Charlie Chaplin holds long kit- rhen knife to throat at 60th birth- gav celebration in Vevey. Switzer- land, today. With the comedian is

A son itcrinoilr as

his wife. Oona. who is awaiting the arrival of their sixth baby. Their other five children did not take part in the celebration. since all

blrlhday cake is in front of Chap- your throat." Iin who told neusmi-n: "when you Rel In be 60, you don't want to cut

By JANE BECKER Canadian Press Staff Writer MONTREAL tCPl4anada's 12

years ago was toasting John Pratt as the raffish. ahiftyfooted pedlar of a song called You'll Get Used tolt." in the highly successful navy show.

Today a tweedy, slow-voiced Montreal businessman. Mr. Pratt talks earnestly of water rates in suburban Dorval-of which he's mayor-or real estate operations and the future of the Progressive conservative party.

"Theatre? A erazy life. peopled by dreamers." he says. "You can make twice as much money in real estate. An actor rides the crest for a time. then he”: noth- ing. And the dressing rooms! neaverboard boxes full of grease atalris and cracked rnlrrors. Apal- ling."

THIS WAS DIFFERENT

"Ah. a wonderful freak. They took 120 men and girls from the ranks. planted them on stage with at low piecemeal lines and some drummed. tip songs. They played to packed houses halfway around the world for three years.

''I think we could have played l.omIon's west end for years." he said "But some of the cast got homesick for a Canadian hot dog an HP folded."

Prattis two comedy sldeioen of the navy show stayed with the tiit-utrc. Bob Goodier now is a nicmher of the Stratford Festival Company in Stratfoni. Ont. Lionell ltliirton has become a television. railio and stage actor in England.

Pratt did a few Canadian tours altcr the war. first with Brian holicrly in The Drunkard. later atth the Davis brotherl flound-

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Navy Show Star is Now A Businessman, Suburban Mayor

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By manna iuiuon Canadian Press llllllell Elm"?

The Canadian dollar is riding high, and the higher it rides the harder it tramples on the gold in-

str . dulihey rehson for this is that the price of gold is fixed at 335 an ounce in United States funds: and. with the Canadian dollar at prea- ait worth moretthan the Ameri- can 535 an ounce American yields COI1SIfIOI'aabIy less than 335 CODE dian.

How much less it yields to the gold industry is set out in a re- lease from the Gold Information Bureau in Toronto.

In March. Canadian producers selling to the Canadian mint re- cetved an average of 333-43 C501 dian and. during the month. the price was down to 33344. the IOW- est in 23 years.

This means a loss of 319.000 a day. or a loss for the month of 8570.000-based on estimated PTO- duction of 375,000 ounces..If the loss should continue at this rate for the rest of 1957. It would total 34,560,000 for the year.

ALSO EMBARBASSED

Other Canadian industries are also embarrassed by the hltlh price of the Canadian dollar. but the gold industry feels it most be- cause it can't do anything about the price at which it sells its product.

The price of S35 U.S. is fixed both by the U.S. and international

A Strong Canadian Dollar ' Means A Weak Gold Industry? A"ihP”"” I

C. N. R. Offers lT"95d3rV-Anril23. 1957

Package Tours assistance this year.

Accordingly. if the exchange CHARLOTFETOWN. PE l, J bgeeii iIiihEledea?I;u)")!ua.r. ltrliorlet tili!:ilil:".' ghmen" mu” 'w""al'-l' half the assistance would he nulli-9 em” m N" the c""”'"l9'"'” fied by the lower price-

SHARP DECLINE

.lI'lRI.'S.ltl.lilNI IAPI j Easter- land budgets of Maritime vat-ation- p',l",”'"”r,br"'l'k' l"'3V.V wooden ers were announced I d b' I) mmws n all ”"”"""'”"-V "'”"ed l ” ay 3 the slcps of Jesus Christ on the

Bligh Smith. district pastpn..r,r I .1 -. The Cold lnforniatitin Bur l - -, ' " ml. M (dll””' Hy! that industry (eels commlairgent of the ( anadian National liail (IlllSIlilIl.V from the West and "are substantially different" Iromlwa” h””' l .ia.”I W'”' ”a'I'"3 ””"”'l a year ago when the Emergencyl The "Furs. cmeriiig t.wll( lo llll- M” I mmds and ""ban5 imd

Gold Mining Assistance Act wasrportant points of lflIt'l'Pxl in east Spmklm "mm mnerem mngutm

- . . IIIli'fla”SIf1TlP(I t- f 1 renewed until the end of I9.')II.iern and r. .m.1 r- , mil ” 5””5 0 0” Contributing to the Chang(,' "1 V . 6 la anatia and llipr-IPlll5al('fIl to the Church of the bureau says. are the foilotalnii Lnlml 5””?-V are oigaiwi-ri com "ml 5”pi'l””"" I" the H09. foo.

vwre iiltit--hcriiteti L'ni1ed Nations soldiers, who iotned in the singing of liyiiiiis

Only about 41m pug.-rm; prnnggd

factors: -ntent-tug front priiiripal cities. Sharp and steady decline in the lit-signaled as ”.'iIaplP l.t-at Pat'- mint price fthrougii the Illuht-r kage Toiii-x” lhpy n.-p .,u..,-,.,r 3,

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premium on the Canadian (iuilarl; Drlt'f3S IiIlIf'll ill('lll(lfi Il'Hnxptii'i;-i- 1- It -- - - ,

increased operating costs from in-ltion, sleeping spat-in, iii-st-t-law ho- lclllimiiitlip ililalmlh i'Imde' Tldhru-Sm

creases in basic wage rates coiir tel act-oiniiiodation and roiidiii-L of the my f'lltr;danIVlrlltleav SEES: . . I .

bined with a shorter work neck, Ted tours of points of ll'llftl'('xl ' loss and security of manpoixm, especially trained miners anti ill-i eluding technical and pt'ofcs.sioiial ”R(7”3 701'”-S personnel; increased costs of op-

. lilicyrwestciiii-is: uere among them. lallile in lenrth fioni six to ll tiays. i M”",LE EAST .r.ENsr0N

The sharp drop from the sev- .eral thousand who made the pil- ermrng supplier. equipmem and .P?it'lia;,'tt tonic from 1lalrl;.x,:griitiagt- across the city's dividing ,.rvi as; increased prrmm,ml 1rtiro or llont-ion may be arrang. line last year was attributed to tax” in Ontario Ind Quebec. V to 5ll('ll cities as Quebec, Mnn. Middle East tension and U.S. ban

The bureau cue, the mnumngrlfral. tittatva. Toronto. Niagara 0" lravt-l of American citizens to Price increases In Percentages: Mlle-rhciy York, Boston, lie-troitrUw troubled area. The ban was Rough lumber. up 25 per r.(.m.iand Illl('a;1ll There are "circle" llflctl early this month. too late. mill grinding rods 16: l'0('It drill I”'”'ki”-'9 "HIV-S Nth 35 8 15'(la.V '””"l 3'-will-S Said. ft" OPE-3l1lZEd machines and parts lo; pipe. and one that takes in Miiiiti-cal. 'l'oi-- luuh or any sizable individual pipe fittings 10 to 15; freight in; "ii" V82-Ha Falls. New York and IFHWI brim"? F-aster. rreel products 10; Ontario lam.” Blhlilll, Ulltll'll'l9. ll'allSl)urlalI(Ifl nnrt 3'11 in Arab Jcrusalciii. il'llPl'P rates 13. 1at't'oiiimorl;itIon, sigiit-seeing at M. most oi the holy places are lo-

In the three biggest Cniiiitliiiu -W'"'H- 8 HI)" tour of New York i'i'”"”- 'i”'Pl-S W91? iammml Vi'll1'. gold camps g the porcupim, and atid a hoot trip around Mannnmm an rwtiiiizitvd 4.000 visiting pil- Kirkland-Larder Lake of Nnrtlicrii '91-"Ind. a HKII In the Eiiipire St.-tie Willis Ytlmt of these were Arali

untir-rstandintz: and. in this. the U.S. seems to be in the drivers' seat. for the time being at least.

' TO VISIT EUROPE LAWS "UNDULY HARSH" OTTAWA min Tr... nun,- Thursday said 7.1 tiflu-er cadets and second-lieutenants will go to Europe this summer to complete the third and final phase of their qualifications for commissions. All are students at either the Royal Military (fiilletzc or at civil- l'd go tomorrow." he grinned. Ian universities anti are "qualifying "come to think nr 1:, 1 might even through either the negiilar Offic- eleclioneer with a few soft-shoeJPr5' Training Prnizratn or the (fa- routines." nadian 0fficers' Training Corps.

KINGSTON. Jamaica

ada to ease its

r . r. proached with the idea of enter- mung” Ion

tainlng the troops in Egypt?

West Indians. "If we had enough troops there

should enjoy Canadian

monwcailh countries in ”fil

Indian colonies to a federation.

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tCPl-- Members of the federation known as the west Indies will ask Can- ”unduly harsh" laws affecting West Indians. it was learned Thursday. the members say, immigra- tion privilegcs allowed other Coin-

with the elevation" of British West

In fact, if the U.S. was not pre-I pared to buy at 835 an ounce things might be much worse.

In any event, the price hasn't risen since the mid-19303 and the gold industry has been squeebsd between the fixed price and ris- i costs of production on the

federal government has

Ontario and Malarubvnl d-(),. M film-rtaioricc amt the NH(' It-li:- ('ll"lW'rIIIr him had come by other northern Quebecvdauy 1055 f,-um -Vl5'lUli stiitiios, coverage of iiisIoi'- ':il"i'S l"”'" I'3E.VD1- CYPFII-S and the exchange muanon in em, ic and modern Boston, and t'lNIlSr5.il:l"I

mated at Sl0..'i5tl a day and for to ltixinuton and (Soiicord anti lIEil'- ll-Worn awiniilcd in the court- other Canadian gold producers at WW1 l-'Iin'cmt.v. Y-''"l 0' H limit-m secondary more than s3'000r "'l'hp (1)31 ny Inner funnlp rm; St'lltitll lllxl(l(' the walls of the oldl on March 11 pnrrupjm. Mine, Pat-kago 'rnn.-5 has hnnn ken. 1,, 3 city uliore tradition says Christ mm to the Canadinn mrnr nnmnrmiiiiiiiiini." said Mr Smith. "to Via)" "it'll '"'l"liP Till-319 Th! Dil- 93.000 ounces of gold worth aaysuit the atCl'a;!.P pct-son's pot-ket Rrtmrs S0l7Hl'1ilP(l into groups at'- g55'o0o urs, nr 53,113.54) canadianlboiiit Great savings are el't't-cicd!C0Fdl"i1 NI IHIVEHBEP. with One for nn gxchange-rate loss of 54,-rbet-t-itise all atmaiigctncnls are P9l'-50" HMIILIIHI 10 Carry 1! INK? 560 3 day or 5141360 for thernxade In anvanr-9," A S',x.da-nr H”,lVVll0(I9n cross At each station of month. Eight mines in the Kirk 'expensc trip it) Qiic-boo Cll). rorithe cross the EFOIID paused and

recognized this situation since - I948 hy :-issisting the industry iln-J In dcr n forintila related to produc-, tion costs. it is estimated the int dustry will receive 38,500,000 inl

1nnd.Lnrdgr Lake are; sold 72,. example, lil' said. could he iiizide'l'("("'II 3 -Wrlllltll in IIS OWN I3!!- 000 ullll(5TS at a loss of 33.530 a from .Vlnnt-Ion for SR7. if tliri't-.l1l'-i1-'('-

day, seven min; in mg Mntann-. were mo pcrxoiis the cost itttlIlfIlNAILR(IW' R()l'TE

Val ti'Or area snld 45.100 ouncesibe rcriuced to 578 cacii and if I-ll('l'P. Knoun as the Via liolorosa. the

at a loss of 52.260 a day. (were three. S74 Pa('ll. Way of the Cross winds through

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er: of Toronto's Crest Thcatrel in; There Goes Yesterday. He took a course in television in Newl l York. but little came of it.

WORKED IN KOREA

But when Montreal entertainer! Jacques Normand led a fiveman variety troupe to Korea in l958. Pratt was there. He calls it one of the most satisfying things he Iicr did. You'll Get Used to It was pulled ' from the theatrical dufflebag and lung again. Pratt says he'll do it only for fighting men. "the ones in meant for.” Today. at 50 he lives a sub- urban life with his sons Robin. 17. and John. 20. devoting him self to politics-unpaid- and res- idential real estate. which pays very well. Last fall. as Dorvnl'ii mayorr he asked the province for a loan to buy parkland. "Speculators had hoiuzht up so much there was none left for the residents.” he complained. The province replied that Ot- tawas tight money policy had tied its hands. Pratt decided to enter federal politics-as a Pro lrrsslve Conservative. 'M.V political ambition didn't rtrcteh back very far." he smiled. But I suddenly became fervent."

MIGIIT GO BACK - what about his summer theatre vcnture on Toronto's Centre is- land last year? l we did some lood things. . . It. ! werent so busy I might try it again."

Someone had heard he wear Malina tor a permanent theatrei In Montreal. I "We need he said. "The present situation is disgraceful. AF lumatter of fact. I have Diana. I And had he actually been op-I

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Soldiers Mix With Pilgrims On Good Friday At Jerusalem

streets so narrow in many places wheeled vehicles cannot pass.

in the midst of the bazaar and shop district of the old city. often running beneath the vaulted roof which keeps the city in perpetual twilight. the Way of the Cross pauses at 14 stations marking the sites where Christ was flogked and where He fell beneath the weight of His burden.

Last of the stations is the Holy Sepulchre. inside the crumbling old church which still bears on its walls and columns the crusader crosess carved by Franks who once reconquered this land for Christendom.

CANADlANi SOLDIERS

The UN soldiers included Cana- dians, Brazilians. Swedes and In- dians. 'I'liey were given leave from their police duties in the Gaza Strip, where they are as- signed to keep the peace between Egypt and Israel.

in Israel. Jews were complet- ing their Passover holidays. In Jerusalem's Israeli sector. a pro- cession of 10.000 Jews formed and climbed Mount Zion in an annual pilgrimage to the tomb of King David.

Moslem visitors also crowded into Old Jerusalem as part of their observance of Ramadan. a fasting month. From a rock there. the prophet Mohammed is said to have risen into heaven on his horse.

FOUR-INCH BERRY

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