'fecl since late 1958. to lob 55 ' _ ' shells at the Nationalist Chinese 1 Europe shivercd under the my

If it's Good For the island .The Guardian is For it

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“C(wers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

Class Mall

'Pair Get $100,000 ,‘In Holdup

BURNABY. BC. (CP l—rTwo

lecuted holdup in this Vancou- l ver suburb.

3 The masked bandits. one 'carrying a revolver and the other an automatic pistol. ap-

peared from the rear of the bank 1‘32 hours after the doors had closed. ‘ Inside.

ldian Imperial Bank of Com- ‘merce branch at Kingsway and McMurray. were finishing the day's work.

“The bandits sprung a lock on the door as the money was being counted." Mr. Barber :said later. The money included a large deposit from a nearby Simpson - Sears department

“ .9 had a full staff of 10 on [at the time but only six were in ithe main office.”

Whether it’s Christmas or any other time. sick people still need to be cared for. At the Prince Edward Island Hospital last night it was like any

other day in the year for the nursing staff. While some of the nurses spent Christmas with their friends and rela- tives. others had to answer

BOMB TEST, GUNtFlRE SOUNDS

cARliBF' slcrt IS u-Nlnmluiuerlin ‘

WORKED QUICKLY

“One of the men just said ‘hold it." They scooped up the the call of duty. Two nurses in 1" abom my" mmme“ the paediatric and last night. Miss Pauline Dixon. left. and Miss Jeannie MacKinnon. right. check reports with sup- ervisor. Mrs. L. ‘

"They must have watched the ‘place for weeks. They knew our general pattern of operation."

Neither of the men—described as “youngish"-—threatened the bank staff.

six hours estimating the amount taken. RCMP said the take was “more than $100000 "

Police believe the _ in a two-tone blue car. possrbly

robbers fled

Peace Appeals Are H eard ..

As Christmas Celebrated

By THE CANADIAN PRESS be ambitions for the good of World leaders appealed {Ol'fall men." she said

peace Tuesday

celebrated Christmas with tra- i were set up on the West Berlin

ditional religious observanceaistdg of the Communist border

and family gatherings. 3wall so their electric lights. lit But the holiday was markedi

by a new ll-megaton nuclear-Efrem the East.

“‘5' by RUSSla 0V8? its Arctict Long lines of cars were seen

testing ground and shelling by at border crossing points Christ~

Communist China of t e a- mas morning. with West Glen

tionalist Chinese offshore island ,man and foreign visitors to the

of Quemoy. ’dividcd city hoping to cross to The Russian atmospheric testisee relatiVes in the Communist

24th since this fall over the No- i sector,

i-aya Zemlya region. was . A single shot was fired by

tutored by the lippsaia Univer- lEast German guards on the

srty Seismological Institute in lhorder Monday nighi_ west Ber.

Sweden. ilin police said. They gave no The Chine se hCMIAmunlSttS Treason for the firing.

broke their every-0t er- ay pa -l

tern of shelling Quemoy in ef- FOUND ALIVE

As for the weather, much of

reg- i

in the. islan Monday. Prev. fblast of a cold wave that \‘inllSly they shelled only on buried Alpine villages With ava- "odd number days." anc es and stranded and Pope. John delivered his an-‘layed holiday trayelers. nual “urbi et orbi” (to the city‘brought a white Christmas to and the world) benediction and many areas in Europe where message from a window of his snow is rare. Vatican palace and renewed his In London. a hardy group had appeal for peace and Christian to break through a thin crust llnity. ice in order to proceed With The 81-year-old pontiff said a traditional swtm in a small "there is no philosophical study Ilake in Hyde Park. ‘ no effort to modernize systemS' The oldest of the swrmmers. that is worth something if the lCharlcs Bryant. will be 80 next

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as the world: In Berlin. 400 Christmas treesl

iCatholics day and night. could be seen i brated the day with various r

spirit oes not open up fully to. d INSIDE TODAY

the effusions of light and heav-

enly grace." Announcements, notices - ll 3 ti

ISNIFIES WORLD

torn world . .po Let uskeep faith with thel Womenn' lilcal we know to be right andl

9 Children, Father Die In Dwelling Fire

BROUGHTON. N.S. (CP) ——l1rla7.el Campbell of Dominion. Nine children under the age of NS. was reported to have 12 died with their father Mon- lfainted while trying to get two day when a ore-dawn fire swept I children through a window to through their bungalow in this safety. She revived and barely llny Cape Breton Island com- managed to get out herself. cut- m‘mlly. ting her hands on the broken

The mother escaped by break- } glass. int: a window and hurried halt! The other Bateman child. 13- 8 mile through snow ll’n feetiyear-old Peggy. was visiting in “felt to summon aid. It arrived iHalifax. . too late. The only other mem-f The bodies were recovered her of the family to survive was |from the ruins of the isolated. I daughter who was staying iniaingle-story modern dwelling.

allllx- 1 use of the blaze was not dis-

The fire struck in still. freez-l rated, in: weather a few houra after, Glace Bay RCMP uld all the tbodies were found in one cor-

the. family had trimmed the Christmas tree nor of the destroyed home. Mr. Batcman. a part-t

The dead are Robert Bate-' "‘fm- 33. an unemployed coal farmer. was a miner at New """Pl‘ who perished in an ap- Waterford‘s No. 10 colliery um Parent attempt to save his chil- til its closure last summer. Re. "TM The dead children cently he got some employment 11. Jean. 9. Daniel. 3. the federal government's $13,000,000 restoration of nearby Fort Loulsbou

. 6. Nancy. 4. Sharon g. The family moved here re

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Queen Elizabeth. giving the Births. deaths . traditional royal greeting to the. Classified ‘i Commonwealth. said in a radio Co cs ..... 9 and television message the‘ Editorials ............... 4 Commonwealth is "a most po-i City. Queens 5 tent force for good and one ofl Prince County 1 "it true unifying bonds in thisl Summersido s

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cently from . er “scum "9 Fm small community in the Glace Mrs. Damn {Lilla former Bay area. ‘

cence plates. ' An all-points bulletin was is- sued. including the names of two persons. RCMP called in extra men and checked all fer- ries and nearby border points

April and has taken a Cbrist- mum 0‘ vancnuver'

Barber. manager of the Cana-v

by "1' 9°" ‘33:: D‘l’ar'mm" CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1962.

and for payment of postage in

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Sunny and cold. cloudy in afternoon with snow: winds becoming southwest high three below and 25.

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NOTTHgigRE SEVEN CENTS

Prisoners' Hailed By

the staff and William‘ Palm Beach. Fla. (AP) ——i. . . ha

President K e n n e d y Monday hailed the release of the Bay of Pigs prisoners as "in the inter- ests of national principles" be- ,cause the operation saved them “from a slow death."

Indirectly. the president thus defended the government's role in the prolonged negotiations that resulted in freedom for the 1.113 prisoners.

Had the government not back-

between Cuban Premier Castro ‘ and New York lawyer James B. iDonovan could not have been i successful. The president. who has taken 1 full giant

lstatement "these brave men

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Release Kennedy

ve endured so much In the cause of freedom." nedy said he is

3come of Donovan's negotiations and declared:

“Americans have always had a strong bond of friendship for freedom fighters throughout the world. They have a particularly

strong bond of friendship for who tfought so valiantly for the free- dom

‘these dedicated Cubans

of their homeland." t Kennedy

said

itransportation companies [labor unions. have come to the icommittce‘s assistance."

' This was a reference to the

responsibility for the Aprilj Cuban fa m i I l e s committee 3 invasion fiasco that madeiwhich retained Donovan to ne-l The “a” and RCMP Sp(,M_the Cubans prisoners. said in agotiatc for the freedom of the

l prisoners.

, “ex- ;tremely pleased" at the out-

the prisoners: could not have been freed ex-' I stopped the project. it seemsicept for “the magnificent way lapparent that the negotiations ll“ WhiCh manufaaurers "1i i foods. drugs and other products: lthroughout the United Statesht and-

:MAN IS FREE ‘AFI'ER 23 YEARS

OKMULGEE. Okla. (AP)-.- Kansas City Fat Tuesday cel- ebrated his first Christmas as a free man since 1934.

At the state prison in Mc-

a life sentence for a lS-cent holdup in Tulsa.

Kansas City Fat. 58. whose real name is George 0. Jones. had not had a letter or visitor

Couple, S

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Dwelling And Two Barns Are Destroyed In Fires

mall Child

. Flee In Night Attire

Alester. he served 28 years of ‘

A house and two large barns were destroyed in two separate fires early Chrisrmas morning In the house fire the occupants

latter flames were noticed by a neighbor.

Mr. and Mrs, Payntcr fled in their night clothes and M . Paynter is reported to have had

during all his prison time. :barer escaped with their lives. l her feet frozen as a result of

Then last Thursday the Tulsa .

Tribune and The Associated Press carried stories about his prospects for a 28th Christmas in the penitentiary

Job offers came from man places and hundreds of letters

sent to him.

on a 30-day leave Saturday and started work in a laundry here less than three hours after he walked out of prison. He must go before the pardon and parole board next month for final action on a parole. He had been recommended for parole three months ago. subject to a bona fide job offer. None came at that time.

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Commonwealth Relation

SAre Em

LONDON

s Day dip annually for the years;

'. i w "Mwélagfincy I“ - . an: and omen in Shanghai cele;

Helitioy Tait; _ Climbs. in 7

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' ' ' ~— U.S. llnlous services at theirl CHICAGG {AP' The churches. There was carol sing- i llnllday .trafflt‘ death to" re- ing at the community church of i versed "5‘ mOdf‘St “tree :thday Shanghai and high mass at St. lirend Christmas. D33 “1 Va Ignatius of Zikawel. Shanghai's inurckenmg of highway fatality biggest Roman Catholic church. imports; . ' .

In Bonn. West German Chan-l A I\atlonal Safety Council cellor Adcnaucr. in his Christ. iSpnkcsman s a l d the traffic mas message. criticized Westldcalh to“ {M the in“? - day

Germans for lack of puhlic'Chrtstmas weekend, apparently spirit and neglect of religious l was headed for a figure in the values. I650-to-750 pre~hollday estimate

In Saigon. Francis Cardinallrange Of “my expm‘ls' Spellman. R o m a n Catholic archbishop of New York. cele-i

O brated midnight mass outdoors Christmas Eve for about i tlS Robbed

.8. military. and diplomatic personnel stationed in war-torn South Viet Nam " JOIN SERVICE DES PLAINES. Ill. (APE-A Buddhists and Confucians in Brink's armored car. Walling South Viet Nam joined Chris-.with a single guard for a col- tians in the holiday festivities. i lection at a bOWIIIIC alloy. was lrobbed Monday night by three 1masked gunmen who fled with at least 5100.000. police said.

Police turned a blin eye. on dancing parties held by foreign< The guard. Frank Neubergcr. was surprised by the gunmen

ers in private homes. although;

a strict ban on dancing has been i while his partner was making a collection. Des laincs is a

enforced since May. i were more Christmas festivities than for the last 12 tContimwd 0“ 032? 3 001- 3l } suburb northwest of Chicago.

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achices functioning. Two of these were Elmer Weddell. a Canadian National Telegraph messenger. and Al .rt Bowie. an employee of CNT. The

While many Charlottetown residents enjoyed Christ- mas holiday yesterday. there were others less fortunate as they worked to been essential

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it her annual Christmas mes-

“special relation" which binds

i 45826! Tuesday. emphasized the

rtint:~‘-‘occli.uary pen pi e .of the o l d e r Commonwealth coun- tries."

“In the ideal of the Common- wealth we have been entrusted with something very special . . . a most potent force for good. and one of the true unifying bonds in this torn world."

Remarking on the fact the Common w e. a l t h "family" is changin and growing up. she said. "the feeling of special re- lationship between the ordinary Ipeople of the. older Common- ?wealth countries will never be lwcakened.‘

The Queen said the idea of this relationship is ‘ spreading to the newer hers” and this will “help us to realize the ideal of human brotherhood."

WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS She welcomed the advent this year of Jamaica. Trinidad and Tobago as c o m m o n wealth members.

“We wish them all good for- tune." she said.

A new note was struck in the Christmas message. which has ecome a royal tradition. when the Queen praised the launch-

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SOME ENJOY I OLIDAY, OTHERS WORK

young telegraph boy went on duty at 9 o‘clock yesterday morning and worked until one. He resumed duty at 6 ram. and worked until 10 o'clock. de-

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phasized By Quee

tions satellite. " ankind

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Western world perhaps the

:Iaunching of Telstar has cap-r

.tured the imagination most viv- l idly."

The Queen called Telstar “a wonderfully exciting prospect" and suggested: “Perhaps it will lmake us stop and think about what sort of picture we are pre- senting to each other."

i SERVE ONE ANOTHER

The Queen noted that three

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odern man has built one .

|ireacii for the stars.“ ‘ The Queen recorded the mes- jsage at Buckingham Palace Dec. 13. ) As it was being broadcast by radio and television from Lon-i don in m a n y Common ‘ wealth countries she was spend-i ing the Christmas holiday at“. her country estate of Sandring- barn in Norfolk surrounded by other members of the Royal

:Diverted Ships .Are Frowned On

JOHN. N.B. tCPl— John F. Galbraith, Canadian ‘vice-president of the Interna- ,tional Longshorcmen‘s Associa- ition tCLC). said Monday “there lwill he no diverted ships loaded ,or unloaded at the port of Saint lJohn due to the strike at New I York."

i Mr. Galbraith did not elabor- ate. on the union viewpoint ex- cept to say "our action is in

l tution.

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iivering telegrams throughout the city. Here Mr. Bowie i< about to send the young lad on his next ossigrment.

Family. including her husband: Prince Philip. and three chil-: dren.

On the guest list were Queen~ M o t h e r Elizabeth. Princess t Margaret. her husband the Earl l of Snowdon. their baby son Vis-i count Linley. the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their

Richard. Princess M a r in a. z son Prince Michael. her} daughter Princess Alexandra and the latter's fiance. Angus Ogilvy. L

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and dozens of packages were i

The one-storey home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Payntcr. Carle- i too. was destroyed at 3:10 am. i Nearly all its contents were lost. 3A washing machine and other .small items were saved. At 1.30 a.m. fire levelled two

ilargc barns on the Emyvale

Kansas City was released ifarm 0f Leo CUdmcre- LOSt in‘ was at the Emyvale fire.

3 the blaze were 16 head of cattle and a quantity of potatoes. Neighbors awakened Mr. and Mrs. ifour-yearaold daughter to safety H

Canadian Fatalities . Beach 102 r

‘ By THE CANADIAN PRESS l

Two provinces remained free of accidental deaths during the. Christmas weekend. but the Ca-i nadian total up to 5 pm. EST' Christmas night had soared to 69 of this traffic deaths.

The 69 was 11 are than the

tCPt—The Queen. 'ing of the Telstar commilnica- [wise men once followed a star: itOtfll PTEdlCtEd by The Canadianl

Highway Safety Council for the The

:and space research but in the 1 serving one another that we can ‘ count began at 6 RM. Friday. iministraiinn and

Fires accounted for 16 deaths ' and drownings six. ere were 11 miscellaneous acciden-l tal deat l

Quebec‘s total was the high-: est of the provinces—35. includ-‘ ing 25 traffic deaths. '

n cont st. Newfoundland‘ and Prince Edward Island still' had not reported an accidental death

Ontario had 21 fatalities. 18 of i them in traffic accidents, Novai Scotia had a total of 11, includ-:

g 10 deaths in a single fire.

Totals for the provinces re- porting fatalities. with traffic. deaths in brackets: Quebec 35' (25). Ontario 21 (18); Nova: Scotia 11 (ll: New Brunswick 8. (7); British Columbia 8 (5);:

6 (4); Alberta 5 (St.

The Canadian Press survey. does not include industrial or‘ natural deaths or known sul-l cides or slayings. i

Paynter and took their‘

i deep snow and low temperature. Temperature at the time was about seven above zero.

An overheated stove was be‘ ; lieved the. cause. When the Bar- iden fire department arrived on f the scene the outbreak was out iof control. i No fire, fighting equipment but inearby neighbors gave assist- f ance. However. the fire had too 1 much of a start.

Luckily the wind was blowing away from the house. located nearby. and the fire was con- fined to the barns. The wind at that time was gusting to 40 mph.

Mr. and Mrs. Cudmoro were home at the tim .

The cause of the fire is un-v known.

Former U.S. Attorney-Gen. Dies At 67

WASHINGTON (AP t—Jamea

con i in [19 s togNow we can all say the worldlfiVé-day periOd ending WEdneS- ‘ Patrick MCGranfiry' ‘3 "um" achieve wonders in technical { is my neighbor and it is only in i day midnight local time-‘-

ney-general in the Truman ad- min of the

[leading U.S. Roman Catholic

laymen. is dead at 67.

McGranery died Sunday night in Palm Beach. Fla. after an!- fering a heart attack. He was spending the Christmas holi- days there with his wife and their three children.

Born in Philadelphia. the son of Irish immigrant parents. Mc- Granery lived most of his life in that city. practicing law. In 1951 he resigned a lifetime job as U.S. district judge for the East- ern District of Pennnsylvania to assume the office of Attorney- General under President Harry Truman. an intimate friend.

Earlier in his government ca-

sons prince William and prince iManitoba 8 (4t; Saskatchewan reer he served four terms in the

House of Representatives and was Number Two man in the justice department for three years before appointment to the

federal bench in 1946.

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MIAMI. Fla. (APl—The sur- ivivors of the Bay of Pigs inva, ision. returned from Cuba in the lgreatest human barter of mod- lern times. spent Christmas in freedom Tuesday with the .promise of another present to l The 1.113 men were flown :here in a 10-plane. two-day ioperation that ended in the waning hours of Christmas Eve. ;A main feature of Christmas Day was a holiday dinner. of lroast suckling pig. with loved iones they hadn‘t seen since the 'invasion failed 20 months ago.

. e same time. 1.000 rela- .fivcs of the prisoners prepared .to board an American ship in

uHavana to come to the United lStatcs as political refugees.

Cuban Premier Fidel Castro called that a "Christmas bonus." And he promised also “to discuss the early release of ‘23 American prisoners" still in Cuban jails.

He made. the pledge to James .8. Donovan. New York lawyer who negotiated the swap of the

Cubs invasion prisoners for $58.00tl.000 of medical supplies and oahy food.

TEARS FLOW

The two-day exchange was a rmixture of agonized waiting. as the return sputtered fitfully with long d e l a y s between