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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. TUESDAY; NOVEMBER 24, 1953

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QUEEN AND DUKE LEAVE BY AIR ON GLOBAL TOU

I2 Canadian Rubber Firms Fined bI70,000

By-election in B. C. Today

VICTORIA. (CP)-Bridlh dulln- mtx first majority Social Credit Government will have a test at th- pnlls today in the Victoria bv-elec- '. nil. '

The government is attempting to rant Finance-Minister Einar Gun- li.-rson, defeated in Oak Bay riding 1;; the June general election.

The by-election will be the sec- N .1 contested by Mr. Gunderson ,7 it NEAT.

Against him will be Deane Fin- lnyson. provincial leader of the Progressive Conservative party, who was also defeated in Oak Bay l" the general election: George

mcgory, Liberal; Alfred Matthews, Tl-'; and Mrs. Doris Blakey, La- mil Progressive Communist )All)'.

The seat was made vacant bv the resignation of Percy Wright, mo of the three social Credit mem- wz for Victoria.

Two-Year Sentence In Daughter's Death

KITCHENER, Ont., lCP)-Henry llllham Paepcke. 37, of nearby Elmira was sentenced Monday to luo years in penitentiary for as- nnlllt occasloning bodily harm in he death of his three-year-old . llilllltef.

His wife Bhiela, 25, got lllmonths n reformatory on the same charge.

The girl died Jan, 27. Dr. E. L. inrton said be counted '76 bruises and about 35 outs on her body when he was called to the Pacpcke house. He said she died of It llaemorrhage caused by a blow on the head.

Pcapcke said he spanked the girl

Two Canadian Naval Ships To - Be Comlmssioned

OTTAWA, (OP)-A veteran iri- gate and the first of 20 new mine- sweepers will be commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy at I. ceremony Thursday at La-uzon, Que. Vice-Admiral R Malnguy. Canadian chief of naval staff Will attend.

The frigate will begin her sec- ond commission as'HMCS Toronto. The minesweelpers-first built in Canada since the Second World War-vvill be called 'llMcs Gllspe. Both will join the east coast fleet at Halifax. .

Mayor Allan Lamlport oi Toron-to will he on hand when Lt. Cmdr. William D. F. Jdhnstan, 35, of Ot- tawa takes over command of the frigate. a 2,000-ton veteran of north Atlantic operations during the war. The vessel has been redesigned and modern radar, radio and un- derwater delection apparatus in- stalled. New anti-submarine arm- ament also hes been added.

The Gaspe, a 151-foot, diesel- polllered vessel, is named after a pre-war minesweelper which served during the war on mine-s-weeping assignments at the approaches of Halifax harbor. Lt Cmdr. H. Bruce Carnal), 42, of Toronto will com- mand her.

Aluminum has been largely used in her construction. Her wooden hull is on an aluminum alloy framing and the superstructure ls-

Wllh his bell the nlzht before she of aluminum alloy. six of 21 aims-

rhrd. The couple were acquitted of murder and immslaughtef A March

lar vessels under contract in Can- adian shipyards hnve been alloc-

ated to mutual aid.

llueen's Bounty Member . Stresses Loeallrohemt

PIITAWA. Nov. 3 (Staff) -3. xngua Maclrean, Progressive Con- -crvntivc member for Que-en's aald n the Common tonight there tins room for further improve- nlent in the provision for insur- mc boots and gear. Fishermen in his riding during the last year had in some cases been wiped out at business by a storm and he krcw of fishermen who in 2-A hnuns were reduced from 800 inhaler traps to half :1 dozen. More nns needed inr their assistance than the promise of insurance

.....m:.....m.a..... Coming Events "Gard Party. New London school, Wednesday. November 26th. V "Dance French River Hall. Fri-

Nov. 27. Music by James rlsto and accompanist.

"Auction Sale on the premises wl James Bushey. Souris. Wednes- llny, November 25th, at one o'clock

"Dnnce, Forth-rid Hall, Tursday. K-vvrmber 24th. Mvcmwenla Orch- csiril.

-; night, Music

"Dance every Tuesday hlonley Bridge Rink hail. ltv Munroe's Orchestra.

"Hot chiokaen supper and dance 1' New Hall, Mt Ryan. Thursday- Vov, 26. Supper saved from 5 Mil 9 pm.

"Auction Sale. Milton Rink. Wednesday. November 25th, 1.30 P. M, of boards, posts, generator. Illllleyl, ehaftlng. bells, pumlllil ncraperl. rubber hose. etc.

"New low prices on all Purina Chowmix. Feeds. Dairy ltnlion. Laying Mash, Fetlenlng Mash. mick starter. Dillon and Splllett.

"Variety Ooncert h-l Orapaud Hull. December and. at 0.30. Male Qusrtetto. Highland Fling. etc... solos, di ogues, readmis- Snonsored by L. 0. B. A.

"Annual Meeting of Provincial Plowing Match and Agricultural Fair Aleoclatlon will be held in hall, Bl-eedelbane. Friday. Novem- ber 21th, It 7.80 P. M. Sharehold- FM and intemeled livatoch exhibi- WI nleue attend. Albert Acorn.

ecrotory

"Poultry wanted. Buying live and dreued poultry daily, except llturday. we weigh and pay for live birds on farm. Phone collect 70'' lid service. may 0636- Nllhl tlliduslntrel Egg An Poul- lrr station. Grafton street. cher- lottetown.

when their loss had been as great as that suffered by those affected by the Winnipeg flood. the Quebec fires or the Ontario Tornado.

Mr. Maclrean said that P.lL'.1', farmers were forced to sell pota- toes at a. price for below the cost of production The per caplta not value of P,E.I. production for n number of years had been lower than that elsewhere in Canada.

"This depressed economy now has saddled upon us an absurd position, as for as the selling price of our main calih crop pota- toes is concerncd," said Mr. Mac- Lean.

If Western farmers were offered 45 cents for R bushel of whcia? they would refuse to sell and would hold their product until the price improved. But lpotalncs were perishabln find had to be dis- posed of in a short time. Many farmers had to scll to meet thr- fixed charges of growing. if the price was low it tended to flood the market. because the farmer was forced to evil morn potatoes than he normally would to meet his hills.

The consumers of the c0ul'lt"y were not so nliserly "that lhny wanted to one the potato-rzrowilvz industry sabotaged brc.-ulsa they nould have to spend four cents a Week extra on groceries. Mr. Macbenn said that Ohnrlotteimvn was dependent on the prosperity of the farmers and "lit. the pres- ent time it is in the depths of I local depression." Time and admin that city had hem promised a new federal office building but it had not come.

MONTREAL, lCP- Annual re- port of St. Lawrence Flour Mills Company Limited showed an in- crease in net profits for mp3 of 3620.660 nlzalnst inst ycnl"s net loss of 353.318.

working capital at the year-end stood Al 33.15-5.294,

HSCAI

PALMER. Mass, MP) - The Paul Revere express or the New York Central railroad crashed into g pulled, passenger-laden. reli- propelled diesel car at the Palmer railroad station Monday during a rainstorm.

one man was killed and 25 per- sons injured. . Both trains were eastbound, the Paul Revere. from St. will 0 Boston, and the Boston and Al- unyvl no.-elinr-r, from Springfield

to Boston, They ordinarily run six

Tenders have now been called for the construction of a largo branch store building in Cher. lottetown for the T. Eaton Com- DH-ILV Maritime: Ltl, it was learn- ed unoificlally yoeulrday.

The building is to be erected in the Kent-Fitzroy Street: area between Prince and Great George Streets, and will have I frontage on Kent Street of 140 feet, with I flelltb of 165 foot.

The building will comprise llalbment. first floor and monon- lne of masonry construction, with

nriificlnl stone front with stain- llcss steel trim. 1 The twodoor front entrances

will be centrally located between show windows running the whole lPnlrth of the Kent Street front- ago.

While no l...'mmsi:lnn la nhln as to when work,on the building is to commence, It is understood that the tenders close on December 14. '

labddlnidnle

OTTAWA, lCP)-Canadian lab- or income rose to s new high (luring August for the fourth straight month, the Bureau of statistics reported Monday.

Tile Bureau said the months' csllmate of h993,000,000, was M,- 000,000 more than the July esti- mate and an advance of s74,ooo.- 000 or eight per cent over the corresponding month ll year ago.

PoIiow0uillreall Among Eskimos

THE PAS, Man, (OP)-The fight against a polio outbreak which stalked a band of nlkimos during their great fall hunt was described here by an Indian health service rturse on her retum from the Northwest Territories.

Mrs. Joan Edwards brought first news of the sickness, which she said struck 15 of the village's 50 inhabitants and took three lives before medical aid arrived.

In three days she and Dr. E. Johnson of Pine Falls, Man, in- oculated the entire village with gamma globulin. The igloos and the caribou-hide tents in which the mklmos live were their clinic.

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Sees Red Threat In Central America

WASHINGTON. (AP) -Senator Bourke Hickenlooper (Rep. Iowe) said Monday there is a "very seri- ous" Communist threat in Central America-a problem he said de- mands lzrezit attention by the Uni- lcd states. He is just back from an inspection tour of US. infor- mation operations in II dozen Latin American countries.

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Banshee Jet

OTTAWA, ICP)---The Canadian NMZV is "rompleiin arrange- menls" for the purchase of F2H.”l Banshee All-weather jet fighter aircraft, the defence department. said Monday.

Though the department declin- ed for security reasons to give the number of planes to he pur- chased, it was believed some 30 will he bought for A total price of 310,000,000.

The, planes will he used to re- cquip the navyis lighter-borne carrier squadrons. There now are two squadrons of about 12 planes each. one of them in reserve. Other Banshee: would he requir- ed as trainers.

Buy From V. 8. The Banshee: will he purchased

One Killed, 25 Injured In Mass. Train Crash

minutes apart.

The Beeline-r's engine. became disabled while stopped at the sta- tion and passengers were being ad- vised to leave the car and change to the Paul Revere when the whine of emergency brakes" gave in sharp wamlng of the impending crash.

The engineer of the Paul Revere said he eevv the leelln but was unable to halt his train.

The dead men was identified as Terrence J. O'Donnell of Holyolre. All of the injured are in hospital in Palmer.

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Large Store Building To Be Elected In Charlottetown By T. Eaton Company

Found Guilty In Ax-Slaying Of 9-Year-Old Son

QUEBEC, (CF)-Georges Hebert, 46-year-old cement worker, was lmmd Bllllly Monday night by a criminal nsslzes jury on a charge of murder in the axe-slaying of his nine-year-old son, Rene

Mr. Justice Gerard Lacroix sen. tenced Hebert to be hanged Feb. 19. 1954.

Hebert took the verdict and sen- tence without emotion. When asked if he had anything to say, Hebert said simply ”No" and shook his head.

Mr. Justice Lacroix said:

i'1-iebert. you have had during the past days, a just trial at the end of which 12 jurymen have found you guilty on the charge brought against you. Your victim had not asked to be born and did nothing to deserve death. The law obliges me to pronounce this sen- tencc."

19 Injured By Causlic NSoda

TORONTO. (CF)-Eighteen pas- sengers in a crowded street-car were burned Monday when the tram crashed into a truck loaded with loose caustic soda. The truck driver was also burned.

cruisers took the injured to hog. pltal. No one was reported in seri- ous Iondltlon.

Many passengers were tempor- arily blinded as the loose soda poured lhroug-h the mattered street car windows and burned thclr bodies and cloth:-s.

Two fire trucks were called to wash away the soda on the. street. lit boiled furlorusly when the water hit it.

Cana”dd'sTGvrds-s Nalionalgliroducl

OTTAWA, lCF)-Canada's gross national product was estimated by the lillrczlu of Statistics Monday to be running at a record annual rate of just nvv-r 524,00(),000,000 for the first half of the year. its annual rnie last year was 523,-

0ll.000.000. Gross national produce is the value at market prices of goods

and services produced in the coun- tn:

in foreign trade, I deilciti in

the six months. Imports were higher than exports by 392,000,000.

Canadian Navy Buying

fighters

fl m lilo United States Navy. They are manufactured by lhv McDonnell Aircraft Corp. of St. Louis, Mo.

The twin-engined jets. which

will replace the present pl'0pcllrl- llriven Sen Flll'lCK, will not fly frnm the carrier ltiugniiicent hill. from the new carrier BonaKsen- lure, now under construction at Belfast. The Bonaventure is not expected to be ready for sell duly unlll 1956.

The Bonaventure Will lie equip- ped with a catapult which will enable the jets in he launched clown or cross-wind, if necessaly. The Magnificent has A catapult but can launch plan-s only into the wind. i

The Magnificent also carries a squadron of Avenger submarine- killers. it Is understood these will be replaced with later-type IV. 5. Navy- planes.

Designed For (inn-lure

The Banshee was designed and built specifically for carrier serv- ice. First types saw service dur- ing the last two years of the Korean war from U. S. carriers.

"The varied experience gained from operational service or the enrller Banshee. has been incor- porated Into the all-weather F2H'l to provide a carrier-hnrne fighter with improved equipment and operational capabilities," the an- nouncement laid.

"its ability to climb rapidly to

combat altitude is an essential feature in protecting convoys from enemy air attack or for fighting off shadowing aircraft which may be assisting submar-

ines to close and attack."

Taxis, private cars and,.palioe..

Had Conspired To Fix Footwear and Tireirices

(CF) -- Canada's leading rubber firms and their trade association Monday were lined a. total of 5170.000 for con- spiring to limit competition and fix prices of rubber footwear and automobile tires.

Mr. Justice W. F. Schroeder re- served judgment on a crown re- quest for an order prohibiting the companies from further price-iix- lng.

He said the maximum fines al- lowed were inadequate for the com- panies' "cold-blooded, calculated violation of the law."

Seven companies and the Rub- ber Association of Canada were fined the maximum sl0,000 each after pleading guilty to operating a. combine in footwear. Eight com- panies and the association were fined 310,000 each for combine.

He criticized the association as an "energetic participant" in the price-fixing and for destroying books and records to prevent in- veatigatlon.

Dominion Rubber Co. Lld., B. F. Goodrich Co. of Canada Ltd., and Gutta Percha. and Rubber I.td.. were fined on both tire and foot- wear charges.

other companies fined on the tires charges were Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada I.td.. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada Lid.. Dunlap Tire and Rub- ber Co. Lid, Selberllng Rubber Co., of Canada Ltd.. and General Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada Ltd.

Fined on the footwear charge: Alfred Lambert lnc.. Kaufman Rubber Co., Minor Rubber Co., and Northern-Woodstock Rubber Ltd.

Mr. Justice Schroeder said he deferred decision on the prohibi- tion order because the principle now is before the Supreme Court of Canada.

aeplyihillid U. S. On Latest GouzenkLBequesl

0'l'I'AWA, lCPl-Prime Minis- ter St. Laurent indicated in the. Commons Monday that Canada'sl reply to a second United Slaiesi request for permission lo ques- tlon Igor Gouzenko has been dis- patched to Washington.

But he said no statement would ,be made in the House on the cnscl lunlil the reply hall heen deliver-.

Tolzorwro.

cd to the ll. S. slalc dcparimcnl.-l i'I'hnt meant A slnlelrlcnt won'tl come until Tuesday or Wednes-

'day.

l The prime minister also Inform- ,erl Hon. Earl Rowe lPC-Dufierln- iSln1cocl that a statement on the ll-lnrry Dexlrr While case will be fmnde at the same lime.

the tires,

Disturbed Over Farm Outlook for Nexllear

By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA, l(F)wNational and

provincial spokesmen for Canadian agriculture, deeply disturbed over the farh7- outlook for 1954. Monday proposed a major slash in grain production, perhaps by law, to re- move the threat of another major grain glut next year.

Roy Marler, president of the Al- berta. Federation of Agriculture, suggested production be reduced by 30 per cent, with the extra acreage sown to legumes and grass.

The grain marketing problem .uas raised at the opening of the three-day annual federal-provincial agricultural conference. Reports of concern over the future came from npokeamen for Manitoba, Satskat- chewan, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotla N

Other Ministers

Agriculture Minister MacKen7.ie of Nova Scotia suggested delegates may be talking "around in circles" until Agriculture Minister Gardiner brouht other federal ministers into the conference.

He observed that Cnnadals deli- cit in foreign trade is increasing and he feared this deficit is de-

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Former Prisoners

Island Represented At Ottawajzum Conference

' lncial conference

Due Al G-all-der For 90-Minute Stop Early Today

OTTAWA, Ont, 23-lSpecialJ-- LONDON, lCP)-A tearful Prin- When industrial labor demands alC95S Malkarel WEVGG 800dbYE N 40 hour week, ninety cents an hour '1-Ondon IATPOW MONEY 11181" M and two successive days off per the Queen and the Duke 01 Edlnr week farming just cannot compete burgh l-00k fill 111 l-he Bllnlv 5lvl'3ll"' fnr labor ,1-lon. A. W. Miir.Kenzie, cruiser ”Canopus" on the first leg Minister of Agriculture for Nova-Ol lhelr slx-monlh Will” 0i 14 Com" Scoiia told the Dominion - Prov-imnnwealth countries. on Agrlculturel The silver and blue doubledeck here this afternoon. Mr. MaClEEnZlell0l1Y'9n8lned Elrllnef. Felllvldd W was the only Marltlmer who sppkerprovlde 8 "loyal lllllre." WI! 15 -at the conference on its first nay.,lrcinutes late delmrtlns berm tho 3 Hon. C. C. Baker, Minister and! Atlantic. Thousands of cheering W. R. Shaw, Deputy Minister re-;Brll0ns had slowed the royal limo- prcscnled Prince g Edward lslalirlysllnff LOLB Clieellil M tmlnlf g0lflk'-5 Ialso at lhc conference Irom Lhcgxaolgiz l spill)-mle ml-H3 lmm "0 Y2: 0: ”i.:m-.c:.”:;...- ...... .... -rooe.esa non eases w in member of the Executive of the;F0.VBl C0l-llile l0 Cinldl 111 1951. WI! Canadian Federation of Agrlcul-airborne at 9:01 pm. (4101 pm.

km-9, EST) and was due to land at Gan- Noll A Malhl-..xon, member of,der, Nild., l0 l-2-hours later for a Parliament for Queen's County, sat 90-minute reiueliml Stop MW”

in on the conference tl1r0ughoutlfJl0C99dlTlZ to Bermudl , the day. Senator J. Walter Jones: A llllle WES gathering II H10 his was an interested spectator in the Plane l00'K 0ll- but W9 W93ivh" lniler part of the afternoon. was due to improve after I 1"! Mr. Mncxenzie alzreed with Fed-,l10lll'S and the "Canopus" was dul ,c-ml An-lcunure Minister Jameslto ilv above the worst of It. La" ,Gal'diner who wclcorrtcd the deie- Word lndlcaloed the 2.400-mlle hi?! lgaies and observed that in future,ll-0 Gander was some smoothly- ldcpartments other than that of, At 9:30 D-nh EST fhk Plllm? ngl'icultllrP. might sit in with the,l'Mll0ell that it was within 950 farm representatives. He notedirmllrs of Gender. W?” P351 ""3 Km” some of gm, work done by half-way mark, and that a strolllf ;trade and commerce and labor de-, llll Wind hail Plliheil ll 37 m1"' partmcnts tie in closely with agrl-ll-"P5 fill?” "1 5Cll9'3”'f'- , lcunu,-3) gm,”-eggs, Gander reported ldeai landing

The NOW, gm”, Minute, noted conditions with seven miles visi-

,tllat farm net revenues are down bll”-IV lsixtecn per cent and farm costs New K1595 of production are up fifteen per Al. the airport, Princess Mar-

icent. He noted that the last seven per cent increase in freight rates (had barred Nova Scotia lumber 1from Ontario markets. It was just ins effective a trade barrier as lihough an actual tariff had been limposed. he observed.

Mr. MacKenzic and other Mari- time delegates fairly gasped with amazement when an Ontario

garet was accompanied by Prime Minister Churchill and the Queen Mother and other members of the Royal Family.

Thousands of television watchers watched the Princess fighting back tears as she blew kisses to the departing plane. ,

The Queen herself appeared ser- ene and happy. She wore I. powder

Musl File Claims

I OTTAWA, tCP) Canndlalls lg

spokesman noted. that "transporta-

Ition rates have reached a point -;l7C;1Arlt-i-r1.llt;'iAon.El3(!:8::5'.(:3l..'2V)

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blue. close-fitting cost and match- ing hat with black shoes. handbag

taken prisoner during the Second World War must give notice by Dec. 31 if they intend to file; claims for financial compelnsai.ion.l an official of hire war claims com- mission said today.

Notice to the commission lhollldl include name, address and unltl with which the prisoner served andl bl-lei details of his claim. About, cyyrawa, lCPl .. A Liberal 9.000 can-adlhn -95l'V'lC9 Pefwnnfllinember of parliament Monday and melicllam 593-mm WW3 llkenlcllalwzcri that "vicious cats paws prisoner by the Germans and It- ,-,1 )V(QCayLhyi5m” are uglng "pa. flllmls duflnll We WNW llllicnl blackmail" on Canada to