establishing I business tax in my were ing of the City Council held

discuss

city. The principal changes

Corning Even

Iillldge Hall. December 21st,

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asy, December zlst.

"Reserve December 22nd

"Long River December 21st.

"Anglo-Rustlco school Tuesday. Dec. 22

"Christmas concert llall Wednesday. 23rd.

"Christmas Concert. Morell December 22nd.

Tuesday, December hand.

"Unloading oir Nut Milton station today. Norris son. r

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Gillespie. ,'

' 'saturday. '.Santa Claus

22nd.

several ehenses in the by-lew ipede at a special meet-

i ht. "The short meeting was designed primarily to permit the Council to the proposed by-law order to add to the income of the

--chi".-rlbrnes Concert in Stanley "Victoria School concert, Mon-

Christmas Concert, in York Hall, stool Oelect.

concert

Vernon

"Harrington Christmas Concert,

Coal at

"Unloading Old Sydney coal at Milton today and Monday. Vernon

make his last. appearance tonight at waddell Bros. store, Crapaud.

"Come to the School Concert. North River School, December

made in Section I where two sub- sections were eliminated and five new ones added.

The business tax is based on the rental value of the property and the new sub-sections cover such establishments, with the taxation amount. as gasoline service eta- tions, 50 per cent; barbers, heir dressers and beauticisns. 00 per cent, but only 40 per cent if the premises are located in a base- ment; restaure'rit operators, 50 per cent; mau order distribution of- fices. 100 per cent; persons engag- ed in businesses. trades. arts or professions, not above classified or enumerated. 80 per cent.

At the same time section two of the original by-law was amended to provide that though. reasonable costs of heating may be deducted for certain premises the said de- ductions "shall not aggregate more than 20 per cent of the annual rental".

Another minor change in sec- tion 1 of the By-Law provides that "And if premises be rented 0r held for the purpose of doing business therein the fact that business is not actually being conducted there- in shall not entitle exemption".

The proposed changes in the by- law received first and second read- ing last night, and another special meeting of the City Council will be held at 9 o'clock this morning to give third readin and thus bring

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French Deadlocked For Presieni

V , France. (CP) - With the field of candidates nar- rowed to two, the French Parlia- ment remained deadlocked on the fourth ballot in its effort to elect a man to succeed Vincent Auriol as president of France. It then decided early today to put of! the . fifth ballot until later this mom- 1118

Kit-

will

"Green Bay Christmas Concert. Dance

Monday, December 21st. after.

"In North River Hall, Monday. Doc. 21, Elist Wiltshire school con-

or-rt.

"Films and Christmas program so Graham's Road Hall. December

list, at 8 P. M.

"Ooncert- staged by young and Afton 1-lall,

old of Rice Point. Wednesday, December 23rd.

"P. E, I. Protestant Orphanage Christmas Concert. Tiiesday even-

ing. December 22nd. at 8 P. M.

"Come to P";-quid East school concert. Mt. Stewart Legion hall

Tuesday. Dec. 20.

"Nine Mile Creek School Con- Hnll. December llst,

iicri. Afton 8 o'clock. Admission 25 cents.

The leader in the balloting was Premier Joseph Laniel. wealthy in- dependent who is lukewarm to- ward the European Army Plan, EDC

He was closely followed by Mar- cel-Edmond Naegelen. a Socialist who is opposed to EDC.

Naegelen in the latest poll got 344 votes and Leniel 4003.

Covers Prince Edward island Like the Dew

14-viamoin B. -C.'BOY AWARDED GEORG iiiiiigiil

SECOND SECTION

liace To Rescue Airmen Down On Greenland Glacier

RIYKJAVIK. Iceland. (AP)- The wreck of e United states Navy bomber was sighted on Myr- dalalkull glacier Friday and at least three of the nine-man crew were reported alive. '

Amu-ican fliers and Isalandic rescue parties raced to the bleak scene on the mile-hig-h glacier, 110 miles southeast of Reykjavik, in an effort in reach the wrecked plane.

committed For Trial 0n Murder charge

TORONTO. (OP)-James nough- ton. 28, charged with the murder of Mrs. Sadie Davidson in a Jarvis Street cleaning store Nov. 18. was committed for trial Friday by Meg- istrate W. W. Mcxeown.

Mrs Davidson. a divorcee from Nova acetic and mother of three children, was found cut and beaten to death in the cleaning store where she worked. Chef Coroner Dr. smirle Lawson called it "the most 5. esome murder I can re- call in my 20 years as chief Coroner.”

Dr. Edgar C. rielden. provincial pathologist who performed the au- topsy, said death was earned by either a brain hernrnm-huge from beating with a blunt instrument, or from cuts to vital organs in the abdomen.

BOOST CAPACITY

TORONTO, (CP) - Capacity of the 188-mile products pipeline from Sarnla, ont., to London, Hamilton and Toronto will be increased by 40 per cent, Imperial Oil, Ltd.. an- nounced Tuesday. The project will cost 31,000,000 and will raise the through-put of the line to 55,000 barrels a. day.

DECEMBER 19, 1953

Mr. Donald A. MacDonald. chairman of the P. E. 1. Market- ing Board, returned yesterday after a week's trip to Florida, Washington, New York and Moni- real.

During the trip to Florida he saw the discharging of several cargoes of P. E. Island seed and table stock, at Jacksonville, and appraised the quality on arrival.

Mr. MacDonald states that the potato markets both in Canada and the United States show no signs of improvement at the pre- sent time.

They are weaker now than at the beginning of the season. For that reason it is rather fortunate. he said, that Island growers have moved upwards of half this year's production, and are there- fore in a more favorable posi- tion than either New Brunswick or Maine growers.

Price levels in the Southeastern Urifted States are rather week. Mr. MacDonald reports. Island shipments have to compete with thet Long Island product which is moved largely by trucks, with exceptionally low freight costs. It is already indicated that 1954

planting in several other Ameri-

Potato Board Chairman Returns From Florida

can States will be substantially lower than last year. The acre- age in California has not yet been determined.

"Only by a substantial acreage i

reduction right across the board can the potato industry expect a reasonable and fair return on the investment necessary to cover the production of this major agricul- tural crop," Mr. MacDonald stat- ed. "A year ago, Canada and the United States, with a total pro- duction which could be consider- ed below normal, had sufficient supplies to weaken the market at the latter part of the season. It is not surprising therefore, that when acreage.-i were substantially increased during the present year. the additional production should have caused congested market conditions and a very low return to producers. The acreage in- crease was contrary to advices given growers last year, both in Canada and the United States. It is to be hoped that the lesson now so evident may achieve the effect of bringing potato acreage: next year back in line with con- sumer requirements. Only by the implementation of such a pro- gram can producers hope for pro- fitable reiurns in the future."

Bank Manager I Shot To Deaih

NOTRE DAME DE STAN- BRIDGE, Que., (OP)-Pioiice have launched a. province-wide search for a gunman who shot the man- ager of the nanque Canadian-ne Nationals iii an abortive holdup

Personal Income Of Canadians Al

' 'Annuai Meeting.

gar Newson, secretary.

"Dance sianley Bridge Rink Hall. by Munroe's orchewtm.

rrushed six days a week, 15 mt. Johnston at Ben. Suffolk.

inns concert in Miirshfieid

Tuesday. Dec. 2'1.

dn.v. December 21st.

Station.

"Travellers Christmas "it. Monday, December 21st, o'clock. .

their annual on ii F. vi

Candlelight

"l"lcssiint Vallry Ninrert,in Fredericton hall

slon 25 and 35.

Hall, Monday. December 21.

"Our remective places of none will be closed December Ind aiith. January lat and Weddell Cmbaud Oreasnery Co.

Great George street. Sales and NM Systems, 011-. Grosses, etc.

"We will be taking Thursday

DMWG "Dell. Will be oioeed all day ember

orioton. Tuesday: I Broolrfieid M: Milton 10: York 1 p.rn.; lord 2; Tracedie 2:30; Mt. Ste

Weiervale 4.30; Vernon Rive Pownel 5:30. Wednesday:

MOI. Knud .'..rgerisea.

Kingston Telephone Co.. December 10th.

every Tuesday night. Music

"Mill runnihg as usual. Grain "Come to Dunstnffnage Christ-

"Christmas Concert by Tracadie Cross pupils. Tracadie Hall, Mon-

"Wlll not be receiving any live poultry. after Monday, December list. 1058. Central Egg and Poultry

"Zion Chilrch Choir will present service Wednesday. December 23rd, at

Christmas rember 21, time 8 o'clock. Admis-

"cdme to Winsloe North school chriatrnas concert. Winsloe Road

&'os., P. E. Oentfleid.

"Auto and llerm Supplies, 203

Vice. Complete line of De Level sriirm, laeperetou. Water Pree- Automobile Parts,

cream mornings 24th Ind net. Peed .wa.rehouee will be

25th and 20th. Also January let and 2nd. signed The Wiltshire D-mine co

"Buying pigs Monday at Fred-

3: Plsquid 3:30; Fort Augustus 4:

Gluaow o e.ni.; Wheatley iuver 10:llolrnee' Corner 11: New Haven 1 Inn: aomiiew rzso; nosesie 2; Kelly's cm: 3; Emerald 4; cm- WI 5; Remington 5:30. Paying 330-M a pair for good pigs over 30 lbs. each. will also buy smaller

All-Time High

OTPAWA. (CF) -The personal income of Canada's 15,000,000 peo- pin rose to an all-time high of 313.581.000.000 in the first nine months of 1963.

This is a jump of 0000.000,000 from the previous high of 312.775.- 000.000 in the nine-nionth 1952 period. the bureau of statistics re- ported Friday.

While income rose. so did tax payments and spending on consu- mer goods. Yct Canadians man- aged to increase their savings.

Spending on consumer goods and services rose to a high of tin.- 881,000,000, n jump of about 3200.- 000.000 from 510.281.000.000 last year.

Din-ct tax payments increased to 0l.093,000,000. from 3988.000.M0. While personal savings jumped by 44 per cent to sl.l8-1.000.000 from t8a3,000,000.

Three Killed In Crossing Accident

IRMA, AIia.. (('Pl-An clrlerly couple nnrl n .18-year-nlrl mnn worn killed Thursrinv night when a truck collided with a passenger train at this town 100 miles east of Edmonton.

Dead are Mr. and Mrs. David Glasgow and Bertie Selsted.

Police said a hail-tori truck driven by Sclsted stalled on a crossing and was hit by the east- bound Contlnental Limited on the CNR. mainline.

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Queeii,And Duke Leave By, Air For Visit With Queen

of T, .

SUVA. Fiji Islands. (iReutrs)- Queen zliizabeah and the Duke of Edinburgh left Suva by air early today for Tongo. next stop on their six-month Commonwealth tour.

They left in a flying boat after spending the night aboard the liner Gothic, their sea-going home for three weeks, following a hectic two days in Fiji. .

The royal visit to Tonga, where Elizabeth will be greeted by the only other reigning queen in the British Comrnonwealth-selote- was originally scheduled for sun- day. But Elizabeth advanced the date one day so that the Christian islanders could celebrate her ar- rival restrained by Methodlst Bab- beth laws.

A club-Iwaving salllite fran 20 painted Fiji warriors, a brilliant floran display and an athleticmeet were the high spots of a. relaxed sfternc-an Friday spent by the Queen and the Duke at Lautoke, a picturesque town on the northern tip of the largest of the Fiji Is- lands.

Before their departure from Lau- toka. the Duke spotted e. familiar face in the Fijian police guard and went across to speak to a man who served with him in the Royal Nevy during the Second World War.

on the return trip to this Fijian capital the Duke. who holds an RAF pilot's wings. was at the con- trols of the royal flying boat for most of the hour-long journey.

The royal couple spent their last evenng in Fiji aboard the liner Gothic, where they geive a dinner party attended by Governor-Gem eral sir ltonald Garvey and Lady Garvey. Earlier in the day. the Queen honored Brig. O. L. Plea- sants. former Fijian military com- mander. and five eoldiere- who served in Malaya durihg the Sec- ond World War.

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MONTREAL. (OF) - M. G. Angus, president of the Canadian shipowner-e' Association, says that registry transfer of the few Cana- dian ships still flying the Gene- dien flag would mean "the end of the Canadian merchant navy."

He was commenting on an an- nouncement by Tranmort Mnister Ohevrler that the government has rejected a ehipownerr request for complete freedom in the disposal of the 'fleet. hit would co-operate in the transfer of the ships to lrftim registry.

Mr. Angut said "the government mould give II the okay to dispose of the ships as we see fit." However. "we'll welcome the on- poetunitq to transfer to the pri- tlm flal." he added.

III! 0. Banks. lnttmational vice- preeident of the Beaferere' Intel-

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Ship Owner Sees End Of Canadian Merchant Navy

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ships. the way every Canadian tax-

payer should oppose their sale.

"Tl-enaferring to lrltlli registry is not necessary."

Other offlclsls in the shipping in- dustry laid the situation ethl re- mains obscure. They said the tovemmenre offer to "co-cgsei-ate" in a transfer might lead t. long discunlon on details.

one informant said the govern- ment's refusal to claw out-lght sale of the ships must mean it has "something up its sleeve."

There now are less than 40 ships rerneinllig in the more mer- ine. compa with about 1 after the Second orld War. II registry transfer occurs. it is believed here that only drips operated by the Oenadien National Bteemmipe to the West Indies will remain under

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- Friday and left him to bleed to death.

There were no witnesses to the killing. Olive. Oourville. the 53- yeer-oid eger. mumbled an account "the shootlng'ito his brother before he died.

Federal Budget Surplus Moves Up In November

UITAWA, (GP) - Government spending increased during Novem- ber. but revenues more than kept pace, resulting in n. 39,045,000 sur- plus This compared with iv. 38,920,- 000 eurplus i-n November last year.

Higher charges against defence public debt and welfare accounts increased government expenditures to 8890.4-l5il.0()0 for the month. up 811,251,000 from 318,207,000 a year ago. the monthly treasury state- ment showed Friday.

This was more than balanced by higher personal and corporation tax collections and increased cus- toms and excise revenues. boosting total revenues to 822,648,000. a 915,980,000 gain from s30'i,4l6.000.

November's surplus increased the total for the first eight months of the 1953-54 fiscal year to 8275.- 060,000. about 316,000,000 below the s29l.a&l.000 surplus in the first eight months of the previous year.

The government has forecast a year-enid surplus of e.bout 811.000,- ooo by March 31. 1054, comps ed to last year's

' Defence com Up

Personal income tax collections during Novembe rose to 387.073.- 000 from 303,036,000 a year silo while the take from corporation income taxes rose to 396.076.0043 from 09l.7d'f,000.

Customs import duties edged up to 832,96-3,000 from 330,904,000 and excite taxes to 070569.000 from s70.'mpoo.,l-Iowever, revenue from excise duties declined slightly to 02191101300 from 824,720,000.

0n,the spending side. defence coate continued to be the major headache with the total for the month rising to 0ib0.MB.m0 from

defence research board expendit- ures rose. while those for the army and air force declined.

In other mending fields. inf-met on the national debt rose to 841.- 110.0110 from t3'I.3'70.000 W'hl1ecM1'- gee on another major itan-farm iiy allowances-increased to 830.- mono from 021,971,000.

Pbr the eight-month period. re- venues climbed by e1oo,sse,ooo to

sI.'iso.ne,ooo from e2,oeo.s06.ooo. while expendituns jumped by e11o.4'10.00o to 00.614.406.000 from 32,&1.906.ll)0.

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ALBANY. N.Y., (AP)-Governor Thomas Dewey will hold it clem- ency hearing in the cases of two Oenadia a doomed to die for the holdup murder of -a Buffalo jewe- ler. The governor Wednesday sched- uledre hearing Dec. 29 for Maurice I. Digger 0'Deil. 30. and Walter

Oriffen. 21. both of Hamilton, Ont.

91.52.514.000. Navy, mutual aid and '

Kidnapikillers Leave Behind Ransom Mystery

By AL DOPKING

J N CITY. Mo., (AP)- The Greenlease kidriap-killers died in Missouri's gas chamber early Friday talking calmly to each other but they left behind the enigma of what happened to half the record 3-000,000 ransom.

Right to the end officials had hoped Carl Austin Hall, the 34- year-old wastrel heir to a 3200.000 fortune, would give them a lead to the missing 3300,0043-the last re- maining mystery of the shocking kidnap-killing of six-year-old Bob- by Greenlease Sept. 28.

Just before the gas chamber door closed, Hall and his 41-year-old alcoholic mistress shook their heads when acting U. S. Marshal William B. Tatman asked if they had any last words.

Policemen Indicted

In Kansas City. however, there was a development in the grand jury probe of the puzzle of the

I "missing money. ' Elmer Doian, sus-

pended St. Louis policeman, was indicted on a perjury charge. Do- li-in, who with Lieut. Louis shoul- ders. arrested Hall. was accused of making false statements about the time suitcases containing the ran- som were brought to police head- quarters.

The pair paid in record speed for punishment. under the Lind- bergh kidnapping law. It had been just 81 days since Mrs. Heady. posing as his aunt, abducted little Bobby from an exclusive Catholic school in Kansas City.

' Fully neeonciies

And it was only last Oct. '1 that officers dug up Bobby's decom- posed body from a lime-filled grave in the backyard of Mrs. 1-leadyls home in St. Joseph. Mo., where the killers had buried him the afternoon of the kidnapping. 1-iall confessed he had shot the boy in the head.

The condemned pair themselves made swift justice possible. They pleaded guilty. then waived all rights of appeal after they had been sentenced to death upon the recommendation of an advisory federal jurty. Always before death sentences under the Lindbergh law have been appealed, delaying ex- ecutions for months.

Clergymcn who talked to the couple in their "death row" days. said they died completely recon- ciled and "ready to meet their Ai- mlghty Ciod".

Col. Hugh H. Waggoner, super- intendent of the state highway patrol. said at no time did I-fail indicate to him that he knew any- thing about the missing ransom money. In his confession to the FBI Hall had insisted he had at least 3592.000 in two suitcases in his St. Louis hotel room when ar-

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TORONTO. (&)-Rev. Dr, Gor-

doii A. sisco, secretary of the gen-

eral council of the United church

PAGE THIRTEEN

Retires In Maine ; , dd

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Mr Donald Crawford Smith re- tired from the Penobocot Chemical Fibre Company, Old Town, Maine.

on October 1, after 31 years in the employment of the company.

Mr. Smith was formerly of1lun- ter River, P. E. I.. the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith. He has two brothers, George and Robert in Hunter River, and one sister, (Annie) Mrs. Duncan Nich- olson, Clyde Station, P.E.I., also a sister (Marg-uerite) Mrs. Dawson Mitten, Port Elgln. N. B., and three other sisters in the U. 8. A.

He came to Great Works in 1922 and started working in the Soda Division Digester Room. In 1924 he was advanced to the position of Digester Cook, a job he held until 1989,at. which time he moved ahead to the position of Night. Superintendent. He held this post up until the time of his retire- ment.

Domihioiifliiiinti-le Company Facing Partial Shutdown

MONTREAL. (GP)-The Domin- ion Textlle Company announced Friday it will be forced to close down a number of departments and possibly some complete mills temporarily because of depressed business conditions. '

'El1e company said the shut-down would extend from Dec. 24 toJan. 11.

"In most mills some limited op- erations will be carried on to deal with business on hand but many departments will have to beclosed and in some plants all departments may be inactive unless new busi- ness is developed,” a company statement said.

The company has mills here and at Montmorency Falls, Sherbroolre. Mltgog and Valeyfleld, Que. It also has a subsidiary plant in Drum- mondville. Que. but company of- ficials said it would not be affect- ed as seriously as the others.