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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 195.2

RCAF BELIEVES CHILDliENiS STORY OF PLANE IMAGINARY

Calls Red Bombers

S2,066,642 Debt Increase is Forecast For The Present Year

An increase in the debt of the Province of 52.066042 as of Mlrch (:1 was revealed in a statement comparing ordinary, revenue with the estimates for the fiscal year which ends Monda)'- The statement was tabled in the Legislature yes- terday by mm. W. E Darby. Pro- vincial Treasurer.

Estimates for the period were 59,373,890 while the forecast of ex- penditures amounts to 510567.544. The Province. had estimated for an increase of liabilities of 51,341.- o55, but the forecast reveals that it underestimated the cost of Gov- ernment by 5724.687.

The figures for the current fis- cal year show that both the estim- ates and the expenditures were higher than for the preceding year ending March 31. 1951. For last

Coming Events

"Bedeque Flour Mills will clip- per-clean your grain.

"Seeds! Send for Free Catalog. Arthur Vesey. York.

"shipment of I-Ia-mmermill ar- riving first of week. Weeks Farm Fquipmcnt. '

"Oliver Campbell, loading Hogs every Tuesday in Kensington until 1 o'clock.

"l-ilghileld United Church W. A. Pantry Sale, Moore do Maobeodls. today at 2 P. M.

"Farmers, ask about the shut Gain Feed Finance Plan. For part- zculers contact your local Ieed mill

"Hockey, North River rink Sat- urday, March 29th, Miiton' Hor- ttr-ts vs. Cornwall Meteors, game time 8:30.

"Rummage saie,- Clover club this afternoon at 1.30 P. M. Group 1, Junior W. A. Trinity Church.

"Shavings - Unloading car Bat- urday and Monday. Gil Henry, Purina Peed Store. '

"Taking up Hogs for Canada Packers on Monday, March 31st. J. G. McDonald, Annandale.

"loading Hogs for Swift's each Tuesday at Fredericton and Bread- albane. Paying 50 cents per hog for delivery. George Smith.

"For snapshots that will not fade, mail your Filmy and Negg. two: to Garnhum Photo Studios. Charlottetown.

"We have a full line of clover. mangel. com and registered Laur- entian turnip seed. Order now. All seeds cash. J. Russell Driscoll. Mt. i-lerbert.

"We will have a shipment of timothy and clover seed in the near future. Book your order now. our prices are right. E. J. Mac- Douxall. Vernon.

"Bargains: People do not realize there is such a thing as high cost of living when they attend the but Clearance Sale of all high class merchandise. W. O. Myers, Stanley Bridge.

"Victoria Rink tonight. first Rome in finals for the Physical F:itnese and Board of Trade Cups. (fine Traverse Rover Sisters vs. tpictorin Sea Gulls, and Tryon vs. Lupe Traverse.

"Just arrived. Two carloads Pioneer Reds. chiok starter. hog Ind dairy concentrates. I-log Rrower. Also in stock Bran, Shorts, R8-rley Meal. Dairy Ration. Resin- iered Turnip Seed. etc. R. L, Dick- ieeori. New Glasgow.

"loading oMnday afternoon Ind Tuesday morning .ea.r sucker plan at Railway Dump. Paying Went?-live cents pound. pigs "lift-Ygto forty pounds. over fifty pounds twenty-four dollars pair. Phone Willard Prowse, Braokley.

"Collecting Hogs for Canada Packers" Ltd. each Tuesday at Cflinud and Carleton. Whon roads are impassable farmers are asked to deliver begs to our trucks It ihtnud. and Carleton, up until

It If. each TIl0lday.'l1lld0l' the ""00 Ifrlnloment as lasttyelr. R. N- Dawson. Phone No. 12-11 or 17.

,"Buylng pin ltnd feeder cattle at kinds and sizes. Also a num- Er of sows due to furrow, are wanted. Monday at Fredericton. 3"”!!! young pigs Tuesday at 9 I-flog Breoitfloid 10; ton 11: C ottetown Market 8 uare 1 P-In-I York. 2: Bedford : Mt. Stewart. Paying 011 a pair for ::W rid! over 40 pounds each.

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year it was estimated that the total needed would he 58,731,788 while the actual expenditure amounted to t9,377.727 representing an in- crease in the deft of the Province of s258.5'l6 more than the 51.138,- lzl planned for in the estimates prepared for that year. Welfare Expenditures

There was in the Department of Health and Welfare an amount of approximately 570,000 less expend- ed than had been estimated for This was largely due to the Gov- ernment having to spend less than planned for old age pensions. The Minister of the department has estimated the cost of this division 9-0 31.28.1000 for,-Old Age Pensions End 860.000 for Blind Pensions The forecast of the expenditures reveals that both totals will be lower with the former at 51.020,- 000 and the letter at 355,000. The estimate for the enriire Depart-

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Saint John Man. Charged With Rdibery

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. March 28 - (OP) .- George Baker. 26. of Saint John was picked up in a residence here and charged tonight with stealing s2.0(l0 from the Saint John Milling Comp- any this afternoon.

The arrest followed a holdup of the company's cashier, Miss Betty Deaktn, by two gunmen while she was making up pay- roll envelopes. ,

Search continued for "another man. Police said only two were involved. and discounted reports that four men were in a geta- way car.

Baker will appear in court to- morrow morning. His 1939 sedan was found on a city street and. impounded.

Police throughout New Brun- swick were put on the alert im- mediately after the robbery.

Air leaders Give Views To Congress

By ELTON C. FAY

WASHINGTON. Mar. 28-(AP)- Russia's expanding force of long- range atom bombers is "the most ominous threat the United States has ever known," U. 8. Air Force leaders told Congress in testimony made public tonight.

They also said Soviet Jet-plane production has been four times greater than that of the U. S.

Air Secretary Thomas Finietter, General Hoyt Wangenberg, chief- of-staff, and other U. 8. Air Force leaders presented this grim pic- ture to a House of Representat- ives appropriations sub-committee. They were seeking to justify the budget request for 820,000,000 for the Air Force in the next fiscal year which some legislators have threatened to cut.

Although the officials conceded Russia has along lead numerical- ly, especially in jet fighters, they insisted the quality of U.S. planes is better.

gther things the committee was 0 .

1. Vandenberg--"If the (Rus- sian) program continues as pre- dicted. within three years most of the Soviet air forcei will be let powered. By this date, moreover, their total number of long-range aircraft capable of carrying atomic bombs will begin to approach ours."

2. Under-Secretary R.L. Gilpat- ric-The United states is only even, not ahead of Russia in jet engines.

3. Finletter-In Korea "we have an object lesson which should teach us not to be too coinplaceiu. about the quality of our mach- ines, and that is the excellent quality of the Mig-15," the Soviet- made fighter battling U. B. 1"-86 Sabres.

4. Gilpatric-Deliverlce of war- planes are about 15 per cent be- hind the schedules set last year. The schedules have since been revised downward. I

5. Finletter-The goal of 128 wings of modern combat planes won't be attained until December. 1955, under the new "stretch-out" program. (The original goal was

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6. Gilpatric--The combination piston-jet engined B-36 heavy bomber "alone has the capability to deliver atomic bombs on Rus-

sian targets."

To Canadian

(Bill Boas. Canadian Press staff writer, is the first Canadian to talk with Cveneralieslmo Chiang Kai-Shek since the leader of Nationalist China withdrew his forces from the Chinese main- land. Boss, who is with the Can- adian forces in Korea, writes of the Cleneralissimos views on a possible Korean truce. the Com- munist problems and the state of Nationalist China's relations with Canada.)

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By BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer

TAIPEI-I, Formosa, March. 28-- (CP)-Gencralissimo chiang Kai- Shek said today that "if the United Nations accepts peace in Korea in the Communists' mean- ing of the word, it will represent a defeat for the U. N." ,

An armistice is possible. said Nationalist China's president.”but. from long experience with them (the Communists) I believe it would be interpreted by them as a U. N. invitation to strike else- where.

"If an armistice were reache in Korea. I would look immediate-

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VANCOUVER. 'March 28 -(GP) A terrified women today acted as bait in the capture of 42-year-old Melville Wilkie, one of Canada”: 10 most wanted criminals.

Wilkie, allaa Andy Moneth. an escapee from the Ontario Mental Hospital for the Criminally In- aane at Penetangul.ahene.' Ont. is called by police the "Mad Killer." He was sent to mental hospital after slaying his wife and child.

He was captured at 1:40 It. In. to- day after a wild car chase, but it was not until late in the day that police disclosed .hla arrest. "

Wiikie, who had forced the wo- man into his car, surrendered without resistance. I-Iandouffed, he was taken to police headquarters.

Police Chief Walter Mulligan told of Wllkle'l capture. .

wilkie. who operated" a service

Gen. Chiang Gives Views

Newsman

ly for intensification of the strug- gle in Southeast Asia There is where they would int rvene most openly next.

chiang, referred to in this Na- tionalist bastion as "The Gimo," gave his views on the Korean war. the Communist problem and world affairs in an exclusive interview with this reporter.

Considers Friendship Lost

During a K (13-minute talk at. Nationalist lieadquartei-s. he de- voted much atte tion to Shro- Canadian relation and expressed the feeling that his government has lost Canada's friendship since it was ousted from the Chinese mainland by the Commu lists.

At one point he told this cor-

respondent: - "You are the first Canadian to visit me since my government

withdrew to Formosa. I want to ask you a question:

"When we were on the mainland we llild the closest relations with Canada. We considered Canada our best friend among Common-

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Escaped Convict Taken After Chase In Vancouver

the Mount Pleasant district. she

was unaware of his true identity.

Two days no police received in- formation that he was in Vancou- ver and located his home. Investi- gators told the woman of his true identity she agreed to help trap the wanted man.

Policewoman, A. Moxetchen was posted inside the house with the woman. -

wilkie telephoned home and the woman agreed to meet hurt, He spotted the policewoman and fled.

Later he returned. called the woman outside and forced her into the car.

The car was located only today and police gave chase. Travelling at do-miles-an-hour through city streets. the Wllkio car was finally halted. The woman was unharmed.

station and car repair lhop here.' had been living with a woman in!

Wllkie escaped from the Ontario Mental Hospital July 10. 1050. it was his fifth escape. some months later he came to Vancouver.

Ominous Threat: To U. S.

orrrrawa. Mtarcnaa -(CP)- Canada's 25th Brigade is believed

engaged in the toughest Korean fighting encountered in at least the last three months.

Arm headquarters here agreed with t at interpretation of a rash of casualty lists but a spokesman said headquarters could shed no light publicly on what is going on.' The basis for the belief was the army's 99th casulaty list of the Korean War, issued today, and the fact that it was the third in three consecutive days. ' In those three days, headquart- ers reported 35 casualties, includ- ing nine men killed, 25 wounded and one injured in action. The spokesman said that indicates act- ion tougher than anything since December. The lists embrace all three in. fantry battalions as well as sup- porting unlts. indicating that pret- ty well the whole brigade is invol-

ved. The battalions are the let

Kelly's Gross Native Dies In Halifax

HALIFAX. March Augustus Hagen, a native -ot Kelly's Crosl. P. E. 1., who was prominently known , in horse ,. rac- ng circles here, died in hospital today. He was 62.

.11: served as official starter and judge at many Halifax I-farners Horse Club races on the Commons here.

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Erroll Flynn Gels 314.000 In 0amageLSuii

NASSAU. Bahamas, March 28-

28 - (CP) -

Believe Canadians In Tough Fight In Korea

Battalion of the Princes Patrlcia'a

Canadian Light: Infantry and the 2nd Battalions of the Royal Can- adian and Royal 22nd Regiments.

The spate of action, coming while the armistice negotiations kept rolling on, emerges in the last week of Brig. John (Rocky) Rock- ingham's regime as brigade com- mander. Brig. M.P. (Pat) Bogart of Toronto is due to leave Canada within the next two weeks to sue- ceed him.

.It also comes at s time when many of the men who have been in Korea. since last spring are get- ting set to -some home or have al- ready started home under throne- year-abroad rotation plan. They are being replaced by fresh men and units from Canada.

The 35 casualties reported since Wednesday have included l5 mem- bers of the P.P.C.L.I.. 10 of the R.C.R., five of the Royal 22nd, four artillerymen and one man from the Armored Squadron of the Lord Strathcontrs Horse.

Potato Plantings in The U. S. Smallest Since The Year 18.67

. Potato growers in the United States report their intentions to plant a. slightly smaller acreage this year than -was planted in 1051, states Mr. 8.6. Peppln, tech- nical advisor to the P. E. I. Potato Marketing Board. Plantings of 1,373,000 acres in 1952 compares with 1,379,000 acres planted in 1951, or a. decrease of 6,000 acres. This then will be the smallest acreage planted since 1367.

In the New England States the farmers there report their inten- tion to plant 147,000 acres as com- pared with -131,000 acres last year. This amounts to a 1252. increase. Of this total the State of Maine will have 118,000 acres which is an increase there of 1566 over that of last year. Other States showing an lncre in intentions to plant are Ne York (Long Island) 6',Vo; Wisconsin 879; North Dakota 57a; South Dakota 107a. The following' States will decrease their plantings by 1053: Virginia, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Mis-

(Reuters)-Erroll Flynn today was awarded 314,000 damages from Canadian millionaire Duncan Mc- Martin who was alleged to have struck the movie star a blow that kept him from working in it movie. '

I-liynn also was awarded costs. He had claimed S22-1,000 from Mc- Martin for the blow, struck last Marchtin the bar of the Windsor Hotel, Nassau.

Flynn was recovering from a back injury at the time and claimed that McMartin's blow paralyzed him.

McMartin testified that it only was a "playful slap" on the cheek given when he heard that Fiyln was about to leave the Bahamas for California.

McMartin is the son of the late Duncan McMartin, Br.. one inf the original owners of the fabulous Hollinger Gold Mines. The young- er IyicMa.rtin has been married five times since he collected a re- ported s10,000,000 from his fath- er's estate when he was 25.

Nehru Urges People To Turn To Wheat

CALCUTTA, India, March 28- (Reutersl-Prime Minister Nehru said today that he has practically given up eating rice. It's not be- cause he hates rice but he likes wheat more. He was urging the people of Northern India to take wheat in place of rice so that there may be sufficient rice for those in South India. ' where it forms the staple diet.

Art-lee Plans Quick Visit To The U. S. A.

LONDON, March 28- (AP) - Clement Attiee today booked pass- age for a quick visit to the Un- ited States. The former Prime Minister will take off Sunday night on a atratocruiaer for New York. deliver an address in Phil- adelphia, do a quick turnebout and fly home. He is due back'in

London Wednesday morninju

OLD SARUM, -Wlltehire, Eng- land. March 28- Ikeuterel--Top air force officers from 11 coun- tries. including Canada, today wound up aifiva-day ucret con- ference on new wpapons and their part in future strategy. The air ehlefa also discussed problems of see. air and lend-air warfare. bomber offer-taives. air defence. rid-

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"Assuming that the Stated will yield a crop equal to the average production of 1949-1951 from the prospective acreage it would am- ount to 334 million bushels. This quantity is slightly larger than the 1051 crop which was estimated at 326 million bushels and which, but for last year's production would be the smallest crop since 1936.

some of the factors involved in these acreage and production fig- ures are (1) the difficulties en- countered in marketing the sur- plus crops' in recent years. 12v production costs which are high especially seed prices, (3) the doubtful supply of labor, (4) the general downward trend in potato acreage which is grown primarily for use on the farms where grown.

"Our growers here would be well advised to study all of these fac- tors and to gauge their own in- tentions to plant aceordingly,"Mr. Peppin states. "The potato market at present is strong with good prices prevailing for both seed and tablestock. Reports indicate the stock still held in farmere' and dealers' hands is abnormally low for this time of year but no one can predict what prices will prevail for the 1952 crop.

"While it is still too early to forecast. what acreage there may be in Eastern Canada there are reasons to believe that farmeis now realize the most profitable markets are always aecured when both acreage and production hear a proper relationship to consumer requirements."

Western Farmers Ask ifortnlsslon To Strike

OTTAWA. March 28 -(CP)- A representative of western farmers yesterday asked Justice Minister Geraon to amend the, Criminal Code to permit farmers to etrlke,

J.L. Phelps of sasioetoon, presi- dent of the Saskatchewan Farm- erI' Union, said at a press confer- ence that farmers feared prosecu- tion for restraint of trade under the Criminal Code if they went on strike.

Mr. Phelps. head of a delegation of Prairie fanuen' unions meetins with federal officers, quoted in. clarion as saying he agreed that farmers should be given the right to strike and, if necessary. the

code would be amended. J p

But ll.C.WP.. Boy Scouts Will Keep Up Search Today

DALHOUSIE, N. B., March 28- (CP)-An R. C. A. F. ground party today called off their search for a missing airliner because they believed that a story told by three children was at product of their imagination.

The children, about 10 years old, reported yesterday 4 that they found a "big silver ' plane with red wings" in e gully about five miles south of Dalhousie, N. B. One boy said he actually touched the plane, looked in the window and saw four or five men "with their heads thrown back" and. . . "with something over their faces."

Authorities were skeptical at first but the details were so close to those of the missing Maritime Central Airways plane that they decided there must be truth in

the story. Darkness postponed as search last night but is ground party

headed out into the snow-covered hills today.

B.C.ltl.I'. To Continue

The search will he resumed in- morrow morning by R.C.M.P. and Boy Scouts. '

In addition to the R.C.A.F. stir and ground party activities to- day. about 150 local citizens scoured the area. One of the searching planes was a light Piper Cup aircraft from Moncton pilot- ed by Joe Di Giclanto, accom- panied by Reg White of M.C.A.

Raymond Levesque and Theresa Chalsson, two of the children who reported they had seen at wreck- ed plane Wednesday. said that other children had noticed an air- crait swoop downward in the dis- trict last Saturday. Snow fell Thursday, wiping out any foot- prints made by the children n day earlier. Snow in the wild, rugged area ranges up to eight feet.

News in Brief lACCllA. Gold Coast, March '28- (Reuters)--Work on R 330000.000 harbor at Temp. 18 miles east of here. will start immediately. the ggvernment of this West. African British colony announced today. It will take five years to com- plete.

FREDERICTON. March 28 -- (CP) - A government bill intro- duced in the New Brunswick Leg- islature today would aliow private car owners to carry passengers to and from-work without the neces- sity of a motor carrier licence.

HALIFAX, March 28 - (GP) - Municipal Affairs Minister rt. M. Fielding today introduced a bill in the Nova scotia Legislature which will enable towns to impose a poll tax on women. The bill gives all towns power to impose I maximum tax of :10 on working women who earn more than 31000 annually.

HALIFAX, March 28 -- (CF) - More than 4.000 new Canadians will arrive here during the week- end. bringing to I record-hrenking 14,800 the number who have arriv- ed this month. Canadian National Railways will operate 13 special boat trains to Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg.