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i.:”S. Revises Portion OF Pricetoliirtrol System

Tvv:Men., . One Woman Captured After Chase Following

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Feb. 27 ---(CP) -4

No ll02ii'li)"aPm8d men. believed to he the "kissing bandits" want- .d for R s:-1.000 holduip of a north-

end Ru,-nmo 'ld a

raptiircd at gunpoint today am, the 56,700 robbery of

- bank. of Bourtim said:

Sim

iin-t bank three weeks

female accomplice

the Detectives Wilfrid t'We have every

W...” to believe the two men rob- bed the same branch recently, and my my be connected with other u,,,,.;. E 1 robberies."

Police said drivcr to lake but ni.itic the

they forced a taxi parbcln the holdup mistake of brlnit-

mg tii.- irnii inside the bank With

iilPlli. ' The tirivcr.

nub unidentified.

gut-c his license number to one

the Ctisionicrs to police

who passed it "I

Tun i-rierans of the police hold-

upy,-qilsid, Detective-Sgls. Pat. Mel- ancati and Adrien Cardinal, cap-

turcti the trio.

after a brief chase

5..nn,; which police pumped three

bu'lCis info the getaway car.

su pccis gave

The wp without a fight

aim l"ic officers stopped their on an the cityls east end. morn raid the three suspects

zn. ; 1 fl taxicab and forced L fir vs; in take them to s. B que brsnr at

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Ros-cmouiii. Each armed

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it nd.'t- , fflce

of in.-.:.aqer Fernand Hebert and

ordered him

Eight other petsollsl

to-opep the vs 1:.

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bank ..v. the time. cleric aotanai l)iir:in.'i and. seyen.-customers. in-

scooping tip

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bandit at the same

. limo umbbcd the purse of Mrs. A. .BP(illl)l'0. police said

I The police offlc i's spot.i:ed't.he car shortly after i a robbery and Aired a warning shot in the 3111'.

before firing two bullets

in the

' trurk of the fleeing vehicle. Wiwi the car stopped. the de-

Allied Officers sJl3eliev.e Chinese Reds , Planning Huge New Offensive . '

TOKYO. Feb

. 28 -- (Wednesday)

- mm C The Chinese and North

Korean Communists

to lmiiicli an

are planning offensive within a

-month with 300,000 troops, a high- ly-i-clinbir source said today.

AP rnri-rspcndent Tom Bradshaw w.'ioi't.ed Tuesday from the -field.

linivrvrr. that

lilitr-arr-ti to have postponed

the Chinese feeds the

driu-, probably because of heavy

losses.

The source saldlhe Reds an be- llevcd to havevxrrdlvfsiotis inovlns into attack positions in Central and Western Koran,

This iiusa force probably; will be

reinforce.-I by

l Cliiiicsc Fields mg”

ieiisfrrii Kong,

of the Third frog: Northr- It has not been in

actinii since if. forced 1-11 0.8. 10th 0077:: to withdraw norm.

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1'0 BUN NA'l'0'S NAVY - Ad- miral William M. Fechteler. sboVc. commander-in-chief of 11.5. At- lantic Fleet. will be named as Bim- reins Naval Commander for North 'tlant.ic Treaty Orisanlzatipn DOW- ers,,..lnformed London sources are

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quoted as saying. -

tectives ordered the quartet out and Sgt. Melancon pointed his sun at one of the men and told him "put up your hands or I'll blow hoiiteolliriadquarura, the loot ,al'1q. e handbag .were, fotind in -ha-5-.gg;i,h,,,'l',i;is driver was beldllad i llowin's'fIlt1.zsrionf wand-s'wliu6"

ended.

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Banb-,,-manag '-Herbert-"'sIid 5&2 recognized the as,-those iwhc bed his bank last? Feb. .9 and

rob had taken turns at" forcing it wom- an customer to kiss them.

"I knew it as soon as I laid eyes, on them," he said. '1 guess they didn't bother with the kissing business't.otiay because they had

;cao.id,a Studying New ” ask” Respirators

a female alzcornplico.”

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Designed-To Pui Freeze 0nd Fairer Basis

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27--(AP)- The United states Government today unfross the retail prices of clothing. furniture. rugs, lamps. drygoods and household textiles. and clamped a new freeze on the retailer's "margin" between what he pays and what he receives. Many price lncreaau are pected but officials say they lex- pczt some price cuts. Price Di- rector Michael V. Disalls told. re- porters "My guess is that the roll- backs will be greater than the roll-forwards."

Dlsalle's Office of Price Stabil- ization lssued the first of a series of "margi.n-type" orders designed to put price controls on a "fairer and more workable" basis than could be expected from the freeze ofyJan. 25.

ex-

Covcrs 200.000 Items i

The action affects about 233.000 tretall companies. It. covers an esti- mated 200.000 different items of merchandise. .

These. retailers must get on the new basis no later than March 29. They must mark their goods with selling prices by July 1. -

Dlsalle anncunoed: ."The basic objective of this regulation is to establish typical pre-Korean mark- up practices at retail."

But the percentage of margins. or mark-ups, was not rolled back to a pce-Korean data.

On the Ocnirary. each retailer will base his percentage on the percentage he received last sat- urdav. Feb. 24.

b

second Controls Move

ughls gigs the second major move. A , 11'. ay-an it Q" -front. rt...-in other ma-lm Pro-

.- W. . ougteion Autiioritymsas up..a sy

.1111 2' which bus sag. ' 1” . are. public and my ifs!-liiiiigi'-. ions and others.can A a priority rating to get limited -supplies of scarce goods for maintenance. re- pair and operations.

Mlajor-..ltems not affected by the new' retail prices ' oi'tfcram....food,' beverages. gasoline and oil, autzi-' -motive equipment and supplies. large appliances such as refrig- erators.. drugs. cosmetics. lumber. building supplies. hardware. stat- lonary.'fuel, jewelry ind house- wares.

east last winter.

Before the Reds attack. they are expected to mass from 130.000 to 150.000 troops in one sector.

Bradshaw said it appears 000'.

that the Chinese buildup is shift- ing to the western sector of the front. - An estimated 4.0.000 Chinese troops are in assembly areas north of Seoul. An additional 00.000 arc in the hills between 'Seoul and 1-foengsong. mountain stronghold on the central front. .

A front-line commander told Bradshaw the present enemy flos- ltions indicate the Reds are dug in to defend. rather than in de- ployment for an attack.

The commander eltimatsd it would take several weeks for. the Chin 'Rcds and North Koreans to shl ' from the defence to the attack. This 'led him toibsllevs the enemy forces "have -pushed back the data 'of their expected offen-

Later orders will put margin- type mics into" effect on such items as these and on wholesalers and manufacturers. too.

French Premier Offers Tcilesign

PARIS. Feb. 27 -(AP)-French Pi-cmicr Rene Pleven turned in his old cablnet's resignation to- night. but President"Vlfscent. Aur- iol refused to accept it.

Pleven acted "after receiving I precarious vote. of confidence in the National Assembly on his government's proposed new elect- ion law. The vote was 248 to 216.

After the vote. 'Pleven's cabinet decided at a special meeting to step out, of office. Pleven called on Aurlol to offer the resignation because of the slim margin in par-, llament.

Aurlol. instead. urged Pleven to continue his efforts to revise the national loctoral system and the rsssembly as reconvened to ax-

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amine the, govsrninentls scheme.

It is described ag than mustard gas.

powerful "inucb baths-7'

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sm'ali',t quantities. of arc in ?Csnail

' 5iP0.i'ed their. parent.-.'

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an ANN! on Ill. Que-. nb. 2'1-(OP)-Asrtcul 3 Min- ister aardtuer said today that Canadian food producerli have two p h , objectlvswto pro- duce enough food for "our own people" grid to sell-at a sufficient- iy high price lo, encourage them to keo on prodiic ng., Mi. Gardiner spoke at Mac- donald Collegei hers and formally opened the fourth Macdonald College royal-s students" show designed to show" the public how the college assists Canadian agri- culture lh the solution of its pro- blems. Mr. Gardiner. who returned yes- terdsv from Ihaland where he discussed posslbleifoocl. contracts between Britain and Canada. said the agricultural picture has changed greatly during the 38 years in which he has been asso- ciated with the government. "There is less difficulty in sell- fhg agricultural surpluses than at any other time that 1' can recall." he said. V

Canadian i 5 were always hopeful that. they could pprcduce sufficient so that Canada would be able to sell to other countries in need.

But there was less to sell today because Canadians were consum-

local Man Given Two-pYgear.TernitL.

asnaa. in today mraud ., . W flfgigkili 33.100 life aspir- lnlr of an aged widow in Van.

years. Before sentence was im- would make restitution xhen re- leased and "clear rmkconsoicm-a.'.'

Five Ciiiiilreil. Die in Fire A

VAL,D'QR. Que.,..Feb. 27 -(CP) - Five children were burned to dmh early todiiy -when fire de- homs at llelrby Sullivan. The parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Lejeune. and three other children escaped.

The dead: Willie Leje-une, 15; Robert, 12: Richard, 11: Gloria. 1; and Marie Martha. 0.

The children who escaped are Pcarl. ll, twin sister of Richard; Diane. 10: and Ludger. ii.

The parents were visiting friends at Val Dior when the fire roared i'hl'0l-ilh the wooden structure shortly after midnight.

An unidentified cab driver. first to notice the fire, turned in the alarm. But firemen arrived i too late to fight the blaze.

The driver said that when he returned to the scene. ll-year-old Pearl was leading Ludger away to s. snowbank wihere Disne., clad only in pyjamas. was lying.

He said that he had to persuade the little girl.i'rom re-entering the building in an effort to bring out the other children.

All the children were in bed when the fast-spreading fire on- gulfed the cottage.

Won Praise For I-Ialpiilg End War

oaaansaoao. N. c., Feb. 27 --i(AP) -- Dr. Henry L0tlll,Smiiah. 91. his man who President, Wood- row Wilson declared did more to end the First World War than any other. diOd"i.oday.- Dr. Smith da- vised a balloon e system notes bahlnd. the German lines. may Gar-mans ravoited as .p' rag

lllli.

ccuver and was sentenced to two?

P0995. he told the court thatlvlie '

. Agriculture Minister . Discusses Farm Outlook

in: more than ever before. There was practically no difficulty, with the exception cf cheese, in selling all the dairy production in Can- Ids.

There was no difficulty in dis- posing of beef and pork products and title difficulty in disposing of crops except in the case of no- taioes and apples.

One of the main reasons it was difficult to sell the potato surplus was because the United States had subsidized too high production in that country. making it difficult to sell Canadian potatoes.

Mr. Gardiner said there is al- ways difficulty in disposing of butter surplus Canada has because of the high production cost.

New Zealand butter. which Mr Gardiner said the government did not want. to see brought into Canada. was laid down at Halifax at a cost of 40.4 cents a pound.

The floor price in Canada was 53 cents. Canadian farmers could not compete with New zeiland butter. The butter dealers were selling the imported butter at 56 1-2 cents a pound.

"The market price in this count- ry must be comparatively high." said the Minister. l

He had no comment about wheat negotiations in Britain

Canada Names Officer To Eisenhovyerls Staff"

Feb. 2'!-(GP)-Cam '

OTTAWA. ads today pasted its first army officer to Gen. E . OWQFS staff in what appeared to y a move to

prepare ,plans.for tho is-rrovl.slon cf

nadian ground troops for Eur- ..6's ' ., i ,.,:,. 'i :tbat.-- Mai. Allen 5.. Jsmiy will" baraissd to the rank of lieutenant-ca tflf serve as n general..lItafPi.ioificer with Gen. Eisenhower's staff: fin Paris. . Du les of the 34-year-old native of once. who served with Can- adian artillery and armored units in the.la.st..w . WQ(e'l1o0?G9fifl6d. Info ed':qu rters,'how r. said hi0'lI. ting is linkedi-'-wil consid-

.4srstfon of what partl: Canada will

;play under the North Atlantic .Eu:opean army snd.;prqbably with the planning of actual tiiboip move- ments-if and when vthey come about. ” g

There. has beeiuspeculatlon that Canada gnay form at new brigade. backed by the three battalions re- 'turning from Fort. Lewis. Wash.. and this may be Canada's initial contribution to tho North Atlantic army.

11 would then be the job of the new Canadian staff cfflcer in Parts to work out howthsse troops would besttflt into Gen. I:iaenliow- er's planning: when and where they would be sent. and how they would be used.

The three battalions returning re the 3rd Battalions of the Royal and Regiment. the Royal Canad- ian Regiment and Princess Pat- ricis's Canadian Light. Infantry.

They fmied part of the special force wh now is preparing to join the lsl; Battalion of the Princess Pstrlclu in Korea.

Two Banli Robbers Escape With 36.000

PICKERING. Ont.. Feb. .27 -- Two gunmen today held up the, Canadian Bank at Commerce here , sliort.ly,befora the 3 pm. closlngt hour and-escaped with 36.000. po- lice said. .

Pickering is about 15 miles east of Toronto and 10 miles west of Oshawa. .'

The armed man fled towards Toronto in .a. late-model gray sadgn. Polio.-in this area and in Toronto wars: warned -to watch for .ths car. .. to .

Sr.

t7l'rAWA.'liab.'i. 1'.-.(CP) - Ths Officr ex- PCNI IIVI A vast iuroashia iltoposed curlailt

meat 0!' deliverles.. Posto- Rinfret said 00--

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Patrol Eiii-ers Seoul But Withdraws

By ROBERT EUNSON

TOKYO, Feb. 28 - (Wedncsdayl L. (Am - Unltedlstates 7th and 2nd Division infantrymcn today probed deeper into Central Korea's soggy mountains after taking eight miles of a vital east-west highway. The main objective was to find and kill Reds withdrawing alter their east flank defences were crushed Tuesday. A secondary oli- jectlve was to -win control of the road which bisects the peninsula from Karignsng on the east to Seoul on the west.

Cross Han River

on the long-quiet western front. an Allied patrol Tuesday night crossed the Han River and fought its way into the suburbs of Reil- held Seoul. It later withdrew.

Canadian, British and New zea- land troops sloshed through the thawing, slippery terrain to capture a hill five miles southeast of Yong- du in one of the stlffest of Tues- day's fights. New zealand artillery helped drive off the Chinese, est- imated at battalion strength.

The hill. barring an Allied ad- vance. had been defended fiercely by the Reds for it week.

The hill is in the triangle formed by Ycngduri. Chioyong and l-loeng- song. It was in this area that the Commonwealth 27th Brigade, with the 2nd Battalion, Princess PM- ricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Tuesday fought off an enemy force estlmated at 2.000.

A communique from Gen. Mac- Arthur's headquarters said patrols. hampered by the thaw. encountered determined enemy positions one to three miles beyond the United Na- tions' positions.

Commando-type llsld

South Korean sources today dis- closed a commando-type raid sun- day to the republlc' mu-inn on the west coast within five miles of the 38th parallel. '

-The marines stormed ashore from

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ADVANCE IN CENTRAL KOREA

Remaining Spaiis Acquired "For New'Hiiisb0r0 Bridge

naval vouch near Vongjln. no miles.

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piuukiaumea use: isau agso other Provinces and U.I.A. II-O0

Prince Edward island has now acquired all the spins of its -bridge built in Montreal for Gen- eral Chiang Ksi Shek two years! can under Canada's mutual aid; programme. thus providing sul-g ficient material for spanning thel new Hills-boro Bridge and also probably North River Bridge. Premier 5. Walter Jones informed The Guardian yesterday. Previous- ly the Premier took up the option held on eight of the steel spans. and yesterday pwrchased the re- maining iihree spans on receiving word that these also were avail- able.

Seven of the eleven spans have win-gs or side brackets which are designed for highway accommoda- tion. These seven spans along with the centre span in the pre- scnt Hillsboro Bridge may be suf- ficient. to bridge the river.

Highways will run on both sides of the trusses with the railroad in the centre if the bridge is used by the railway. If the railway is al- lowed to abandon the bridge than the highway will be run between the trusses.

Total weight of the eleven steel spans is about 3,600 tons. T-his averages'nearly 350 tons for each span although the spans with the wings or brackets will be consid- erably heavier than those without.

The swing span in the present Bridge is in good condition, and. if it is used. brackets will be added to it provided that the bridge is used for both highway and rail- way purposes.

y The span.-..cs.n be brought here in sections either by boat or train. They may be transported to the Island by boat. provided that the cost of transportation is less than rail costs. and depending on whether the bridge will be used for rail traffic. -

This latter question i.s,.stlll in "doubt, and is one which will have to be settled by the Board of Transport Commissioners. Premier Jones qplained. The fact that yyigsbrgllwl claim: the old brifks

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(By Joe. Macswernl HALIFAX, Feb. " 2,1-(CP)-Em ucation. industry and car insur- ance were among subjects dis- cussed in the Nova St-otla Lec-

.lslaiure's Throne Speech debate today. ,

s. w. Proudhct (L-Pmu ,West), W. H. Brown (

igu- mouth) and E. .1. Fraser ( ar- mouilz) discussed education, with some comment on teacheriv sal- arics. so far the most t.alkecl-of-is- sue at the session.

Mr. Brown also spoke in favor of decentralization of industry and said: "This Province should have its share of new industries created by the defence demands of the Federal Government.

". . . til the least sign of 'un- employmcni. the boys at Ottawa start. on the old story of decen- trallzlng of industry. of the help that should be given the Marl- Umell: but as soon as industry begins to boom. they reach out their claws and grab. and when they have it all cornered they start. all over again."

Mr. Pfoildfnol snld education had been held in tlic lilizhcst, re- spett in his county for 150 years and the greatest teacher Novi

if for I new-' bridse i.ars7luow4avsl1:'. . N.'S. Me1'nl)ers,Debat,ej-; I, . Educajf-iioir Arid'Industlry”ft

able, should be a strong point. in inducing the Commissioners to rule that this route -be maintain- ed by the railway. in preference to routing all rail traffic via Mou-nt Stewart.

The spans were acquired by the Premier at the bargain price of 3130 per ton. They cost when built 3300 per ton. and today would cost 5400 a ton if the steel were avail- able. r

519,817 spent ilntler Marshlanii Grant In P. E. Island

o'I'rAwA. Feb. 2'1-(special)-A total of 319,811.88 has been merit. by the federal government up .t.o December 31. 1960 under the Mari- tlme marshlands rehabilitation act, according to an answer filed in the House of Commons today to a question asked by T. J. Kick- ham. Liberal member for Kings;