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Covers” Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1953

ANTI-RED PRISONERS REFUSE TO ATTEND EXPLANATIONS

Report: B800,000 Loss In Richelieu Park Fire Rock Bauiae

Ne.Middle Grade New lnl

Seed ljetato ljegulations

O'I'I'AWA. Oct. 14 (Special) Quality of Canada's potatoes and particularly of its seed potatoes has been improving steadily for the past 15 years.

Evidence of this improvement is found this week in the Federal Government's "Statutory orders and regulations" applied to seed potatoes. Instead of the former three grades of potato seed, auth- orities have eliminated the middle grade as no longer necessary. Henceforward. Canada's seed pota- toes will be graded simply as "Foun- dation" and "Certified".

A top specialist of the Depart- ment of Agriculture said this morning that owing to improve- ment of potato quality, there will now be ample stocks of "Founda- tion" to meet Canadian plantings both for 1954 and for the fore- seeable future.

High-grade potato seed makes for high-grade crops, the depart-

Coming Events

"Iona Chicken Supper. Thurs- day. October 22nd.

"Dance in Vernon Hall. Thurs- day, October -lfith.

”Kinkors. Kali-Chicken Sup- per. Tuesday. October 27th. "Dance. Little safnds Hall,

Thursday night. Good music.

"Dance. Caledonia Hall. Friday evening. October lath.

"'Da)s?pl..i'g, Afillview hall every Friday. -

"To get the most value out of your grain have it ground and mixed at E. J. MecDougali's Vernon.

"Hunter River Starch Factory will open for the season Thursday. October 15th. ,

chicken

"Hot supper. bingo and dance. Corran Ban Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 11.

"Come to the masquerade

dance at Stanley Bridge rink hall, Tuesday, October 20th.

"Chicken supper. games etc., Tracadie Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 4th.

"Show, Morell Hall. Friday and Saturday, tlxansas Pacino". Don't miss it.

"Weekly dance Winaloe Station hall Thursday, Oct. 15. Doiron Bros. orchestra.

"Chicken Supper and Dance,

Johnston's River school. Thursday,

October 15th. Supper 6 to 0.

"Hay Grower made with Master Concentrate 365.00 a ton at Mill.

Arthur Campbell. French River.

"Dance in Belle River Hall. Pri- dsy, October lath. Proceeds in aid

of Rink.

"Meeting Long River hall Fri- day. Oct. 16, 8 o'clock to organize Glee Club. All interested invited.

"Hot supper served 5.80 to 9.30. St. Teresa's Hall, Monday. October mh. Games. Dance. Burke's orch-

estra,

' tAnnual Bazaar. Georgetown. fist.

High Tea. Bingo. Dance. st. James Church. Wednesday, October

mental spokesman explained. With first-class potato seed, crops will not only be of higher quality but as much as three times larger per acre than would be yielded by seed that is not disease-free.

Potato growers” groups across the country have been advised on the Government's revision of po-

in agreement that the new regula- tions will be of benefit to the in- dustry in general.

Ciiy Boy loses Eye In Accident '

Billy Collier. 14-year-old son nf Mrs. Grace Collier. Queen street, received his left eye which will necessitate the removal of the optic at the P. E. Island Hospital today. It is re- ported that while playing with a chum in a nearby basement. the boys attempted to fire a. double barreilod shot gun. The barrel of the weapon exploded with the re- sult that a piece of steel almost an inchilong was lodged in younfl Collier-is eye. Billy is is grade nine student in West Kent School.

The residents of Southport and etn1VlHIdl!iT"IIels decided

call a plebicite under the Village Incorporation Act the wishes of all concerned for .or against incorporation. The meeting took place in the main class-mom of the Inew Southport school with approximately 60 in attendance.' The proposed area of incorpora- tion is from a point on the shore of the Hiilsboro River Where the Mason road meets the Watur. in A straight line to a point on the shore 250 feet east of the end of the Kinlock road, embracing all the land (rem there west to the mouth of Charlottetown harbor. Hon. Eugene Cullen. Minister of Industry and Natural Resources within whose jurisdiction the Vill- age Incorporation Act. becomes ef- fective. addressed the meeting briefly outlining the routine to be followed in seeking incorporation The Minister made it clear that he was completely neutral in the matter and was only concerned in carrying out the wishes of the

meeting if the decision to go a- head with incorporation was reached. '

Mr. Claude Smith. supervisor of town and village planing enumer- ated the benefits to be derived from incorporation in the event of the same being obtained. They included fire protection. beautifi- cation of the area. electric lights

etc.. alway. within the confines of any decision reached by the people in me area at an annual

meeting each iFei1i-uary. He also referred to the annual grant by the Government on a. per capita basis to assist the villages in carrying out objectives designed to make the area more desirable in which to live. '

Acommittee consisting of Mc5Sl'S. Earle” Reardon. Clmrics Seven!”- and Dr. J. P. Lanlz was appointed to circulate a petition through- out the area described requesting

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25 Horse? Are Burned. 200 Oihers Siempeded

By W. R. WI-iEA'I'Ll!.'Y Canadian Press Staff Writer

MONTREAL, (GP) -Fire early Wednesday swept through five barns at Richelieu Park. killing stampeding 200 others and causing loss estimated as high as 9800.000.

Except for the damaged club- house and stables left intact at the far end of the lialf-mile track, the entire -harness-racing plant was wiped out.

The fire started in one of the five stables grouped close behind the grandstand. It raced through stall after stall as owners. train- ers and stable-men worked des- perately to free their horsns. and then levelled the grandstand. In it were housed a restaurant, the mut- url booths and totalizators,

Cause Unknown

Early Wednesday night the cause of the fire had not been definitely determined. There were reports it may have started from overloaded electric circuits because of heaters kept in the stables.

some of'the fire-crazed horses ran wildly about with blankets and tails ablaze. A few were picked up several hours later six miles or more from the track. One horse.

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Southport Residents Ask Vote On Incorporation

Blelgiaii.AirlinerPP Crashesd-1 Dead

FRANKFURT. Germany. (AP)- A twin-engined Belgian airliner crashed Wednesday shortly after taking off from Rhein-Main air- port near here. killing all 44 per- sons aboard. i

Among the victims were I former Austrian diplomat. Sir George Franckenstcln, 74. and his wife, Lady Franckenstein. Franck- enstein, Austriais last minist r to London before the Second orld War. was secretary of the old Austro - Hungarian lcgation in Washington before the First World War. He became .s British subject in 1938.

Yugoslavia it-ejects Soviet Interference

LONDON. (AP) Yugoslavia said Wednesday night it rejects any Soviet "interference" in the explosive Trieste question.

Belgrade radio, broadcasting an article by Yugoslav vice-president Mos Pijade in the official organ Politika, saidf

"The Soviet union today cares no more about the protection of Yu- g0slal'ln's interest than it did on

the occasion of the conflict in March. 10-48." novels sass LONDON, (Reuters) - Heavy,

wind-driven rain and mountainous seas during the'last two days have sent British coastal shlppl-nil scu'ri'ying for cover. About 300 vessels of the English herring fleet in the North Sea were forced in. More than is dozen northbound merchant vessels took shelter off

"Reserve Thursday. October 22nd at e P. H. for the Shur- con- cert in Travellers Rest Ha . spon- sored by the wbman'a Institute.

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"owing to the drop in grain our Drices have been greatly reduced on glhur-Gain Feeds. E. J. Maobougsli.

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"Annual Chicken supper and GIIOROETVOWN. British Guiana,

. Mary's nan. soul-is. (Reuters) --strong police patrols 21 and ma. Bingo. cards stood ready Wednesday nis'hi- to and other attractive games. Meals prevent another outbreak of fire from s to lo p.in. on big sugar plantations Just A-

"Farmers ask about the shun Gsin-Feed Finance Plan. For an ticulars contact your local sad mill Tanners who break records use Qhlihdsin.

"Buying daily, live and dressed chicken. fowl and old routers, pay- ins highest inlrket prices. Delivered

00 Beuri i hit.” 'Iu ant. supplied

"lhur-Gain Cavalcade in Stella Maris nail, Nomi nusuco, Mon- dlr. Nov. 2 at I p.m. S nsored .5? Hayfield Woman's nstltute. Contestants lend entries to the secretary. Leta Andrew before 900- Utii.

cross the Demaurs river. where ar- aonists burned 40 acres of sugar cane. Tuesday night.

Striking sugar workers are be- lieved to have started the fire.

More police went to other of the colony's 14 major plantations to assure workers they will not be molested if they isnorl the scum! strike appeal issued by the left-

ist People's Progressive Party. The rPP'P, ousted from control

of the colony's administ.rat.ion.by Britain last. week on chorus of planning. to establish a commissi- ist state, called the strike in re- taliaiion.

This is the third day of the

strike and all but one of the su-

Great Yarmouth,

Police Patrols Guard Big Sugar Plantations .

gar plantations have been either forced to shut down or to reduce production drastically. About 7.- 000 of the colony's estimated 35.- 000 plantation workers have quit work.

Workers in all public service. shipping. employees and dockwork- ers were formally prohibited from joining the strike y a, decree issued Tuuday by a loveruor. sir Alfred Savage.

Police examined Wednesday doc- uments seisod in wide-qaread raids on the homes and headquarters of PP? members. including that of the deposed premier. cheddi .la- gan. The raiders said the docu- ments indicate the PPP is affilia- ted with several Communist in- ternational groups.

In London Wednesday, a govern- ment report said that the situa- tion in British Guiana will be de- bated by the House of Commons on Thursday of next week.

lMaritime Coal lFederziLGovii

By DAL W N

Canadian Press Staff Writer TRURO. (OP)-Maritime miners blamed. the fediaral government Wednesday for the present plight of the coal industry.

Once again a United Mine Work-

ers (COL) ddstrict convention urged Ottawa to adopt a national fuel policy. They said only a na- tional plan would aseure a per- manent market for Canadian coal and decent living standards for Canadian miners. Freeman J-enkins, Distniict as president, said the government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Carroll coal invest- igation but failed to implement "a sound, solid coal policy."

Neglect Charged

"The federal government through neglect or failure to understand, is responsible for present diffic- ulties in the industry." he said. Vice-president Stephen Dolhanty said. Canada. last year produced only 16,000,000 tons of coal. Ont- ario alone used 18,000,000 tons. Of Nova Sootia's 5.000.000-ton out-, put only an experimental 75 tons went to Ontario.

U. S. Competition

Dolhanty said even with present federal freight assistance of 53 a ton Nova Scotia. coal is under.-.cid by U.S. coal in central Canada.

"If we don't get protection we can't keep that market," he said. Leo Cormier of Newl Waterford said .Cisrie Gillis, OCKF member of. "rm-'inin'1ei-it ”for;Ga.pe Breton south. is "the.only-man in Ottawa who'll do anything for the miners." Even the Parliament buildings were heated with U.S. oal.

The convention, representing 12.- 000 miners in Nova. Spoils and New Brunswick. earlier passed resolutions urging Ottawa to in- augurate a national health plan and extend unemployment insur- ance benefits. '

Miners Blame For Troubles

Awarded Decoration

made last

Announcencent was night of the award to Major F. S.

Jenkins (above) of the Efficiency Decoration in recognition of his twenty year's accredited service in the Army. 5

Major Jenknis is the Second-, in-Command of the 5th Signalsl Regiment, a unit with which he, has been associated since 1937. A! native of Mt. Herbert, he attend- ed Pririce of Wales College and later taught school at Mt. Herbert. and Alexandra until the start of' the last war. l

He received his coiiimis.-inii as

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NEW YORK. (AP)-Conrad N. Hilton, president of the Hilton Corp., announced the sale wed-I nesday of the fasliionable Holvli

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Plnza for sl5.000.000 to a corpora-l tioii headed by A. M. Sonnabend. Boston hotel man.

New Speaker Of commons

OTTAWA, (CP) - The ment will nominate L. Beaudoin. 41. as speaker Commons 'for the next four years following the opening of Parlia- ment Nov. l2. Prime Minister st. Laurent announced Wednesday af- ter a cabinet meeting.

The prime minister also told rc- porters that William Robinson, 48. chairman of House committees for the last few years, will be nom- inated as deputy speaker.

The French-speaking Mr. Beau- dcin. deputy speaker in the last Darilament and Liberal member for Vaudreuil-Soulanges. will re- plnce Ross Macdonald. 62, of Brantfcrd, Ont, appointed to the Senate early last summer.

Good Roads Association. . Convention Opens

VIC7TORIA. (CF)-A man-made deluge of automobiles pouring from 9-ssembly lines has far outci-ist- ahead the building of roads to ac- commodate them. E. s. Spencer. minister of public works for New- foundland. said Wednesday. He mode the statement in his pres- idential report to the 24th annual convention of the Canadian Good Ronda Association. More than 800 delegates are registered for the convention, first to be held in Vie- toria in 31 years.

"Man has been making automot- ivs vehicles at a tremendous mic. transforming our society, revolu- tionlsing the marketing of merch- andise. changing our travel hab- its." Mr. Spencer said.

"But we have overlooked or ac- ceptod our inability to build the road we need for these machines."

The developing crisis of roads and streets is one of the highest ranking problems of municipal and provincial governments, he said, and it is the federal government's problem, too, because it affects the national interest.

"Registration of motor vehicles in oanada reached a high of 3,- 100,000 at the and of the . and will be close to 3,500,001?" the and of the coming year. tilt. , sn- eer added, "The congestion will increase. and We will fall farther behind in the race with the as-

govern- Rene of the

aembly lino."

Of House Appointed

Senator Macdonald is expected to become the new government leader in the upper chamber.

Further Appointments

Mr. St. Laurent said the cabinet-l has decided on reoommendationsl for the government leadership and l the speakership in the Senate but added he could not announce them until the recommendations had been approved by Governor-Gem eral Massey. He said announce- ments are expected before noon

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Greets Arrival Of Communists

PANMUNJOM. (AP) - Chinese anti-Communist prisoners refused this morning to attend ”expiana- tlons" at which the Reds hoped to coax them into returning to their Communist hocneirand, an authori- tative snurce said.

The prisoners were moved into 250-man compounds but refused to leave them for tent booths where the Communists "explainers" were

waiting to interview them, the source said. Geri. K. S. Thimayya. Indian

chairman of the neutral nations repatriation commision, addres- sed the prisoners after their re- fusel to move.

Even the Communists d-id not anticipate smooth sailing when the touchy job of interviewing 14,500 Chinese and 7,800 North Koreans began at 8 am. is p.m. EST Wed- nesday.)

Peiping radio, in a broadcast heard in Tokyo, predicted "the ex- planation work will not be a calm and smooth process."

Charge Sabotage

It charged that "saboteurs and thugs" planted by the Allies would attempt to "waste as much of the sxpiaincrs time as possible out of their eight-hour working day." .Bugles sounded in the com- pounds when the Red representa- tives were sighted by the prison- ers-about 72.15 ii.m. Then a rock barrage started. The stones rained clown on the roads leading to the compounds.

Indian guards hastened tn the compounds and quieted the clamor by 1:45 a.m. There were no re- ports of any of the Communist explanation teams - described as "about. 180 Chinese"-being in- jured by the rock throwing.

However. the prisoners resumed their clamor as the explanations W9 9. s. I .b,, in. :1 hour latu thgy" 'ei-"!5l?niii(i(!th'e&!'e.ncee of the compounds shouting and rattling mess gear.

Former Glace Bay Policeman fined

GLACE BAY, N.S.. tCP(-Daniel Burchell. 42. suspended member of Glace Bay's police force, was fined 5100 and costs Wednesday for being in possession of parts of a still.

He was convicted last week and appeared Wednesday for sentence. Defcpce counsel said the convic- tion will be appealed.

RISK THEIR. JOBS

WASHINGTON, (CP) -Govern- ment employee; who refuse to tes- tify before congressional commit- fees on grounds of possible self- incriniinatirn will henceforth face dismissal under an executive order issued "Wednesday by President Eisenhower. Under the U.S. con-

siitution. any person has the right, to invoke iiie fifth amendment and ,

plead self-incriniinatinn as grounds for refusing to answer questions

200 Pro-Italian Youths

Demonstrate

'rRms'1'E, (AP)- A band of 200! pro-liallan youths raided offices of; the Yugoslav economic delegation! here Wednesday night. smashed windows and huifed out. tire furn- iture. They had been lilllamrd hyl Slovene-Communist. riotifiil in be- half of President Tito.

The violence flared after a wacky of uneasiness here about repercus- sions from the decision of Britain and the United States to withdraw their 7000 occupation troops from; zone A of the free territory of, Trieste. including this port ri:,v,f and turn over the z.one's adminis-l tratlon to Italy.

Members of both sides in the long dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia over the territory's fut- ure violated an nrder by Maj- Gen. Sir John Winterton. British commander of the Allied occupa- iion forces. temporarily banning "public meetings. parades and demonstrations by political parties and associations."

National An them

Blovenea and pro-Yugoslav Conl- munists started it.

About 2,000-strong. they battled police with lists and umbrellas in an angry demonstration in the centre of Trieste to back Tim's protest against the transfer of zone A to Italy's rule. V

A surging crowd of Trieste cit- isens, estimated at 3.000, massed near the rlolera and sang Italy's national anthem.

More than 300 of the bluc-clad police. part of a force of 4.400 ef- ficient and militarily trained man.

I T) C t we-re-calldd-tout. They biuke the core of the riot in less than an ll0llf.pl15l'ili”iK and shaving inc demonstrators iiiio side. streets. The police used no clubs or other weapons. A few persons were a:- vested.

The attack on the Yugoslav econ- nmio offices came amid various minor demonstrations in narrow. shop-lined streets of the city af- ter darkness fell.

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The Guardian, rm Coma Morning Daily Founded III1.

,'Britain Explodes Atomic

Weapon in A

g WOOMERA RANGE, Australia. ,('CP)--Britain today exploded an atomic weapon fmm a tower on

this bleak 80.000-square-mile prov-'

ing ground and an official an- nouncement lndicated that it. was a "utility type" capable sev- eral uses.

An atomic cloud i'n.se to a height, lof between 10.000 and 15,000 feet after the weapon. winch was placed in a special compartment stop the inner, was Exploded. Special elec- ironic devices were placed in the kcompartmeiit to transmit vital lil- ;formaiion before the whole struc- liure disappeared in vapor.

was Britain's second an- nounced atomic explosion and the .first on land. The initial British laiomic blast took place at the ,lvionte Bella islands off northwest lrtusiralia a year ago. The weapon then was exploded from a ship. The vessel, too. was vaprorized. , Today's test apparently was the Jnierunner of a series planned for iwoomera. i In passing the first. official word of-the explosion in Au5LX'allan5' iPrime .Vliiiisuar Robert. G, Menu.-,5 said that it was one of two major Jones in the current series and would be followed by a number of smaller ones.

Outlines Anti-Tb Experiment

QUEBEC. (OP)-A .15-year-old Federal Government physician has cut the tuberculosis death rate in ,0 Quebec mental hospital from 35-5 W 5.5 Der cent and gathered knowledge that may soon serve Canada's Eskimos and Indians stricken with the dirzase.

Using as a. base the controvsrs. lal ,BCG vaccme developed. In, Trance shortly after the 11'1"; lworlri War, i.lie experiment cm, ytlie deaths in St. Michel Archange liospital fmm 66 in 1950, to 49 in 1952. 0i'1l.'v' six deaths have bean recorded for the first six months of the current year.

Quebects largest. mental hospital, Jean de Diru. Montreal. now is geftiiisz Ol'23l'll7.Pd to apply the .St. Michel Archange experiment, 1 Organizer is Dr. J. E. LaBi'ec- yciur. dVii'ectoi' of the Federal Im- yin'igrafion Hospital, semnd worm Viar veteran with the Median icm-ps who studied at Saranaci ,I.:ikc, N.Y. and the Charles Cam-A sf-ll Indian Hospital at Edmonton latter grnriuating from Laval Uni- versity.