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Read by Everybody 0 Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24. 1954

Blocking German Rearmament Raises Storm

lip Strength

For Fresh Blow At French

Canada's Exports J Recover Ground in February

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OTTAWA. (GP) - Canada's ex- ports. which dropped sharply in January. recovered in February. But. as in the previous month. Canada continued to import more than she exported.

Exports edged ahead fractionally in s2'l9,800.00(l in February from 5'.!l9,600,000 a year ago. pushinz the January-February total to sa45,200,000, the Bureau of Statis- ix:-s reported Tuesday.

This, however, was down by about 355,000,000 from S600.900,000 ll the similar i953 period. The rlrop was caused by the January decline.

imports decreased during Feb- ruarv for the secord consecutive iinnth. with Canac.s's purchases p.;pping to 3300.300.000 from 3310.- ioo.n00 in February last year. Jan- ll y-February imports totalled i..'wll2,200,(X)0. down from 8837.800.- am in the similar 1963 period.

Opposition Motion On Emergency Powers Defeated

(YITAWA. (CP) - The C- mmons ias defeated an Opposition motion describing powers contained in the government's Emergency Power! An"! a.s "rs-pugnant' to responsible wvcrnment. The vote was 134 to as

The motion was presented to tie House Monday by Opposition Leader Drew who said the govern- ment had abused its powers under the legislation. He said Parlia- merit sliouid not be asked to ex- lond the act beyond May 31.

Clarie Giills tGCF-Cape Breton Fntll-h) split with his party and mind with the Liberals against the motion which he described as .1 ”propage.nda" move by the Op- position. Other CCF members. the social Credit group and three Quebec independents voted with the opposition.

The Liberals took the view that the motion casts a reflection on an act passed-by the last Parlia- mmt. They said the Opposition siinlild have introduced a bill to

irpcal the Emergency Powers Act. , I.

The legislation was passed in l'l5l to meet the emergency aris- titc out of the war in Korea and low increased Communist threat to Wrslnrn security. It was renewed last year to May 31, 1954.

Halifax cioggof with Shipping

HALIFAX, (CP)-Seven frleght- Nx loaded with everything from Mrnnut. oil to Newfoundland fish. ttromed into port Tuesday and 'l""rincd an-hor in midliearrn ba- t'--lls" of lack of herthing space.

More than 1.200 longshoremen iiurked 20 ships Tuesday in the initial. of the port's usual spring 5'-inning activity. The New York 1""-Whore-me-n's strike has so far rut caused any diversions here.

Coming Events

"Caponlu at 4 to it weeks to in- crna-are poultry profits. Eric Mac- Phail. New Haven.

' "rho weekly Bingo at North Rustico will be held on Pridw men: at I pm. '

"All arrears due to Green Road School must be paid by April lot. by Order of Trustees.

"Bean supp-or, Group I. zion acgioirori. Ti'iuraday. March as. s to

"Variety Concert In Kingston hall. March 31. if not fine April 1- For school improvements.

' "St. Peter's Holy Name Hall, 7'”0Il'. March Sdth. Iouris 3. of 0. "Went "A Busy Honeymoon." a mmedv in three acts. curtain mo.

"Hockey at North River rink "j"vIrht. Hampshire vs. North xjllirr In second game of finals at -55- ff Hampshire wlaa trophy will be presented.

V 'An important meeting of all Wrens and Legion members in Itgt Stewart area pill be held in

f 1-Onion loan on Thursday enn- tna. March llilrat use p

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By LARRY A.!..LE.N HANOT, Indo-China, (AP)-Vletr minh troops tapered off sharply Tuesday in their artillery assault on Dien Bien Phu. But they mm- ed reinforcements and supplies steadily into their bill positions in apparent preparation for a "do or die" blow against the besieged Frerich fortress by from 40,000 to 60.000 men.

On Monday morning the Com- munist-led rebels tried to ambush French troops opening the road linking the heart of the fortress with its southernmost outpost, four miles away. The French said their tanks, mobile artillery and infantry killed 175 Vietmlnh, or an entire rebel company. It was the biggest clash with the rebels since they halted mass assaults on the fortress early last week alter suffering lomes estimated by the French at 3,000 killed and 9,000 wounded.

The Vietmlnh launched a mass ground attack against the French fortress in northwest Indo-China on March 13. After four days they broke off the mass infantry assaults in the-face of withering firepower from the French. who have been outnumbered four to one.

Biggest Air Attacks

French pilots on Tuesday pound- ed the Vietmlnh supply lines and rebel positions around the oval- shaped plains fortress in what was described as the biggest air ai- tanks of the Indo-China war. The pilots claimed many hits on rebel targets.

The planes struck at an army of 100,000 to 150.000 eoolies and long llnaa- of-trucks moving from the Chinese border. The Vietmlnli were apparently trying to bolster their manpower by rounding up all their regional and guerrilla soldiers in northwest Indo-China.

In the face of this threat the French continued to reinforce their fortress with fresh troops and supplies parachuted from transport planed

inspect Tuna for Radioactivity

SAN FRANCISCO, (AP)-Since Friday. federal inspectors with gelger counters have carefully in- spected each load of tuna from Japan for any signs of radioactivity from the March 1 hydrogen blast but results have been negative so

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"We'll keep on with this work until we are satisfied there is no danger." Chief Inspector Russel C. White. of the San Francisco office of the Food and Drug Administra- tion. said Tuesday.

Tho tests were prompted by the fate which befell the "Lucky Dragon." a Japanese ship show- ered by radioactive ashes of ii hydrogen blast set off in the Bikini area March 1. Its tuna load was found so radioactive in Japan that much of it had to be confiscated from the market and buried.

BANKRUPTCIEB UP

OTTAWA. (CP)-Nearly l0 per oait more commercial failures were recorded in Canada in 1953 than in the preceding yea.r De- faulted liabilities rose 11 per cent. The Bureau of Statistics reported Tuesday that the number of busi- ness failures was 1.657 last year compared with 1.509 in 1952. Lia- billtiu aggregated 832,818,000 com- pared with 330.650.000-

PETERBOROUGH. Ont. (CPL- Canadian women were naked Mon- day to lead a drive for the pur- chase of "made in Canada" goods.

The suggestion was made by J. D. Ferguson of Rock island. Que, president of the Canadian Manu- facturerr Association. in an ad- dress prepared for delivery in the

Peterborough Chamber of Com- merce, at which women were preunt.

Merchandise which could be

reasonably manufactured in Can- ada, Mr. Ferguson said. required that it be made here "if we are to give full employn'1e..t and con- tinue to pay present wages."

The textile industry. for in- stance. could place back at work thousands of trained workers and give a "shot In the arm" to Can- ada's economy. if people would

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Bank of Ifahada Head Questioned

Mr. Clark Strongly Protesisllv Comnije

Women. Asked To Buy Made In Canada Goods

Seek To Change French View

By HRACCK CURRY

ainp and the United States are trying to persuade France to stop blocking Allled High Commission approval of west. German rearm ament legislation.

The informants said that Lon. don and Washington, alarmed over a political storm which sprung up here over the French action. have told France chat the three west- ern powers should act qulokly to approve the German laws in some form.

France intervened Monday to hold up high commission approval of the constitutional amendments on rearmamcnt which were passed by the West German parliament last week.

These amendments specifically authorize Chancellor Konrad Ad- ennueris government to rearm.

draft men and Join the proposed European Defence Community. The French fear the Germans might use the legislation as a basis for rcarmlng independently.

Authoritative western officials said Britain and the United States hope the three powers will be able to announce Wednesday a form- ula for approving the amend- merits.

US. High Commissioner James

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Canadian Troops Preparing To Sail For Lisa

VANCOUVER, (CP)-Three spe- cial trains with 1,000 troops aboard will pass through here Wednesday for Seattle where the soldiers will board a Korea-bound United States I-FOOT)-shill, army spokesmen said Tuesd-sly.

Most of the men are members of the 4th battalion, Canadian Guards. and will relieve the 3rd battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment,” part of the annual rotation of 25th Brigade units.

The guards battalion is com- manded by Lt.-Col. V. Lcduc, vex. dun, Que, who will fly to the Far East to meet his unit. In addition, the draft includes parts of the 3rd Field Ambulance, Royal Can- adian Army Medical Corps, 42nd Infantry Workshop, Royal Cans. disn Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Royal Canadian Army Service Corps.

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Postpones Debate on liydrogen: Bomb

WASHINGTON, (AP)-President Eisenhower is putting off any pub- lic discussion of whether the Uni- ted States has a deliverable hydro- gen bomb until Lewis NV. Strauss. chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. returns from atomic tests in the Pacific area.

Announcing this Tuesday. White House press secretary James C. 1-ingerty recalled that Eisenhower was asked at his press conference last Wednesday for comment on a statement by Representative W. Sterling Cole (Rep.-N.Y.) that the U. S. has an H-bomb which can be delivered anywhere in the world.

At that time Eisenhower said he wanted to check up on how much information about the matter al- rcndy had been made public before discussing it further.

ST. JOHN'S. Nild., (CF)-The Newfoundland Federation of Fish- ermen crlticlzed the federal gov- ernment Tuesdny for lack of pre-

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Necklace At in Adelaide

By GOMER JONES ADELAIIDE, Australia. (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth was presented with a necklace of three white opals and 180 diamonds and ear- rings to match at a state banquet here Tuuday.

It was the last state banquet which she and the Duke of Edin- burgh will attend before the end

of their two-month Australian tour April 1. The Queen looked pale, but

showed no other ill-effects from the painful "booster" injection of aintl-poliomyelltis serum she was given Sunday. She took the shot

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A resolution asking for the op- position of the Legislature to any transfer of the Wood l.siands-Csr- ibou Ferry Service to the C.N.R,. or any other Federal Agency was iii- tmduced in the House yesterday afternoon and was met with tap- position from l-ion, Kler Clark, Min- ister of Education and Hon. B. Earle MacDonald. Minister of Health and Welfare.

The resolution was moved by Mr.' George E. Saviile, Liberal, Flllll King's and seconded by Mr. Thomas R. Cullen, Liberal, Second Kings.

position moved the adjournment of the llouse and will speak on the subject when the Legislature opens this afternoon.

The resolution asked "that this House rewrd its considered op- -position to the transfer of this- scrvice to the Canadian National Railways or any other Federal Agency and commend its continued operation by private enterprise."

While speaking in support of the resolution Mn Savllle stated that the Government should do all it could to protect the present service from Nationalization.

Mr. Clark Protests

Hon. Kier Clark was tiid first to register protest resolution. He stated that Wood Islands ferry service has been in operation for id years and while it may have been satisfactory during the first year or tivo and had filled a great. need it. certainly was not adequate for the service demanded today. -' s not .

The two boats are far, far from being satisfactory types of ships. he stated. The Minister said the boats were dirty, that sardine cans had been used for ash trays and molasses kegs used for the con- venleiice of the sick.

"Anything that can be done to better the service this House should not stand in the way of wli:-ther it

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to protect her from infection dur- ing her visit later this week to the state of Western Australia, where a polio epidemic is raging. South Australian Premier Thom- as Playfoi-d presented the glitter- ing necklace-conialnnig one of the biggest opals ever found in Australia-and earrings to the Queen on behalf of his states people. The Duke of Edinburgh was given a set of opal cuff links.

The Queen wore a. full-skirted gown of white tulle ornamented with silver, a diamond tiara and

season support prices for fish.

TOKYO, (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Katsuo Okszski said Tuesday Japan will demand com- pensation from the United States from the 23 Japanese fishermen -and their boat showered with "death ash" from a hydrogen bomb explosion March 1.

But he added this would be done only after "careful scrutiny of the degree -of liability."

A foreign ministry spokesman said that Japanese doctors and

Taxes. too. he stated. were ham- pering Canadian industry, and the higher price of certain Canadian commodities, as compared with American prices. was attributable in part to such items as the 10 par rr-ni sales tax and the 115 per cent excise tax. -

"There ll more than a distinct possibility that the continuance of this tax at its present level in 1964 could result in I serious re- duction in sales and a correspond- ing ions in employment and in revenue to the federal govern- mcnt."

Commenting on suggestion: for Iucrested welfare measures. Mr. Ferguson said:

v "Government: can't hand it out without taking it in. The more A man demands and the more he gets. the bigger will be the fed- cral tax bite on his weekly ply

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Japs Seek compensation For tlleath Ash

"Injuries scientists - who earlier Tuesday said they would not work with American doctors in treating the injured men-had agreed to have talks with the Americans tomor- TOW.

He said Prof. Merril Eisenbud. director of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's health and safety division, who has arrived here to offer his help, will be at the meet- me.

The Japanese scientists had said the Americans merely wanted to gather information for their own ends.

Treatment In Tokyo

A welfare ministry official said that 21 of the fishermen now be- ing treated at Yaizu will be flown by U. 8. air force planes for treat- ment at Tokyo university hospital as soon as possible.

okaaalti nounced Tuesday af- ter ii cabinet meeting had dis- cu.-ured the incident. that Japan has begun talks with the United states on restrictions to Japanese fishing operations caused by the extension of the American atomic bomb test area in the Pacific.

He told parliament three days ago the United stats-s had treblerl the size of the dang:-r none to an incomplete circle extending 450 miles from ii point roughly between lnlwetok and Bikini atolls. This acne is to be observed until about the end of,June.

Oksnki aaid Japan will co-open ata with the United States in the experiments in the belief that the taste "will contribute to world

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Sees Vocational Training Too Expensive In East

OTTAWA, (GP) - Clzirie Gillis. CCF Commons member for Cape Breton South, Tuesday expressed doubt that the Atlantic provinces will be able to take full advantage of federal offers for joint financ- ing of vocational training.

l Mr. Giiiis, speaking before tiie

House industrial relations commit- tee, said the financial abilities of different provinces to join in train- ing plans vary widely.

In'the eastern area. he said, an uncmploynient situation is develop-

for retraining of workers.

The existing method of fiiinncuig -on a straight 50-50 basis between federal and provlmiiil governments --was "going to make it impocs;blc for the provinces cast of Qli0l)t"1'

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amendments. to the Vocational Training Act. call in training chiefs from the provinces

each province."

Labor Minister Gregg said he did not think that would be feas- ibie. He said federal officials could give all the necessary information at later meetings.

Morc?EiaiTiii?sTii N. Y. Dock Strike

sent emergency police squads rar- lng to New York's waterfront Tuesday. but the ports proved to be it grim hoax. Despite a heavy police guard. there were new clashes between rival dockers in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Five men were ar- rested. There were two injuries. Mayor Robert F. Wagner re- ceived reports that 22 ships were being worked-seven Monday. However it was a meagre rmponse to Wagner-'5 plea Mon- day that longiicrernen return to work. He warned that shippers are preparing to move from New

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James Macdonnell TPC-Toronto lGreenwoodI told the Commons lbankmg committee that currently there is no limit on the amount of money which can be created by ythe, govemment.

There was the "terrible danger." he, said, of some "lrrespoiisibic” government getting into power and increasing the money supply in-, die-eriminateiy as an election in- centive.

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Police Warning Gives New Hint Oi Atom Bomb Size

WAS!-IINGTC.)N. (AP)- An Un-

to be on the watch against smug-

l precedenied FBI notice to all policeilt.

gling of atomic weapons into the United States gave concrete clucsl Tuesday to what a suitcase-sized A-bomb might look like.

A 30-incli steel pipe. five to l'2 inches thick and closed at both ends might contain such a weapon Or it could be a sphere of high ex- plosive with a core of flssioiiablc, material, ;

The JLiSilCF rlepartmrnl said Fill director .1 lirlgar Hoover sent inc; in police departments air over the country last Januaixvl along with a description of pos-l

ed, there is notlitng to prevent a government from, say, increasing, baby bonuses to s500 a month. i

No Practical Limit

Graham Towers, governor of thel

Mr. R. R. Bell. Leader of the Op- Bank of Canada, said he does not

know of any practical way to limiti the creation of money, except through these tiio ways;

1. Canada could go on the goldl standard and this would mean! that a certain fixed portion oft Canada's money would have to be: backed by gold.

2. Parliament could place a- limit on the amount of money; which the Bank of Canada can; hold. But there must be some lr.e- t way to provide for shifts in hold-,. lngs when Parliament is not sit- ting.

The issue developed as the com- mittee continued scrutiny of the governments two monetary bills, giving the central bank greater control over bank credit and

WeedElEyEOiTe Cancer ofrBreast

LONDON, Ont. (CF) - Litho- ,spei'm, a weed years ago Nevada glndians used for making tea. may lprovide a cure for cancer of the breast, Dr. Robert Noble. profes- lsnr of experimental medicine at the University of Western Ontario said here Tuesclay.

He said research is now proceed- ting to try and isolate the sub- isiaiice in the weed which appears to have a beneficial effect on can- cer of the prostate. The weed is grown on the campus of the uni- versity for research purposes.

Asked his View on Whether smok- lng was causing the increasing number of cancer cases, Dr. Noble said there was no conclusive evi- dence so far. Experiments were at present. being carried out on animals which had been exposed to smoke. and fumes and it was a question of "unit and see."

He added that there were about

sibie atomic weapon types so they could be recognized. t The circiiiar was described as a.

lfcllow-iip to President Eisenhoivo:-"s3 the 5:3” or the nag Omar. .

request last Dec. 15 that atomic, violations be reported promptly to the F.B I. i some persons have expressed fear that such small-size vieaporis might be set off by enemy agents in key factories or production con- ti-es in advance of large-sonic acr- lnl atomic attacks if war were im- minent, The U. s customs servicel already is under orders tn be on: the lookout for such devices in the baggage of lncomiiig travellers.

Two Types

Hoover said no one can say what fcriri a smuggled A-weapon might take. but he described two posible types in his circular to police de- par-iments.