APRIL 12. 1951

Hold Inquest Into Gun Fatality

A coroner's Jury W35 '

9.1 last night to inquire into the drcrumtances surrounding the sudden death of Ricky Smith, 17. who died as I result of a gunshot wound in the head yesterday If- con.

tefpxlre youth was found in the 1,...-gh of the home of Mr. Percy Groohi. Allen Street. where he lived. Taken to hospital. he was and on arrival. He was the son ot”i-ll'e late Mr. Arthur smith who no killed in In acident in Hall- mx several years ago. His mother is remarried and living in Mont- ir-Ilwhile he and his sister resid- rd with Mr. Groom.

coroner Dr. J. D. Mcouigan .-allgd In inquest which was ad- JOUHXGCI to at future date after the body had been identified. No evldcnce was taken. An autopsy was performed by Dr. L.E. Prowse and Dr. R. F. Seaman but the findings are unknown pending presentation of the report by Dr. Prowso.

Following are the members of the jury: Messrs. Earl Kennedy. Br-ookton Vail. Arthur Burns, sterling Beaton. Russell Gay, El- mer-Dunsford and Thomas Hun- ter all of Gayl0Wll-

Try Atomic Brain Tumor

NEW YORK, April 11 - (AP) -. A tiny atomic explosion inside .vwoman's brain was described in Collicr's magazine today as the first--to take place inside the hu- man body. it was an attempt to treat a cancerous brain tumor.

Associate editor John Lear wrote that the strange experi- ment occurred Feb. 15 It the Brookhavcn National Laboratory on Long Island.

.Collier's said that a week after Lheexpcrimcnt Ville Patient was . . . taking a lively interest in her diet and giving completely- coherent replies to all who talked with her." ,

However. the article continued:

,"No one at Bmokhavcn is brash enough to suggest that that uni- quel institution . . . has found a cure for cancer."

Experiments on a dog preceded the test on the woman.

Collier's said a harmless liquid form of the metal boron was in- jected into the woman's veins. Then she was placed in I sunken chamber at Brookhaven. with I small window beside her head.

Boron. the magazine explained. travels straight to the brain and into the tumor. where it lingers a re minutes before travelling to otlller parts of the body.

The metal has the ability to grab and hold onto any slow neu- trons -- atomic particles - that come its way. Collier's continued.

Neutrons were sent through the

window to bombard the woman's brain at the instant the boron was due to arrive at the tumor. '1 The boron suffered a radio- active breakdown and disinte- gration I smal-sized atomic oioplosion on the same principle Ia its big brother. the A-bomb.

LIBERAL PARTY

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mL moved by Peter Morrison. Launch- ing. seconded by Neil Ross. Red Hone; Mr. Hughes' by Louis Fits- patrtclt. Wocdvillo Mills, seconded by John A. Campbell. Newport; and-Mr. MIcLean'a by Guy Hemp- liillp Georgetown. seconded by Sylvarious Yorston, Launching.

v Mr. Hughes nomination was made unanimous on Mr. Mac- LeIn's motion.

Chairman of the meeting was Mr. Barry Millar. Murray Har- bour North. Louis Campbell. New- port. acted as secretgry. The speaker; included the candidates. Mr. Macbean and Mr. S. S. Hes-

.-ian. K.C. Mr. Hughes is I former Provin- uial secretary-Treasurer and

xilnister of Health and Welfare in ipe.,,Jones Government. and both he nnd Mr. snville have repre- sented the district since 1935.

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Thh colurnn II rourvod for none of local interest. but advertising of a nevny nature may be lnoerud at Ive ocntl a word. etrictl) pay- Iblc in advance.

ARJIIVEB OVERSEAS - Mrs. A. E. Morrison, Prince Street has received I. cable from her daugh- ter. Miss Katharine Macl..ennan saying she had arrived safely in Great Britain. Miss Maclrennan. of the Provincial Sariatorium staff. is taking I special course overseas.

PENSIONS HEARING TOMOR- ROW-.A meeting of I three-man board of the Canadian Pension Commission's Appellate Division originally scheduled to be held here today has been postponed until tomorrow. Poor flying weather caused cancellation of the propos- ed fllght and the commission mem- bers will arrive in the' city to- night by train. Members of the board are Messrs. Harry Bray. presiding member. H. A. Bridges and Dr. J. F. Bates. all of Ottawa. They will hold sittings all day Friday in the Department of Vet- erans Affairs Building on Rich- mond Btreet. It is understood that approximately 12 cases are sched- uled to he heard.

Fire. Fur. leather llnion From (2.61.

IOITAWA, April ll -(CP)-- In another chapter in le.bor's drive against Communism. the Red- dominatcd International Union of Fur and Leather Workers today was fired out of the Canadian Congress of Labor.

Dropping of the 5.000-member union cut adrift the biggest group under Communist influence re- maining In the Congress. which in the last. two years tins kicked out two big Communist-line affiliates.

Expelled previously, were the International Union of Mine. Mill and Smelter Workers and the United Electrical Workers. with a combined membership of around 50,000. The fur-leather Union Joins them outside the main stream of Canadian labor. along with the remnants of the Canadian Sca- men's Union. evicted from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada two years ago.

Membership in the Fur and Leather Union is concentrated in Montreal. Toronto. Winnipeg Blld Vancouver. its Canadian head is Robert fladdow of Montreal. who last year made I bid for the presi- dency of the 360.000-member C. C. L. but was defeated overwhelm- ingly.

Things Made Tougher For Glamor Girl

OTIAWA. April 11 -- (C131 - Finance Minister Abbott took I smack It the home and hope chest 13,: night. and generally made things tougher for the glamor girl with expensive ideas.

His defence l1rdD3F9dn953 budget hit sharply at the house- wife and business girl in at least five different ways.

I-ienceforth girls. you'll have 10 go easier on those cigarettes and cosmetics. Mother. the old kitch- en stovc may have to do for an- other ycar or so.

As for dreams of new furs and jewelry-well. start thinking um ways of making the old "things" do. .

One consolation: cocktails and bonlbons get I break. No new taxes on liquor. The excise tax on candy is cut to 15 per cent

from 30.

Here's the way the tax changes may affect various types of womanhood:

The housewife-her husband's

income will be reduced by the 20-per-cent defence surtax. That may mean less money for house- keeping and for spendins.'EEneF' Illy. Household goods will cost more. She will be hit by a boost in the sales tax to 10 P” Cent from eight. Such things as cloth- lnig. furniture and other items. outside of food. will be affected-

Prdbably the biggest blow is a special excise tax of 15 PET W” on electric and gas stoves. W051” ing machines and refrigerators. A stove costing 8100 now will cost 3115. -

The glamor girl-a boost in the excise tax to 25 P" 09'” "Pm 15 on a wide range of semi-lux- ury and luxury items. includintl.

ml . cosmetics, furs. rw nlarus full” ...'..,,.c es;-action. television LOVE-At the Prince County gets. clgarot lllhwrs. W8lChe3-

llospital on Tuesday. April 10th. 1951. to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Love. Borden I Ion. Harley Thomas.

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DEATHS

. ;NM1'l'l!-suddenly at 54 Allen St. -lllrl 11. 1951, Richard Smith in his 18th year. The remains are resting at the Cutcliffe Funeral Home. Funeral notice later.

BRENNAN - At the Prince Coun- ty Hospital. April 11. lldna Bren- nen in her tour you-. The remains were forwarded from the Davinon Funeral Parlors to her late mi- rienoe, wring Valley. Wednesday. when funeral will be held rriliay It -I A.ll. to It. Mai-y'I 'Ohurch. Indian ltlver. for uiem Mus Interment in the churc cemetery.

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H ,l"HE GUARDIAN.. CHARLOTTETOWN

Museumvllaterlal I Coming Tollght

The survey of material for the s' Prince Edward Island Museum and archive: is pro- gressing favorably and many items of interest are being brought to light.

Mr. Preston Ellis, East Btdeford. who has undertaken the task of sorting through carton upon car- ton of material which had collect- ed in the attics of the Provincial and other buildings. has recently completed I complete picture of shipping activities since 1775.

By going through very available source here. and making copies of material held in Ottawa. a complete list of ships built in this Province in that time has been compiled. Approximately 5.350 ships have been included in the list, and the date on these. includ- ing their size. date and locality of construction. together with the name of their owners. are now being indexed according to the year in which they were complet- ed. .

In the research which is being carried on under the supervision of the Department of Adult Edu- cation. paintings by George God- sell Thresher. who died in Char- lottetown in 1058 at the age of seventy are being located and where possible restored. One of those. depicting the Charlottetown water front and harbour. was found on the top floor of the City Hall. and has recently been re- turned frcm the National Gallery at Ottawa. restored to its original appearance. It is understood that two other Thresher works are hanging in the Premier's office. Mr. A. E. Morrison. of 237 Prince Street is a grandson of George Thresher. and has in his possession a number of paintings by the artist. and also some by his wife. one of these former is a picture entitled "The Great Gale of 1851" and is a large canvas jnlnied in 1852. This painting was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of the Word's Industries at New York in 1852 and was' a prize win- her there.

Mr. Morrison relates an inter- esting tale of his grandfather's youth during which he joined the Navy in Nelson's time and served as Captain's clerk. when war broke out he was in Paris with a friend nnd was prevented from leaving the city. Thresher man- aged to obtain an audience with Nnpoeon but was still detained. By persuading rt woman to let them He in her cart which she af- terwards filled with cabbages. he and his companion were able to reach the coast of France where thcv found passage to America.

Thresher then settled in New York where he met his bride. the tamer Eliza Brooks. and they were I'l'li'lf'Ie(I in 1180. Mrs. Thresh- or was a direct descendant of Rolfe. find was related to the John Rolfe who married Pocahontas.

alien. MacArthur Takes News Of Firing Calmly

By Rulaell Brine:

TOKYO. April 12 -(Thursday) -(AP)-Gen. MacArthur Wednes- rlay calmly heard the news he was fired and cleared his deal: for a return to the homeland he has not seen in 14 years.

Congressional Republicans in Washington said he told them by telephone he would be glad to speak to Congress and could be there in three weeks. There was no comment here.

It was for from the homecomin the 71-year-old General no doubt long had envisaged. He had hoped for a return after the Japanese oc- cupation was ended by treaty. This would have been in triumph.

Now he will go home to one of the hottest political controversies of this -era. Republicans. -angry because President Truman dis- missed him for disagreeing with oriental policy, talked of "impeach- ment.”

MacArthur himself refused to say anything as the controversy echoed through world capitals.

The dismissal order from Tru- man wnslna plain envelope mark- ed "Flash."

The United Nations commander in the Korean war. who has run the occupation of Japan from the outset, was calm when he received it after lunch.

Maj.-Gen. Courtney Whitney. military secretary of the U. N. command. said: "He received the word of the President's dismissal from command magniflcentlv. lie never turned a hair."

Sharp Cut In Dairy Production Is Indicated

O'l'l'AWA. April 11-(CP)- A sharp production cut in showing up in Canada's dairy industry. And that may mean less butter for your dinner table next. year.

The Bureau of statistic: to- day reported that creornery butter production in the first three months of 1951 dropped 18 -per cent to 25.231000 pounds from 3031.000 In 1950.

Holding: on April I slipped to 0.000.000 , d , -.1 with 21,000,000 pounds at the same time last year.

Cheese output dropped off by eight per cent in the first three months. production to- talling 4.774.000pountlI, 'ngainIt 5.l04.tXl) a year a 0.

Stock: on Apri 1 declined

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to 10,930,000 pounds. about one-half the 3.000.000 last year.

Margarine productlonon the other hand. in the first three months totalled 2&841.0w. an increase of almost 1.ooo.ooo

pounds over inst yo-nr'I 71.- 7l.'l,fIl).

Reception of llovitiates At Mount 8t.Mary's

Seven aspirants to the Congre- gation of the Sisters of St. Mar- tha were received into the novit- late in a ceremony held at Mount St. Mary's Convent yesterday in the presence of their immediate relatives.

In 'the absence of Ills Excel- lency Bishop Boyle. Rev. J. P. E. O'Hnniey presided at the solemn and presentation of the habits and celebrated the Mass of the Soiemnity of St. Joseph. He was assisted by Rev. Louis Dooley. Rev. E. A. Doyle, C.Sa.R. preached an appropriate sermon. The serv- er of the Muss was Everett Brennan. Kinkora.

The novices who received the habit and their religious names are: Minerva McDonald (Sister Francis dc Sales). Kelly's Cross; Shirley l-iackett (Sister Mary Al- bert). Tlgnish; Mnrguerite Mull- ally (Sister James Marie). Souria West: Cecelia Kelzer (Sister Mary Cecelia). Charlottetown; Kathleen Bolger (Sister Mary Josepha). Hope River: Joan C. MacDonald (Sister Maria Gorctti), Blooming Point; lrlsh Brcnnun (Sister Mary Martin). Klnkora.

llow Budget Hits Pockets of Man In Street

By Douglas How Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA. April ll-(CP) Finance Minister Abbott took the cold war into the pockets of the man in the street last night but

he wasn't as tough as I lot of people anticipated. From the standpoint of the

little man. it wasn't a happy budget. But anyone who can spell Korea probably will feel it could have been worse.

It even had its little rays of sunshine amid the fiscal gloom. To the confusion of the thou- sands reported to have gathered in stocks of liquor in the last few days, Mr. Abbott blithely left the liquor tax in its present bloated state. untouched.

With a merciful gesture to the kids. he slashed by half the ex- cise tax on candy, chocolate and chewing gum-to 15 per cent from 30 x

That should mean a leaching of essential costs to the juvenile population although Mr. Abbott's experts, questioned by reporters. didn't go out on the limb to pre- dict that's what will happen. They said they weren't. sure that the people who make gum and candy will share Mr. Abbott's de- sire to help the kids by passing on the saving.

There were other boons. too. such as no change in income tax

- exemptions and I broadening of

exemptions for certain and medical costs.

But generally the trend was the other way. Mr. Abbott sweet- ened his approach by variety. taking advantage of what he suavely called "the well-balanc- ed blend” of the existing tax structure which offered him room for movement.

But it all added up to one thing --he's digging deeper into the average pocket. tapping more of the average Cana.dian's time and money to keep the defence prog- ram on a pay-Is-you-go basis.

He slapped on a new 20-pet'- cent income sur-tax and called it a "defence surcharge" but it will be just that much more to pay in income tax as of July. 1.

He raised the sales tax to 10 per cent from eight but soothed the little man here by saying this will only hit one-third of his family spending.

He took a husky whack at cars, electrical appliances. jewellery. furs. radios and other luxuries by boosting the special excise tax on them to 5 per cent front 15. He tagged certain household goods- some stoves. washing machines. refrigerators-with I new 15 per cent excise tax.

And for smokers he had bad news. He upped the tax on I package of cigarettes to 23 from 20 cents and upped the tax on tobacco accordingly.

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W.Ii.S. Home School Ass'n Meeting Held

A discussion on Home Wcrk' by Professor W. A. Mt-Phee. super- visor of Teacher Training at Prince of wales College, featured the reg. ular meeting last night of the West Kent Home and School Ag. sociatlon held in the school. Brofessor MI:Phee emphasized that younger pupils should have little home work to do especially when it covered the work of the class room. He suszeated that much of it was necessary should be con- fined to extra curricular activities. The speaker also said that pupils should not be given new work to prepare at home. rather it should be more I review of the past day's work.

Other aublects brought up in- cluded I report on the cost of swings; for the schoolyard which W35 tabled by Mr. J. A. Nicholson. A verbal report on the reaction of the School Board to the proposed library ant projection room for West Kent was made by Mrs. J. P. Lantz and discussed by several speakers.

Mrs. Gordon MacDonald ex- Dressed the opinion that the views of the teachers and those immed. lately interested in West Kent should be the guiding factor in the advocacy of such an undertak- ing. 11'. W. R. Carson also spoke briefly regarding the views of the School Board.

Following the discussion it was decided to ask the executive to further the cause of the project.

The grade with the greatest number of parents present was that taught by Miss Higgins, Grade 4. and as I result the class won the door collection for the evening. The meeting then Id. Journer: and refreshments were served.

Britain whiff Return Formosa To Red tiliina

LONDON. April 11-(AP)-Bri- tum came out officially today for the eventual return of Formosa "to China". meaning Red China.

A Foreign Office spokesman. choosing his words carefully. told a press conference Britain re- gards herself still bound by the 1943 Cairo declaration and the 1945 Potsdam pact which promis- ed the Formosa Japanese-ruled is- land "to China."

The spokesman avoided saying Formosa should be returned "to the Chinese Government." Britain has broken with Generaliasimo

Chiang Kai-Shek's regime based In Formosa. and has recognized the Communist Government of Mac Tzc-Tung.

I-Ie implied that the whole question of the island's future is something that has still to be

settled by the United Nations- even though Britain herself has definite views on the form .1 settlement should take.

can Appointment

MONCTON. N. 3. April 10 The appointment of William Len- co as bridge engineer for the At- iantic Region of the Canadian National Railway: with headquar- ters at Moncton, N. 8.. is an- nounced by '1'. L. Ianders. Region- al Chief Fhigineer, succeeding J. C. King. transferred. The appoint- ment is effective immediately

Poloin's Condition Reported Improved

ILE D'YEU. France. April ll-

(Reuters) - . Marshal Philippe Petaln. 94, reported suffering from congestion of both lungs.

today was "markedly improv " compared with yesterday, his doctor said. The crisis was not not over for the imprisoned head of the wartime Vichy Regime in France. the doctor said.

OTTAWA. April 11 -(CP)-"I'he Canadian National Railways is budgeting for a 1951 deficit of 320.- 9t77.000 compared with one of 33.- 201,000 last year. Transport Min- later Chevrier told the Commons today.