Maxims of e Mere Man it . * * Q The heart has reasons of which the reason has no knowledge. 16 PAGES Founded 1872 CHARLOTIETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY. MAY 1. 1954 Read by Eveybody Gov’i Electrification Plan. Gets Under Way At Once Costly Grass Fire Near Timmins. Ont TIMMINS. Ont... (CP) — A grass lire sprang out of control in Shawl township, 20 miles southeast of. Timmins. burned six farm homes,‘ barns and sheds and engulfed an: estimated 600 acres of farmland- Thursday night. The buildings were on Abandoned farms. 1 OLD STAGER DIES NEW YORK (AP)—Joe Laurie Jr. 6!. one of vaudeville‘s last great comedians. died Thursday. '_.aurie was one of the first "greats" of the show world to venture into radio as an important entertain- ment medium. and for years per- ticipated in the network program "Can You Top This?" Coming Events "Rummage Sale, Central Christ- ian Hall. Saturday, 2.30. "Reserve Friday, May 11th for Variety Concert in Hampton Hall. "Card party every Friday. St. Peter's Legion Hall. Dance Sat.- urday. "Dance. Morell Hall, Monday |— 12.30. Modern and Oldtinie. Bui-in Orchestra. "Pantry Sale "at Fennell and Chandler's this evening at 7 o'clock. Cherry Valley Y. P. U. "Caponlze at 4 to 5 weeks for outer flock management. Eric MacPhail. New Haven. “Pantry sale. I-‘ennell dc Chand- ler's, Saturday, May 15th. by Crou Roads Women's Institute. "see St. Teresa's players pre- aent. 3 act. comedy in Morell Hall, Wednesday, May 5th. Dance after. "Pantry Sal-. Slmpeons-—Sears. Saturday. May 1st, 2 p. in. Kings-; ton Baptist W. M. S. . “Dance Belfast mu Monda.v.l May 3. Lunches served. Sponsor- ed by Lower Newtown W. 1. "Opening Dance, Stanley Bridge. Rink Hall. Tuesday, May 4th. Music.» Rollie MacKenzie‘s Orchestra. "Sale of Plants begins today. List on page 12. Joe B. .Smlth, Clinton. "Pantry Sale at Miller Bros. Sai- iirday. May 1st, at 2 o'clock by Zion W. A. Group 0. "Lee Macbowell will oommen hauling cream to Wiltshlre factory on Tuesday. May 4th. once weekly until further notice. “Custom Grinding and complete line of Shur Gain feeds. St Peters Feed Service, st. Peters. S. 1-‘. Mc- Ewen. J. W. McDonald. "Concert and Dance in Cove- liead Community Hall. Monday night. May 3rd. Proceeds in aid of hall. "Kinkora hall. see Wellington‘ Players present their three-act rnmcdy in Klnkora hall. Wednes- day. May 5th. Very Rev F. J. Lynch ONE 01-‘ TRIPLETS DIES WINDSOR. Ont. (CP) -— One of the triplets born Tuesday to Mrs. Jan Zubcl died Wednesday night. The boy weighed three pounds, 14 ounces at birth. The-‘other two. known yet only as baby A and baby B, are reported in good con- dition. I "See Summcrslde players pre- sent their 3-act drama. "Apron Strings" in Sea View Hall. Fri- tlsy. May Tlh. "Hugh Spinney and tit H-Ranch Boys l-Intcrtainment and Dancc. Crnpaud Hall, Wcdnesday. May btli. 8.30 p. m. Auspices Women's Instl-I lute. .' "\i’aiitcd fli once. number oi. kind thrifty pigs weigiiiii over 38: lbs. each. Paying $40.00 per palr.| Wellington MacNeill a; son, Bun-: lain Bell's Wharf. l "in Emerald hall. Monday, May.‘ 7- the Indian River Dramaticl l‘luh prcscnts ihcir 3-act dramml "Tc-mncst and Sunshine". Good~ :-pccialiles. "The general meeting of the Vavendlsh Cemetery will he held in Ca\'enrli.sh Church. Monday ave- iliris. May 3rd, 8:30 pm. All plot lmldcrs please attend. “Our places of business will re- main open. on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday nights of each week. and close Wednesday afternoons. mmmencing May 4th. Weddell. Bros. Parker Canneid and Crapaud Barber shop, Orapaud. "Buying pigs Monday at Fred- I-ricton: Tuesday Broekfleld I -. "ii: Milton 10. York 1 p.m.: Bad- tord 2, Tracadle 2.30. Mt. Stewart -7. Pisquld 3.30. Fort Augustus 4. \\’ster\'sle 4.30, Vernon River 5. Pnwnal 5.30; Tuesday, New Glu- EOW 9 a.m.; Wheaticy River 10. linlmea Corner ll, New Haven ll lvm.: Bonahaw 1.30. Dc-Sable '1. Kelly‘: cross 3. Emerald 4. cm. lon 5. Kenslngton 530; paying. 342 a pair for good pigs over 40 compe lbs. each. 828 for pigs over lbs. Extra for lnbetween My size. also a number and feeder cattle ls Kn:-4 Jar-rfinn. ""'§'_ Henry. ll-‘olland, Dunstaffnaze of c wsnie T0 SPEAK AT l00TH COMMENCEMENT T . y , ‘EXERCISES AT S. D. U. ON MAY 24TH 35.’ §i.i’.ff.’$1i°E..I?.'nl.Vnli2";§ZZ’2.’ f3"?nZ"2.%§...T?§$2§.‘§§ llieplaced Al as presented to the Legislature last month totals approxi-l mately eighty miles on which work will be started immed-j ‘ads. lcold Weather On i l l 1 Take Part In Highland Highland dRl‘lCit'lf.Z predominated on the lore ‘Musical Festival. Shown (above) in colo ul ted in the sword dance. They are front row: Verna MacPhail, Meadowbank; Judith 23'Allen. Charlottetown; Norma Howard. Cornwall; Jeannie MecMiilan, - w'“ “W MacDonald, Charlottetown. Back row: Elizabeth Haywood. North River Road. Eleanor Snuthport: Andrea Duvar, Charlotte town\;‘Virginia Shaw. Charlottetown: Janet A program for the const Ireland's Ambassador to Can. Honourable Sean Anthony Murphy. and the President of St. Mary’: University, Very Reverend Frederick J. Lynch. S. .I.. will be ‘he Prlnclval WEIR!" It the mislfull particulars are available. hundredth commencement exercis-l Hue com lately. V. Macxenzie. Rector of the col-ldlrecmu have been “sued to the 1”" Utilities Commission in connection The Centennial C°mm€ii¢€i’i'i€iitlwith the work. In addition, the Ad"-‘T555 Wlll be d¢llV9i”€d 0" Ml)’. Maritime Electric Company will (la 24 by Hoiiorlble ML Murphy. l a. considerable amount of work on while the Baccalaureate Sermonilts own account, Q/ill so lgrcacheg onhthe previous: The districts to be powered arr. ay y at er ync . lnlne miles in Eldon-Flat River and In the absence of the Chan-;Belle Creek area; 11.7 miles around eellor Most Reverend James. Tyne Valley, Mi‘.ligan's Corner and Boyle. who is at present on his "ad Nortliam; 1.l miles on the Lower limina" visit to Rome. this year's Malpeque Road; 1.3 miles at New graduation exercises will be 1.tre-.' Glasgow Mill-52 3-3 mile! l-ii Spill!!- sided over by Right Reverend G. ' lleld W683: 4.5 miles in Meadow- J, MacL¢u.n_ v. (1,, P, A, At the. bank and Clyde River: 2 miles at Centennial Commencement Mon- Nod Road: 2.2 miles at Colvllie signor MacLellan will confer de- R030-‘ll 4-7 mil!‘-S ll'i Coleman-BN8: grees in the fields of art. science.’“ mu" l“ the 3e°”°n 0‘ 50”‘-1| and commerce on over thirty LfiK¢'N0i‘ll} Lfllifi Harbor Vla E3- you“ me“ md women imlra: 2 miles at Leard's Point 1.“, Exceumcy sun Anu,°ny,Road: 1 mile at Marshfii=ld-Jenk- Murphy_ who 1, much in du-n.nd ins Road: 2 miles at North Wilt- " , pubuc ,p,ak,,. I, m agar-,1, shire-Darllngton: .3 miles from ""1 cxrremfly mernuc dip]on‘.L ' Breadalbane to Sinclair Road: and He is I 5-,_yen._°1d Dublin lawyer‘ 11 miles at Clermont-Indian River- who served as Ireland's Minister‘_ to France and Belgium for the . . . Fire Situation 0 Serious In N. S. twelve years prior to 1950. whenl he was appointed Ambassador to‘ Canada. Honourable Mr. Murphy was born in Dublin and was educated therfii i‘}..i.°.3§’§‘.‘.‘3‘"°cin‘§'..‘L‘?" Hceonifrgaeciiigd‘ BY Tl” .°“‘*““3“ ""3 law in his native city for a shortl .F""°5"" .°m°‘“5 Friday “Wed time before joining the Irish diplo- “°°“‘°“.“ ‘”‘‘°‘''‘‘-*‘“ ‘.° “"9 ""3 (Continued on Page 13 ml‘ 3, precaution against fire in Nova soctias tinder-dry woodlands. where the fire hazard is 9"tho greatest in years." Ton fires have rampaged over more than 800 acres in the last ‘two days. Much oi’ the burned ;urea was scruhland, but some was ‘covered with valuable tlmbcr. A fire at Coldbrook, near Kent- ville. was fought by three fire de- partmcnls for two hours Friday before it was brought under con- .trol. it destroyed 300 acres. includ- Prairies Continues EDMONTON, (CP)—Coniinued abnormally cold weather chill- ed the western prairies Friday as April bowed out with a pos- sible tie for being the coldest on record. At. least three new overnight IOW marks were set for Apr“ 30_ ling some heavy pine timberland, swm cu,-rm; in gong,“-cu. ‘and threatened a. $500,000 fruit crn Saskatchewan reported processing plant- Another burned through several miles of brush and light timber near Liverpool before it was stop- ped at the shores of the town water reservoir. eight below as the overnight low. Penhold in central Al- berta live below and Rocky Mountain House in the central Alberta foothills three below. Dancing nlng day of the 9th Prince Edward Island costume is a group of girls age 9-12 who Comwell: Joyce Barier's Film Lab. miles of line for rural electrification was announced yester- “This is not the final program for the Premier emphasized. Other details will be announced when .Wii=hiiisWi l-'°m the G°ii°V-‘i Wi- lMariilme Electric Company and] motion of an additional 60.? lDu||es To Be Geneva Conference. ,, WASHINGTON,(AF')~3tate see-l year: the retary Dulles‘ imminent return to fereiice probably will bring to a ‘head a crisis inside the govern- ment over how strong a policy the United States should have toward Indo-China. i Malpeque. 1 Previously announced in the Leg- islature by the Premier were 6.1 {miles at Bay F‘ortu.ne—Sailors Hope-l Dull” hi! beifii It ll“ 09119" Annandale; 2.5 miles on the Coni- l¢°l'il9!‘€nC9. Wlilie lilCl0-Clillll ,mercigl Road west to Alligton; 3‘ peace negotiations are the critical ;miles in Mermaid-Mount Ryan-Red issue, only 8 “€€k- H6 his decldfid aPoint; 7.5 miles on the Malpequc to leave there Monday and return Road between Clinton and New to Wnshmfiwn Tuesday. Undersec- tLondo.n: a half mile at West. Dev- rctary of state Walter Bedell on; and approximately 1.5 miles at Smith will replace him as chief {French Fort. .U.S. delegate in negotiations with i (Continued on Page 7 col. 2) .the Communists. ~____7 , 7 . , , _ _,_j____’ llieen Competition Marks Music Festival Opening “It. is eminently fitting that this He laid particular stress on the! Music Festival should start out co-ordination of hands and feet; in a Scottish atmosphere," said to bring about proper interprets-i lMr. W. R. Shaw, presiding oi- tlon of the dance. flcer at the first day’: competition; The following are the results of which began at Prince of Wales yesterday's competitions: Highland Cilllfie hall yesterday morning bel Fling, solo (Intermediate). 1. Eliz- fore a large audience. labeth 1-iaywood, North River Road Scottish dancing, choral reading: (it'll; 2. Eleanor Henry, southport and folk dancing featured ycster-' (35-; ii. Jeannie MacMillan, Corn» .day's programme and from the re. . wall (74 ; l:r.arks heard from the adjudlca-I Sword dance solo (junior). l.~ iiors, the quality of the perior-‘»’I‘hom:is Burke. Spring Pink (89): lmance is improving each year. '2. Heather Burke, spring Park. 1 Major Ian Callum MacLeod in‘ (till); Barbara Connors. West Roy- laojudicating the Highland d;mc'ing;alty ('19). noted,-‘that he . glad to be. back Highland Fling, solo. Intermedi- lon th's'Islan'ti. "1' ke it here and I ate (over 12 and up to and in- liilse the people" said Major Mac- riuding 16) 1. Margaret. Rhynes. .Leod. He made reference to a book.’ west Royalty (92); 8. Norma Du-' [on Highland dancing and to films tar, Charlottetown (90); 3. Elelt-' _recently produced which should uor Hart, Victoria, (86). ‘aid the teacher in bringing about Sword dance (senior, over 16) 1. ‘a stabilizing effect in the dance. Shirley Burke, Spring Park. (92). lM8.l0i‘ Mficlueod said that he did Highland Fling, solo, (Senior., lnot favor the standardization of. over 16: l. Shirley Burke, Spring‘ ._Hlghland dancing since it would (Continued on Page 15 col. 4» rise robbed of much of its native color. .’ I The Highland Fling", said Ll1e‘_ adjudicator is .i_ot a serious dance,j but requires plenty of animation." .’GEuiéV5‘iTélki§ *Are Adjourned By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer GENEVA (CP) -— In a slightly] cased atmosphere, delegates to the" Far East conference Friday night made plans for a series of critical week end "corridor" sessions which could make or break the talks. . External Affairs Minister Pear-‘ Ion. heading Canada's five - man delegation, said "it looks like an important week-end." These are among the possibilities: l 1. An Asian initiative. possibly emanating from the meeting of Far East countries in Colombo,‘ Ceylon, which may transform the present state of ncar-deadlock nn‘ Indo-China. _2. A compromise agrr-cnioni do’ signed to get. negotiations on l\'nrc.1 “down to cases." Briefly. Western delegates are hopeful of reaching agreement among thcnisclvcs on some plan for partitioned Korea which the Communists might find hard to reject. i In Friday's plenary session at the Palals dea Nations. two more general speeches on Korea were I The colorful folk dancing yesterday brought words of praise from the made. by Thailand‘: Prince Wan Miss Dorothy Parker. Shown (above) are the members of W-ithnynknn and Turkey‘: Cevai the Winsloc sciiool dancing team. They arc left to Aclkalin. Today's full session has been cancelled. officially because , - - of the Swiss national holiday. ann‘T°“”‘h°"d- 5h'”’~’-V D"‘m°"d- final declarations in the general Bob Henry: debate will be made Monday. .‘ front, row: Seymour Hurry, 1l9LDll P_ ‘IN DECEMBER He ' r I o F o t TORONTO (Qt -— The 2l~year- mobile ride. . old heir to a 82,600,000 fortune Detectives said Smallman told and known as “Canada's richest police he has an income of $850 young man" was arrested by To-‘a month from his estate and from ronto police Friday as an alleged his work as a jewelry salesman.‘ accomplice in n :41 robbery. ‘.'rhey me he denied the charge of Charged with robbery with vi- complicity in the robbery of Nash. olence is John Leonard Smallman.l number of one of the richest'FREE" 0" 55"’ amllies in London. Ont.. and who‘ . ._ at 14 became hair to the fortune‘ The ‘""d']"°:'"“ d"k ' ;"l'_"d left by a great aunt. He gets half ’°l':"‘ r'":?"' '3" ' I?" "'1'." the principal at the age of 35. .""h°' " :.°" H‘ "' W "i 'd' Police said the charge was laid lg M". m‘ glw" q'1""°"' ' as a unit of investigation into'b'I" °:‘"1‘;g°'" ‘tn " '"'d on the December. 1953. holdup of '1 ° ’ ' ‘, [ L."-en‘. 1-_ N“)... nu}, IF,“ Smallman will appear in police, several days in hospiialrecoverlng WU" 1°53)’ 7"’ |}'¢ll""""Y,hf'i" from iniuriu suffered gt the handr-'"‘l- A l"°“"l r°i’°'“" ‘_‘"“"'""l of mu, mm who robbqd mm M lawyer. G. Arthur Martin. will .041 after taking him for an auto-iliiinil“ hi! d€l€n°0- . l Colorful Folk Dancing Francis Thompson, Alan Rodd. . Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dow PB.lOE5o Spring Park School choral readers “era the ‘winners in the class 2. rural schools—grades 4-6 at the Prince Ed- ward Island Musical Festival yesterday. Pictured above left to right, front row, they are: Eldon Larabee, Gordon Han- sen, Robert Constable. Patrick Murphy. John.Burhoe. Sec- ond row: Betty Gamester. Patsy Burke. Damion Dunsford, Janet Smith, Gloria Kennedy. Third row: Allcn MacKinnon, Gordon Blanchard, Brent Stewart. George MacKmght, Ro- land Maclntyre. Back row: Carol Jensen. Heather Mac- Nevin, Stella Smith, Deborah Pletch, Judy Dewar. ——Barier‘s Fllrn I:ah.__ 25.000_PERSONS MADE HOMELESS BY EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRAL GREECE ATHENS. (AP)—Greece's second major earthquake in less than a year brought shattering destruction and death in the ‘central mountainous area Friday. First official estimates said 150 were killed or injured and more than 25.000 made homeless. Hundreds of homes were shaken down like flimsy stacks of cards. . The stricken area apparently centred near the village of Granitsa, 135 miles northwest_c_f _A_th;ens.d A The town of Farsala was re-lamb L.m;a_ ‘nd V01”, ported wiped out. The town is thel Dam", W“ wiggrp.-"gin mu] site of the battle of Pharsalus inluwas where hundreds of houggg 43 B~ C» When Julius C395“ collapsed in a cloud of dust. I'0lil€i‘l l’0mi’E)' the Gl‘¢3¢- Tremors of "catastrophic vi- The 7-0“! Of Solldlifil ll” “'3' olence" continued to shake parts f€P°Fl9d d°5"'°Y9d- . lof Thessaly Friday afternoon. Three-quarters of Trlkkala. ll Dlgggtgr gppeued to 1-"ch from city of 27,800. was reported level-I (conunuad on Pgga 5 wt 1) led. .—..—j———— Other towns hard hit were Kar- its otrnculr to Affwtif For. flit: Baiclit saunas or ctutoacvt Aster.’ llemuc. the PAR:NT$ ‘ TALK 9 TORON'I0_ (CPt——Mlnimum an] maximum temperatures: iDai(son \’aucoui'cr as 51 ,Viclnrl.i 36 53 Edmonton ll 36 lCnirnry fi 24 lR(‘Zill.’i ll 28 27 37 65 42 ‘ill 51 ‘iii 35 63 31 60 . . 26 e1 seen at the Musical I-‘cstiral riaiim . .. 35 ea ' ' - Ciiziiloitcimin 2'7 45 d(lJl.l(llCalOl. ,}dn”)_ :1 H . .Yarlnc.uih 35 60 llfihlv St. .Jo!m‘s 21 41 Site Annc MacDonald, John Back row: Baibara Kf_‘lll'l(‘(l_\' ——B:iri cr's Fl lm Lab . HALIFAX. tCP>~'I‘he Dominion - |)UlJllC weather offiic here says a. high pressure area moving slowly _ across the district will be east of —~- ihn Mnritzmcs on Saturday and Jwinds will become southerly. This [will result in warmer weather in most regions but where the winds iblow in from the sea there won't be a r e ‘much change. Generally sunny ‘weather is expected to continue but ‘the continuing southerly winds will Detectives recalled that ‘Nash hr"... mcfluhu clnudrneu M. ,.,.n_ told them at the time of the rob- mg_ sundny 3‘ Expected ‘N, M bery he was taken in on ap.1rtment‘c|oudy_ by a man who said he was Ii miioml fofecuut jewelry salesman and that Nash. N", Bmm'k.k um Pfln“ u_ gave_ihe man an order. They said|w."._ nun‘: Cl." “.1”, . 1", N_‘-‘ll * “"‘l‘”“"l3““’ ““"‘ ‘Wk cloudy intervals. Not much change "ll" "‘ " ‘“"“"‘ ‘'‘’l‘"' ‘l"’-‘'’ “'9” in temperature. southerly winds is. joined hy two other men. The auto L,,w.h|". “ rnduickn 35 I“ ride, beating and robbery follnwc-d.‘l7°_ sun‘ 10"“ 35 ‘M M mu,‘ Smallman became heir to the huemwn 31 ‘M! on Mnn'(,um ” $2,600.00fl fortunc of his great-aunt.'“m ,0 Edmnmum 3}‘ "Id 35 ‘M Mrs. Eleanor Morgan of l.nndon.'c.mbel'“nn u "m la|t”Rincllle1y‘C‘o:::el‘§t.w(g:tht °'"'‘’°'' "" 5""“"""°"‘" nrinem The terms of his 8reat- High tide today at Charlottetown aunt's will were that at 21 he was at 0.55 a. ni. and 9.51 p. in. to begin receiving the annual in- Sumrnenide tide eighteen rain: forest nn the fortune and was tn‘ut,eg nee: chm chu-lotmtown, let half the rrlncii-ml when he sun rises today It so; a m. and reached the age of 35. luu at 1.19 p. n, -