V US. troops in Berlin are seen staging a practice GU10 auoported by heavy tanks as part of intensi- Sad trainiu to safeguard the western sectors of the city against a possible puich by east German Com- Am- Cioan aimed power in Berlin now numbers about anunllil mobs and police-troops on May 28. ndpanlnadbaaauupaalnannaldrasalababapabanpaIabaadpc-incur: I munist youth organization announced its 2'11-IE GUARDIAN CHARLOTTETOWN ....u......-..- .0. ...--nncxuu... ....-.0.-.. oi the ...........n.1 4,000 combat. troops. all of which are now being increased to full fighting strength to fulfill Allied pledges to protect the city. After viewing the deadly serious training of the G.I.'s the east German Com- highly publicized march on Berlin would be confined to the Soviet zone. Joy. you can't best free enterprise. That is yotdaly what this proud hen is saying to herself as In looks over her magnificentl production ei- tort - a halfipound egg. which is posed beside two ordinary egg: to give you an idea of just Wllnt the biddy accomplished. The seven-pound hen, owned ' .... re NEW WORLD OF LIGHT - One wear spectacles is ll-month-old Juhnn special glasses at a Philadelphia. Pa. Dorsey. Born blind, Johnny undcrwr . the removal of cataracts, and saw for the first ilm fldala. centre. of Chile receives Multan onjoya,tha prtoentation ceremon.V- of the youngest persons ever to y pcoplt-3. scui being: fitted with eye hospital by nurse Madeline nt.a series of four operations for e when the Bill. ' 1 4 . P id taabriel oonniea Shortly after his arrival in Wltlhilehtcgnm r:h5e ecflily from J. Rm?" Vmlnl. right. District of Columbia commissioner. President Harry S. by Farmer Henry Van Black of Pougkeepsie. N.Y., is a cross between a fighting cock and a Barred Rock. Her prize egg measured ten inches around the long way, and seven and three-quarter inches at the "waist." Inside the outer white shell of tho king-size egg was another eggea smaller, brown one. GOOSE IS COOKED - Homer Cook. Oklahoma ”badiman" who set off the biggest manhunt. in postwar Germany. smiles . he was recaptured in Munich. The renegade ex-Gl. 2'7. broke jail twice in one week after he was arrested for entering the country illegally to rejoin a girl friend. Barbara Twenty-one -year - old Ann Scott. former 0Qmplc figure skating champ and three times world champion. has signed a con- tract with the famous Icecapades. Barbara. who will appear in the opening of the i951 skating ex- travaganza at Loa Angeles. Calif.. on May 4. has for the past year been touring Canada in her own akatlng revua. after ' .-1-za:-1-.-:-.-i-:.' . RL '"””””""T W . 1 Johnny Major of Seattle. Wash., builder of the "world's smallest" motorcycle. is seen sitting astride his invention. constructed from "odds and ends." He calls his midget motorcycle Puien 1-2 and says it trans- ports him around a 30 miles an hour. The gas iankmolds a quart of gas which Major fills about once in two weeks. The machine. which weighs only 104 pounds. has a l l-2 h.p. Briggs and Station stationary engine. and four by eight tires. WANTS SON T0 RULE - Belgium's King Leopold III has pro- posed the iransfer. temporarily of his royal powers to his 19-year-old son. Prince Baudoin, left. and hig own return from exile as King in name only. Speech was recorded and broadcast to the Belgians. This is a imzhei-to unpublished exclusive photo by Acme staff correspondent. Charles Dawson. TRAVELLING CLINIC: In this now medical car thousands d railway employees across Canada will receive the benefits of I preventive medicine policy followed by the Canadian National Railways. Taking ii personal interest in the plan is Donald Gordon. president of the C.N.R.. who is shown, right. with Dr. K. E. Dowd. chief medical officer. left, and Dr. W. E. Thompson. medical officer who will conduct the examinations in the car. Four medical cars are in the travelling clinic fleet operated by the C.N.l't. One covers the Atlantic Region. Quebec. and the Cana- dian National and Central Vermont lines in New England. Another operates in the Southern Ontario territory and. on the Grand Trunk Wcstem lines. A third covers Northern Ontario and Manitoba, and a fourth serves the remainder of the western provinces to the Pacific Coast. A tour of duty keeps a car away from headquarters for about two years, and during that time it is office and home for the rallway'a doctor. WAGE THIRTEEN RME WIND WHISTLES IN WHISTLE-'Pwin toma- does zipped through Whistle. Ala.. and four other communities in the Mobile Bay .area, causing scene: like this. Although there were no injuries at this spot-where this woodworking factory was levelled. -14 persons were injured at other places. The end of this month will sea the termination of the car ferry service which has been running from Cobourg. 0nt., to Genesee docks. N.Y., since 1907. As Cobourg port has a year round harbor, the big car ferries operate through the winter. Declining revenue and mounting costs have convinced the Ontario Car Ferry Co. a-nd C.N.R. that there is no future for the ships. Also, it would cost 5950.000 to recondition the ships to meet new inspection regulations. Recently crowned "Miss Alaska. 1950”, Maxina Cothem is ahown on her arrival in San Francisco, wearing royal robe of her kingdom, in fur parka She won s500. Iaphun. left, tamer m.-pubu. can mayor of San Francisco. may be brought into the U. S. State Department, informed Washington quarters say. Lapliam, ECA chief in China, once favored U.!.5reoognltlon of the Reds In China "whether we like it or not". One aonrce said Lapham Inlghl become assistant secretary 0! State in charge of the Presl- dent'a "Point Four" program d. aid to underdeveloped arena. one-tima GREEK LEADER - King Paul of Greece asked leftist Nicholas Plastiras. above, to form a new government. following the resig- nation of Premier Sophocles Venizelos. Venizelos. who quil under strong American criticism indicated he would accept a sub- ordinate post in a coalition gov ernment headed by Plastiras. ' Alon Pact Notions Russia and Soviet Controlled Anus I iWl. anti-Red May Day do onstrotions CI: ran to n - riots. Rods gird for May 28 W60 rally," whan i 500 Red youths plan march on larlin. Atlantic Defense officials den rumors that defense Ions "write o f" east- ernmost men or states in event of Soviat attack. Red strikes, ro- t e s I i n g . 5., arms aid, tie up preach. 1; o I I 1. nu rmdly direct: ed arms aid i sabotage pro- - HIM. i ('.-'ii-' if, Widespread uriliea and rich lad by Commie: mt strength of do Gupavl onrnmnt. lads launch comeback" from 1948 election dafral. AiC1ERlA in .. URKEY llliiilll 8 I I . C " FF . as I ium. ” Q l. VI iligp V W . . K 5 l) y French car at Diiunude, carrying U. S. . 6, MILE; 0 200 uiiui arms oid, d from Franco to Iiuvta to thwart Rad sobologa. ...AND FOUR TO GO - This 1950 model rooster came off the as- sembly line with some spare parts. namely two extra legs and a double tail. The bird. belonging to Mrs. Harry Aukerman of Eaton. 0.. is now three weeks old, and is as healthy as any of the flock. plies sent from America under terms of the Atlantic Defence Pact. The Newamap above summarize. Red activities. stepped up to what one Rome oh ficial called Coininfonn Qrlng olifenalya," y. Riots. strikes. sabotage. rumors-all play their part in the Moscow-directed cold-war pressurel against Western European nations. Target: of So- viet wrath are Marshall Plan aid and military sup- l