as a result of the floods which inundated 350,000 acres of cultivated soil. It was es- timated that of the 143,000 homes in the area at least 10.000 had been completely destroyed.

Farmers of this Province can nIlpl'f'Claie the extent of the dam- age. done when the livestock losses are considered. The people of Hol- land lost 25,000 cattle. 20.000 plgl. 3.000 sheep, 1,300 horses and over 100,000 fowl. At the same time the farmers of the Netherlands are faced with a terrific problem in the loss of all their farm imple- merits and machinery. From a list prepared by officials of that co try it is apparent that farmers wars will require everything from spades to combines, pruning shears to imliting machines. Among food commodities required are 50.000 metric tons of wheat. 05.000 tons of feed grains and 100,000 tons of unrefined augar.

A large quantity of gypsum will auto be needed to doulinate the flrmdnd land before it can be brought. back into production. At the some time one of the great needs is for stables and cattle barns.

l"rf-micr Jones said that anyone wishing to aid in the work being done could leave a contribution at any bunk as they have all agreed in handle this work and forward what is received to national head- qunricra.

Queen Mary is confined To Bed

LONDON. (AP) -- Queen Mary has been ill for a week, it was an- nounce-diMonday night.

This news came as Britons were busily engaged in preparations for the Coronation. Because of her age, Queen Mary does not plan to at- tend the ceremony at Westminster Abbey. She is 85.

Marlborough House, Mary's residence. said she had been confined to bed for the last. week by recurrence of a gastric trouble.

She had not taken her motor car drives about London for two weeks. No other details of her illness were given.

Tells Opposition They.May Name Mail Couriers

OTTAWA, (CP) - A Liberal member has told supporters of op- position groups in the Commons that they are welcome to appoint all the rural mail carriers in his constituency.

George Crulckshank, representa- tive for the British Columbia con- stituency of Fraser Valley. said Monday that no political capital can be made out of appointments of mail carriers.

"If a member appoints one man to the job he wins the votes of that family but loses the votes of 15 others who want the job." said Mr. Cruickahank.

He spoke before the Commons gave second reading to a bill auth- orising the postmaster general to increase payments to rural mail carriers.

The bill was referred to a Coin- mons committee which will study operations of rural mail services

Queen

with a view to recommending im- provements. t

iieportHoIIand0onsidering Huge New System Of Bikes

THE HAGUE. (Routers)-Holland msy connect the islands of the Schodlt estuary with one enormous W10 in llrevent a recurrence of the disastrous floods of a month ago.

Johnnncs Thysse, director of the lndraiilics laboratory at Delft said Monday the project. if decid- ed on, will be the biggest engineer- mg feat of its kind ever a empted.

"The question of shortening the coastline is an old one,” he said but the February flood has bmutrht into prominence."

The pro ed dike would connect ioorne-P ttan in the north, ctceree-overflakkee. S o h o it w e n-

fmiveland and Waicheren in the sfitlill.

Gaps For Riven

vimps would be left between

Hflmne-Puttcn and the Hook of olland and between Walcheren

ztiduthc mainland to permit waters

mole Rhine, scheldt and other

W is to reach the us and to give

t Wing free access to the rivers and canals.

RIAII the water area behind the

8 ands would become a vast, non- rial lake.

Tliysse is a member of the Dutch

CCT Coming Events

"Farmers. ask about the Shut Sign Feed Finance Plan. For part- In contact your local food mill

"Om-I Party in st. Marys mu. f,2;'g”- W-dpeod-y. February us. mpif::&45I and Bridge. Under "Mum. - Ladies Auxiliary Eouris

"Victoria Rink. tonight. Ksuyk

Cr, R M:;nn'9dWiYiIa vs. Green Road

"ffrokinola. Vernon llall. Wed- ';,"g'Y- Much Itn. sponsored by - -U. ."D0lIblIhsader Ag North River Mk T""dl.V. March 3. North

V" VI- cw Haven at 7:00 gaw; Hfltnmo in umi-finals. - ' "E "70?! vs. Randy's

Reds Abandon C Attempt To Crack U.N. line

SEOUL. (AP)-Chinese Com- munist. forces abandoned an at.- tampt to crack the main Allied line at Little Gibraltar on the rain-soaked Korean Western Front Monday after more than NO Ohineio were mowed down by gunners of the Commonwealth Division and U. s.. French and Thai infantry.

The Reds partially overrun one U. 8. unit. American troops drove back the Chinese in 00 minutes.

Mortars and artillery shells were rained on the attacking force sun- day night as the Reds struck with a battalion at four points along a three-mile front.

The air war was halted by low-

usual at

Year-lonega American Embargo Ends

OTTAWA. (CP) - The United States, with a stroke of the pen, removed Canada's biggest eco- nomic headache Monday

Ezra Bcnaon, U. S. agriculture secretary. signed a formal order in Washington. ending the year- long American embargo against Canadian livestock and meats and opening the door to the world's biggest meat market.

Reciprocating. Canada lifted im-

port restrictions of her own. tinier market. but still maintain- ed bans against American live

hogs and raw pork because of health reasons.

Thus, the last chapter was written on the economic turbu- lence that followed the outbreak foot-and-mouth disease in South Saskatchewan. The dis- ease was officially announced Feb. 25, 1952, and stamped out Aug. 19, 1952.

Ceiling on Imports

There was one other develop- mont Monday. A few hours after Mr. Benson signed the embargo- lifting order. President Eisenhower roimposad a ceiling on imports of

Explosion And Heavy Loss In

By H. L. Jonas Canadian Press Staff Writer PITZRJOY HARBOR. Ont... (C P) -An explosion and fire Monday disrupted the big. 220.000-horae- power Chats Falls hydro-electric power plant, leaving part of the 820,000,000 development a smoking ruin of twisted girders. tumbled

walls and smashed generators.

Staggerlnl Loss '

Officials 7 blamed A technical fault in an oil circuit-breaker and said sabotage is not suspected. They declined to estimate damage but said it will be "staggering". Un- official estimates ranged as high as 55,000,000. No one was injured.

1:). S. Luney. Ottawa area man- ager for the Ontario hydro-electric commission, said loss of the plant's 220.000 horsepower which ordinar- ily goes into a "power pool" feed- ing Southern Ontario, is a ”big loss" but won't mean a power shortage. steam plants will be worked harder to make up the dif- ference. i

Three of the plant's turbo-gen- erators were buried under heaps of rubble. Another was believed dam- aged. The others are not workiiig

(Continued on Page swcoi. 0)

Members Shot

Opening Today Of legislature

His Honor Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowsa will officially open the second regular Session of the 47th General Assembly at 3 o'clock this afternoon amid much of the oldtime ceremony which was dis- pensed with last year when the Commonwealth was in mourning for the late King George tlth.

The Guard of Honor will be drawn tip in front of the Pro- vincial Building awaiting the ar- rival of Her Majesty's represent- ative. It will be composed of men from the P. r-:. f. neeimept Ind 5 signals Regiment and will be un- der oommand of Capt. L. G. Mac- Nevin who will have with him on parade Lieut. W. E. Peters, M.M.. and Lleut. W. A. Henry. They will parade to the Building to the music of the P. 1:. 1. Regiment Band un-

der Major R.. J. Mahnr. Band- niaster W.0. 2 T. M. MacFarlans will conduct.

The customary salute will be fir- ed in the Victoria Park area bl! members of the lltth Battery of the 23th f..A.A. Regiment commanded by Major D. J. Mc- Cormack. Present in charge will be Capt. Whiaton Smith with Liout. Col. R. J. McNeill attending as medical officer.

Although this will be only the second regular session since the election in April 1951, it will be the third time they have met. The Legislature was called into special session in the fall of 1951 to dis-

take in the proposed Federal Old Age and Blind pension schemes.

LONDON, (AP)-Princess Mor- garet has caught her second id in two weeks and is remaining n-

hanging clouds and rain that turn- ed into snow aqualla all along the 155-mile front.

IDNDON. (Aft)--Prime Minister Churchill has refused for the time being to accept a Communist offer to swap I Briton imprisoned in I-funnry far" a Md Chinese wo- man guerrilla sentenced to die in Malaya. -

Mplylng Monday to questions

in the House of Commons. Chur- chill said "there can be no ques- tion of bartering a human life." 1-fungary recently proposed trad- ing bunincu man Edgar sanders. gm-vlng A 13-year sentence on as- pionage charges. for Lee Menl. under sentence of death in British Malaya for being armed with I grenade. While rejecting the offer. Chur- chill said this does not rule out further consideration once the question of oiunoncy appelk 10? Leo Meng has been decided by Malayan authorities.

Mmblfn. first game

me C. Bk". gnu intermed-

ecutlve council

The sultan of Perak and his ex- mef. Monday to

Churchill Rejects Red Offer Of Prisoner Trade

last week. Churchill's statement.

-after she calls at the foreign office

doom at Buckingham Palace. The illness was described as light.

consider appeals on behalf of the woman who through two trials in- sisted she was a victim of mis- taken identity.

Churchill acid the British Gov- ernment. has made and will con- tinue to make "every effort to in- duor the Hungarian Communist Government to release Mr. san- ders." . A

He added. however. "there cpn he no question of bartering a human life or deflecting thacoui-as of justice or of mercy in Malaya for the sake of obtaining the re- lease of a British subject unjustly imprisoned in Hungary.”

landcrf wife. Winifred. who has appealed to Churchill to accept the barter deal, had just returned from the funeral of her mother, killed in an automobile accident when she heard of

she declined any comment until

HOW '

cuss the part this Province would .

(Continued on Page 5 Col. 7)

Two .Russian Embassy Staff

At Rangoon

RANGOON. (AP)--Two members of the Russian ambusystatr-were shot and seriously wounded by a Burmese sentry early Monday when they entered a restricted Army area.

The incident turned R new spot- light. on this Far Eastern sector where Burma is nervously trying '0 get along with neighboring Red China, and with her Western friends. But there was official silence on all sides.

The Russians are Constantin Aiiikinc. 36, embamy first secre- tary. and a- Dr. Barbiao, 33. also attached to the embassy.

Refused To Halt

They drove in an embassy auto- mobile into the military area on the eastern side of Rangoon well after midnight, police authorities said. The sentry three times or- dered them to halt. Then he fired a. burst from an automatic rifle.

Barblzo suffered wounds in his face, neck and right. arm. Anikins was shot in the abdomen.

At a hospital a stocky Russian embassy official took up guard in the corridor to their special ward. He refused to let reporters speak to the wounded men and declined to answer questions himself.

Official Silence

At the Russian embassy second secretary Ncolai ststskevih refused to discuss the incident. To all questiom. he replied: "Ask the Burmese police and foreign office." The foreign office and police would give no further details. No official report has yet been re- ceived from the Russians. foreign office attaches sshi.

The Burmese Army has been harcl-pressed for the last five yegns nghting guerrilla bands of Com- munists and Karen rebels in the jungles and mountain country. These groups have attacked scores of towns in their efforts to topple the government.

In addition. Burmese authorities have had to cope with Chinese Nationalist troops who fled into East Hui-rm when Chinese Com- munists overrun the China matri- land. , '

fioiiollloua Trapper Romain: At Large

I

---- x KILOWNA. 3.0.. (OP)-George Bowen. 50-year-old trapper and prospector who has declared "open season" on all R.C.M.P. officers. is still roaming the hills of tho oksnagan Valley. u Bowen, a crack shot, took to the hills Wednesday after firing two shots at an R.C.M.P. constable at long range. Police found a bullet - punctured proclamation nailed to I tree near his cabin at nearby leer Creek. saying his neighbors had tried to murder him and they and the R. C. M. P. were "marihusna ped- dlers." - WA person tearing down use

or dcaoing it will be su anly ahotn" it said. Bowen's shots It the constable

next Wednesday

Fire, Cause Power Plant

Prominent S'side Business Man Passes ,

c.c.r;sa'yE Go To People With Budget issue

OTTAWA. (GP)-Ross Thatcher, outspoken CCF member for Moose Jaw, challenged the federal gov- ernment Monday to fight an im- mediate election on its 1953-54 bud-

get.

Speaking during continued de- bate on the budget, Mr. Thatcher said the Canadian people is ”angry and restless" under "oppressive" taxation.

"When tax relief is needed." he said. ”the government continues on its greatest spending spree in his- tory.

Too Long in Office

"The government has been too long in office. It is encumbered by deadwood and hangers on.. Waste and extravagance have reached scandalous proportions.”

The government should resign, not next August or October. but now.

"I challenge the government to go to the people with this budget as the issue,” he said.

"Are you speaking for your p arty?" inierjected G e or g e Cruickshank fl.-Fraser Valley).

"I wouldn't be surprised if I am,"

The late Mr. Baker

-The death occurred at the Prince County lviosipital yesterday morning of Mr. Donald Baker. one of summerside's most prominent business men, in his 61th year.

Death came after an illness of short duration and news of his passing came as a distinct shock to friends and business associates not only in Summerside but from

every part of the province.

The late Mr. Baker was it man who held the esteem of people in all walks of life and of all cieeds as well. His libernlity in those in need and his ready assistance to those retvuiriiig aid was R by-word in the comniunity.

Few were the local projects with

toontui-ri-u:d on l;a-geC-lO.Col..5)

R.C.A.FCiT0lTiT Saiiingefor Europe This Week

OTTAWA. (OP)-Some 96 RC. A. P. officers and airmen will sail from Halifax this week aboard the liner Scyihia for duty with R..C. A. F. units overseas. air force headquarters Announced Monday.

Most of the personnel are ground crew technicians who will begin preparations for the arrival of oil- ots and aircraft comprising Can- ada's No. 3 fighter wing to be sta- tioned at Zweibrucken. Germany. who are scheduled to leave Can- ada this month.

The arrivel of No. 3 .f'i1fhlH' wing in Germany will bring 7-0 nine the number of R.C.A.F.SilUld- rons serving overseas. . Also sailing aboard the scythis are 20 airwomen. the second con- tingent of volunteer alrwomen to go overseas since the Second World War. who will 0CCUP.l' Cleliicll positions at air division headquar- ters, Mctz, France.

Deputy Minister Of Labor To Retire Tiednesday

OTTAWA. (CP)-Prime Minister St. Laurent announced Mondav that Arthur MacNamara will re- tirc as deputy minister of labor Wednesday-his filth birthday- and will be succeeded by Arthur Brown, assistant deputy.

The double move involving the 818.500-a-year job. one of the top posts in the federal civil service. was forecast unofficially 10 day! ago. Mr. 'MscNamara, deputy minis- tar for 10 years, is rounding out his third one-year extension be- yond ths 05-year statutory retire- ment aga-the most any dcputlf has received. He was deputy Dilb- lic works minister for Manitoba before moving to Ottawa to a job that involved direction of Canada's wartime selective urvice. ,

ills I1-year-old successor. a law- yer and recognised expert in is- bor law. has been in the fcdlial -service since 1020. and is vice- chalnnan--aciing chairman for the last two years-of the Canada Labor Relations Board.

A native of 1-funtingdon, Que.. Mr. Brown received his early edu- cation in Boakatehcwan and prac-

Telllied Mr. Thatcher. whose speeches in the Commons have at times got. him into trouble with M. J. Coldwell, CCF leader. George Nowian tPC-Aiinapolis- Kings) said he's never seen the Droflaganda guns so well primed and cocked as they were this year. Finance Minister Abbott hardly had his budget out before pictures were appearing of him beaming and handing back money and handing out cigareta. But the budget had boomsranged.

(Continued on Page 5 col. 5)

ll. S.;Air Force Orders 566

U. S. Govt

Canadian Jet Airliner Crashes in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan, (AP) --A Comet jet airliner own- ed by Canadian Pacific Air- lines crashed on takeoff gt Karachi airport early Tugg. day. killing 11 persons. The crash occurred at 3:30 a.m.

A crew of five and six pas- -Vmzers were aboard the Plane. The plane left London Monday on its way to Sydney, Australia, to start trans- Pacific flights to Canada,

The five Canadian members were:

C. N. Tentland, C. Sawlp, P. D- Roy. J. R. Cooke. J. A. Smith.

A Canadian Pacific Air. lines spokesman in Vancouver said the men were from Van- couver.

The passengers were do Hnrilland aircraft company technicians picked up in Eng- land. '

crew

Georges Bidoulf To Visit Canada

PARIS. (Reuters) - Foreign minister Geo:-gm Bldault plans to visit Canada after his trip to the United States later this month. The French foreign office said Monday that Premier Reno Mayer, who will iwoomplny Bidault. to Washington for talks with Presi-

Vishinsky Blasts

. And

Far East Policy

UNITEID NATIONS. 113., (AP) -Andrei Vlshinsky lashed at the us. Republican party and in Asian policies Monday with the charge that it is not pursuing I policy for the strengthening of peace but rather the reverse. He said the Eisenhower administra- tion wants to use the Asians as "cannon fodder."

The soviet foreign minister told the UN. political committee that the only way to end the Korean conflict is to accept the Commun- ist terms for an armistice. U.S. delegate Henry Cabot Lodge promptly rejected Vishirisky'a pro- possl

It was the first Soviet assault in the U.N. on the foreign pollcim of the new Eisenhower administra- tion.

Answers Charges Vlahinsky took the floor to unsw- er charges laid by Lodge last week to the effect that the Rus- sians instigated the Korean Wat and are sending arms and equip- ment to the Communists. He said that Lodge doubtless does not take his own words seriously. Vishinaky acknowledged the Rus- sians are selling arms to Rod China and said this was in accord with the treaty of mutual friend- ship between Moscow and Peiping Lodge said this is an admission that the Kremlin is helping a party that the UN. hasrruled is an aggressor.

Lodge Rejects Plan

Lodge said Vlshin.sky's proposal for ending the war. first made last fall and rejected by the assembly. would leave thousands of U.N. troops in the hands of the Roda as hostages. It also would give the Communists a veto vote in a Far Eastern peace conference and in- dioatcd no one in the West would