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in P.E.l. 89.00. Other Provinces

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1953

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The Guardian, Five Cents Morning Dally Founded 1881.

COMMUNISTS APPAIIENTLY RENEGE 0N POW PLEDGE

Maior Housing Debate Heard In Common

Discuss Problem 0f Decline

in Maritimesi Rural Population

AMHERST, N. 5., (CP)-The problem of the declining rural population of the Marltimcs crop- ped up several times at a meet- ing of the veteran land act con- ference here.

Col. E. W. Johnstone, president of the Prince Edward Island Rural Beautification Society, said in his province the over-all pop- ulation is declining.

The loss, he saLd.' is from the farms and there are many com- munities where nearly a third of the farm homes are vacant, al- though the land may be operated by adjacent. farmers.

Smith Hilton, superintendent of the experimental farm at: Freder- icton, said economic forces are concentrating farm production nearer markets, depopulnting the more remote farm communities.

An address prepared hy W. R. Shaw, deputy minister of nKFlCUl- ture for P.E.l. drew attention to the reluctance of young people to face the uncertainty and toil of

Chillyljiami

MIAMI, Fla. (AP) e. The tem- perature dipped to 55 degrees in Miami Tuesday to make it the cold- est April 21 in the history of the Weather Bureau. The previous low was 58 April 21, 1040.

Frentit Trawler Total Loss On St. Paul's island

HAIJFAX. tCPl-- The French trawler Victoria was reported a total loss Tuesday, a few hours af- ter her crew had abandoned ship and landed safely on St. Paul's is- land, a three-mile stretch of jag-

farm life. S. C. Wright, Charlottc- ged rock off the Cape Breton

town, read the address in Mr. coast.

Shaw's absence. Another French trawler. the Magdalena. plucked the survivors off the island and reported all

VICTORIA. (GP) - Attorney- General Robert Bonner Tuesday announced rewards totalling 53,500 for information leading to the or- rest and conviction of dynamlters and areonisis in British Colum- bia's Doukhobor country.

Coming Events

"Dance in Mlilvicw hail every

Friday.

"Special Arch meeting Lorne. L.O.L. April 23rd. 8 om.

--macs in Millvale School, Wed- nesday, April 22nd. Drawing of quite. Door prize. In aid of W. I.

"In stock. Purina Chick and Pig Stsrtlna. Try the Finance Plan. W. I. Bowman, l-lunter River.

"Annual Session L 0. L. and L. 0 B. A. Lodges meets in Char- lottetown May 13th.

"Rummage sale Saturday, 25th at 230. In Masonic Ilall over Prince Edward.

"soc st. Peters G. Y. 0. Variety Concert, at St. Peters Holy Name Hall, Wednesday, April 29th.

"Three One-act Plays and spec- ialties, North Rustico, Wednesday, April 22, 8 p. m. Admission 50 cents. Role of candy.

"Remember the regular Thurs- day night dance. Mount Stewart Legion Hall. Burke's orchestra. Canteen service.

"Unloading cu Quaker 1'ul-O- Pop Feeds: Bran. Quaker Enriched Flour; Oats etc. Excellent prices off car. Lord and Howatt, Carle- inn.

"Dance in Covchcnd School. Thursday night, April 23rd. In aid of ball-team. 50 cents Admission. Frec lunch.

"Pythlan Sisters bridge at Knights of Pythias Hall, Wednes- day the 22nd at 8:15. Lunch. Ad- mission 50 cents.

"Come to the Bhur-Gain Ama- teur stage Show in Cornwall Hall on Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m., sponsored by Cornwall and York Point Women's Institute.

mlm.

--suyins Dies in Market. square Friday forenoon. Paying 328.00 pair for those over,35 pounds. Also buying next Tuesday at railway lstook pens. Willard Prowae, Brack- W.

"Fiddling and step dancing contest, C.M.B.A. Hall, Vernon River. April 27th at R p.m. Spon- sored by .Mlllvlew Women's In- stitute. Send entries to Mrs. Ted Crane. Mlilview.

"The Indian Rive Dramatic Club will present their play in Hunter River Hall, Friday eve- "inft. April 24th. Auspices of Women's Institute for Library Aid. Sale of candy.

"All interested in Wheoiloy River Cemetery are requested to meet. at the Cemetery April lath, at 2 o'clock for the purpose of identify- lntz graves followed by at meeting in church for cemetery business. A. J. Rackham.

"Aitentimi: Fanners of Carle- ton and vicinity. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Lord and Howatt as exclusive Pul- 0'P9D dealer for Carleton snd l'lClYiii.V. We solicit your patron- Iltle on behalf of this denier. The Quaker Cats 00. of Canada Ltd.

safe. Fishermen from St. Paul's Is- land boarded the Victoria, her docks awash and listing hadly to starboard, to confirm all had left the ship.

The 350-ton craft sent out an 503 before she was abandoned but gave no details of the mishap.

'1'he number of men aboard the trawler was not known but offic- lals here said craft of her size usually carried between 40 and 50.

Quebec's Ban On Dancingliaclt

QUEBEC. (CF) - Quebec City's ban on dancing is in force again.

The city administrative commit- tee Tuesday killed a by-law adopt- ed April 2 by city council which aut.hori7.ed dancing in night clubs and cafes provided dance floors were 25 by i5 feet.

Nobody opened new dance halls during the by-law's short, stormy life as Roman Catholic lay groups swamped City Hall with petitions and letters of protests. Others, in- cluding Roman Catholics, said in petitions they approved the by-law.

It took the committee 10 minutes to kill the by-law by a 4-2 vote.

The decision to continue Que- bec's 120-year-old ban now will re- turn to council Friday for ap- proval.

Trgzx-mAN, (AP) - Resources of all Iran's security forces were thrown Tuesday into a hunt. for

the national police chief. Brig.-Gen. Mahmoud Afahartus, who vanished Monday night in the heart of Tehran.

Radio Tehran announced a re- ward of 500.000 rials about 815,000 for information on the whereabouts of Afshartus, a. relative and sup- porter of Premier Mohammad Mos- sadegh.

After Week 0! Tension

His disappearance came after a week of political tension, marked by charges and counter-charges between 'Mossadegh's government and its opponents and rumors of intrigue and counter-intrigue.

Mussadegh has ordered a special commission of the National Secur- ity Council set. up to handle the case.

ChangesCProtiosed in National Housing Act

OVITAWA, (CP) - Wide-ranging proposals for beating Canada's housing shortage were placed be- fore the government Tuesday by opposition members of the Com- mons.

In the first major housing delbalte since Parliament opened last Nov- ember, the House heard suggestions that included a federal-provincial conference, lower down payments, cheaper interest. longer payment periods and more federal money for home building,

Changes In Housing Act.

The debate was launched on A resolution preliminary to a govern- ment bill - subsequently introduc- ed - making several changes in the National Housing Act. Major amendment would be 'to increase to s750,000,000 from s450.000.00o the amount in the federal fund for home-building loans,

Other changes would broaden provishlons for federal aid in slum-

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Prominent Orange Leader ljtuses

TORONTO, (CP)--- Loftus ll. Reid, 63, chairman of the Toronto

' hydro-electric commission and one

of Canada's top Orange lcadcrs, died Tuesday.

Born in Entiiskillen, Republic of Ireland. Mr. Reid came to Canada as A young man. He was active in Orange and Masonic circles and for many years held thrv post. of secretary of the Grand Crank" Lodge of Flritish America. He was

also vice-president of the Im- pvrlnl Orange Council of the World.

He was a member of the Tor-

education for 17 in 10-16. He was board in 1947.

onto board of

years, retiring

chairman of the While on the board, Mr. Reid fostered the vocational school system and helped obtain bene- fits for both teaching and non-

teachlng staff. widow

He is survived by his and two sons.

Iranis Security Forces Search For Police Chief

cordoned while police and troops

made a house to house search. Disturbing Letter

The police chief's secretary re- ported Afshartus came to the of- fice later than usual Monday. In the mail awaiting him was one lat- ter which obviously disturbed him. without examining the other let- ters, he ordered a car about an hour later and drove to a neigh- borhood near the Parliament. build- ing. He dismissed the driver there and instructed him to wait at the nearby district police station.

The driver waited until early Tuesday morning and then report- ed the chief's disappearance.

Foreign Minister Hussein Patemi said Afshartus left behind a gun he habitually carried in his car.

It was Afshartus who directed the arrest of a group of army of- ficers, newspaper editors and others after Mos.sadcgh's narrow escape in

The entire neighborhood where Afshartus was last seen was tightly

By Peter Jackson KATMANDU, Nepal, (Reuters)- Thirteen hardy Britons have begun comrnando-like training the giddy air below Khumbu glacier for next month's bottle to climb Mt. Ever- est, the world's highest mountain. A runner arrived here Tuesday with a message from the expedi- tion saying that last week they had been all set to establish their 17.000-foot base camp.

For three weeks the 18 pioneers have been toughening their lungs and hardening their muscles in climbs to 21,000 feet, 8,000 fest loss than their goal on the aub- zero, almost airless, pinnacle of

Evert-st.

The final assault is due to start

the Feb. 28 riots.

13 Britons Training For Assault On Mt. Everest '

soon after May 16. Each of the l.'i Britons hopes he will be able to inch himself onto that. coveted 29,002-foot-high slab of icy rock. The but bet is that it would be 23-year-old George Band, a Cam- bridge University student. who will lead the chain.

But it may be the Sherpa guide, who is making his ninth trip with an assault party. If the British are too exhausted, they will on- courage the Sberga to forge ahead to the top, expedition lender Col. John Hunt. has said.

After they leave Khumbu climbers will have about three weeks to make the grade. In mid- June the monsoons begin, blotting out Everest. with blisssrds.

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Sick. Wounded

Queen Enjoys Birthday geing Returned

In Beautiful

East Europe Seek Western Consumer Goods

GENEVA. (Reuters)--East Euro- pean countries are reported asking for an unlimited supply of Western

consumer goods, from bath sponges

to ping pong balls, at secret talks held here between 25 countries from both sides of the Iron Cur- tztin.

The talks, organized by the tin- ited Nations economic commission for Europe, are expected to Thursday.

While no details have been an- nounced, it is understood that Rus- sin has offered quantities of tim-

bar and grains. It is believed tha Britain may pay for commodities in sterling.

Other Communist understood to be offering rnw mat- erlals, coal, steel, timber and grains in exchantze for consumer goods.

Three Killed. 125 Injured In Vacation Train Wreck

DILLON, S. C., (AP? -- An At- lantic Coast Line Railroad stream- luicr, speeding northward with a load of happy vruzationists, hopped the rails and piled up on a. frosty

field near here Monday night. Three persons are known deed. At. least 125 were injured. The injured two Canadians. Ethel Love and her sister, Mrs. E. Mor- rison, both of Montreal. They sttffcrcd only slight cuts on the

,all-coach train bound from Miam

gage car Fin-man Identified

ing dicscl l0C0m0tll'P, is the only victim positively identified so far.

L. S. Jcffords, president said the cause of had not been determined.

Injured mcn,

towns. critically hurt.

ruled out sabotage as 1 cause. Railroad spokesmen

schedule.

SharpABoost in British Exports To lied Oitina

two months of 1951, was disclosed Tuesday.

A British government spokeunon insisted, however, that only non- strategic goods were being sold to the Communists and explained: "If we did not sell the Chinese textiles, fertilizers and textile ma- chinery when they want them, somebody else in Europe would, and we want to keep the Chinese mar- ket."

Britain has barred shipments of any strategic goods to Communi t countrim under the threat 'ot los- ing American aid otherwise. Exports to the Mso'Tse Tung government are averaging 32,300,- 000 monthly, about the game, 33 before the Second World War be- fore the Communists seized con- trol of the Chinese mainland.

The Bank of England, Britain's central reserve bank, was incur. poratcd in 1694 under royal char- Cl”.

and

some of these

nations are

to New York, carried an estimated 300 pcrsons in its 12 coaches, two lmni-go cars, two diners and a bag-

Ftrrman Charlie Hunt of Rocky Mount, N, C., who died in the burn-

the ACL's vice- in charge of operations, the derailment

women and chil- drcn were pulled from the wreck- agc. Ambulances and private cars gathered from communities about the rolling countryside rushed them to l'lO81)ltalS in seven surrounding Hospitals said many were

kindled by chilled survivors. One

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and other law enforcement officers, after a check of the area, wreck

said the Champion was rtinning about '75 to on milcs an hour and was on

ary and February than in the first

Weather

WINDSOR, England, (OP) - The Queen. who has several birthdays a year, enjoyed her real one here Tuesday. She turned 27,

Her official birthday in Britainp, an occasion of pageantry, observed June ii. In Canada thel

government has chosen Monday. death to at least 356 United Na- homes rams, than mumple apart.

May ill.

The offical birthdays sovereigns are usually months of normally-good such as May or June.

But a June day oould hardly im- prove on Tuesday's brilliant mm- shine. At Windsor the Queen and her two children, Prince Charlesl and Princess Anne, watched that changing of the guard at the castle-,. and then went for a walk. The children romped on the lawns,

Prince Charles Buys Present

For Prince Charles, going on five. the Queen received a "real" pres- ent, not the usual picture postcard. He bougilit it witlf his own spend- ing money in Windsor Monday bttt just what it was remained a fam- ily secret.

"It didn't cost much," spokesman. '

The l'8SIllliCill.Zll band of the Scots Guards. ill mil dress, marched into the castle quadrangle to play for the Queen, One of the numbers it-as. inevitably, "Happy Birthday to itou."

Among the guests of the Queen and hernhustband, the Duke of Ed- inburgh, at Windsor were her moth- er, Queen Elizabeth: her uncle and aunt, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and her cousin. Prince Michael of Kent.

Artillery at the Tower of lnudon fired a salute. Royal Navy ships in llarbom were dressed with their brightest flags. The court. post. of- fice handled hundreds nf congrat- ulatory messages from Britain and far-away places.

Pick Wild Flowers

of Eritisht,

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legs and are in ”good shape," Prince Charles and Princess Anne doctors said. went out in the woods early and The East Coast Champion. on picked prlmmses and spring violet;

l for their mother.

They gathered t.ltcm into bou- quets and shyly offcrerl them to their mother, The Duke of Edin- burgh presented his wife with a huge bunch of caruatinris her favorite flower. And he gave her his customary offering -- a small piece of jewelry.

The sun -. of which there has been very little lately in England- made a festive day-long appear- ance for the Queens birthday. The oastlt-'s ramparts gleamed brightly and the warmth seeped through the historic little windows and took some of the chill off t.he great halls witzhln,

Identify Sixth

Antigua, Lemtard Islands, tlsh Wiest lndtcs.

Nantes of tho other victims and one survivor were released ear- ller.

Bri-

PANMUNJOM, (AP) - Repat-

l'lai.Fd Allied prisoners Tuesday in- (heated on the second day of the .exchangc of captives that the Corn- imunists may hold back some of

line seriously sick and wounded tthev solemnly agreed to send home.

'I'ltc latest disabled prisoners to

Will belbc l'Ellll'lled told of death marches, ml Mortgage and Housmg Comer-

disease and hunger that brought

trons troops. Tllt'3t:' graphic stories of life in

celeb;-atgyj in Rod stnckades contrasted grimly docs”-t mu, the id” wcathgrilwllh the mild, restrained accounts-up hm. cmldrm undn.

by Monday's first group of repat-l riates who reached Tokyo on their way home.

Pl'lS0l”iPl”S released Tuesday told otiolher sick and wounded left, behtnd in prison camps-and many more not actually in camp hospitals-who were in far worse condvion than some of the first mo Allies returned Monday and Tttcsrlay. I

Americans told of at least threcl forced marches in which at least 156 Al'n3l'l('?tllS and 200 South Kor- eans perished from lack of food in on? prison camp alone.

While the Korean War still raged

Sam 3-dcruus machinery

around this neutral zone, the pon- of exchanging G00 Allied and 5,800 Communist slckl and viounded continued Wednes-l day for the third straight day.

one hundred South Korean walk- mg wounded and litter patients. formed the third group on their way home ill exchange for 150 Chinese? and 350 North Koreans.

No Non-Koreans

No non-Korean soldiers were down for release on the Red time- t table but. more were due Thursday.

The first Canadian repatriate, L. Cpl. Paul Dugal of Quebec City, was released by the Reds Monday. The second group included Pte. Charles Sacco of Lorain, Ohio, a native of Guelph, whose parents

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Ntld.PlviemberB Questions labels l On Rum liottles

OTTAWA, 4CPl..Gordon Higgins (PC-St. John's East) asked in thcl Commons Tuesday if a rum man-

Build Homes Rather Than Apartments For Married

Quarters For

OTTAWA, KCP) - The govern- ment is rolling with the psycho- logical punch of the times in build- ing homes and schools for families of members of the armed forces. the Commons defence committee was told Tuesday.

David Mansur, hcad of the Cent-

ation, testified that it mainly builds

merit dwellings as married quarters because. the modern housewife of bringing apartment conditions. The average home cost 510,670, the apartment. type 313.500. The latter would cost less to heat and maintain.

Single Storey Schools

CMHC also was building single- storey schools, even though two- storcy schools would cost 15 to 20 per cent team, because the former ”arc the fashion to a large degree." y Mr. Mansur said the objections

to two-stotcy schools arc ”getting lchiltlren upstairs and making them lsubjcct to fire hazard."

The trend of the times was def- initely to one-storey schools and the corporation was moving with the frond.

Mr. Mansilr reported that CMHC has directed the building of schools for the defence department. at a cost of mughiy 39500000 and said this accounts for about 80 per cent. of the work now envisaged. Schools were being held tip in

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lcontox, B.C.. Penhold. Alta. Mocsrl

.law and Saskatoon in an effort to get less-costly tenders. Compare Costa

He said CM!-IC has put a limita- tion of 527.000 per room on frame schools and 330,000 on masonry schools,

Rodncy Afiamsnn rpcoym-k Wcsit compared this to I ceiling of 324.000 by the Ontario govern- ment nnd said that at Camp Bor-

Missing Brothers Found Exhausted

FSTCOVRT, QuP.. young brothers who from their home. Wooded Temiscouata. county dis- trict, were found Tuesday in a state of exhaustion by Quebec provincial police.

tCP)-- Two disapliitared

26:

Sunday in this

ufacturcr would be breaking law if he labelled his product as ”good for chills and the circula- tion of the blood."

Speaking in the Commons during discussion of amendments to the Pure Food Act which prevent ad- vcrtlslng of medicinal products as curcs, Mr. Higgins said there is a fine Newfoundland navy which carries such a comment on the label of each bottle.

it also contained the statement.

Ullllljlll'8(l passengers ran out that the contents were ”aDDi'ovedt into the darkness and stumbled o e by the faculty." though he had. through a cabbage patch and over YTCVFV 599" 5510 03 identify the plowed fields to reach a bonfire facility.

The Newfoundland member also

little girl rushed to the baggage car HALIFAX, tCPr- The Air Force wanted to know if Health Minister and 30! out her puppy. has identified AC 1 George P. S. Martin would be competent to

Wreckage Catches Fire Shout as the sixth victim of a comment. on n Newfoundland

SECUOPS of the derailed train bomber crash in the Annapolis concoction called l'screech."

caught fire. The flames delayed Valley Mnntlai. ”Scrccch” is a high-powered and rescuers in getting into several His next of kin was listed as relativcly-incxpcnslve Demerara rum cars. his father, K. Shout, St. John's sold in Newfoundland.