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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1952

. S. PLACES EMBARGO ON CANADIAN LIVESTOCK

C0lII'li CiI:'eS Say Queen To Be Crowned In I953 Mr. W. A. Stewart ls Appointed

Date Of Ceremony Has Not Been Selected

LONDON. Feb. 25 - (CP) Court circles announced tonight that the coronation of the Queen will take place sometime in 1953. The exact date has not yet been

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some spring or summer day most likely will be picked so that good weather will be assured dur- ing the pageuntry of Britain's most-dazzling and most - eagerly - awaited ceremony.

The court informants said con- siderations on the exact dale. and consultations with Commonwealth governments. already are In pro-

grass.

when the Queen became Bri- tain's monarch on the death Feb. a of the King, there was specula- tion that the coronation might take place some time this sum- mer. The official period of court mourning ends May 31.

For 225 years British monarchs have observed the custom of wait- ing a year after .thcir accession to be crowned.

The coronation will serve as a. gigantic family set-toset-her for the many people of the Commoti- wealth and colonies loyal to the British crown.

It also is a. tremendous tourist attraction. Travel agencies al- ready have lined up choice ob- seriation spots in windows along the coronation procession route. Good window seats probably will cost more than 5:50 apiece.

For the Queen it will be quite an ordeal. in which she will be arrayed in three sets of robes - the crimson rose of state when

coronation vestments with the dazzling imperial mantle of cloth oi gold, and the royal robe of purple velvet worn when she pro- ceeds from the Abbey to be view- ed by millions of her subjects and other visitors along London's streets. ,

Inside the Abbey, the corona- tion will be witnessed by membe I of the Royal Family. lords and ladies, high diplomatic repre- sentatives of foreign governments and a few newspaper men.

Normally. a coronation involves at least a week in which a fes- tive and spirited populace takes time off to celebrate.

The large amount of prepara- tion for the coronation is be- lieved to have caused delaying the event until 1953. Thus, planners of the pageant must wait until the following spring or summer to get. fine weather.

The coronation date has al- ready been discussed by the cabi- net and Friday the Queen held the second Privy Council of her newly-begun reign,

The presence of Dr. Geoffrey Fisher at the meeting of con- constitutional advisers was re- garded as a sign the coronation was discussed. As Archbishop oi Conterbury and head of the Church oi England. he places the crown on the sovereigns head.

King George VI was crowned May. i937. only five months af- ter his brother King Edward VIII, now the Duke oi Windsor. ab- dicated. Their father. King George

she enters Westminster Abbey,

New Capital

V. died Jan. 20, 1936.

Setup For

C. N. R. T 0 Be Proposed

OTTAWA. Feb. 25 --(CP) - Prnpnssls for overhauling the financial structure oi the Canad- ian National Railways are expect- ed to highlight the government's transportation legislation at the parliamentary session opening Thursday.

Purpose of the legislation will be to give the government-owned C. N. R. a capital setup that will lift it out of this chronic deficit posit- ion. This is in line with a recom- mendation of the royal commission on transportation last year.

Another major 1-ecornmendation

Coming Events

"Dance Owlitshire Hill". in aid of rink.

"Special meeting Clyde L. O. F. A. Tuesday. Feb. 26th. an members please attend.

Hail to-

"l-lockey Stanley Bridge rink Wnllhtr Granville vs. Stanley Seniors. Game time 8:30.

"Carnival in Souris Rink Wetl- ""5dlY. February 2'7tli. Jtidging It 9 p.m. skating till 10:30. Cash prizes.

"Cord Party. Su:-nme.-field Hall. Tuesday. February 26th. sponsored bl Credit Union.

"Flrmen. ask about the slim Cain Feed Finance Plan. For part- .culars contact your local feed mill.

"Another car of Old Sydney coal unloading Monday and Tuesday. McLean Bros, North Wilishire.

"Tor snapshots that will not Ids. mail your Films and Nega- QVCI to Garnhum Photo Studios. A-l'lBl'lOClClDWn. r

"HWRCY. North River Rink to-O gizl-t. February zaui. Nine Mile ("Eek Bulldogs vs. Milton Hor- ziell (First iilme semi-finals). vame time 8:15. into after.

,"It1nnd Drains Festival entries lff both one not and three not fly: close April isth. Rules and Hsuistions obtainable from .1. it. Murphy. Summcrslde.

lh"HIII' Charles Yeo. President oi C e Provincial ndentlon of Agri- vllltlliilre speak on Federation scu- W N 0101' O. F .0. Y. at 7.45 on ednesdsy evanlns. February mm "All orders for boxes and crates 'f';"'l '50 liven to the Secrets ,7 be- J0 ll-Itch nt. -Kenneth P. Jay. gcrrilrr of Mt. siowm Straw- ")! Growers Exchange.

h"kVictot-is rink tonight. school cf” 9 r it Tnvaru vs. Tryon, cadllllld eartbrcakor Sisters vs. WM Traverse Rover Sisters. "me-dI.v night, 2nd semi-final more in the South Queen's Lea- RNevv Haven Royals vs. Appin iluildour. sksis.aitsr. ,

oi the commission w ll not be im- plemenled at this a salon. accord- ing to present information. That is the proposal that the Federal Gov- ernment take over control of in- terprovinclal and international highway traffic.

Most oi the provinces claim they have jurisdiction in this field: but the Supreme Court oi Canada ruled in favor oi the national gov- ernment last year.

An Allied recommendation oi the commission was that the Board of Transport Commissions be enlarged to take in the funct- ions of the Air Transport Board and the Canadian Maritime Com- mission. The government does not plan to implement that proposal at this session. ' ,

Except for the 1951 freight-rate equalization bill. the C. N. R. re- cepiializatlon measure shapes up as the most important railway legislation in many years.

The recurrent red-ink reports oi the National Railway system. which lied fogother a group of ill- assorted and financially-bank- rupt roads, have long been ii head- ache. The Royal Commission re- commended drastic adjustments in its top-heavy capital structure. which skims about 345,000,000 a year in fixed charges from what might otherwise be its profits.

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To Frighten

MONTREAL, Feb. 23 - CF)- Pollcc said tonight that charges oi abduction and breaking and entering will be laid against lo- year-old Robert Patenaude, who said he didn't want to kiu three- year-old Barbara Nemeroff but just wanted "to frighten her par- ents."

In Police lineups Patenaudc was hdenmieo by I taxi driver as the person who entered the home oi Mr. and Mrs.Morrls Nemercii and made off with their child, leav- ing behind a note demanding 350.- 000 ransom.

"rhst was last Friday night. Pstenaude was arrested and ,the child recovered Saturday morning as they walked along St. Cathar- ine St. less than 12 hours after the girl was kidnapped.

Maximum penalty in Canada for abduction is 20 years.

0 Police, who made public the youth's seven-page statement said he admitted the abduction. in his statement he said he snatch- ed the child because he knew the father "had money." '

"I did not intend to kiu her... I only wanted to frighten her par- ents." intone, police said. were the words. with which the youth began his Rory of the abduction.

This is the tale which police said they got from Pstensuds, a

pimpiy-faced youth who read

Mr. W. A. Stewart has been ap- pointed President of the firm of Moore and McLeod Ltd.. it was announced yesterday. Mr. Stew- art succeeds Mr. George A. Moore who has been senior member of the well-known Charlottetown do- partment store and its president since i892.

other officers appointed were Messrs. G. Frederick Moore, vice president; J. P. Gordon. secretary treasurer. and Wilfred C. Mac- Leod, director.

Staff members oi the firm learn- ed of the appointment oi Mr. Stewart at a meeting held just at closing time yesterday afternoon.

Mr. George M. Moore. who cele- brated his ninety-third birthday, last month. has been honorary president of the firm with which his name has so long been associated.

The firm of Moore and McLeod Ltd. was first organized as suc- cessors to Perkins and Stems in 1892. on s. portion oi the same Queen Street cite now occupied by the business. The original members, Mr. Moore, the late Mr. S. A. McLeod, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Gordon all served their ap- prenticeship as clerks in the old- er establishment which their ' replaced. Their long and slice 'ul association together is probably a. recbrd for all Canada.

From the original dry goods

store which they took over in 1892. they expanded the business into one of the most modern da- partmentai stores in the Mari-

Predicis Drop in Meat Prices

EDMONTON, Feb. 25 - (013)-- Western cattle men said today that one oi the first consequences of the outbreak oi foot-and-mouth disease in Saskatchewan will be a drop in meat prices.

Kenneth Coppock, executive secretary of the Western Stock Growers Association. said in Cal- gary an embargo Don Canadian cattle imports imposed by the United States will last at least a year, leaving only the domestic market open to Canadian cattle raisers. '

Triplets Born In Labrador

GOOSE BAY, Labrador. Feb. 25 -(GP) - The R.C.A.l-'. here he anxious about the health of three prospective recruits triplets born at Rigolet to Mrs. Bernard Way two days ago and flown out to the Grenfell Mission by heli- copier.

The normal population of the little fishing village - 25 - took a healthy Jump when the three newcomers. two girls and a boy arrived without medical help.

Rigoiet is 100 miles northeast oi Goose Bay.

Alleged Abductor Wanted

Parents

comics in his cell during the week-end.

lie worked for Nermerofi. a well-to-do leather goods manu- facturer. For lo days he watched the Nemeroif home. He sought entrance by the front door and, when the maid failed to recogn- lac him he clsmbei-ed the back stairs of the duplex.

He found the back door open and went through the house to the rnaId's room. his face masked by a yellow scarft He ordered the maid. Alice Lschance. to dress the child. .,

"She (Barbara) was crying all the time." said the youth. "l told her we were going to see her mother and she stopped crying."

Pstcnaude. according to his story. selected the clothing for the child and handed her a pet doll. Then be tuned from the Nerneroff home and spent the night in an hotel room with the child. He put der to bed. he said. and slept beside her. fully clothed.

This was after leaving behind the ransom note which told the Nemercffs to deliver 050.000 to a downtown store.

When overtaken by police Pat- onsuds was shuffling ion: the street a bit back of the girl, planning to meet the parents or their ernlsssrlcs with the ransom.

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President Of Moore 6: McLeod":

Mir. w. A. Stewa.rt

times. The establishment oo- cupies eight times the space or

the original firm. and has under-i

gone many changes in keeping with the times. At present the ground floor of the store is being remodelled, both on the men's and women's side, and it is expected that this work will include rear- rangement of the windows and en- trance.

Mr. Stewart, the new president. has had a long record of public as well as business service. He re- presented ward Five in the City Council in the 1920's. and on two occasions, from 1931 to 1935 and from 1030 to 1943, represented the Fifth District of Queen's as Con-

Canadals Defence Plans T 0 Far Exceed Estimate

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OTTAWA, Feb. 25 -iCPl- in- formed quarters now accept the fact that Canada's three-year de- fence program is going to cost a lot more than the original estimate of 35.000.000.000.

As the first of the three fiscal years draws to a close, indications are that the original estimate will be at least a half billion dollars and possibly even a full billion short-that is. at least 10 per cent and possibly 20 per cent.

Important segments oi the pro- duction program, inclbdlng, war- ships. radar and the CFi00 Canuck jet -fighter and orenda engine, are behind schedule, raising the second possibility that Canada may find parts of the program extendini: be- who the three-year limit.

Cabinet sources say. however, they think they can still meet on time their major targets which iii- cludc a. -to-squadron. :l,000-plane llll' force, a 100-ship navy. ll total defence manpower of ll5,000, lil- cluding 50.000 in the army, by 1954.

The great bulk of the cost of the program is credited to Canada under the 3330-billion defence buildup agreed upon by the At- lantic Pact powers in the Lisbon meeting which concluded today. Canada's Korea costs are the one major item not credited to her for N.A.T.O. purposes.

Lisiion delegates External Ai- fairs Minister Pearson and Defence Minister Claxton fly home together tomorrow to re- port to cabinet on pact decisions which will help swell Canada's de- fence hill to record heights once more in the fiscal year starting April 1.

Parliament, meeting Thursday, will prdbably get a statement fair- ly soon after the new session starts.

Authoritive reports say the total defence bill for the fiscal year starting April i will be in the neighborhood of 32.300.000.000- almost half the original three-year estimate. It jolts and probably

are expected to-

Mr. Geo. M. Moore

scrvatlve member in the Legisla- 1......

Mr. Gordon, who has filled the position of secretary treasurer with the firm for several years, is also widely known throughout the Province.

Mr. G. Frederick Moore, son of Mr. George M. Moore. Joined the firm shortly after World War I, in which he served overseas. Mr. McLeod, who is a son of the iatci Mr. S. A. McLeod, became a mem-I bar a few years later. l

The firm now employs a stafif of sixty-five representing a re- markable increase over the seven- member staff with which this popular business establishment .started over sixty years ago.

hidden Subsidy For ilacimg

EDMONTON. Feb. 25 -(CF) - Libcrai Leader .1. Harper Provvse said in the Alberta Legislature to- day that the provincial govern- ment over the last nine years paid ii. "lllfltlcll subsidy of not less than 838,000" to stimulate interest in horse racing and wagering.

The opposition leader spoke in the throne-speech debate. lie said the Social Credit Government. "without the knowledge and con- sent" of the House gaxe the sub- sidies to horse-racing organizat- ions. He contended that the public accounts izlve a "false and incom- plete picittre' 'of the payments.

Princess Alice In London

LONDON, Febb. 25 - tRcui(-rs! - Princess Alice of Greece, moth- er of the Duke of Edinburgh, irr- rivcd at London airport today from Montreal. She was driven to Clarence House, home of the Queen and the Duke. The Prin- cess has becn' raising funds in the United States for a Greek Sister- hood she founded. indimtiiig that the original 35.000- 000,000 estimate will be consider- ably short. wrecks the hope of people who have been expecting big income- tax cuts this year.

Defence bills for this dying fIs'- cal year are said to run around 81.500.000.000. Another bill well in excess of s2.000.000.000 is forseen for the final fiscal year, 1051-54.

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Red Premier 'Charges U. S. Of Germ Warfare

MUNSAN. Korea, Feb. 26-(Tu& sdsy)-(AP)- communist China's premier accused the United States Monday of stalling the Korean armistice talks while conducting "eallousiy-bnitai germ warfare" in an attempt to prolong the war.

The Unitdd Nations command took no immediate izanco of the charge. broadcast by the Pei- ping radio in the name of Chou !l.'n-ital. premier and foreign min- our

The Reds have made the bac- teriological-wsrfare ' complaint periodically when truce talks faced an impale. But never before have

they linked the two and never have made the accusation at such

a high level.

Chou's statement coincided with an Allied offer to drop Norway as a. neutral truce inspector if the Reds would withdraw their nomin- anon of Russia.

This would leave Switzerland .and Sweden as the U.N. nominees innd Poland and Czechoslovakia as the Communist representatives on it four-country. instead of six- country, truce inspection team.

A Communist reply was awaited today. Staff officers were sched- uled to meet in Psnmuniom at 11 a. m.. (0 p. m. 131' Monday).

The communists formally com-

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Scientists Record Eclipse In Near Perfect Weather

By L S. Chaksles ,

Kl-IARTOUM, Sudan, Feb. 25- tAP)- The moon eclipsed the sun today and in near-perfect weather scientists got a rare three-minute

close to and behind the sun.

70 scientists from eluding Canada, snapped- pictures and took super-complicated re-

Sudanese capital, virtually in the centre of the path of the eclipse.

in some areas, just as in ancient times, the eclipse aroused fear. Moslem women in Iran drummed on copper kettles in an effort to frighten away a giant snake they believed was destroying the sun.

For three minutes. starting at li:09 a. m.

world. The total eclipse could he

miles wide.

scientific teams labored at a mass of astronomical and photographic equipment.

udlon hope to unravel more of the mys- teries of the universe.

Among other things. lists hope observatloris will help them find out more about:

i. The accuracy of Albert Ein- stein's famous relativity theory- that the sun's gravity field bends light rays from stars passing close to it, making these stars appear to be where they aren't.

2. More about the stellar bodies behind the sun. when the sun is in full blaze, its light blacks out the less-visible stellar bodies be- hind it. with this light reduced. these bodies should show up.

The observers began their re- cording here as soon as the first bit of sunlight became edged with shadow ,

At first there was an unnatural dusk. then the moon completely covered the sun. After three min- utes the sun began to show again and within another five minutes the light was normai..

It was all over at 12:30 p. m. (5:30 a. in. EST).

Scientists came from Britain. United States, The Netherlands, France. Italy, Greece, Egypt and Switzerland. Canadian represent- atives wcre from Ottawa Univers- liy

Russia sent no team but presum- ably they were making their own observations at home.

liqutlrmlloa-rd Makes Profit

TORONTO, Feb. 25 - tCP) - Thc Ontario liquor control board made a net profit of 841.194.3115 in the fiscal year ending March 31. 195i, provincial secretary Welsh reported today.

A report tabled by him in the Lcgislaturc showed that sales of liquor, beer and wine during the year increased 6.9 per cent to a record S2l0.413,8l2. Sales from the liquor control board's stores

retail stores tl08,815,'li8 and from wine company stores 54,564,573.

The liquor board made a net trading profit of 329,778,523 and took in other revenue from per- mit sales. fees and taxes on pro- ducers, and fines, totalling all,- 415,062.

By C. Yates Mcnanlel

WASHINGTON. Feb. iii -(AP) --The large-scale French with- drawal in Indo-China was seen here today as a genuine military move to concentrate enough forces around Hanoi in withstaiid a pos- sible Communist campaign against that key point of southeast Asia.

informed United States officials said the withdrawal of some 20.- 000 Prench and viet Nam soldiers from Hos Binh. completed yester- day. was not unexpected, adding that it was carried out with great. skill.

There informants said the with- drawal into the defence perimeter which stretches from 20 to 30 miles around Hanoi should not be interpreted as a near-future trend in other areas of Indo-China.

Both civilian and military offic- isls also rejected any suggestion that the Hench ordered the with- dra.wII.i. and give it prompt public- ity. for the primary purpose of in-

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Cattle Expw Trade Hit Hard By Outbreak Of Foot-And-lhitith Disease

OTTAWA, Feb. 25-(CP)-Canada's thriving S2.000.-

glimpse of what goes on in space 000.000 livestock industry was struck a crippling blow to-

iday with announcement of an outbreak of dreaded foot-

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