MAXIMS or A MERE MAN -:-:- g temper lo - boar Inueb have much to boar. will q carrier: Charlottetown. lumnordds sues put such. zluwbac in l'.l.li 80.00. '0tbos Provlnool III (LIA. 13.00 par snnun. LOCAL MAN TAKEN T0 HOSPITAL IN MERCY FLIGHT Covers Prince Edward Island Like the? Dew" H CI-IARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1954 MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN no rensnnbruloo of past In- bours is agreeable. 12 PAGES Children To Join Queen Before End OF Tour Plans (Sailor Reunion Al Tobruk TE 1 By MILTON MARMOR. IDNDON, (CP) -Buckingham Pillars announced Sunday that prince Charles. 5. and Princess zillllf, 3, will join their parents at Ycbnrk, Libya, May 1 for the final stages of the earth-circling royal tour. It will be the children's first trip from Britain. Charles and Anne will sail April is aboard the new royal yacht Bri- tannia. from Portsmouth. After Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive. the Royal Pam- ily will sail for Malta for a visit May 5. Miss Katherine Peebles. Princn Charlesf governess, and Miss Helen Llrhtbodv. Anne's nurse, will so- compsny t.hem on the voyage to North Africa. The heir to the throne and his sister have not been tolri vet about their forthcoming miise Their parents Sunday were on Tnsmnnia. Australia's island state, about hnlf way through the tour which began Nov. 23 from London They are due back home May 15. No Change In Plans Buckingham Palace made it em- phatlcaliy clear Sunday the Royal Famllv will visit Gibraltar' as planned Msy T0-ll. The Spaniards are still irked over the loss of the famed rock fortress to Britain by treat-5' 241 years ago, and high Spanish officials said in Madrid Sallrrdny they believed Elisabeth lwllrl fly directly home to Lon- don. probably from Adan on tho Arabian peninsula. But t.he British brushed this suggestion. , "The royal tour will go" through an planned." a Bucklnchsm Psi- .-cs spokesman said. "There is no suggestion of any change" Palace sourcesisoldw ins and Anne wmtreinsin she the 4.700- ion Britsnnis when,thslr parents visit Tobruk. Malta. Ind Gibraltar. The royal yacht has a. well-oquip- fwd vliyroom for the children on its top deck to kelp them hsppv and busy. aside .9: 1954. 38th Anniversary Of Ionic of Verdun VEEDUN. France. (AP) - Vet- erans observed the 36th anniver- sary of the beginning of the First World War battle of Verdun at special religious services here Sun- day. The battle went down in history because a German victory at Verdun might have won the wir for them. But Marshal Pe- ts.ln's famous order-"they shall not pass"-was obeyed to the letter by the French defenders. St. Laurent At New Delhi For 7-Day Visit To India By WILLIAM SIWWART . Canadian Press Staff Writer NEW DELI-II. (OP)-Prime Min- ister st. Laurent arrived here from Pakistan Sunday for e. seven-day visit to India. seventh nation on his six-week. round - the - world cfiodwill tour. Prime Minister Nehru and other WV-ranking Indian foreign officials iwrn nt the airport to meet the Canadian leader whose arrival co- incided with the return of sunny wrnther to this capital. In contrast to the last two days when violent rninatormo disrupted Air traffic and flooded streets, Coming Events "Dance in Fort Augustus hall Wednesday-.Burke's Orchestra. p"Fiinzo and dance in Vernon. Rn-er Hall, Tuesday. February 3. "West Royalty Jamboree. Corn- will Feb. 25. "New Haven Jamboree, York Hall. Wednesday. Feb. 24th. "Dance in Stcnhmo-Covohosd Community mu. Tuesday. litu- Irr mu. sale of lunohoo there was bright sunshine and a brilliant blue ,sky as the Canadian Prime Ministers E.G.A.F. plane landed. Prime Minister St. Laurent. re- paying a visit Nehru made to Qt- tsws several--,ysars ego. exchanged Rreetinzl with the Indian leader, then reviewed a smart honor guard before meeting officials and dip. lomats: . He then left for the presidential palace where he will be the na. Kucst during his stay in .. . 'l'our's Obieotive He told newspaper men one ob- jective of his world tour is "an effort to bring about more sanity in international relations and peace and good will! to all men." Presenting greetings from the Canadian people and government, he said "We in our part of the world fully realize the importance of India in world affairs". Two hours after leaving the air- (Contlnued on Page is col. 1) Cave-iin Costly At Windsor Plant A cave-in underground in a Windsor, Ont.. salt mine Friday caused this chemical ware- house to sink deep into the ground. Water bubbling up from the old salt created a lake and the flood for a time threatened much of turihg section of the big 06,000,000 Canadian Industries Limited plant. (CP from AP) Earth Stops Sinking At chemical Pla in Slaying Of CanadianNurse NEW YORK. (OP)-A 49-year- old Canadian-born nurse wns found stabbed to death on the bed of her west-aide hotel room Sot- urdhy in what police said loolsod ”very much like s crime of pu- aion." A iii-state alarm was t.rsnnnit- ted for an ox-oonvilct wanted for quwtion-ing in connection with the slaying of Norms. Ronnie. rnstive of Guelph. Ont. ' ' Miss Rennie": body was dis'- covercd by a hotel maid who -in- vestigated a "do not disturb" iolgn which had been hanging Q1 -the hotel room door for sevorolr'do.vs. Tile body was lying almost nude with two stab wounds in the left side of the cheat. .1 The alarm named the man nought as Anthony Kacinoki.-(I. who had registered in tl1e,ssrne hoteiaweekagoandlivodins, room adjoining the nurse's. No Sign Of Struggle Deputy chief lneP6ctor James Leaf-lett, who termed the murder 1 "CTlm9 0' Plllitm". said there were no signs of a. struggle in the room. None of the woman's valu- ables appeared to have been tak- en. Police found expensive jew- elry, a camera snd 3'10 in cash. Inspector Leggett said Miss Ron. nie's moth , Mrs. B. S. Rennie of Guelph, was reached by telephone and had given police some "in- (Continued on Page 5 col. 4) l"Box social and showing of Q-ml. Dunstsffnsgs school tonight ”Bonshew Institute Hall to- Whl! Jamboree! see you thsrel "R-llmmage nic sid St. Charles x:':i'i"'5' Ffldly. Fob. i; st Bos- P'l'Csrd party and dance. Hope -lrr Credit Union Hall. Tuss- usg. February 23. If not fine the w”Buylns ydllr;-pigs all this mtik from twenty pounds up of Palms! market price. Willard "W50: Buckley. HA"Chlck ipeclal. Bisrtcd ew hull;-D x White Leghorn toss NHL my bid price! write or "M" l0dI.V. Raynor: Chick ct-cry. Charlottetown. it. n. s. . ti” "."'.f...."i2.'t'"'li no so on ml”! drum presented. by Con- co Rania one club. in the new '"""3I1lf-3 Hall at central Roysiiy M Tuudli ebrusry 13:11 3.15. "Come! gum... com SYDNEY. Australia. (Reuters)- At inst ll persons no feared clear and more then s thousand homeless in floods following in the wake of a cyclone Sunday which smashed its way down 1,000 miles of the Queensland and New Ioulll Wslss coastline. one thousand homeless sro re- ported from Llsmors. New South Wales city of H.000 persons which wu in gay. festive mood a. week ago for the visit of the Queen and the Duke of ldlnburgh. The ground'floor of the hotel when the royal couple stand is flooded and Intny families are stranded on high ground and on the roofs of houses. In answer to police appeals, planes are flying in blankets, food and rescue equipment, including rubber rsfts. lens of thus are being pars- chutcd to stranded survivors. Army amphibians "ducks" have also been sent to the city. one If the worst bit areas in tho two o Cloth- 18 Dead, 1000 Homeless After, Australian Cyclone Two families were reported wip- ed out in flooded Kyogio. north- ern New south Wales, where 10 persons have died. A rescue hcauqusrtsrs set up by pelics here said a nun, his wife, and three small childr . another man. his wife and two all chil- dren. and A third man wero washed owl! while sheltering from the floods. Superintendent J. D. Macaulay. in charge of the Sydney rescue intelligence centu. said lunday n ht the position is desperately gr in the flooded area. But it was difficult to get full reports as most of the lines in the area were down. A rnssssgo from Murwlllumbsh. on the New Iouth Wales-Queens land border, slid the town was -wrecked when flood victors from the Tweed sum poured in. The was lost . between Ilsoquarls and Mar- csstle, heading for the sou coast of New loath wales-in Liszt , INIIU NC: , in.,n. huge oavevin a e... workings the chlorine-manufac- I lit Oave-in wmnsoa. Ont.. (OP) - The '.inlupg..of earth ed Sunday the 36,000,000 Canadian Industries Limited chem- ical plant and plans went forward to repair the damage where a sud- den settling of the ground Friday left some buildings almost buried and others tilted at crazy angles. Officials of the OIL and of the pdlncent Canadian Salt Company plant Sunday night pondered means of filling the hole, which also swallowed up part of a roll- way spur. Company spokesmen said the sinking has apparently halted. ex- cept in a few places where build- ings have been undermined. Philip F. Morand, works man- agcr for Canadian salt, said the company will be back in full pro- duction today. A new office bulld- ing hastily evacuated Friday when cracks appeared in the walls. will be reoccupled at once, he said. The company flushed salt from the ground by brine pump and sup- (Continued on Page 5 col. ti) Says More Pulpii Thunder Needed TORONTO. (CP)-.The United Church of Canada has loo much preaching nf ille "you-can-msstel'- life" variety. according to one of its most. prominent rlergrmen. Dr. J. R. Mulchmor.. secretary of the board of evangelism and snrinl ..servioe .of ..lhe ..Unii.cd Church has called on ministers to preach more and stronger. ser- mons on sin, denunciation of drunkenness. highway "murders". gambling and sexual promiscuity. "Canada needs badly more pulpit thunder," he said in A re- port prepared for delivery today to the annual meeting 0 his board. "There should be more sermons on God's ludffrmnt. more DI'6ICh- ing on social righteousness." he said. "The United Church and the country it serves needs today more preachers who will fear- lessly attack civic corruption. fl- nnnclsl greed. totalitarian govern- ments, and the irresponsible use of power by manozement, labor and farm federations." find Mail.On freighter Billed HALIFAX. (CP)-The Post Of- fice reported Saturday that 17 bags of, parcel post mail were found to have been rifled when the freighter Clnsdlsn Lender docked here from Kingston, Ja- mslcs. Officials said they believed the pcrtsr of call. Havana and Phila- An unlpeclfled number of par- cels. were opened but it was not disclosed if Anything was stolen Officials said merely that on Queen Opens Parliament Of Tasmania Today HOBART. Themania. (Reuters)- Queen Elizabeth opens the Tea- msnlsn Psrllsrnent here today be- fore returning to the Australian mainland Tuesday for the next stage of her Commonwealth tour Later today she will hold an in. vestituro and attend a citizens' ball at the City Hall. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attended a Sunday morning service in St, Davids Cathedral here and were welcomed by Bishop G. F. Oranswick of Tasmania in his address. The Duke read the lesson of the ser- vice After the ceremony, the royal couple drove to a parade of ex- servicemen and women where the Queen placed a wreath on I war memorial. She wore a while silk dress with green and gray de- signs, A green half-length cost and matching hat. The Duke. replying for the Queen to a speech, told the ex- servlce groups they had helped write" a story of valor and er.- durance which you can look back on as second to none." Cape Renamed For Queen On Saturday. Tasmania wel- comed the royal couple by renam- ing one of the island's landmarks in honor of the Queen. Cape Pillar, which commands the approach to the harbor of tho. Tasmanian capital of Hobart, will henceforth he know as Cape Queen Elizabeth, the state govern- ment. announced as the royal lin- er Gothic cleared the cape on its Arrival. .. Boy ills Father ' an Al Noriltllay NORTH BAY, Ont.. (CPl-Po- lice said a 15-year-old boy shot and killed his father early Sunday during a family quarrel at their home here. The father, Russell Croghan. 40. a Canadian Pacific Railway con- ductor. died wlihin minutes the shooting. Police said Croghan and wife were quarreling when the boy appeared with a .22 calibre the head. They say the boy was apparently trying to protect his mcther. Police have not yet laid charges and the boy has not been taken into custody. News Ifnfbfief UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.. (APT India. is reported preparing to start a move for s cease-fire between the French and Communist-led Iietmlnh forces to end the long war in Indo-China. CYITAWA. (OP! -Legislation to amend the Bank of Canada Act will be introduced in Parliament next week, and it is reported the measure will give the central bank greater powers to control credit- through the chartered banks. VIENTIANE, Indo-China, (CP)- Prench officers voiced confidcnce Sunday that threatening Vietminh Communist rebels will not capture Lusngprabang, royal capital of Laos. LONDON, (AP)-Fresh talk of new British eff rte to speed up French ratiflcat n of the Euro- pean army appeared in sections or the British press Sunday. Ins- islators look for Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to give it hint of the new approach in the foreign affairs debate in the Home of Commons Wednesday. QUEBEC. (CP) - The specialist attending Pts. Raymond Jacques. who survived a L000-foot plunge (mm a plane with I partially- opcnsd psrachute. Mid Satuni.-iv he believes the chances of thr- paratronper walking again are very slim. ' Condition or Archbishop Improved EDBWNTON. (CP)-- Most Rev. John Hugh MacDonald. 73-year- nld Roman Osthoiic arolitishop of Idmonlon. was reported . resting well in hospital ssturdsy and in apparently better condition. The archblshw suffered two strokes. the first Wednesday in his office and tbs second Prldsy in hospital. Moat Rev. Msobonsifi. I. native of Arichat. N, 8.. has been crab- uivnugstion is was conducted. blsbopcfndniontouslnesllu. rifle and shot his father through' lalso of the artillery school in this i the car in the crash Just off Pic- of mi MI PI l Central Sales Policy For Potato Marketing Adoptedl Potato movement in the Prov- ince. which asslunod record pro- portions ever since last October. has sulastan-tislly declined during, the past week. stated Donald A. MacDonald. manager of the P. E. I. Potato Marketing Board, in an- nouncing on Saturday the adop- tion of a central sales policy by the Board. Market levels have been very weak in Central Canada during the past ten days and it may take some time for them to recover. Mr. Mat-Donald states. This weak- ened condltion has been caused by the heavy movement from the Mnritimes and also by the decline in levels in the State of Maine where a very large surplus still exists which will be difficult to market during the balance of the season at any price. For some time producers in the U. S. A. hoped that their Government would take action to remove some surplus supplies in an effort to strengthen their market conditions for the balance of the season. How- ever, a week ago Agriculture Sec- retary Benson definitely stated that any worthwhile marketing assistance would not be available this year. As a result, prices in Maine are now at the lowest level for the last twenty years. Another factor which has be- come very evident during the past (Continued on Page 5 col. 2) Nova Scotia Soldier Killed in Accident PICTON. Ont.. (CPl-Bdr. C.F. Baxter of the Royal Canadian. School -of Artillery here was killed Saturday when the car he was driving skidded on an icy hill and smashed into a telephone pole.' Two passengers in the car suf- fered minor cuts. They were Btirs. L. L. Bye and W. J. Nesbitt, . town'15 miles southeast of Belle- ville. Army officials said the three men were nntives of Nova Scotia. Bdr. Baxter was thrown from ton's main street. By Fraser Wighton LONDON, (Reuters) - A touchy proposal that.membera Of Parlia- ment vote themselves a 50-per-cent boost in pay, plus a pension on' retirement from the House of Com- mom. has stirred up a storm in Parliament, in the press, and in. Britain generally. The recommendation. made last week by an all-party committee of inquiry. would raise mernbers' sal- aries to 21500 s year from lZ1.il00. Pensions would range from i350 to 2500 a year. Many fool I proposal for It amallcr increase would have mall with more sympathy. They point out Ihat Britain is facing wage-increase demands from more than 5,000,000 persons-about I quarter of her toial working population-and predict It further wave of such demands will follow any big increase in M-Ps' salaries. To industrial workers-some of whom are slriklng to press de- mands for increases of less than four shillings more a week-n Eroposccl pay raise of 60 per cent breath-inking. But others argue that the pay raise is not only Justified, but overdue. Thoiv point out that many MP: ar'e left only about one quarter Admits Filming Famous Pumpkin Papers For Spy ALBANY, N Y.. (AP)-A Mos- cow tmphor admitted Saturday 15 years of silence that ho had filmed the "pumpkin papers" that led to the perjury convictions of Alger Hiss. Felix A. Inslerman, now a 44- ycar-old drnfismsn living in Cam- bridge. N. Y.. testified before Son- nior Joseph McCarthy that ho had photographed state department documents for' the Whittaker Chambers Communist ppy ring in 1.037 and 1039 although not A cnrd-carrying Red. . Sitting as I one-man senate in- vestigations sub - committee. Mc- Carthy ended a two day public hearing here called as port of his investigation of alleged Commu- meta at the General Electric. and other defence plush. Insleri-nan 's Salary Boost Starts controversy In Britain P.E.l. Girl Tops 4 Judgin Oometition V 12-year- . cld Fr:-nchlort P E. I. girl was the top girl in the All-Canadian Jun- ior Judging Competition held in Georgina Thompson. connection with the selection of the All-Canadian Holstein, with a score of 144 points out of s. pos- sible L50. She is Vice-President of the Millcove 4-H club and was a member of the group of three that stood first at the Rural Youth Fair at Charlottetown. In her club she was second with her calf and for showmanahip. Fog Horn Ar Saint John Burned SAINT JOHN. N.B.. (0P)- The log horn at the I-south of Saint John harbor was destroyed by I fire of unknown origin Sunday. Transport department officials any new machinery will be in- stalled as soon as possible. Ships have been warned that the horn is not working. or their salary to live on after psy- ing the expenses of their job, Mortgages! Home: More than half of the members in the 625-seat House submitted their family budgets to the com- mittee of inquiry. It was discovered some-whose sole income was iheir parliamentary salaries-had sold or mortgaged their homes and savings. Others had accumulated debts. and still others were so hard up that they had to refuse invita- tions to functions. A number couldl not afford to eat in the House oft Commons dining room. More of the Opposition Labor party MP1! including the large soctlon of trade union members of Parliament, are supporting the higher salary plan. They appar- ently ihink their own trade union supporters will agree with it as confon-ning to one of their own cardinal rules--"the rats for the; Job." 1 Opponents of the pension plan claim it will threaten parliamen- tary tradition by encouraging ca- recrists to enter the House of Com- mons and cling to their seats for the sake of a pension. long after- ihcir usefulness to the country has, ended. ' Once worked for GE ls an elec- trical engineer on a guided misslc project. He said he had photographed documr-nts from "some time in ;li'lfP 193'!" in "the late spring or summer of IND". Chambers, in confessed ex-colxb ir-r for the Red underground. led FBI men in ma to a hollow pumpkin on his farm in Westmlnis- tor, Md. and produced micro- filmed copies of 4'! state depart- nn-ni. documents. The "pumpkin 'napero" were the main prosecution evidence in I-Iiss' two trials on charges of perjury. Hiss. a former state department official. "was ccnvinhd of perjury in denying that he gave documents in chambers. He is serving two- ronsccutive five year terms at The Guardian. Ifvo Cools Morning Dally founded III1. William G-a-udei Picked Up At Baffin lshnd GOOSE BAY. Labrador, (CP)- The RCA! search and rescue crew here fought strong head- winris and icing conditions during week-end on three mercy missions to remote northern communities, the air force reported Sunday night. The first call for help reached the crew Friday from Baffin Is- land. where a 13-year-old Eskimo boy was critically ill with a. bowel ailment. A communications black- out impmed in connection with ex- ercise Loup Garou ,the joint army RCA!" war games. delayed the message for two days, however. and the boy was dead when the rescue plane arrived st the tiny community some 800 miles north of here. The crew, headed by Flt.-Lt. Bob Turtle of North Battleford. Sask.. had Just returned to its base when a second call came from Baffin Island that a man was suf- fering from s case of appendicitis and had to be flown to hospital. The men fought severe head winds and picked up William Gaudet. 32. of Charlottetown. He was resting comfortably in hospital Sunday. Sunday momlng, the mercy fly- ers were called on to go to the rescue of a transport department worker suffering from a kidney ailment on Resolution island. on the eastern end of Hudson strait. They were expected back with the patient Sunday night. TARGET REACEED IIDMONTON. (OP)-The Oom- dian Red Cross otxmnillxnent to supply 50.000 bottles ofblood to the federal, government by March 31 will be exceeded. L. G. Milk of 'roronto. chairman of the no.- tional executive committee of ti!) peel czou..as.ia Iiridoy. no blood will be used for the numufaotuns of .gs.uuno globulin. anbnu,-polio agent. 1'iiEOM:f TIME. some curs use THEIR HEAD3 IS WHEN GET A HALR cur Dawson .. Vancouver 42 51 Victoria 44 48 Edmonton 22 3! Calgary 22 so i Regina . id 10 Winnipeg 10 26 Tomnto 43 4'! Ottawa 3'! 41 Montreal . 38 45 Quebec 28 ... Saint John 25 45 Monclon . . 28 .50 I-lnlliax . 31 .50 Charlottotoil 29 - Sydney , 29 47 Yarmnuth -P 49 St. John's . 10 42 HALIFAX, (OP)-The Dominion public weather office here says temperatures continue to range I from T5 to 30 degrees above nor- mal for February. Much colder air is spreading info Ontario but will have little effect on the Mari- iimes before Tuesday. The bond of showers proceeding the advance of the colder air will spread very slowly eastward across the dis- trict Monday. Rnglonsl forecasts: Princes Edward Island: Cloudy showers beginning about noon: south winds ls; low-high oi Ulnar- lelieunvn II and 45. New Bmnswlclr: Cloudy Iith showers. cxtrermlv mild: south rrlnds If low-high at Mansion and Fredericton 35 and 50. Saint ”John H and L5. Edmundston and Osmpbellion M and no. he of Fimdyt South winds Ml: wldcv scattered showers: visibil- ity in min; lowering occasionally in showers in three miles and in fm patch! in one-half mile; very mid. High tide lode! at Obu-lottetown at 1.30 s. m. and 1.: p, m. Summersid tide eighteen min- utes later than Charlottetown. the federal penltentury in Invis- burg. P5 A sun rises today at 1.0! A. ns. and sets at 3.50 p. In, .4