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The Commonwealth Prime Ministers his to reoommend to the Nationalists that th and Quemoy groups as the price of a cease-fl

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conference at London is reported to be prepar- ey evacuate the Tachen Islands. Matsu re in the Formosan strait area. The Na-

tionalists would retain the Pescadores group and Formosa. Mass evacuation of the

Tachens appears to be imminent under the

planet.

Gen. C hiang Issues Orders

TAIPEI. Formosa flteuterai--

.S. tariff is 371.6 cents President Chiang Kai-shek Mon- raid was carried out by five face by avaciie the "”k' '1" U day ordered an am against a Russian-built bombers. only for stra unreesons. and :1 i'"u"'" "ml"; ”";;'fl5 lg” communminvuimuthora-nwoishtisleiol tars. arewaitingfor Unitadltatee mg" "W" 'V' 9 cm islands, now under heavy The Nationalist enoa Islnls- to commit itself to defendingthe ii - Communist bombardment. rell- try said- Chinese Communist islands of Quemoy and listen. RIAVY gMpoRTAT1oh able sources here said. batteries Monday night fired 1! just off the Communist eoaat "Duh me I”: "I... MI, The Nationalist defence minls- shells on the Tachen islands but ap site Formosa. M ch: 3' M ..C .5 1' rmi by told Maj-Gen. Liu Lien-nl to all fall into the see. one already evacuated A A " ' 5'” F "'9" prepare his w.000-man arrison Chiang is reported to have b- from the Tachens say civilians M” um" " many "bl" pm” for a "test-ditch" use while layed redeployins s Tschehs there have been fear-stricken by "M 5'0” "1" "NW 3”" "1" Chiang ponders whether to eva- as-rises until he M21 just how tha.Conimunlsts' f'releutlees" at- ll 51'' "W!li9d l' ill" ””""i'V- aunts the islands now. eenr- Eisenhower plans to tacks. Upper Taehea also has WW "ml W "'5 "Wm " son said. use new power an defend been -by Coinmuaist 311' l?.!?'lY.-99”? W0 "'49 b'l' Tl1eUnlhdIIl!!l7,th,l'lQeinow. s . , f. : is standing by offnortliarn Fer-l lea. l sou-see ' favorable Bilnoejla tar-as table moss. ready to cover Na- 4&3 ll 1'0? "I0 5'" tionalist evacuation. lcoogxg I

hill 8 K . 3 ":Z”?"."."””..i"'.....r.”i" . - booshbers

Monday again blitaed

Lower Taehan island. five miles south of Gen. Lhrs headquarters. A Nationalist communique said

get hi lunday's raid on lower aahen. Communist bombs killed

I civilians and two soldiers. and

Think Death In Woods Suicide

MONTREAL (GP)-Dr. Rosalre

ontalns, expert.

provincial medico-legal said Monday

he found

no indication of foul play in the

Mdghofa C'0II1theGaspe think

' inclined b suicide

was fouiillmllign

man whose sing from a district and is I a case of

The head and torso etch; mg",

ldenl filed Iimnndau 3 ha

sins lo

cloihin fnlind in believed

and a

to have

-lllv. The remains it

INN.

20-year-old J a a n Pirce. Oue.. were

a leather belt

. Legs. arms. suitcase were

snow nearby. Death is

occurred last were found

The remains were brought to

ntreal for ontalne.

Coming

ten um a:ca h

examination by Dr.

Events

Fort aid of sock": T .y

”Olosed 'hieIdI)'- Feb. let for "W t-kins. ucoulun a Boyle.

"Dane Mill i :- Feb? 1 invalilv

Minstrels in '15". Thursday "C ieadarrI.mll'Jl:u

pe Traverse 1;

N

Ieo

Rink. Millvlgw the

rink tonight. (I bl um. no.3" ” : Ilcoliil ins Mlle

Hail. Wednes-

N V. Cherrylal

g Centennial the North Rue- . Feb. I. l.lS.

VI.

protection of United States ships and

. Invasion Alert In Tachens

wounded 1 persons. It said the

on wen In lialisladoaot tiolo

. CANADA; IUHDAY. FIBIDAIY 1. IA

Potato Issue Raised

OTTAWA (Special) - Demands that the Federal Departments of Trade and Commerce. Finance and Agriculture take stock of the potato-marketing situation in the Maritimes with a view to early remedial action were made in the Commons today by J. Angus Mac- Lean. Conservative member for

Queens.. After reminding Ia cement hat nine-tenths of a potatoes

exported from Canada are grown in the provinces of Prince Ed- ward Island and New 3. i .., Mr. Mecbean outlined the prob- lems with which those engaged in the potato industry are faced. He said that while there are tariff wells erected by the United States against Canadian potatoes. United States grown potatoes and potato' products come into Can- ada free of duty except for a six- week period every year. During this period the duty on U. S. po- tatoes comlng into Canada is WV: cents per hundredweight. U. S. tariff on Canadian certified seed potatoes is 3716 cents on the first two and a half million bushels and 75 cents a bushel after that quote has been reached. on table

Secu-rityl Cou Chinese Red

ly WILLIAM IIARCOURT Canadian Press staff Writer UNITED NATIONI. N.Y. (CP) The United Nations

between the Nationalist and Red Chinese, and by inviting Red. China to take part in the dis- cusslons.

Despite Russian and Nationalist Chinese opposition, the council Itoltoplaceonlta a- gnda a New zealand proposal

a Formosa cease - fire. Rus- sia voted against the proposal;

NEW YORK (AP) - Adhesive tape Finding the slain Serge Rubin- stein was revealed Monday to have borne fingerprints. yiesuniably his slayer's. At least one print was believed to be a woman's.

The 10 to is fingerprints from the Rubinstein bedroom were be- ing checked a alnst a police file of more -than .000 night club en- tertalners. These show people must be fingerprinted to be licensed.-

A woman's while. left-handed glove and a purse from a woman's

ketbook also were found in the evishly-furnished master bedroom where Rubinstein was taped. gas- and slain. Police were trying diff ””'l..i'tZl”f' .. o. ..... er a oe multl-millionaire said an sam- lng murder may be rooted in one of Rubinstein's many ruth- less financial deals. he Brooks. an ailing 50-year-

Ottawa Views

VIIIINTMII

Fingerprints Add Spice To Rubinstein Mystery

Situation Not All Black.

ncil Invites s To Talks

Nationalist China abstained. Russia's Arkady sobolev called

the New Zealend proposal "an

awkward. clumsy attempt" to

rmosa protect Chiang Kai-shak's rule on

Formosa and to continue United States domination of the island. Dr. T. F. Tsiang of Nationalist China would not accept it be- cause oi its "superflciality".

CONSIDER IOVIET PLAN

The council then voted 10 to 1 China to put on its agenda a Russian proposal for a cease- fire which envisions mainly the

(Continued on Page 9 col. 8)'

old i l financier, told report- ers from a hos ital bed:

"Go to the of ice of Stanley T. ',, Ruhinstaln'a only chan- nel to re, i ” business. and you will see evidence.of big deals that could lead to his killer."

cuuus MOB sununo l r

Stanley, a Wall street broker. already has conceded that Ru- binstein made many business enemies, and has proclaimed his slaying "a paid killing, a mob Job and a syndicate lob."

solution of Rublnstein'e mur- dar at the hands of a atrangler remained outwardly as remote as ever. Police continued to ques- tion people right and left. But nobody was publicly classed as a suspect, nobody was held.

Detectives appeared as baffled Monday as they were last Thurs-

(Continued on Page 5 col. 7)

On Formosan

What worries officials here meet

is the situation involving the islands off the Chinese coast as distinct Formosa

Purl omenf At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Monday

Ross Thatcher (CCF - Moose Jaw-Lake Centre) proposed tighter regulations to increase safety of Canadian air travel.

James A. Byrne' (L-lfootenay Eastl said the government should reimburse the railways for losses on export grain under Crow's Nest Pass rates.

J. O. Gour (L-Russell! sug- gested a 10-cent-a-pound federal tax on margarine with proceeds going to butter producers as a sub- sidy.

Tuesday

The C o m m o n s resumes the

Says Marilimes Under Handica

P

.11 months of 1954. we exported one million bushels and imported three and a half million.

"This is a very unfortunate state of affairs. and it points up the fact that potato producers in the Maritimes have no protection against the capture of large sec. tions of the Canadian market for Potatoes is the United ltatea.

"I do not advocate thb slapping of a duty on United States-grown potatoes." Mr. MacLean contin-

(Continued on Page 9 col. 2:

A snowfall of seven the Province yesterday was whip- ped into deep drifts by winds that at times reached a velocity of 38 miles per hour. while the mercury tumbled from 1) degrees above to several degrees below zero. .

Transportation. which at times was slowed to a snall's pace was maintained on the main highways by a tired crew of snowplow oper- ators who wore on the Job at 6 s. in. until 8 p. m. The wor of keep- ing the road open was made dif- ficult by a continuous ground- drift which filled in behind the machines. The toughest going was experienced on the Charlottetown to Summerslde highway between Hazclgrovo and Fredericton.

Busses operated on the trunk

ds and the C.N.R. freight 1'-:nd Montague

ck wps stalled at Dedu ' ford while the bdirray Harbour truck was forced to return from Vernon Bridge. Trains experi- enced no delay on . any of their scheduled runs. except in the case of the evening train from Borden which arrived in the city so min- utes late. This was due to We

1 r. ..

wt --

Denth of Former C.P.R. Vice-President

Stephen, 78. traffic for the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1930 until his re- tirement in 1947. died in hos- pital Monday after a brief ill- ness.

mander of the Order of the Brit- ish Emplra for the Second World War as assist- an the British ministry of war trans- port.

Province In The Grip Of- Winfry Blast Yesterday

inches irernrnent snow plows will be an the main highways morning after which direct attention to the secondary roads.

May Be Record Civil Air Lift

Senator Dies

OTTAWA (CP)-Senator Jos- eph-Raoul Hurtublse (L - On- tario) died Monday nightlta an ottewa hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 1!.

MONTREAL (C?) --G e n r g e vice-president of

Mr. Stephen was made a com- his work during

Canadian representative of

first thing this they will

OTTAWA (CP) --Canadian air carriers are being organ-

lt is understood that Can- adian flying companies that have the pea of lanes re- g aulred-for onggglip . :-ieeo-'.tiIe4F Arctic will form a .pool to carry freight for the Ameri- cen contractor who will build the line.

Most of the construction cost for the chain will he

prime

ful means.

Canadian

by Chiang.

borne by the United States. It is hoped to start work on the line as soon as winter ra- lenls in the north.

high commissioner talked fM0ll'n1.Itl; hon;-I Monday Prime . r . . n, crnanrwnusvarioor-tbeairfx.

L

SUGGEST llAlTl0llALlSTS s ISLANDS T0 SOLVE ronuo

B be LONDON, (Ag)-

and

and

be urged bastions:

NEHRU AS G0-BETWEEN

Prime Minister Nehru of India was reported ready to act as go- between in urging Peiping to ac- cept this fnrmula. which follows lines. wealth as a whole would urge the United States to get

The F

Only last Friday External Af- fairs Minister Pearson said CBC broadcast from Ottawa that "a distinction should be made be- tween Formosa and the off the mainland indisputably part of iRedl China." An end to the fighting and "the.

in

to

a deputy representing South Africa, was that the Nation- alists should fall back on to their main bases-Formosa Pescadores-leaving a safety belt between them and the Communist-held m inland. the in- formants said.

The Reds should forgo any attack on Chiang Kai- shek's main should be induced to stop attacks on the mainland; and the future of Formosa and the should be settled later by peace-

the 100-mile

Chiang

Pescadores

ICCCDIIIICO

islands

London.

our Topping

e Commonwealth conference was reported agreed Monday night that Nationalist China should surrender its off-shore island-Quemoy and the Tachen and Matsu groups-as part of a deal for a cease- fire in Formosa strait. Diplomatic informants said the broad agreement be- came apparent after leaders of the nine Commonwealth countries met in their first plenary session of a conference expected to last eight or nine days. The general feeling of the eight prime ministers minister,

to

L!

Prowsa

'iio'l2 Princess' Plane Stops In Canada

Krishna Menon. Nehru's hand man

"once again." leader said. "I was

the

commissioner

of

Continued on page I col. 1

V).

Former Mayors Honored At Civic Centennial Function

Five former Mayors the cl

former Cl Council and three former Water mayor llololoizi and Mr. E. A Commissioners were guests. of the Foster who occupied that position

members of the

J. Yeo ( no-mo). Eon. 'r. w. 1.. Lester P. O'Donnell. Dr. L. semis). P. w. Turner u,. Ds!.,,J..l.. llsnchard . Ron. I. larle Mac- I

IKCY right- schools and playing hob

C nadlam uni.-emu cape Breton reported from to with the importance of the great 12 inches ofsnuw. ferment that is gtlzing on among ll th Al peo es. . 8 "on:-e :g:rln I 53.. given an in-. The weather bureau at Halifax sight into the fact that it is pos- llld both 88110111 district! WON sible to have more than one View due for more. ,- of international affairs. depending! upon your geographical position."

LAST To LEAVE

The Canadian delegation mem- the gleeful pupils got a day bers. including Norman Robertson; An APC senior hockey league game Canadian high London. and Jules Leger, under- secretary of state for external af- fairs. were the last to leave 10 cause the Rangers couldn't travel. Downing street, official residence I g , of Prime Minister Churchill where with headlights on during the day- the first plenary session

ty. ty

, .

l21-inch Fall . Of Snow At Sti--V John's. Nfld.

HALIFAX (GP)-Snow d!iVQ high winds plastered eastern N scotia and Newfoundland . .

"ing hoc games. clos with

lschedules. The Sydney region of

st. John's, Nfld., t . liiad 27 inches up to daybreak M . ay. i

DRIFT8 STOP IUSEB

Drifts piled as high as three foal immobilized school bus services in rural areas near New Glasgow sad 0 .

in at Autlgonish between St. Francis lxavier University and New Glas- lgow Rangers was postponed be-

Motorists in Sydney drove aroun

thellight hours Monday. (Continued on Page 9 col. ll

Donald (1946-lsall Mr. Benjamin Rogers who was

ized to help construction of peaceful and agreed" withd G lottetown Centennial Com- (1938-1940) were both revealed the D E W (distant early of the Nationalist: from the email mitten and the present City Coun- being present through ll ass. .: warning) radar line in Can- coastal islands "should make 1201- all at a dinner in the Charlotte- Former clllors in atten- .ada's arctic, it was learn- sible the de facto establishment of town Hotel last night. His Wor- dance were, Geo. . Ma . ed Monday. a situation with which all sides ahlp Mayor .1. D. ltlwart. preaid- M. W. Reardon. W. R. IAPI .

It may be the biggest air could live..." Pearson added. ad. P. C. Gay. -7. Gordon Mlcbon d. cargo lift in the history of . Nehru and his sister. Mrs. souvenir presentations were Dlnlel NOOIIIII. N. W. Lowtlier.

- Canadian civil aviation. Viiaya Lakshmi Pandit. Indian nun. so to.-mgr Mgyofg Dr, 1;. M. A. Farmer. W. I.

grown. Y. 1. stereo and T.

.-......'. wk.-... ........' present were. W. D. Olllis, D. L Macxinnon and J. L. Curran. . icontinued on age 9 col. so

mainland train running schedule.

Maritime Central Airways was able to maintain regular nights to the mainland with the exception The

behind

Algonquin To

Leave On Cruise

0

av ARCH Mecknivzin Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDO (CF)-Princess Mar- garet got her first chance to look at Canada Monday night but it was no more than a night-time

at approximately 11:!) pm. EST.

Unfavorable weather over por- tions of the plane's north Atlantic route had caused some uncertain- ty over the plane's destination. Gander. Nfld.. Goose Bay, Lab-

of the New Glasgow flight. "Abegweit" crossed on summer

OTTAWA (CP)

--The destroy-

view of Montreal's

airport from

ihi-one speech debate. The Senate will sit.

time and the Rocky Point Ferry although it encountered heavy go- ing was able to make two return trips during doubtful whether the ”Falrvlew" will continue running today. Snowplows

the day.

in

it was

Charlottetown F maintained a continuous patrol of city streets and last. night pay- loaders were busy removing the

or escort HMCS Algonquin. fresh from an anti-submarine exercise in the Bermuda area. will leave Halifax Feb. ii for a five-week training cruise to the West In- dies and soulhem United States, naval headquai-tau said Monday. The Algonquin returned to Hal- ifax Sunday from the exerdise with the frigate HMCS Penetang and the United States Navy sub-

pus. flying the

ibbean colonies.

the West Indies.

the window of her plane.

The luxury stratocruiser Cano- on her first solo goodwill tour abroad. a month-long visit to the sunny Car- from mid-Atlantic Monday night that it is flying directly to Montreal, where it will make a one-hour re- fuelling stop before proceeding to been mentioned

princess

radioed

snow from the uptown areas. Gov-

marine Requin.

radar and

MONTREAL (C?)-The Royal airliner carrying Princess Mar- garet freni Britain to the Carib- bean telched down airport at 11:10 p.m. EST Mon- day after a non-stop flight from London. it takes off for Trinidad after refs

Moncton. N.B.,

at

sible refuelling stops.

ALI

Princess Margaret

had

Dorsal

earlier as pos-

has notod

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r

. -3,.-

The plane is due in Montreal

Plane Forced To Land On Ice

that she is just about the only member of the.Royal Family who hasn't had a chance to visit. Canada.

TORONTO (CF)-Minimum and maximum temperatures:

...,...; .:w.-e.-.:-.54-.. . .,

HWITCHEI T0 YACHT Min. Max. The prgncm. wok on from Lon. Dawson .............. Zilb Ah don airport at 3:09 pm. l0:09 a.m. V""30"V9' - - 3; EST.lThe fiirst official stop on lhegglflgiggfon -- lg as tour a Trin dad but in addition to' the Canadian refuelling stop thel:"3ki:””" -- 3 52' planeg will land tat giontiegoi Bay.lwei:n”':eg""' 8 17 amaca. en rou e. e s ue n - Trinidad at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday.lg"”'"” " Em 2;” There. Margaret will board thefMl”r'rF I-' 1;", in royal yacht Britannia (org visllsiofgm? ' 14" 7b to Tobago. Grenada. Si. Vl:iccnI.lFredem,lM ah 1 Barbados. Antigua. Si. Kltts. .la- him John I lb 1 males and the Bahamas. Tlir Momma 1 5 Canopus will meet her In tho Ham" 15 18 Bahamas March 2 and fly her Ch.rl""w"".i H 1. 4 mime '0 Landau . , . Sydney . . . . .... . It 5 The 24-year-old princess nmeilunmmh 16 lg. ' before has crossed the Atlantir.' ' R .'

As a teen-ager. she travelled wiihlSl' John ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " her parents and her sister to HAL”-Ax (cp)..-11,, Domgmm gy South Africa and last year toured wggthgf ofuc. ny. . no . , Rhodesia with Queen Mother Eli- cum-ed heme.” Cgpg nun. . -Ry ubeth and later visited Gennnnvinewroundland is moving slow :- east. Winds will slowly dirnlnix f