Maxims of I?‘ More Man a. is as Our East friend ever work. -16 PAGES Founded 1 '12 CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY. APRIL 12. 1954 ’Prince Covers Edward Island Like The Dew PRICE Se SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN MAKES STATEMENT RE SCHOOL FINANCING The following statement hubeon released for publication by Dr. 3, 0. us. diairlnan at the city school Board: "During the past few days much wmnsent has been aroused. in the city on the subject of increasing civic taxaitdon. The recent d.bcus- .-ionl in the City Council. and in the Provincial Legialstui-e per-tun- mg to the rducstion Tax. and the arrlvll of tax noticu, listing for the first time the new Business occupancy Tax, has focused sharp mention upon the subject of civic taxation. Because of the clrcuin. stance of both taxes being in the forefront of public attention at the some time, many tax-payers have concluded that increased School Board. expenditures are solely responsible for all the in- rreasu in taxation. In particular. the wet of erection of the new High School and the projected Plans Under Way M C. A. Service Prorogation Of legislature His Honor. Lieut.-Governor T. W. L. Prowse prorogued the Pro- vincial Legislature at noon satur- dsy after having given Royal As- sent to fifty-four bills. His Honor was accompanied by his aides. Captain J. J. Connolly, V.R.D.. Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Rogers. ED: and Wing Com- mander A. G. MacMillsn. The Guard of Honor was from the P. 11. Island Regiment and was under‘ the command of Cap- isin Gorald Foster. under command of Major Reg- inald Mshar with Bandmaster Roy Mugford in charge of the musical selections. A salute was fired at Victoria Park by two gun crows. the 204th Battery from Montague, and the They limb from Charlottetown. were under command of Major O. H. xydd. M.C. N. S-. Premier Enters Hospital HALIFAX. (OP) —— Premier An- gus L. Macdonsld entered hospital Saturday for a rest and check-up. He will be absent from the legis- lature for the remainder of the current session. Mr. Mscdonald brought a severe cold with him from a visit to the United Kingdom last fall. and never fully shook it. And the premier has had a strenuous ses- sion in the House. where he is also highways minister. The Band was rental of a second High school to be erected by the Roman Catholic lb‘-soopsl Corporation are thought by many to be the factors neces- sitating both these additional sour- ces of revenue. “That this aaalimptioriv is not correct is shown by a comparison pane City accounts for 1963 and of Taxes School spent by City Board school Budget Budget Board 19ss—4'm,ooo.no siao.ooo.oo 22.1 1DM—$355.000.00 $l85.000.00 21.6 "As this year's City budget in- cludes revenue derived from the Business Occupancy Tax, it is ap- parent that revenue from this source is being used for general civic expenditures in which the increase in the school Board bud- (Continued on Page 2 col. 4) To inaugurate To Newfoundland Plans are underway at present for the inauguration of Maritime Central Airways new service from Goose Bay. Labrador to Gander and St. John's in Newfoundland. It is expected that arrangements for ticketing. traffic procedures, cargo facilities. its, will be completed by the middle of April. The inaugural date has been set for April 21st. The new DC 8 service. which will connect with MCA‘s scheduled flights between Moncton and Goose Bay. will provide an important economic link between the Labrador Peninsula and Newfoundland. Many of the larger companies participating in the development and expansion of Labrador have their executive and purchasing of- fices in the Newfoundland capital. and there has already been a con- siderable volume of traffic in equipment. personnel and supplies to the northern peninsula from St. John's and Gander over the past two years. Maritime Central Airways will operate the flights on a twice wees- ly basis. leaving Moncton on Tues- days and Fridays and returning on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Fares of aw one way to Gander and 860 one way to St. John‘: have been set, and s goods rate of is cents per ‘pound will apply on all ex- press and cargo shipments. Maritime Central Airways, in opening up the rich areas of north- eastern Canada to regular air trans- portation are looking toward the future, which. they say. will see large scale cargo movements of Maritime Products such as sea foods. fresh fruits and dairy pro- ducts, to the vast areas of Labrador and the North. The expansion to Newfoundland will bring to a total of 12, the bases served by Mari- time Centrsl Airways. Mass Surrender Terms To Man Man Dropped: New Offensive launched By RONALD BA'lUliliu)I't NAM. Kenya. (Reuters)- The government has dropped ts offer of mass surrender terms to the Man Man and launched a. new all-out ofloneive against the for- roriats. it was announced Dunday. Ge.n Sir George Erskine, com- mander-in-chief of British forces in last Africa. disclosed that Man Man leaders who attended surren- der talk: last month were later arrested as trsltors by their own followers. some are believed to have been executed. The British surrender plan broke down aflor a battle on the edge of Mount Kenya. forest. last week. Quota were exchanged as about LII) terrorists gathered with the apparent intontlon oi surrender. a Iovemment statement said Bun- ._—___ ming Events "oardparty Dunataflnage school tonight. "Dance Fm-t Augustus Hall. Wednesday. April 21. Burke's Or- cheatrs. “Cfokinolo competition finals for Rural Youth Organintion to be held at Vocational School on Ami nth at 1:80 pm. ‘P1110 ahur-Gnin Amateur Cav- alcade. Ilreetown I-fall. Monday, Ami ma. at l p.In.. sponsored by south Freetown Home is school. "come to lusnmerneld hail Wednesday. April 14. Bee Ken- Iingtosi Y.P.U. play "cranberry Downers" sponsored by W. I. "It's the talk of the country. What is? N7. Bhur-Gain Pig Booster. My sales have increased 100% .in two months. Get some for your pigs today. cheap at double the price. B. J. MacDoug- Ill. Vernon. "we have told you that there is none better at any price. IN/ery has is the aasne.1‘bat is enur- Glln N5 Ohlek starter. Oonvince mirsalf by this year. 1:. J. Macbougsll. Ver- non. tryirx it for chicks, day night. They disappeared in the battle Among 15 terrorists killed by security forcm were two Africans believed to have attended a sur- render meeting March 80. Bee Govt. Trap “There is little doubt that the majority of terrorists now are convinced that the whole surren- der projoct was a government trap designed to bring them out together so that they could be slaughtered." the statement said. Attempts will be made to con- vince the terrorists otherwise and that the battle occurred because a gang led by self-styled "General Gatumuki", captured in the fight, came out of the forest into a re- serve. This was against the sur- render instructions. The government said convincing the tenorists of its food inten- tions will be a long process and no (Continued on Page 2 col. ii) WASHINGTON. (AP) -— senate investigators said Saturday night a Communist “fifth column", with some United states citizens in its ranks. is operating within the United Nations secretariat. "There are strong indications." they reported. "that this ‘fifth column’ also includes citizens of other non-Communist countries." A unanimous report of the nine- mernber Senate internal security sub-committee urged nesident Eisenhower to instruct the Ameri- can delegation at the UN "to press for thorough review of the entire UN personnel from non-Commun- lst countries." coupled with this would be In- structions that the Americana "oo- opersto with delegations from such countries for the purpose of euminatlng all personnel" from their countries who are members of the communist international U. S. Official Seeks Support - for United Front LONDON, Reuters)—John Fos- tar Dulles flew into London Sun- day on a whirlwind trip to try to win Britain and France over to his plan for a “united front" in the Indo-China war. Into conference with Foreign sec- retary Eden a few hours after his plane arrived from Washington. During his two days in London. Dulles also will confer with Prime Minister Churchill. On Tuesday he will fly to Paris. At London airport. Dulles said his London visit has two mean- Ings: “First. we believe that the sit- uation in Indo-China is a danger to both our countries. as well as others. “And. secondly. whenever there is a common danger, we like to talk together in the great Intim- .-.<~y which there is between our countries." Warning To China Dulles’ proposals Include a strong Big Three warning to Com- munist China against further in- tcrventlon in France’: war against the Communist-led Vletmlnh reb- els in lndo-China. He wants the West to issue Ihis warning before the Geneva conference on lndo-China and Korea. which will open in 15 days. with Russia and Commun- isl China participating. Both Britain and France agree in principle with this suggestion. But they are against issuing sucn n warning before the Geneva talks on the grounds that it might prejudice the already slen- der chance of a negotiated truce with the Communists on indo- China. Belgian Gov't Defeated In Sunday Election BRUSSELS, Belgium. (Reuters) The ruling Socialist Christian (Catholic) party of Premier Jean van l-foutte early today conceded defeat in the fourth post-war Bel- -gian general election. Ludovic Moyersoen, Catholic in- terlor minister. said the party had lost its slim majority in Parlia- ment and had dropped 10 per cent of the country's total votes as compared with the last election. He said the Socialists and Liber- als had gained. but the Commu- nista had lost about 30 per cent of their following. Observers here expect negotia- tions will begin today to decide what coalition will rule-—wheiher the Socallsls will have for allies the Liberals. the Catholics. or both. Whatever the combination. Paul- Henri Spask. Socialist former pra- mier and outstanding advocate of European unification. is consider- ed certain to become foreign min- later. and possibly prime minister. too. Blender Majority Van I-louttc's single-party gov- ernment had ruled for four years with a slender majority. The Catholics may go into opposition. Socialists cheered loudly when Spank told them at party head- quarters "the Catholics have lost their majority." Despite the marked swing to the left. a striking feature was the near-eclipse of the Communists. First fights. stone-throwing and or subiect to its discipline. (Continued on Page 2 col. 6) ‘II. S. SENATE INVESTIGATOITS CLAIM FIFTH COLUMN OPERATING IN U. N. The senators also recommended that evidence of Soviet use of international agencies . . . as a cover for espionage on American soil" be sent to U. I. state Secre- tary Dulles as a basis for a pos- sible protost. to the Soviets. The report reviewed an investi- gstion undertaken in flu in a search for Communists amorfl American staff members of the UN secretariat. it said that between Oct. 18. 1062. and April fl. 1061. 2'! UN staff members. almost all of them former employees of the U. B. gov- El t. refused to answer qual- fiona about Communist connec- tions on the ground of possible self-incriminatfon. All told. so UN employees have quit or have been fired in connec- tion with the loyalty probe. which is not yet complete. Of those. it appealed to the UN‘s administra- (Contlnued on-Page 2 col. 0) The U. 5. state secretary went ~. A Lieutenant noon Saturday. The guard was from the P. Connolly, V.R.D.; Lt.-Col. A. W. Rogers, E.D., and Wing Cmdr. Pravda Blasts U. S.‘On China Policy Lieutenant Governor Inspects Gu E. Island Regim ad ,1. « A"“‘-y. Governor '1‘. W. L. Prowse reviews the Guard of Honor at the closing of th was accompanied by his aides. Capt. J. J. ent. His Honor A. G. MacMillan. Centenarian Applies For Monidge License lDU‘fBVII..T..E. Ky., iAP)-- John L. Beard, who says he will celebrate his 100th birth- day Titursday. applied for a marriage licence Saturday. His bride-to-be is Mrs. Mer- tie L. Welch, 60. Both live at the some rooming house. Four years ago, Beard ap- peared beforc Mayor Charles Farnsley and complained he had been laid off his job as a garbage tipper. "I can toss a garbage can as high and wide as anyone in the department." he as»- sertod. Beard not his Job back. Commons W Begin Debate On Budget Today OTTAWA. <CP)—The Commons annual study of government bud- get policies starts Monday. Spokesman for the three opposi- tion parties will lead off the budget debate with criticisms of Finance Minister Abbott's budget speech of last Tuesday. J. M. Macdonnell, Progressiv- Conservatlve financial critic. CCE‘ leader Caldwell and Social Credit leader how are expected in be the first speakers in a debate which usually lasts for several weeks. Opposition Leader Drew will speak later. Mr. Miicdonnell and Mr. Cold- well likely will propose want-of- confidence motions in the govern- ment. Chief lines of opposition criti- cism are expected to be the amount of tax relief offered by the government and the need for action to meet the problem of re- cord post-war unemplny...c..‘.. Mother Dies In Vain Effort To Save Son OfI'l‘AWA. (OP) -—Mns. Noble Mayhew. 8'1. died Friday from bums received in a vain attempt to save the life of her 16-year-old son. Gnnt. she tried to smother flames on her son's clothing but her own clothes caught fire. The youth was starting a fire in the Mayhew farm home at nearby vars. Aportrnent House Preieet For Toronto 'i'Olt0N‘l'0. (OP) — Oonstruction of a $22,000,000 apartment house project. including a Do-acre park and a 40-sore store shopping centre. is scheduled to start May I. in North York on the city's northern ouiakiria. New Waterford. N.S.. Man Held As Police Probe Fatal Stabbing’ of Wife Saturday NEW WA’I'EiR.I-‘ORD. N.s., (CF) Lloyd Johnston, 58. was remanded to jail Saturday for a week on an intoxication charge while police investigated the death by stabbing of his wife. Mrs. Margaret Johnston, 55, died about 90 minutes after being ad- mitted to hospital with stab wounds early Saturday. Cpl. William Coombs of the RCMP told Stipendiary Magistrate Michael J. Hinchey that Johnston had been drunk in his home be- fore his wife was stabbed. Cpl. Coombe said the Crown objected to bail. Neighbors of the Johruons call- ed town police at 3:20 am. satur- day. when two constables arrived they found the dying woman in a chair in the kitchen. a doctor and a priest at her side. She was given emergency treat- ment in the house. then taken to hospital. A post-mortem disclosed the wound started just below the left shoulder blade. The sharp instru- ment went through the lung and pricked the lining of the heart. An inquest has been set for Ap- ril 28. Nf|d.—~ Herring Plant Burned CORNER BROOK. Nfld. ICPIA Newiouiidlaiids most modern her- ring processing plant was de- stroyed ln a $150,000 fire at near- by Curling Sunday. The plant of Dunph_v's. Ltd. crammed with fishing gear in the off ‘season. was levelled in a few hours in the wind-fanned blaze. Included in the loss were two purse selns. worth about 314.000 each. A purse scan is a purse-like net. used to trap herring. The company plans to rebuild. and hopes to have another plant in operation before next herring fishing aasson. REPARATIONBTDAN ‘TOKYO, (AP) —Prime Minister ahlgeru Yoshida Sunday approved a plan for payins uoo.ooo.0oo in cash. goods and services over a 20-year period as second world War reparations to the Philippin- es. The Philippines have demand- ed more than ti.ooo.ooo.ooo in re- parations. 1408!! N0 TIMI.‘ NORTH Pl.A'l'T‘F.. Neb, (AP) — Charles Diddea. rs, walked imo a store Saturday. sporting goods purchased a .12-calibre rifle and a box of cartridges. walked out the door and shot himself fatally. $T.000.000 Hangar Fire In Alberta PENHOLD. Alta.. LCP) — Damage estimated at $1,000,000 was caused Saturday night when fire destroyed a large wooden hangar housing several training planes at the R.CAF'.a flying training school here. 100 miles south of Edmonton. A board of inquiry was set up to determine cause of the hour-long fire. No one was injured but all the planes in the building were destroyed. An air force spokes- man said the ruins indicated there were about 10 aircraflr- all Harvard trainera——in the building. Yugoslavia. Turkey Sign Trade Agreement BELGRADE. (Reuters) — Yugo- slavln and Turk:-y signed a $160.- 000,00o trade agreement here Sat- urday. it provides for the exchange of goods worth 880,000,000 each way between the two countries from April 1, 1954. to March 31. 19525. This contrasts with a t2.o00.0o'. total trade between them in 1947. the year their trade relations were. restored. and $13,000,000 in 1952. i The two countries were linked. last year in the tripartite Balkanf member. I in Effort To Learn K NAPLES, (Reuters) Three naked and two clothed bodies from. a British Comct jetlincr crash ar- rived here Saturday night aboard the British aircraft carrier Eagle. The bodies showed no sins of burns. Found floating in plane debris and oil slick l7 miles off the Ital- Ian roast near Stromboli island. the bodies were studied for clues to the cause of the crash Thurs- day night. The Comet. third in crash without explanation in in months. was on its way from Rome to Cairo with 21 persons a- board. Of the five retrieved bodies. three \|.'F.l“P men and twn wnmcn One was industrialist Ray L. Wilkinson of Salem. Mass. one of three Am- ericans aboard the ill - starred plane. Injuries in the five bodies were almost identical to those of vic- tims of a Comet which plunged into the Mediterranean off Elba island. also after leaving Rome, Jan. 10 with 35 persons aboard. “Death-llun" Tests Begin On Comet lets Of Honor e Provincial Legislature at -——Barf.er's Film Lab. By DON DALLAS LONDON, (Reuiers)——The Krem- lin Sunday prepared the way for the Geneva Far Eastern confer- ence, opening April 36. by charg- ing that the United States wants to wage a. war of destruction against Communist Ohiiia. Pravda. in an icy editorial blast against U. S. Far Eastern policy. darkly hinted that the United State govemmerii. may be pre- paring to use against China “any means of mass destruction. up to atomic weapons." The Communist party newspaper claimed that Russia and China are the big powers which want a gen- uine peace settlement in the Far East. The Pravda editorial. broadcast in full by Moscow radio. argued that the prospect of peace fright- ens “American monopolists, with their backs to the wau owing to the approaching economic oriais. They see an escape vent in war." Must Be Destroyed Pravda. quoted the Christian science Monitor for the view that "there are influential people in the state department and the Pen- tagon in whose opinion the Corn- munist Chinese regime must sooner or later be destroyed." Pravda, ans-woring a recent statement by State secretary -10h“ Foster Dulles. said it was not China,but the United stateawhich was actively participating in "the aggression against Indo-Chine." The paper added: “The United States is sending planes. guns. tanks. shells. napalm. The United States is sending its pilots there “no are taking part in military operations on the frontiers of In- do-China. (C(lni.lllllPd on Page 1 col. 0 Cause of Crashes British investigators are check- ing the possibility of sabotage. At the same time, volunteer pilots en- rolled for "death runs" in England in determine whether the unex- plained crashes could be caused by a structural weakness. The pl- cnnditlons of speed and altitude in \\hicl1 the crashes occurred. Following the Eagle‘: arrival in {Naples the ship's surgeon. Cmdr. ‘Ronald Russell. told a press con- ference there were no signs of burns or mutilation on the recov- ered bodies. One. he said, was fully clothed and the other lacked shoes and lower trouser legs. Russell said the facial expres- sions on all five were peaceful. Ha lsaid he could not. determine whether the injuries were caused by the impact of the plane on water or by a ‘-' explosion. but death was sudden. All five suffered multiple frac- tures and bruises on their lower limbs. Russell said. He expected lots will try to simulate the exact ”‘ Dulles Begins Tour; Frenc Worried Over lnclo-Clsina Paris Reports Show Anxiety For End Of War By Preston Grover PARIS, (AP) —- The French cab- inet looked Sunday with misgivings on the forthcoming visit of U. S. State Secretary Dulles whose re- quest for a united front against communism in southeast Asia. is worrying French leaders. The French want only one thing out of the forthcoming Geneva con- ference which Dullcs has come to Europe to talk about. They want the lndo-Chinese war ended. even though it may not be ended at the conference in a way wholly to the liking of the Americans. The war is so unpopular in France that it is hard to conceive of a cabinet strong enough to sur- vive a. Western decision at Geneva to continue the war. The Dulles visit is looked upon by certain French officials as forcing them to make a hard decision in advance of the conference when they don't want to make it at all. One choice is to risk American displeasure by insisting on a. compromise settle- ment of the lndo-Chinese war. The other is to join Dulles in a hard policy. even if it means continuing the war another year or two. . The French press is almost un- animous in believing that a. hard declaration by the three Western powers in advance of Geneva would hurt the chances of an agreement that would end the lndo-Chinesa war. Just Chicken Feed ZANESVILLE. Ohio" (AP)—'l‘ha sum of S340 is just chicken feed to Wesley Bryan. a miller of South Zanesville. He -dropped his billfold into A feed grinder at his mill recently —accidcntaliy of course. Bryan gathered up a ssckful of the expensive mixture and mailed It to Washington for re- demption after being told the government tries to redeem torn or charred money. “THESE HARD Boi\_E.D CHAP5 ARE usur-\L.\.Y H ALF am-<r-Lo 9 TORONTO. (CP)—Minimum and maximum temperatures: Dawson 3 Vancouver 3.‘: 54 Victoria 40 5g Edmonton 31 so Calgary 240 so Regina 13 54 CHII-T3|'.\' 24 so Winnipeg 22 45 Toronto in M Oiiawa 4| 5; Montrml __ 4‘ 5' Quebec 35 4; Saint John 33 4; Moncton 32 45 Halifax 41 45 Charlottetown 31 to Sydney 45 Yarmouih 45 St. John's . 4g HALIFAX, TCP)/The Dominion Public weather office here says a storm rentrerl near Goose Bay. Labrador. is moving east. In its wlikc northwest winds will blow drier air into the Mar-itimes. and h) Monday afternoon all regions are forecast to have sunny wu. er. R'lInnal forecasts: Prince Edward Island. eastern N. 3. counties. lower St. John river valley: intermittent rain clearing during the morning: mild: northwest winds 15. low- high at Ch-ilottietowis 40 and I0. Moncton. Fredericton and Edna John so and 58. Upper St. John river valley, Bay of Chsleur: aunm’. with in few f'"lh‘I.V interval-: mild: northwest; winds 15. bow-high at Edmund. sion and Camphellton 35 and 45. High tide today at Charlottetown at Mo s.m. and cm p.m. summerside tide 10 inlnulel later. sun rises today at 5.16 am. and I (Continued on Page 2 col. 0 sets at Mo pin. -..-.