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Fri. now STRESSES IMPORTANCE or RESERVE ARMY . PREPABEDNESS

1-not speed would be highly im- portant if the necessity ever arose for mobilintion was emphasised jut night by Mad. Gen. 1.’. C. Plow, c.B.E.. D.S.O.. C.D.. General of- ficer commanding. Eastern Com- mand. as he carried out his annual inspection of local Reserve units.

Because of the necd for speed. the General stated that Reserve Force training must be carried on at a higher standard than ever before. While it is the duty of the Active Force to instantly defend Canada, it is the task of the Re- serve to prepare for immediate mobilization.

The inspection was carried out at ‘he Arrnouries with the ceremonial parade. inspection of troops and ihe March Past being held on the madway in front of the building. The General later spoke to the troops inside the Armouries as were drawn up in a hollow square.

He expressed pleasure with last. night‘: parade terming it the larg- est in the three years he has been

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"Bingo party tlrscadis Friday. May 14, 8:90 pm.

"Dance in Mermaid School on Friday. May 14th. Fraser's Orches- zra.

-‘Get your Garden started now. List of Plants on Page 12. Joe R. Smith. Clinton.

"Notice—All Taxes dun Hamp- shire School must be paid by May 25th. By order 6f Trustees.

"Cherry Valley Women's institute Variety Concert, one act play. to- night in Cherry Valley Hall at 8.30.

"Wl-teatley River play Wednm- day and Thursday nights. ‘Picket holders only tonight. Door prize.

"will be unloading car of Royal need at Milton station, May 12th, Wednmday. Edison Mutch.

"Kingston Branch Canadian Legion Monthly Meeting. at Char- lottetown May isth.

"Hampton Hall. Friday, May 14th. See two 1-act plays with specialties.

"For complete shur-Gain Feed service. Dial 9514. we deliver. Bea- ten 4; MaoRee.

“nenslwwr-Wed: pi-esentrs' one- act play. May 13th. Specialties

Curtain 8.30.

"Dance tonight and every Wednesday night at South Rus- ilco hall.

"See Covehesd Concert in

Cori-an Benn Hell, Wednesday. May 12th. Dance after.

"See Harrington Play "Uncle Josh Perkins" in Covehead Hall. Friday, May ldth. sale of Lunches.

"See play presented by St. Mary's Parish Players in Fort Aug- ustus Hall, Friday. May 14th. Cur- tain 8.30. Dance.

“south Granville variety Con- Part in Fredericton I-loll, Thursday. .\(sy l_8th. 8.30 p. in. Sale of candy. ‘

" Dance Sandy's tonight. Dunstennage Women’s Burns orchestra.

"Summerfield hall, May 17th. “Aunt Jerushy on the Warpath." presented by Carleton W. I. Spon- sored by Springfield W. l.

"Hem Supper and Dance, lot 55 Hall. Wednesday. May 12th.

"Second performance Whestley River play tonight.

"We pick up and deliver grain for. custom grinding and mixing with Shur-Gain Concentrates. Dial 9514. Beaton an Macltse.

"All lsxes due Eimwood school not paid by May 25th. will be hand- rd in for collection. By order Irustees.

"St. Theresa's Players present their 3 act comedy. in Mt: Stewart Memorial Hall. Thursday, May lath. “D0nsored by Memorial Hall Com- ilmy. Dance after.

“All Taxes due Mt. Albion School lllstrict not paid by May 26th. will be handed in for collection with- out further notice. By order of Trustees.

"All taxes due spring Brook School District not paid by May 25th. will be handed in for collec- ilon without further notice. By order of Tnistees.

"Colored Slides Progranunh Pandy sale. Mt. Herbert orphan- nu-. Wednesday lflth. s o'clock. Ad- mission Ibo. Bunbury United Vhurch.

"Ketly‘s Cross Play, “The Med- illwome Maid". Crspsud Hall. Mon- day. May l'Ith.st sso. sure of "Tidy. Admission we and 35c hence after. .

“Kinkors Hall Wednesday. May 12'-h. 8.80 p.m., variety concert. are and hear. The lads and Lsssies of the Burke family. Charlottetown. in a live program of music. sons and dis: rig. Note change of date.

"Federation of Agriculture Potato Marlstlu lleetlngs: — Isontesll ‘ HA7 ms. !n‘I ‘theatre. Itorell. my lath. on-naasity inn. Beth meetinss at I30. All Potato Crow- “ “ms to attend.

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thing here. He said it was a good umout. the men looked smart and the parade compared with any be had seen. The Reece Band supplied military Inusitbduring the outdoor inspect- ion formalities. Lleut. Col. A. W. Rogers. E.D.. P. E. I. Regiment, was officer com- manding the parade. with Major Ivnn Harper, M.C.. Brigade Major filst Armoured Brigade. as sdjutant, and RSM. John Smith. 5 Signals Regiment. as parade Regimental Sergeant Major. Commanding the units were Maj. John A. MacDonald. 2 i/c P.E.l. Regiment; Lieut. col. D. J. Mc- Cormack. 28th L.A A. Regiment: Lieut. Col. K. M. Johnston. 5 Big-

K. L. Irwin. 21st Field Ambulance.

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By GOMEB JONES

GIBRALTAR, (Reuters) —— Mis- chievous Princese Anne gave an amusing touch to the end of Queen Elizabeth's six-month Common- wealth tour Tuesday.

As the Royal yacht Britannia moved off for Britain. three.year- old Anne darted from her moth- er's aide and started climbing a steep ladder to a. platform where the ship's band was playing "Rule Britannia."

She ignored a sailor who tried to catch her.

Then thousands of Gibraltar people on the docks heard her father. the Duke of Edinburgh. call like any anxious pa-rent:

“Come down. come down."

Anne paid him no need. She was busy admiring the musicians.

DASHED UP PLATFORM

Finally. the Duke dashed up the ladder. grasped his daughter’: tiny hand and led her back to her place on the deck.

Her rive-year-old brother, Prince Charles. stood beside his mother and watched the escapade.

The royal family boarded the Britannia for the flvc-day trip back to Britain after Anne and Charles had a second look at the Barbary apes that live high on the towering rock. Legend has it that when the apes disappear, Britain's rule at Gibrsltar——datlng back to l'i‘i3—will end.

Prince Charles approached the animals with caution but his sis- ter romped with them fearlessly.

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Five Provinces Agree On Switching '

Highway Control from Federal Gov'i

O’I'l'AWA, (CP)—Five provincial

3,31, Regimmg; and Lieu; cor .1. governments so far have accepted

a formula for switching authority

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Of Royal Tour

paid a separate call on the apes before ending bheir two-day stay here.

About 25 of the animals flocked around the Queen begging for pea- nuts. when she gave a nut to one, another stole all the nuts from her hand. The loser gave her a bale- ful stare.

V “What do you think of the dirty look that ape is giving me?" the Queen asked her husband.

TOSSED PEANUT3

The duke, meanwhile. was clown- ing with photographers who had climbed into a barred enclosure in

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Bishop's Boyle's Condition Said Satisfactory

LONDON. iReutersl—Moat.- Rev. James Boyle, bishop of Charlotte- town. P.l:2.I.. was reported in “sat- isfactory-" condition at a. London hospital iodsy.

An official said the condition of the 68-year-old Roman Catholic prclste “does not give rise to anx- iety." He said Bishop Boyle will have a minor operation sometime this week. but declined to reveal the nature of the illness.

Bishop Boyle was brought. to England 11 days ago from Calais. France. He had fallen ill aboard ship en route to Rome for the

Earlier the Queen and the Duke

canonization of Pope Pius X.

ifrom the federal government to the provinces. lnformsnte said Tuesday those usentlng to date are On- tario, New Brunswick. Prince

Edward Island. Saskatchewan

and Alberta.

on the acceptance of the prov- inces depends the introduction of legislation at this session of Parlia- ment to effect the change in con- trol. The federal liivernment has not yet indicated how much un- animity it wants before making the move.

Some other provinces in addition to the five known supporters are expected to fall in line, though Quebec's attitude in particular re- mains a major question mark.

QUEBEC UNCEBTAIN

Quebec. it was learned. has not given a hint of its stand since a federal - provincial conference here April 26-28 worked out the formula for the shift in authority.

The conference was called after the Privy council in February ruled that the federal government has control over international and interprovincial highway transport, ending a long controversy growing in importance with the expansion of trans-border truck traffic.

The federal government promptly said it does not want to assume the control '—- which never has been exercised by any govern- ment— and called the conference with a View to getting a common understanding for moving it to the provincial governments that now control road traffic within their own borders.

The formula worked out at the federal-provincial talks was that provincial highways board: would be designated by parliament as federal agencies for regulating the cross-border traffic. Such a proce- dure had been found constitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada in a switch of marketing powers.

Under the plan. the provincial

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thrown into turmoil

in Paris.

It was also noted. however. that Dulles said he did not want to give the impression that he thought Indo-Chins would in fact be lost. or that the United States had aban- doned its support.

External Affairs Mniisier Pear- son, heading the Canadian delega- tion, conferred Tuesday night with Gen. Bedell Smith. head of the United States delegation since Dul- les returned to Washington.

It was learned that a meeting is to take place today among the non-Communist countries to discuss the apparent deadlock on Korea. This may prevent Pearson leaving for London as scheduled. In that event he will leave for the British capital on Thursday.

GAP STILL WIDE

Word of the Dulles statement in Washington flashed around the con- ference rooms and took attention away from Tuesday's plenary ses- sion on Korea. where the speakers were Russia's Foreign Minister Molotov. Foreign Minister Pyun Tung-tal of South Korea. and Paul Henri Speak, foreign minister of Belgium.

Speak made a restrained plea for fewer “generalities. poicmics and pin-pricknlg discussions." He said he had seen the dream of col- lective security die at Geneva be- tween the wars. and hoped that this time the nations would "try to trust each other a little." , ,

The speeches of’-Molotov and Pyun, conference observers felt, did nothing to narrow the gap be- tween the rival sides over propos- als for a peaceful Korea.

About the only new idea came from Pyun. He proposed that the North Korean government permit

STEVENS CASTS DECIDING VOTE

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WASHINGTON. (AP) ~ Army Secretary Robert Stevens. ailing at his home with a virus. tele-

phoned a veto 'mesday—while watching the proceedings on tele- vision—and so another Republican move to cut short the McCarthy- army public hearing was defeated by a vote of 4 to 3.

In the aftermath of's day de- voted entirely to argument over cut-it-short proposals. Senate in- vestigators agreed to vote today on s strongly-backed new move to hold night as well as day sessions hereafter. .

The decisive vote——on a proposal by Senator Everett Dlrksen (Pep.- Ill.) to shorten the public phase of the inquiry——came after Joseph N. welch, counsel to the army side, twice left the hearing room and telephoned Stevens.

DEMOCRATS OPPOSED

Welch reported the army secre- tary felt the Dir-ksen proposal "would not result in fairness."

That settled it. Acting Chairman Karl Mundt (Rep. S. D.) had an- nounced bcforehand that he would vote against the proposal. even though he himself favored it. if either side thought it would result in unfairness or injustice. Mundt proceeded to vote with the three Democrats against the Dirkscn

Couple Given 3-Year Sentence

MONTREAL. (CP)—Msrcel Plai- ssnce and his wife Laura were sen- tenced to three years each in peni- tentiary 'l‘uesd.ay for stealing 81,500 a woman had received from an in- surance company on the death of her son.

Both the husband and wife blamed the other for instigsting the theft from Mrs. Jean 3. Roy, with whom the pair had roomed tor three weeks.

In passing sentence Judge Lucien Ck-ndron termed the couple the "debris of society."

MONEY MIIX-ll? TORONTO (CF) — Mrs. Rose Walton, 35. a former postmistrers in the Toronto area who last week pleaded guilty to theft of Il.ld1.ii2 from post office receipts. Tuesday was given suspended sentence be- cause. she said. “the money t mixed up with grocery cash." e- fence counsel 0. Brown said Mrs. Walter “didn't intentionally steal."

Vetoes Move To

proposal. and it was defeated. what. it all added up to was that all six principals in the contro- versy. and not just Stevens and senator Joseph McCarthy Wis), will testify and be cross- examined in televised public ses-

Isions. The whole thing may take weeks or months.

Mccai-thy charges that Stevens and his associates tried to‘ blockl

munist [This is s counter-charge

infiltration in the army. to the.

Cut Hearing Shari:

army officials’ allegations that the Mecarthy forces sought by im- proper means to win favored treatment for Pte. C.Dnvid Schinc.

(Rep.- an investigation of alleged Com-is sub-committee consultant before

he was drafted into the army last November.

conference w a s in

its people to vote in the South Korean elections May 20 and thus solve the chief problem of unifica- tion. But the Communists will cert- ainly reject the offer since these (Continued on Page 15 col. 2)

By John Sail

WASHINGTON, (AP) —- U. S. State Secretary Dulles said Tues- day he favors a Southeast Asia sl- llancc which would authorize mem- ber countries to put down the at- tacks by Communist forces in Indo- China.

He also said that even if all Indo-China falls to Red aggression he believes it would still be pos- sible for an anti-Communist coali- tion to hold the rest of Southeast Asia. an area he said is of trans- cendent importance to U. S. secur- lty.

“Pi’rales" Plunder

Funds For Blind

’I’0RON'l'O. (OP)-—'I'he Canadian National Institute for the Blind conducting a campaign to raise $3,150,000 for a new headquarters centre here, slid Tuesday that dur- ing the last two weeks "pirates" have plundered a considerable amount of money which unsupect- ing persons intended for the fund. William Dies. CNIB sales man- ager. said that from s headquart- ers somewhere ln.the metropolitan Toronto area, honey-voiced women telephone to beg money "for the blind" and try. to sell goods they say have been made by the blind. Then other members or the group go to the homes of persons taken in by the sales talk. '

A $50,000 grant to the building was announced Tuesday by the NI-

tional Trust. co., Ltd. trustees of the J. P. nickeli foundation. ‘

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At Army Inspection Last Night

During the annual inspection of local Army units last night in front of the Armourles. Col. K. M. Johnston, officer commanding 5 Signals Regim ent,

Resiitu‘lon has been made.

Sgrnn. Dona Arseusult and Sgt. Ralph Macueill.

Show left to right, are Lleut. Major Gen. E. C. Plow, General Officer Commanding,

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Fire Sweeps Huge London Warehouse

LONDON, (Reuters) —- Two firemen were killed and eight others were injured Tuesday when one of the biggest fires since the wartime air raids swept through a five-store)’ warehouse in Cownt Garden. London‘; mammoth fruit and vegetable market.

More than 100 firemen fought for nearly two hours to control the blaze. which

destroyed three-quarters of the. building.

Some of the injured fire- men. severely burned. were taken to hospital for plastic surgery.

Both firemen died in the

blazing building when the in- ierlor I-nllnpsed.

DULLES GIVES VISESISS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ALLIANCE; VITAL AREA TO U. S.

that loss of Red-threatened China. would make the

Indo-

Asia far more difficult.

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Appointed To War office

Major .1. P. Beer (above) of Ot- tawa and Charlottetown. has been appointed to service with the Brit- ish Army at the War office in London. Eng.

The appointment of a Canadian officer to such very rare and follows close on the return of Major Beer from a. year of active service in Korea.

Major Beer, accompanied by his family. is scheduled to leave Que- bec towards the end of May to take up his new duties. previous to which he will be visited by his mother. Mrs. Ernest Beer of Char- lottetown. ‘

livingflndefin 10 Major Cities

OTTAWA. (CF) — Living mats rose in five of lo regional urban centres during April. four declined and one remained unchanged. The consumer price index, yard- stick for measuring living costs. advanced in Halifax. Ottawa. Tor. onto, Winnipeg and Vancouver the bureau of statistics reported Tucs- sdy.

It declined in St. John's, Nflri, Saint John, N. B. ,i.he Saskatoon- Regina area. and the Edmonton- Calgnry rues. Montreal remained unchanged.

Food indexes were lower in all centres except Toronto and win- nipeg.

Shelter indexes reflected higher rents in five cities while the re- maining five were uncliangnrl. Suz- nificant. changes in clothing were registereri in Saint. John and Van- cuver due principally to adjust- ments in provincial sales taxes. Increases in postal rater. adjust- ments in provincial sales taxes in Saint John and Vancouver and higher quotat.it-ms for cleaning .mp- plies were the changes noted in the indexes for the household Op- eration group.

The index. bnmi on 1949 prires. on April 1 with March l figures in brackets includes: Halifax 1l3.fl (ii3.'It; saint John li5.9 (ll8.2t; Montreal llft.3 (ll8.3\. The index for St. John's. based on June, 1951 price equalling 100, dropped _to 102.0 from if)? 2.

THREE STILL MISSING CANBERRA (Reuiers)—-Three of lo sailors who jumped ship when the Canadian Cruiser Ontario vis- ited Australia still are untrsced. Seven of the men have surrend- ered “in dribs and drabe." A. J. Hicks. first secretary of the Cana- dian high commissioner‘: office

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Salvation Army Elecls Briton As New General

LONDON (AP) — The world's Salvation Army leaders Tuesday elected as their new general a grey-haired "son of the regiment." 61-year-old Commissioner Wilfred Kitching of Britain.

This white-moustached officer who has 40 years” service behind him succeeds General Albert Ors- horn who retires June 30 after eight years in the army's highest post.

in the final vote after 12 days‘ secret deliberation and balloting, the army's High Council chose Kitching by 32 votes to 14. The 14 votes went to Commissioner Nor- man Marshall. 61. commander for the Eastern United States.

A two-thirds majority of the M council members was necessary for selection.

The council president. Commis- sioner W. R. Dalziel of Canada. announced the result to the col- cil three hours after Tuesday's final session began. Then, in I ringing voice. he called out the old Salvationist phrase “Fire 1 vol- icvi"

Council members seated at the table under a twice-llfeslze por- trait of the army's founder. Gen- eral William Booth, responded with a resounding “Amen."

"SON OF‘ REGIMENT"

What kind of man is the new general? Commissioner Dalziel de- scribed him as “a son of the regi-

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Acrobat Saves Wife From lniury

COPENHAGEN. (CF) — Home 1,500 gasping spectators Tuesday saw an acrobat leap into a circus ring and catch his wife safely when she slipped and lunged so fast from s trapeze.

It was not part of the act

Susan Tacoma. 23. was hanging on the high wire by one foot with no net below her and her husband. Walter. watched from the ringside.

She fell. head first. He sprang into the ring. just in time to catch her. The force of the fall sent both reeling. but in a moment they wage up smiling and only bruised.

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HALIFAX tCPl —- The weather office said cloudy skies are fore- rast fnr \Vr-dnesday and scattered showers are expected in develop in most of the district during the afternoon Regional forecasts: Prince Edward island and New Brunswick: Cloudy. with scattered showers In the afternoon: warmer: light winds. Low-high at Charlottetown so and 55. Monctcn and Frederic- ton All and 80. Saint John. Ed- mundeton and Csmpbellton IO and 55.