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MONTREAL (CPI - An elderly couple were shot to death Satur- day in their two-storey home at suburban Lachirie. and police said they are holding the couple's 30- year-old St.-'I'IH'l8W' for questioning

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cinnwrrmown. csivim ""TTTonns , MAY 9, ma - Anniversary Of War's End

' Veterans Parade On

RIISSIANS THREAT DAY GELEBRATED

LONDON, (AP)-The Western allies celebrated the 10th anniversary of the victory over Germany Sunday with the paradox of embracing their old enemy as a new ally.

Manslaughter Conviction In Halifax Death

HALIFAX (CP)aAubrey Flint, 24-year-old Negro laborer, was con- victed Saturday of a reduced charge of manslaughter arising from the Sept. 2 stabbing of James Nicholson of Halifax.

The now sovereign West Germany will formally be taken into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to- day. The Western German people, however. remembered the Nazi surrender in silence. No public cermonies were held . .

"This is no day for noisy dem- onstrations." said the Neue Ruhr

for this morning. but inspector Churron said it will probably be adjourned until Thursday or Fri- day after identification of the vic- tims. to allow police to complete their investigation.

. . jg sllal Georgi K. Zhukov. whose troops captured the

Nazi capital, in the spcciacuiar shooting.

, zeiiun ' . . ' in.Q.uebec province. no charge

mEIIl'('feId i;,l'lf!:ltC9ofl-'ualrJE'3Afrl;:: The gnussians demipd hundreds said the Paris agrccments threat-i iuiiii-"ii ii,,-V. 77i was ,.ii.,i is laid in homicide cases until after

vme um” Tutesday (or sentencing of words ii, denumiaiions oi the en the German people with a newiihriiiigh the heart as he stood in a verdict has been handed down

.I.he'Verdm W” returned 75 mm: Paris ggreernents wiie,-giiy west. 'J3lHSlf0Pli9- thc doorway of his home. His 62- by Coroners-court. .

mes aim. we jury had "and. retro Germany Joins NATO. speak ”The Paris pzicls," staid ilic.'i.Vezii'-oiri wife was iniiiiii mnrlaIly- L3I”"d9- I”-5 Will? 3M iii?” Child Flint was charged with murder in in Mosciwv Marshai ivan Kn, Sm-iei iieieiicc minist(!r' ”b10(-kih9'W()lill(I9(l in the hall. She died iniliiid I19?" .1li"il; will til? Roy

an" N,-Choimnu body W” found nev said: way to a peaceful reunification of 3" Bmbulailce en route I0 hiispllal-imuplg Mil Lallmfle W33 the

daughter of Mrs. Roy by . pm.

vious marriage to a man named

Pnrtciancc. inspector Charron

Germany and create the seriousi inspector Lambcri C h a r ro ll. danger of a new war." 'head of the Lachine detective of-

iii Reimih pmiicei pi-enci, amiifirc. said Iiciivi Lalnniic. the other Western officials attended a vvuiiler diniinutive son-in-law. is

"It is to be regretted that in years after the end of the war Germany still remains partitioned and has no peace treaty.

in a north and yard here Sept. 3. Testimony in the case was com- pleted Friday. The crown'a chief

witness. Wennlson Byers. told the Said ” Q-"a"”'I

. i i i V ,i i ii ii . . . -A dihad erllliled Fi'i(lay night in the

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iioiding I knife gnd gxgmining 3 'The Paris al,'l'eEfIlClllS. provid-iGermany's Slll'I'Plldef. Pierre Ui”'"'”- l e" Emg pal 3 the I"'aIOnd”'

watch. ing for the revival of a rev He said Nicholson was standing nearby with his hands above his

head and his pockets turned inside out.

IHEARD siior

Of l.l1e slaying itself. Inspector s Charmin gave this account:

A man entered the Roy house- - hold about 1 pm. Saturday by the back- door. probably while Mrs. V Roy was in the kitchen and Mr. ' Roy was at the front door talk- , in: to the mllkman. Gerard

anchisti Schneiter, president of the French German Army. are aimed at a'Nailonal Assembly. unveiled a further arms race and prepara- plate on the little house where i tions of war against the Soviet President EISCnll0Wt'F.lIVe(I for a Union and the countries of peoples time when commander in chief of . democracy..." the Allied armies. -lt says in '

In Communist East Berlin, Mar? icontinued on Page 2 col. 6i

An inquest ias been scheduled wgggng ...,jg.

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Headed by the RIEDCE Band etrana yesterday are seen as tli ded t ch kl th If ' - . ' L”"'”"" nary of VE Day. Services were held at St. Dunstanls Basilica am gig: Preellytelllan .Ig:;'.te..r:ls Fllll1'fl"ll:;nl'). gf:;1,i:BfT?;ERwf'K:,',:; (iii; Schola rsh I ps Awa rded . ii,f';ffeV,'i' wizzfi ffliierfdy ,';'ifjfif

air combat veteran who turned dc- serler. pleaded guilty Saturday to second-degree murder to the kill- ing of a Lake Placid policeman and was sentenced to 20 years to

He turned around to see Mr. Roy fall to the balcony. A second later he heard a second shot.

Inspector Charron then said a man came out onto the balcony

At Closing Performances

The Musical Festival for 195.6 I now over but the audiences who attended the

Hamburger In England

they were appearing as guests at the Sunimersidc concert.

While colors (left) and Pregldent Frank Legion salute memory of falle the background.

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C oming Events

"Vari Monday. May otli.

"Dance Vernon River Hall.

Tuesday. May 10.

"See West. Covohcad Y. A. Play: It Afton Hall. Tuesday. 9.30. Rice Point W. 1. Specialties.

"(Taponiza at I to 5 weeks for easier flock management. Eric MacPliall. New Haven.

"Regular Saturday night. dance. Peter: Hall. Messar's Orch- . .

"Unloading car oats Monday Afternoon and Tuesday. May ml: and 10th. Wlltshiro Dairying Co.

"Opening Dance. Fortune Hall. Tue-day. May 10th. McEwcn'l Orchestra.

"The Merry Minstrels of (mar- Iftiviiiwn. in North Rustico to- nlllll R315.

Cir

"Conservative Headquarters are sled on Queen Street. next to Fenncll & Chandler. Dial 9717.

"A meeting of the Brookficld '4"-eiery Committee will be held it Brookflcld Church on Wednes- illv evening. May lltli.

"Kinkora Players will present allifetj act comedy drama in St. ueutirps Hall. Wednesday. May

"See Covabead Road Variety g:""Pt ii pa. covalioad uhmmuilly Hill. Monday. May

"1-elion Zone Meeting at Ionrls

odnesday. Ila: ltli. at I L:i- All members invited to at-

"o ' West Wihastra. 5 I2 I),

'i run - Rollianwtllltvmonsiai canton Iarvlca. 0.!)

.;V;,.rieb canon-iisy St. ram-'-

A. lnwllt. Itowart Memor-

dipped and the Last Post t the Cenotaph yesterday mo

n comrades. Legion membe Barter's Film Lab.

Large Turnout Of Veterans

ety Concert Trairadie Hall. Curtain 8.30.

May 10th.

sounded Pas of the Charlottetown Branch. Canadian

Rush (right)

Charlottetown veterans church parade.

at 10:30, pausing at tiiagcanotsph where a wreath was laid by past

William Cliaisson sounded the Last Post.

The Prcggsiant party proceeded to Zion resbytarlan C h u r c ii where they were welcomed by the Minister. Rev. Harold Brown. who sermon for the occasion was preached b lain, Rev. . C. Evans. The Ro- man Catholic party attended Mass

Mass was celebrated by Rev. Dr. R. G. Ellsworth of St. Dunstan's University. The sermon was de- llvci-ed by the Legion Roman Catholic Chaplain. Rev. W. J. En- riglit, CSSR.

"it is a good thing for nations and individuals to have days of

rning after the is of the churdi

t President Stanley Bryant

laying of a wreath in parade can be seen in

promptly blew into plugging the narrow entrance and halting shipping.

LONDON (AP)-The hamburg- er was officially introduced to the British palate Sunday in the high class company of French champagne.

One of Europe's biggest res- taurant chains opened a plush hamburger house in the heart of London. midway between Pic- cadilly Circus and Leicester quare.

"Actually." said Guy Preston. spokesman for the chain. "Actu- ally, you know. hamburgers were served here during the war to American troops. but this. old boy. is really the first time that a big British firm has dedicated itself to the American art of cooking hamburgers."

Drift Ice Block Port of St. John's

ST. JOHN'S Nfld. (CPI -Ice

was cleared from Conception bay Saturday on Newfoundland's

southeast coast but an east wind this port

The big belt stretches solidly

across the harbor entrance and the port itself is nearly full of drifting flocs.

The icchreakcr Saurel was still

life in prison.

That was the minimum sentence on the reduced charge.

Call had been indicated on I charge of first-degree murder. which carries the death penalty.

major shot Patrolman Richard E. Pelkey. 32, when surprised in an

old last Aug. 5.

N. B. Mon Killed Under -Pulp Wood

DALHOUSIE. N.B. (CF)-Raoul Chart.-st. 47. of St. Quentin. was

of pulpwood collapsed on in bani-

branch 50 miles southwest of Dal- housie.

Clement Cola. also of St. Quen- tin. cscnped. The men had been

pulpwood. testing logs before a river drive. Cote jumped clear when the pile collapsed but Char- est. a foreman for the New Bruns- wick international Paper Com- pany. was carried down among the logs. Workman found his body a half hour later.

Rev. C. A. Iril-tan To Receive Degree

The 29-year-old former air force

unoccupied cabin near Lake Pla-

killed Saturday when a huge pile of the Upsalquitch rivei-is southeastonicd artists. .appearnd..-mi deliuht

standing on about 1.000 cords of

On 10th VE-Day Anniversary

turned out in good nl.llI1b6a yesterday for the V-E Day 10th annual Led by Legion president Frank Rush the pared; moved off from the Legion Home

president Stanley Bryant. Buglat

onducted the service. The the Protestant Chap-

at St. Dunstan's Basilica where

remanbrance to call to mind for-

mer days when some crisis ap- psared and we had to gird our- selves to meet it," said Mr. Evans. "These days of remem- brance serve to renew. the spirit with which we faced that crisis."

"We owe a debt to Almighty God and the Allied nations that can only be paid in increased de- votions to those ideals which we tried to keep before our own peo- ple in those momentous days. Life was a serious thing and men and women accepted its respon- sibility.” continued the preacher. "During the war, the ,.unprece- dented happened-idealism proved stronger than prejudice. Yes. we were idenllats and we lived up to our ideals: we said in effect. twhat matter: who die. if the world be made safe for people to live in." "

Rev. Mr. Evans emphasized the fact that no nation or individual can rise to great heights without being true to ideals. "If we put personal gain before idealism we have lost the spirit of self sacri- (Continuad on Page 13 col. tit

SYDNEY. N. 5.. (CPI-A cava- hi on the approach to the Little Bras d'0r bridge. about 8) miles from here. Sunday stranded IN cars on the trans-Canada highway winding through northeast Cape Breton

R. W. Mccolougli. deputy min- ister of highways. said the col-

”Danca to Dan Mauer and his Islanders at Charlottetown Forum Wednesday, May tlth. Dancing Ii!) till 11:3). Entertainment 11.00 o'clock. Aclnlulaa we

"Coveliead Poll. A meeting of all Conservative electors of Cove- liead Poll will be held at Frank Hl.IJheI' homo. Wednesday at In). candidate: to react.

Bridge Approach Strands 100 Cars On C..B. Highway

lapse of N feel of pavement re- sulted from "failure of an abut- ment which went into the water." Mr. lfccolwlb said highway and equipment were on route to the scene but he did not how when repairs would be corn- Dlotod. The road "might be apes or

ships. into the island piers.

spread out across some sections of eastern Saskatchewan Sunday ll they teamed down the giant catch imiiii of the Qu'Appclle river val- ley towards the Manitoba border.

which struck the province six days ago, the flood waters pniited IMO the mo-mile-long valley and surfed eastward.

ing steadily in some eastern Sas- katchewan communitie8. but in the west the level was fallinll Quickly.

at the small farm town of Tantal- lon. I26 air miles east of Regina

on the QulAppclle rlvcr. Kipling. 90 miles southeast of Ra-

TIIOW UP DIKES

were working in Tantallon to throw up alias as the water rou.

flood, water rising at the rate of Sunday allei-noon it had risen six inches above the

ofthvalll! lam.

IAIIII IOLATID bdtuhta h a 30

at Bell island Sunday where she went last week to guide are It was not known if she would re-

open thc harbor here.

Most ports along the province's

northeast coast are free of the Arctic ice drift that paralyzed shipping for some five weeks. Al- though still in the area, the ice has moved from shore placcs.

in most

Several fraighters are tied up

and officials said it was unlike- ly they could break free until conditions

improved. It is the ocond time in two weeks that ice

has closed off this land-locked port.

A brisk north wind cleared the

harbor two weeks IEO 8"" ii was clogged for about 25 hours.

Flood Waters Rising In Eastern Sask. Rivers

mi;(;iNA, (CPI .- Flood waters

Aftermath of a disastrous storm

Water levels were reported ris-

Famllies were being evacuated

and at

WOLFVILLE. N. S. (C?) -- Finance Minister Walter Harris

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”Stars of the. Festival" s - ternoon and evening will not for- get it for some time. .-Nor uiii the many performers. all win- ners in their classes.

The young winners were Ica- tured in the afternoon while the older entrants held sway at night. There was variety galore and the audience applauded the Queen Charlotte High School Band. Alan MacKenzie's Clarinet solo. Sandra Kennedy's Sword Dance and the Charlottetown Chorale under the leadership of Mr. Stanley Lan- caster. Mr. Neil Maiheson's sang in Gaelic accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Harold Carver. Hazelbrook. Many unpi'ograni-

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the audience and Dr. L. W. Shaw did an excellent Job in the evening of keeping the program- me moving as did Dr. G. D. Steel in the afternoon.

Highlights of the evening was

the presentation of two shields to two groups and the various scholarships. Mrs. Wiiliani lilassry I)l'PSE.'lllEd the i.0.D.E. Shield to Queen Char- lotte High School for the highest aggregate marks achieved by an urban school, grades 7-10. The High School made an average of 84 27 marks. Captain of the High School Band Wallace Plalts received the shield on behalf of I school.

Senior Piano. Herbert Crockett. ; Special schol- arship for Piano. Wallace Platts, Charlottetown. 525; Senior Vocal, Maids Rogerson. Charlottetown, 550: Special Scholarship for Folk Song. Shirley MacDonald. New Dominion, 550: Senior Violin. Ro- bert Murray, Montague. 350. Wind instrument. Alan MacKenzie. Charlottetown. 350.

in the intermediate classes scholarships were also presented. Hester MacPhee, Summerlide and Marina Kays. Charlottetown rc- celved scholarships of 325 apiece. Intermediate Vocal. Patricia Laightizer. Charlottetown. 825: Intermediate Violin. Gary Chip- (Continued on Page 2 col. 6)

Fine Job As Liner Sails Wifhoul Tugs

I.iVERPO()l.. England (CF) The 26,000-ton lincr Empress of Scotland, flagship of the Canadian Pacific fleet. sailed unaided through the tricky Mersey locks Saturday night to heat a local tugmcn's strike which had delayed her sailing for Montreal for 24 hours.

Dockside officials said ”it was one of the finest places of navigation in the history of

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and began threatening a fast-gath- ering crowd to stay away.

Two men. Joseph Cote Leopold Legros of Lachine. went Into the house by the back way and came up behind the man. They grappled with him and all three rolled down a short flight of stairs onto the tiny lawn fronting the house.

SUBDUE MAN

Two constables arrived ta pollca car and helped subdue the man. The constables then entered the house and found Mrs. Roy lying on the floor. bleeding from the chest. Her husband had been shot through the he art and died instantly. Inspector Charroii said the mur- der weapon. described as a .30-so rifle. had been bought only that I'agrning from a Lachlna hardware re. .

will address graduates of Acadia University at the May 11 convoca- tion here presidenl Watson Kirk- connell announced Sunday.

Mr. Harris will also receive a doctorate of civil law. one of six honorary degrees to be awarded during the ceremonies.

Doctor of divinity degrees will be conferred on Rev. Harry K. Grimmer of Halifax and Rev Charles A. Britten of Central Bedeque. P.E.l. I

Mrs. Grace McLeod Rogers of Ottawa will receive a doctorate of letters.

Doctoraies of science will be conferred upon Dr. Harold McColl Banncrman of Waahinillolli 0- C- and Dr. Raymond Crandall Par- ker cf Toronto.

ting off farm homes.

.l. 0. Probel. Saskatchewan civil defence co-ordlnator, reported Sun- day that there has been I modal evacuation of families in Kipling. He said the main problem in the district in isolation of farmers.

Mr. Probe said no "material" flood crest has been noticed yet on the Qu'Appelle. a tributary of the lengthy lulniboinc river which drains off into n n Manitoba.

Manitoba officials were working to build up dtku along the AuinI- bolno as water moved from the west. The river flooded Brandon earlier this spring and was throat- anlng again.

Civil defence crews want into ac- tion Friday after the Saskatche-

ggrt 35 miles south of tho

'Appelle river.

Provincial civil defence crews

The river was reported in full

bout a hnlf-inch an hour. By

communities oanggl ddl

loavynlnsnsaturahdlvlld

uturoasllattaarlssaatca

wan cabinet in an order-in-tour cil declared the Qu'Appolle vallq a disaster area. a move made to glvs civil defence and municipal

Festival Finalist

Finalist Earl Dixon Foster look! pleased as punch as he should. In the 9-year-ol class he re- ceived 34 marks. placing first at the Musical Festival last week. He sang in a pleasing lltllo voice. "A: I was Going To Mar- A great deal was learned about music during the Festival hi" entrants and audienrcs from the adjiidicntnrs. in singing on- unriation is important. not vol- ume.

The Hyndman Company Shield for urban schools. grades 1-6 was presented to West Kent sclinol with an avai-ago of 85 by Mr. J. 0. Hyndman. This was the second shield won by the school during this festival having been presented Friday evening with the Gyro Shield for having the high- est average of all schools enter- ed in the Festival. Scholarships were won by thei following Festival winners. Not

all of them were present to re-

ceive their award! in person asl

Liverpool docks."

Capt. Tom Leicester. mas- ter. and Mersey pilot Bill Wil- liams walled all day for the right moment to nose the big ship out of her berth and into the open river without the usual armada of tugs.

One pull of wind. one big wave and the gleaming lincr would have been piled up ngaiist the lock gates. Mersey tiigmcn have been on strike since Thursday to back lp wage demands,

Barter'I Film Lab.

Tops In Class, Sin

No. It's n t n Tooth-Panto Ad. these young cha

g In Concert -

are from Holy Redeemer Cub Pack ll. they're jut h about having nlahed olnlglag for the large audience of parents and friends at a uslcal Feotlv al program at . .C. Saturday afternoon. Highest In their class. th 've a right to be proud. Their singing was adjuiked, "Excellent" at Musical astlval. From right to left they are: Andrew Ar-senault, Hugh MacDonald. John Sullivan, Torrlny Mndflllan, Hlxhes. Daniel Albert. Frank Stull. Paul Taylor, Peter Sidfoon. Second row: Ian Connolly. Paul Con-

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holly. Giestor Gillan, Donnls lianahaid. Iklppy laham. Vernon Morgan. Jimmy In-nus.

Darts:-'a Hill Lab.

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