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The Prince Edward Island Dairy Princess. Elaine Bry- enton (left) of Brackiey Point left yesterday morning by plane. for The Canadian Na- tional Exhibition where. she will take part in s Dairy

NASHVILLE. Tenn. (AP) — Sgt. Alvin C. York. almost leg- endary American hero of

The, old soldier. who bat- fled crippling illnesses for a decade. was 76.

The sharpsitooting native of Tenncsscc hill country was credited with single handedly killing 25 Germans and captur- mg 132 others in one day's fight- in; in the Argonne Forest in France in 1918. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. the highest US. war- ;lme decoration and won lasting ame.

tal hcrc Aug. 29. it was '11!

the last l\\'n years. His final lil- fleas “a. described as an acute infection of the urinary tract-

Ie had been in a coma almost since admittance.

ills \rlfc. Gracie. and his five ions and two daughters. had maintained a bedside Vigil“

A hospital spokesman said. death was due to general debil~ itv resultant of a combination of conditions incident to his a and complicating illnesses Over the past 1 r "

Burial

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TENNESSEE'S GIFT York to the hospital

arrangements are in-

it Pall Mall. Tenn. a tiny hamlet V S140 .milcs northeast of .aSllVIllP in the Cumberland . The spacious home Tenn were a gift of esseans w 0 re- 8bonded to a fund drive in 1919. Though a frequent patient in

nice i398". York was impa-

lpectl as a material “idly at the inquest deaths of two gunshop yeett killed in an abortive

The man was identified II it?“ onenetic. N. 0‘ M“. He had been sou gill since a lull - battle Saturday him c in .ompany. The raiders We" 3:21;: hm "mutational-y 100‘ u an. Four m “WM Guenet ' I * m“ “to and In Mam

York entered Veterans Hospi' i

Authorised as Sen-l Clan Ilsil by Department. 0m“. ad for pay-eat of

Queen Contest of- Canada. if she is a winner. site will get a trip to Britain to their inter- national Food Fair. Accom- panying her to the CNE was Dale Dewar of New Perth who will be presented with a

I "! SGT. ALVIN C. YORK U.S. World War I Hero tient with hospitals and yearned to return to Gracie's cooking. and so informed hospital author- ities in his customary good natured way. ' Survivors include the widow Mrs. Gracie York York. a Tennessee backwoods- man. changed from a conscien- tious objector into the "greatest

civilian soldier" of tile First orid War. He said. "I don't want to fight." in register-

ing for the selective draft. Later he was credited officially with putting a German machine gun battalion out of action ."prse- tlcally unassisted."

Th feat was performed in the Battle of Argonne on Oct. s. 1918. York killed 25 German

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soldiers and took 182 prisoners.

iith Man Arrested In Holdup'Oi Gunshop

ice River. U miles northeast of Montreal. .

The raid thera was one of a series around the Montreal dis- trict by the combined Montreal. provincial and Royal Canadian Mounted Police anti - terrorist squad Tuesday night and early Wednesday. ‘

The identities of the five other persons were not immedi.

t- atcly disclosed but Lieut. Jean-

Jocqucs Pariseau of the Mont- real police said they will be charged in courLHe would not

i specify what the charges will .J

lie said police found papers toms of the five llnid to

‘ ditionary Force. described

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the Post onion postage in out

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scholarship by the cuts. The i soon

scholarship is a 4-H 1 Membership Scholarship and . is payable at any university. l Miss Dewar will attend Mount Allison University this year for a Bachelor of r in Home Economics.

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Yank World War I Hero Sgt. York Dies A’r Age 76

including the battalion com- mander and three other officers.

CALLED GREATEST Gen. John .1. Pershing. coma mander of the American Expe-

then 31. as “the greatest civiliani soldier of the war.“ and cabled] recommen d a in n that ; brought him the Medal oft Honor. ‘

Marshal Ferdinand Foch. commandercin-chief of the Al~ lied armies. said in pinning the Croix de Guerre with Palm on the American: "What you did was the greatest thing accom- plished by any private soldier of all the armies of Europe.

"i wanted to do the best could." said York. ‘

it we such modesty t'tat} endeared York to millions through his life.

When the red-haired. Tennesr scan arrived in New York froml France he found himself thei centre. of cheering and admiring. crowds. He said the attentionl "plumb scared me to eath."

Business on the New Yorki Stock Exchange was suspendedi while the members carried the; item about the floor on their' shoulders. Congress accorded him an ovation. ‘ WAIVES ASIDE OFFERS

Yet York waived aside offers: to go in the movies. on the stage and on the lecture platform—; and two weeks after landing i went home to marry his child-: h sweetheart. Gracia Wilw liams. ‘

The couple settled down on n i farm in Fcntress County, Tenn.i They were the parents of six' boys and one

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girl. never forgot Sgt. l

York.

He was knownby that title because his exploit in France brought him promotion from corporal to sergeant. and "Ser- geant York" was the title of s 1941 motion picture of 'tis life. Gary Cooper won the Academy award for his performance as the war hero. An act of Con- n 1941 made York a full colonel on the retired list.

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Vial Norm Gov’i Fears Coup Try

SAIGON tHeutersl -—- South Vietnamese government troops loyal to Premier Nguyen Khanh dug in here Wednesday night to defend against a possible coup attempt by army elements sym-

pathetic to the Dai Viei party. i

Unconfirmed reports said Dal Vlet controlled army units were marching on this capital to stage a coup in the absence of Khsnb. who was still in the re- sort city of Dalst recuperating from the strain brought :(yidiast

week's Catholic and lust demonstrations. i The coup reports followed the

rede Tuesday of cabinet

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Ymkdservative victory hopes rose

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,

THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. I964.

"Wrangng SEVEN CENTS

WEATHER

Sunny and warmer: west winds 15. Low- high 48 and 66. Friday: sunny and warm- er.

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Constitutional Change

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than; :Far Away is Belief

l OTTAWA (CPi—A final Com- fmons vote on the turbulent flag pissue appeared as far away as ever Wednesday when the. Con- servatives introduced 's new sub-amendment to their origi- jnal amendment calling for a .national flag plebiscite.

Tuesday night the Commons

ldisposed of the first sub~amend- ,‘ment proposing a four - part gquestion for the plebiscite. 1t twas defeated 118-69. l The new one. asking gplebiscite results be counted on Ia national basis without reveal- ;ing provincial or regional tbreakdowns. was introduced by lGordon Churchill, MP for Win- inipeg Sout'i Centre and the Con- iservative House leader.

Later in the debate. William —- Edmonton Eastl said there may be three or four other sub-amendments in the offing.

Each one opens the door to a complete new round of de-i bate. allowing members who' have. spoken previously to do so again. There have been 157 speeches since the flag debate openc , 108 y Conservati ea The debate marked Wednesday.

its 19th

Brillsbflt—A-Ele’ciion Be Oct. 15

LONDON (Reuters.i ——-,Prime Minista‘ Douglas. - Home Wel- nesdsy called a cabinet meeti

it; for Sept. 10 to make final decl-t

lsion on the date of a general telection. : Politicians continued to pin- lpoini Thursday. Oct. 15. as the [most likely balloting day. Con- as the second public opinion polli in a week showed the party had} overtaken the lead that the op-‘ position Labor party held for.i 1% years. i

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iagency extended their

iWednesda'y for members of a iring of phoney cheque—passers

nd wrre-tappers with possa'ole

a links to other parts of the un- sment of Claude Wagner sir

derworld.

A spokesman for a private '1- vestigating agency working with police said: “This case runs

HALIFAX (CPl-John Fisher. Confederation centennial com- missioner., said e d n e it day there was no intention to slight the French language at the. re-i

ers of Confederation 1864 con i ference in Charlottetown. Premier Jean Lesage of Que- bec said he was insulted be-i cause the actors playing the parts of the fathers did notl speak any French during the‘ program. I r. Fisher told a press -on-‘ ference c ed to outline tit-l day's visit of the fathers to Halifax -— a search of records did not reveal any French 0e. log spoken at the original meet- . ing. ; He said French was spokeni at the Quebec City visit. by the; actors Aug. 29. And son ' French will be spoken by the

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other Atlantic cities to be via-l

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Mr. Fisher said when the sc-i tors were chosen. two were 1‘ selected from Montreal "and they will be heard from."

There is no verbatim account of the fathers” speeches. The speeches by the actors were written from

authentic as possible."

Speaking on the torn centen- nial planning. Mr. Fisher said f'ibings are r now." Peo- pls are beginning voluntarily to take a hold without waiting for governmentd encouragement.

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minister Nguyen Ton Hoan. of Dal Viet part1. ,

Slight Not Intended

doesn't. believe that tile centen- nial should revolve around “the Ottawa-Montreal-Toronto axis" but should be spread Canada for a maximum of Can—

yenact-ment Tuesday of the Fatb- E adians.

PRIME MINISTER Pearson oral-provincial meeting

Fisher Tells Newsmen‘

across‘

at press conference held at the

l involved.

I "They're. worried." he said. f‘especially with the appoint- I solicitor—general."

A real estate operator disap- ' peared from his home on nearby ,Ile Jesus on Saturday. but the spokesman discounted a report that the Mafia was involved in what. was said to be a plot to

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Last Week, police arrested a woman at a bank in suburban St. Laurent.» A St. Laurent ‘0 lice officer said there have been seven other arrests since then. There were also warrants nd subpoenas out for about 20 oth- ers_

Police estimated that banks in the Montreal area have been

swindled of a $1,000.000 in the?

last year.

The agency spokesman de- clined to say how much money was involved. The agency had

The reenactment of the 1864i been receiving reports for more

for the country's day: Many things are. being learned from i

to can be "very exciting . and Sir John A. Macdonald is just "as exciting a character George Washington or Abra- .‘tam Lincoln."

Asked about the claim by

ayor Charles Vaughan Halifax. not Charlottetown. th ation.

"an historian in Mr. Vaughan's

But. he said he thought the Halifax meetings. which follow- ed t' Charlottetown confers were "extremely signifi- to confederation.

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Hurricane Dora. fourth of the current season. is increas- ing in strength and headed to- ward the leeward Islands and Poem on Site is now mov-

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is. SYDNEY turn 5 e real birthplace of coofeder-. HPM‘PCamet‘li. 69. filed Mr. Fisher said hp 13 not‘ fire Witch destroyed his house

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: visits services as a rehearsal i than a year of isolated cases of iooth birth- ‘ phoney cheques at banks else-

where in the province. By last October there were.

9 said the re-enat'imt‘nis i-l'Ytenough pieces of the puzzle to show that Canadian history .—‘-—*—c—————"‘—‘——

Sydney Man Dies in Fire

Robert in a

at Main Dieu. about 15 miles southeast of here. early today. Campbell. a bachelor, lived alone in the house.

RCMP said the fire may have started from a stove or a keno senc lamp.

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ing about i) miles an hour in a west-northwesterly direction. The storm is son miles east of San Juan. Pucrto Rico.

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- IUniversity. described ‘ ldiiuvian" the wording of a pri- . ivate member’s

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conclusion of the k . right is Premier Shaw. host to the premiers.

ifiMontreal Police Widen Search For Passers 0i Phoneyiheques

MONTREAL (CP) —— Police ; much deeper than false chequesl make a picture of an organized lrf’s‘m‘ at 1935' half "‘9 POPUIE‘ private investigating ; and wire tapping.” He declined t ring. which was divided into '“On hunt to state what else might be :cells. Each individual in each

‘cell knew only his immediate ‘superior, he said, and no one else in the operation.

The wire-tapping part of the Ering came into the operation i when banks phoned to get col.- [firmation of the ' ' of [cheques to other or caisses populaires (credit no- ionsi.

‘ Former German Supplied Medals For Event Here

MONTREAL tCPt-A former est. German banker and ex- pert ln counterfeit gold. coins ‘supplied the souvenir medals

‘son and the provincial premiers gal. the current re-enactment of the first Confederation confer- “ once at. O‘larlottetown.

| Alfred Dieffenbacher. who lsettled in Montreal two years :ago. is a co-parfner in the nu~ lmismatic firm of Muenzen and 3Medaiilen Motek Horowics of l Munich.

The medal, showing the coro- lnation picture of the Queen on Zone side and the heraldic sym- ibols of British royalty on the 1 other. was designed by T. Hugh : Paget of the Royal Mint in Lon—

; Following permission front the Queen. the German firm minted medals and Mr. Dieffenbacher shipped the 11 tmedals to Charlottetown last kFriday.

“can amend it without recourse

' there. The prime minister hoped

_ longed delay. ‘

struck for Prime Minister Pear-l

To e In Ottawa Power

After nearly 100 years. Prime miers meet again in Ottawa Minister Pearson and the 10 not, 13, when final approval .provittcial premiers agreed could he :iven. ‘WEdm’s‘la-V “‘9 gamma" "on' Also scheduled is discussion

on formation of a committee to study federal and provincial tax

to the British Parliament. “mm”? 1 I

“it is the last vestige of our (73,“3‘13'5 "ml-“minim 'cnlnnia] past." prime an‘is‘er‘gl’lllSl‘l .\ortli America Act Pearson told a press confer- ‘ was mad.“ by jhe Bm’Sh Pa“ ence. He expected me repay“- liamenf li'i mill. \hnendms-ntg anon process could be com. must be dealt Willi in London.

stitution should be repatriated l“wititout delay" so Parliament.

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Fleyed lam ms Year. Repatriaiing the r o n stitution 1n the meantime, Justice Mim would involve a British bill ister Favreau will call a meet- iranysrnnf ‘thp 'hp"?:°rd."f in of rovincial allorne s-5 n- amen me" n . 0. “"3 '3" g p y “e federal and provincial House:

era] to hammer out teclnical- ities the leaders couldn‘t settle during their session in the his Confederation Chamber

Pt'cmicr Smallwood of New- foundland said the decision for more discussion was a “perfect example of Canadian compro. misc. We tad a meeting and agreed to meet again." But he added: "It could have been. worse.

Premier lmlsage of Quebec and Premier Thatcher of Saskatche- wan had both said that the. con- stitutional formula could not decided quickly. The Quebec premier suggested that princlp~ les be carefully laid out and then the attorneys-general allowed to work out details before final ap- proval is given "in a few months time."

Mr. Thatcher said before. the conference the necessary dis-

‘Lhis would be done in "a matter .of weeks."

An acceptable procedure for repatriating the constitution has eluded Canadian political lead- ;ers for 37 years. Wednesday's .agreement in principle was lbased on a formula prepared by former Conservative justice minister E. Davie Fulton.

KEY PROVISIONS Some. of the key provisions; All provinces must give their consent before Parliament could amend sections dealing with provincial jurisdiction in

education. language. property cussions could take as long as and crvtl rights. six months.

Sections dealing only with But after the meeting. he and some provinces and not affect-other premiers indicated they ing others could be altered mm were not. satisfied with the pro~ lthe consent of the provinces gress made. concerned. "i thought we'd come here to

General amendments could repatriate. the constitution." Mr.

Thatcher said. patriate it.

“Of course. I am new at these things. Maybe they mm». more slowly titan I thought."

Premier Roblin of Manitoba also voiced disappointment that the premiers did not settle the tormula Wednesday. He . Manitoba fully supports the idea and will do all it can to speed up final action.

Premier Robarts rsf (ln'aym said Wednesday there Shottl'l he no difficulty in reaching agree. ment among the attorneyugen- erals on a way to bring the r. Pearson and the pre- Constitution to Canada.

Atlantic Union Called Unlikely

.be made with the approval of “We didn‘t M- stu'o-thirds of the provinces. pro

.Vldlng the seven provinces rep-

Parliament could enact laws in the jurisdiction of the prov- ‘inces. and vice-versa. providing there was agreement by both ‘ levels of governmen .

The principles of this formula .were accepted by all the lead- ers Wednesday and there was optimism t'iat the attorneys- ‘general could hammer olit the, .remaining details without pro-

Two of the premiers of Can» ada's four Atlantic provinces said Wednesdav the pros-peel of

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though there probably would many administrative problems in a union of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

there are "practical problems."

He added that the task of fry- ing to administer an area in. cluding three islands —— Breton, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundlandmwas a con-

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legislative linion of the East- n provinces is remote.

The proposal for combining } Newfoundland, Nova S c o t i a. New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ,ward island was renewed Tues-. day by New Brunswick's Pre-

mier Louis Robichaud during . . . .

1ceremonies marking the 100th s'dmahl} MW" ME ‘snniversary of the first meeting ‘7‘“? V0” 50"”! premier here. of the Fathers of Confed- said. “i cant see p no, -

ward island and Newfoundland agreeing to i." pointing out that it was the two island prov- inces who declined to enter I federation in 186 .

Premier Shaw greeted tho proposal with a laugh and said he thought the chances of its

ing taken seriously m "ek- trcmely remote." -.

leration.

' Both Premier Walter Shaw of Prince Edward Island and Pre- mier Robert Stanfield of Nova Scoiia t‘trew a little cold water on the suggestion Wednesday.‘

Premier Shaw said he sees

j little possibility that the. sugars-l lion will be acted on.

i Premier Stanfield said al-

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Anti-Wiretap Legislation

‘Hamslrung' By Gadgets

By DAVE STOCKAHD MONTREAL 'CPl — Anti- ‘wiretap legislation which refers

' lonly to telephone or telegraph

'is hamstrling in age in ‘whioh a suitcoat button or the

L iolive in a martini may itold an t ielectronlc snooping device.

is s the message from Wednesday at

ipanel session of the Canadian

F. Pavlasek of 'Montreal. professor of elec- trical engineering at McGill as “ante-

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wiretap bill ywhich has been introduced in -' the Commons.

The bill refers only to "tele« graphic or telephonic communi- cations "

Mr. Pavlasek said that with technological progress. ingen-

iiMl! gsdegets which are avail»

isbc for s'tyinr: on people an- loci-easing in number while get-

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iting ever smaller and larder to' Mr. Cohen said evidence ob- detect. 'tained illegally is allow Samuel Dash of Philadelphia. (‘aniu‘lian courts if it ‘former district attorney of ihatcertnin requirements: That rit)’ Mid M-Rllih‘" 0' “l! h°°k there is no alteration in the The Eai'esdronpt‘rs.liald that tape: that the voice is real generally the snooping equD- that of the indiv;dual the prose- ment is not upon-Weh- y cution is seeking to incriminate. MN? and mi"?- " ' ""5" Mr. as said establishing dropper 03" ht mi" “‘1 “m” the authenticity of tape is c .