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Bhish Clerk Pleads i'Noi Guilty" To Espionage For Russian Embassy

LONDON, (Reuters) -A 27-year- old clerk was. accused Wednesday at obtaining information about 3rllaln's anti-aircraft installations ll”iliF co-operating with Soviet dip- omats in London. '

John Clarence pleaded not guilty :0 a charge of violating the Offi- :lal Secrets Act and was ordered to stand trial at Old Bailey at a date to be determined.

Clarence is charged with obtain- mg information about anti-aircraft defences in Northumberland be- tween August. T953, and Septem- her. I954. The crown contends the information was calculated to be n-riul to an enemy.

(ll-TI-IRED SERVICES

A: the prelin).inary hearing Wed- iiesdav Charles Ward. Scotland Yald inspector. testified Clarence told him he had gone to the Soviet cnnrlllaie in September. 1952, and offered his services "in any capac- ity "

il'ard quoted Clarence as saying an attache named Barabanov had guen him two assignments:

1 To distribute Soviet prop- acanda among Russian refugees in Hrllfiln and to spy on their activ- lites

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To "ingrallate himself" tvith authorities at U. S. naval head- quarters in London to obtain liter- alure or information dealing with the i". S. attitude toward Iron Cur- ialll refugees in Britain.

ward said Clarence admitted re- porting regularly to Barabanov on the refugeea' activities but was an- noved because of the poor pay for his sci-vices-an occasional pound or Inn.

SPII-LS WHILE CLERK

Prosecutor Ian smith told the .-ourt. Clarence obtained informa- ion about the locations of Britain's inlr-aircraft installations wilcn he .tas i'mplo)'e(l as a quartermaster clerk in the home guard for four nonths last year.

The prosecutor said Clan-.iice's tiilviiics were found out when he tmdisntally left his briefcase un-

Founded

der a street stall he had rented In September to sell books. A neighbor stallholder found the briefcase and when Clarence didn't return, hant-1. ed it over to police.

Inside. Smith said. was found a sheet of blue paper headed ”1-gm. baz5.V of the Soviet Union."

Britain warned the Soviet am. busy in October, 1952. and again in January of the next year that "a serious view" would be taken of EDP ill-l-emrpt by Soviet officials 1"”? W brine pressure on Russian refugees.

Three Russians diplomats have been expelled from Britain in the last three years on charges of establishing espionage contacts.

Found Guilt?- of Manslaughter

CALGARY (CF)-Donald Wins- low Hendei'son, 37-year-old grad. uate of the University of Saskat- chewan. Wednesday was found not guilty of murder but guilty of man- slaughter in connection with the Slaying of his fiancee, Yvonne Levesque, in I949.

He was sentenced to 14 years in penitentiary.

The manslaughter verdict, W” bI'0liB”ht down during the eighth day of his trial before Mr. Justice Boyd McBride and a jury at six.

He was originally charged with murder in the death of Miss Leves- que in an east Calgary auto court Aug. II. 1049. The girl died from shock brought on by a brutal heat- ing. -

The jury deliberated two hours and 58 minutes.

LONG MARRIED

SANGLE. Idaho (AP)-Ben and lDrilsilla Hartley, who were kids together in Tennessee and married at 16. celebrated their 79th wed- ding anniversary Wednesday with a hot cup of sassafrass tea. They iare believed to be the countryis lonizest-married couple.

ildjudicaior Has Warm Praise For

Little Theatre Pia

"'i proclucllon which should be wit by everyone in this Provllice" uric lllP SlllIli'I'Illl'z tip of the Little Till--i:ie's ”Whiteheaded Boy" by ntlltldlrator Donald. Wetniorc at the opening of the Provincial ilraina Festival last evening at Parkdale Hall

The three-act comedy by Lennox,

Rllbillsnll. directed by Vera Millar. misled by Edith Pnvce. opened the Eiililh Provincixil Drama Festival iiilii what proved to be an cvcn- lncs outstanding entertainment. M: Wctniorc, Drama Advlsor of iltc l)ll'lSii)ll of Arlull Education for Min scotla ,was extremely high in lilo praise of a difficult job well clone. nnd stressed the hope that uliltelicaded nor" would be pre- srnted many, many more times so tits" people throughout the Prov- lllrv might have the opportunity Pl -Vlttiili: the excellent work being W” by m amateur group.

Mia R. Morrison. president of the l)PA.. opened the evening and ii)" Festival with a few words. tell- iiia tiir nndicnce why .1 mil Fpslj. HI has being tried this year, when in ihc past it had been customary

to hold the Drama Festival in the d

Siirlniz. One of the main factors in ii”-r decision for a change was the illilxiiiiiiv of the Musical Festival :.”".” iiii”.V were both held in the -Frihlil: Although entries in the D. A this .)'car are fewer than in D-evious competitions it is hoped :I”' "”5 miltht be due to the fact F-iii this is in reality the second Ir.-iitnl this year. and most groups into found it difficult to prepare nn;itlit'r iieriormance so soon. i a real touch

Coming Events

"Mc('lli an . Chiil3Im;sgSale1gwB:d.h H. "1 "Musical concert in Murray

Harbor Hnll, November 20th. "Card Party. Clinton Hall. Nov- t-inbrr 25th. at ii p. in.

Wull:'lI1f't'. Saint Andrew's Hall. . mint Stewart. Thursday. Nov. 25.

'"l)RITPP. St. Mary's Parish Ball. Z"''''"- Fiidiili night. Nov. 28. -'Wl nituic. Regular admission.

'..liFIi'lC of house dresses going '. "ll" Price at K. R. MacKay's. T'""i".v Bridge.

"Pantry unto I-Inlman'a Thurs- lV".l- lath. 2:00 o'clock. Bunbury --ITllI'(l Church.

'fPantry Sale - Simpson-Sears. ,ldH.v. November 28th. at 2.30 mm by the York Point ladies.

"La-at Da.nce of the season, South Rtiiuico Hall this evening. Rollie

Mclfenalels orchestra. canteen service,

".lll.Ii arrived, shipment of Horse Blankets. see R. M. A. advertise- gwi inside this paper for Grocery Iixfials. W. I. Bulman. Hunter

"Shur Gain Amateur Caval- :'d' in Mlllvntvl Hall. Tuesday. v”V- 30. Sponsored by Cherry

alley tWoIien'a Institute. Please "M entries by Nov. 2'1 to Mrs. William Hayden. Qua-I1 Nelle!-

y iii Festival

of old Ireland were the essence of last r-venlng's perrorniancc. and it warmed the heart to hear the low, intimate chuckles of the audi- ence grow and get out or hand. bursting into rlotoiis laughter many times before the final curtain. and the ndjudlcator's remarks.

, is DELIGHT!-II)

i Mr. Wetmore told the audience lthat he was very much delighted (Continued on Page 2 col. 3)

Murder Trial- Ai Edmundsion

EDMUNDSTON, N. B. tCPi - Testimony by a neighbor high- lighted evidence Wednesday after the preliminary hearing of Mrs. Lina Thibodeau opcncd hero. The 28-year-old mother of five children is charged with murdering her hus- hari:l. Claude Thibotleau, 33. Six witnesses were heard before ad- journment of the hearing until io-

ay. Leonard Desjardins said Mrs. Thibodeati came to his house the night of Nov. 5 and said her hus- ban had shot himself. Before the Dcsjardlns family. accompanied by Mrs. Thibodeau. went to church that evening he had heard the Thi- bndenus "bickering." Later Mrs. Thiiindcau had said her husband told her the door would be locked when she returned.

Rev. F id e l e Poitras. parish priest. testified he admiri.sti.-red last rites after he was called the Thibodeau home and found the wounded man on a bed with a gun beside him.

Father Poitras said he married Lina Voisine and Claude Thiboedsu ll years ago when Lina was 15 years old.

RCMP constable J. E. R. Rochnn testified that all he heard the dy- ing man say was. "nobody else shot me."

SHOT IN BACK

Thlbodeau. shot in the back. lived at Upper Stages. a farming community. 23 miles southeast of Edmundsion.

Dr. E. A. Martin. who per- formed an autopsy. said the end of the shotgun barrel must have been held eight to I2 inches from the skin. It would hlve been "im- possible" for a man to hold the barrel "maybe five to eight inches from the place where the bullet entered and pull the ti-inr with the other hand."

Dr. C. J. Bourque. who we sum- moned to the Thlbodoau home. said the wounded man died of hemorr- huge and shock soon after reaching hospital. '

A a h n t g u n. photographs and other articles were placed in ev- idence.

Mn. Thibodeeu. 20-ye-r-old blonde, wept occasionally. at times leaning her head against an arm.

Unable to read or write. She hll spent her time in Jail worklnl

unling, whistling and listening to radio. The five chilren I Ion 3. and four girls and six to nine.

litssnciation

jigsaw puzzles. looking at catalogs. T

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1954 .

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Prince Edward Island Like The Deva-l

PRICE 50

Red China Boasts l()6 American, Nationalist China Agents Killecl

Therapy

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2.. M s Joan Chalk

Miss Joan Chalk. a graduate physiotherapist from the Unlver-l sity of Queensland. arrived in the. city on Tuesday night and assum- ed her duties at the Polio Wing of the Provincial Bunatorium yes- terday morning.

Miss Chalk on graduating was attached to the staff of Brisbane! General Hospital for one year. af-I

Specialists

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Miss Heather Maclgan

ier which she was on the staff of st. Andrew's Hospital, London. 131131., for a year. This was followed by an appointment to Hornboek Hospital. near Copenhagen in Den- mark. Her final overseas experi- ence before comlng to Charlotte- town was gained on the staff of Galashiels Hospital in Scotland. (Continued on Page 5 col. 1)

Provincial Election Summer Forecast

The holding of a Provincial election next spring or early next summer was predicted last night liy Mr. R. R. Bell. Leader of the Oppositicn as he spoke during the annual meeting of the Queens County Progressive Con- servaiive Association at thc Clover Club.

The County Association meet- ing wits preceded by the annual meeting of the Fifth District Queens Prog'rcssive Conservative Mr. Fred Decosto prrsided over the district meeiinz and Mr. Ttcngli Bngnall was. chairman for the gathering of the County representatives.

Mr. Angus Mnt'Lenn. M.P., and Dr. W. .l. P. MncMlllan spoke at the County meeting.

During his remarks Mr. Bell sirossr-.d the need of an nssistance policy for farmers and Iisherme:1., Hr advocated a rural electrifica- tion pollry in which power would he hroiiizht to the farmer's yard rntlit-r than to the mnq,5irIc.

Other points considr-rerl by the Leader of the Opposition were the West River Bridge. Trans-Canada Highway and the by-election next week in Third Prince.

He extended sympathy to his colleague Mr. Philip Mathesnn whose mother died yesterday. He also paid tribute in the late John Miller of Cornwall and Meadow- brink ullo died during the past XPRT.

OTTAWA ACTIVITIES

Mr. Angus MacLcan supported Mr. Bell in his belief that a Provincial election would be held next summer. Mr. MacLMn devot- crl much of his talk to a review of the proceedings in the House of Commons last year.

He recalled that the session was the longest on record on no-

Thanksgiving in? in The U.S. Today

WASHINGTON (AP)-Americans count their blessings today as they observe Thanksgiving Day with prayer. feasting and recreation.

Prcsidcni. E i s e n h ow er, in I 'rh.1rl.sgiving proclamation. said the U.S. has much cause for grati iude.

"We are grateful for the innu- merable daily manifestations of di- vine goodness in affairs both pub- lic and private. for equal opportu- nities for all to labor and serve. and for the continuance of those homely joys and satlsfactions which enrich our lives." a

The president and Mrs. Eiserr hower flew to Aululllr G8-. 10? the holiday. Field Marshal Vis- count Montgomery was their guest.

Boys Missing in N. S. Woods

BRIDGETOWN. N8. (GP)- Close to a hundred volunteers combed the tricky wood! Imlmd this Annapolis Valley I town Wednesday without finding I trace of two 13-year-old boys missing since Tuesday all I hikldd trip.

Earl Walker and David Gone entered the woods 'niesdaY evening and haven't been lean aims. small boats and elnoee enriched the Annapolis river following lawns their I CHIN was missing.

HCMP planned to cell in In

have been placed 'in A private home by the children a aid society.

Nexi Spring 0r

By P. (1. leader,

count. of the time consumed in revising the Criminal Code and Bank Art, considering the Tech- nical Housing Bill and the esti- nirtlr.-'.

The Queen's member poilitcri out that a large number of lead- ing iyorlri figures had visited Oi- tawa. the lust being the Queen Mother. Irlc attended the i'ece,p- lion in her honor in Ottawa a week ago and described her ns it nmst grnsloiis person ”As ultrav- tivc and clutriuint: as her pirttlri-."

Hr-, SliIl('ll that the main pur- pose of tho roprescntzllivcs shrilllrl his to achieve better government

for thcir country rtiilicr than SPP,l( after personal juicy plums at the oxpoiisc of their rop-

siitucnrlcs and electors.

He warncd against, tho throat of one govcrninrxnt. being in pnatnr so long they would slicer at all opposition and maintained .1 strong: two-party system no: I1PNl-

rd if the Government were to (iii its job properly. DISAPPOINTED

Dr. Machiilian expressed dis-

appoinllnciii that the Fifth in-.

irlcl. did not nominate its cont.-s-fcamcroil. D50. of Ottawa has been NW 11- He has been treated Wiihldo those things alone which are.

tnnis inst night for the next Provincial election. He I'i.'llIl1l”il there was no need for the hy- t”lP,i'll0n next week in Third Prince and chtirgccl that the tcnniliiued on Page 2 col. 3)

years of war and truce since a Peiping radio broadcast.

sors and their puppets, the

cluded the Korean war period The broadcast mentioned only IB Americans, five of whom it said were killed when their planes were shot down. The remaining 13 ap- peared to be the Americans sent- enced Tuesday by a. Red Chinese military court to prison terms ranging from four years to life. The communique lumped the other captives in a sweeping de- nunczation as "former officers of the traitor Chiang Kai-shek's army, professional agents, provocateurs, bandits and local despots who were inveterate counter-revolutionarles.

BRANDED AS TRAITORS

"They are traitors to their owni country and are bitterly hostile to the people,” it said.

All were declared dropped into China. by the US. central intel- ligence agency. the free China movement in Hong Kong, and the Nationalist Chinese.

The Peiping broadcast claimed all the "special agents" seized or killed had ”received special espion- age training before they were air- dropped to the Chinese mainland."

The communique conceded in- directly that groups hostile to the lcommlinlst regime are still operat- ing within Red China. saying:

::'I'he primary design of the American aggressors and the trail- ni-otis Chiang Kai-slick clique in air-dropping these special agents on the mainland is to group to- gether the remnants of revolution-

LONDON, (AP)-Red China said Wednesday killed 106 American and Nationalist Chinese agents and captured 124 more air-dropped

A broadcast communique said the "American aggres-

clique," had dropped armed spies

China many times between 1951 and 1954. The dates in-

it has

into the country in the 1951. The claim was made in

iraitorous Chiang Kai-shek into different parts of

aries on the Chinese mainland, plan and organize armed insur- rection . .

. In Washington, a U8. state de- partment spokesman said some- thing along the line of Wednes- day's Pelping broadcast had been expected as part of an effort to "plump out all the propaganda they can" in an attempt to bet-loud the t-ondemnation of the 13 Amer- icans Tuesday.

Fine LuurenI'ideFq Dairies Ltd. 5250

OTTAWA. (CP) - Laurentidc, Dairies l.td. was fined 5250 lnl Trois-Rivleres, Que., court Wednes- day after pleading guilty to a fed- eral charge of eontravenirig the Food and Drugs Act. health depart- ment officials said.

The company was charged with using vegetable oils in the manu- facture of evaporated milk. instead of butterfai: as stipulated by the law. some 5150.000 worth of the adulterated milk product was seiz- ed by federal authorities.

Officials said the evaporated milk

Canadian market.

Measles In Nfld.

ST. .lf')llN'S. Nfltl., (CF)-Tho provincial health department said Wcdnesday epidemics of measles have broken otit in several areas.

Parliament To -'0pen In January

OTTAWA tCP)-'l'l1c cabinet rip. gcidcd Wednesday Parliament. will be called into early January ses- sion, but the date was kept secret. l Prime Min is to 1- St. Latirent said after a .'il'z-lioilr cabinet meet- -ing an announcement will be made today. He declined to comment on Hspeciilation that it will be Jan. 4

or 5.

.'Honorury Colonel of Dental Corps i orrsws.

(CF) -Col. George l..

lappoinied honoralxv colonel com- lmandant of the Royal Canadian -Dental Corps, the army announced

expired recently.

St. .lohn's rt-ports G5 cases and Htit-hnns. in the interior. has 35 .1-rites. A licavy epidemic is also iroporlcd at Btiny:in's Cove in

liionavlsln hay btlt no figures are lzivailnhle.

iDrewi Out Of

will be disposed of in some exporty outlet. None will be allowed on the'

Welcome Home by T

By FERN RICH

LONDON (Reuters) Queen Mother Elizabeth, tired and slim- mer than when she went away. re- turned from her month-long visit to Canada and the United States Wednesday and received a tumul- -tuous welcome by throngs of cheer- ing Britons.

She was greeted with flowers. a red carpet and a chorus of hooting horns as she stepped ashore from

daughter. Queen Elizabeth, in Lon- don. .in even more loudly ac- claimed by thousands as she drove in st te through packed streets. Wezdnesday night, after the greet- ings and hand-shakes were over. she settled down to rest in the comfort of her home. Clarence House. She'll continue to take it easy for the next five days.

by Prince Charles Anne

Queen Mother Receives Tumuliuous

hrongs of Britons

when the Queen Mother-amsi: CT

in a slate blue coat and silver I fur

stepped ashore from thq Queen Mary after spending and night aboard. a tremendous shoui of greeting sent up from docksld crowds. The crew of the line, cheered and ships in port blew their whistles as the train taking? her to Lonon pulled out.

At London's Waterloo station. the

Queen Mother rejoined her family

the liner Queen Mary at South- with tears in her eyes. She nntl ampton. She was cheered wildly her daughter, the Queens em- as she was reunited with her brased warmly. but their poigna

2! and Princess up to give

reunion was boisteriously shatter

who rushed "granny" bear-hugs. Earlier. before the Queen Moths

er's ti-ain arrived. they had been.

practising hand-shakes with dig; nified, top-hatted officials. '

Princess Margaret was absent, confined to bed with a cold. .

Guest Speaker Al

I-Ion. Robert H. Winters: Minister of Public Works in the Federal government at Ottawa. in address- ,ing the annual meeting of the tPi'ince Edward Island Liberal As- sociation and Young Liberal As- sociation at Summerslde last eve- ning outlined several of the pro- jects carried out by his department in this province during the past year. and forecast early action on the construction of a new ferry for the Wood Island-Caribou route, and the airport at Charlottetown.

In the election of officers Mr. Ben Rogers of Charlottetown was clectcd president, succeeding'Mr. W. A. Currie of sunimerside. who. presided at the meeting last night.

Hon. Mr. Winters. introduced by J. Watson Mncblaught. M.P. for Prince County, and parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Fish- eries, in beginning his address re-

lied Few Minutes ,

orrawa (CP) .. Hon. Georgei

Drew got otil of his hospital bed? for a few mintites Wednesday, for itllk first time since he was strlckeni ,with meningitis two weeks ago.

l Hospit.-ti authorities said the Pro-i gressive Conservative party leader is recovering favorably from the sickness which sent. him to hospitall

antibiotic drugs.

i It is not yet known when he will Ibo released from hospital. but

lopens in Jaiitlarv.

ferred to the Island's tourist at- tractions and said "by encouraging

tourists to this Island we are not only advertising it, but we are do- ing a great. service to Canadians vacation

who are looking for a under ideal circumstances."

Mr. Winters said "it is my great honor to rt-present Prince Edward Island at: the council table of the nation in Ottawa, but it is a self evident fact that no one man can

going to result in the best good for the greatest numbers. and for PET. generally. one has to rely

W0dll65da.V- HP SUFCWGS Brig. F. M.,p.1l'ty headquarters said Mr. Drelirlon the advice of nthers. he said. l-nit Whine Wiiiire Of iIPl)i'li"im9ililV)'ill be fit. by the time Parliamentlanri "I have been fortunate in the- llrrt-at assistance I have had fromnran

Navyls Newest Destroyer Escort Launclred

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christens HMCS Restl-

gouche, the seventh of 14 destroyer escorts being built for