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MONDAY, MARCH

Everybody 0 Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

31, 1952

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Morning Dally Founded 1681. The Guardian. Five Cents.

RESIDENT TRUMAN WILL NOT OFFER FOR RE-ELECTION

Week-End Fires Cause Damageylin N. B., Niild.

Sir Andrew Duncan Dies In Britain; Headed Royal Commission Here

LONDON. March so-(AP)-sii-T Andrew Duncan. 67, chairman of Britain's huge Iron and steel Fed- er-ation, died in his sleep early to- day. Duncan was Prime Minister Churchill's minister of supply from 1940 until the end oi the second World War. Prior to that, he was for 11 years the director of the Bank of Emgland. He was a mem- ber of parliament from 1940 until the 1950 election when he did not light to retaili his seat.

He had been seriously ill for the last, two weeks. The nature oi his illness was not announced. ,

Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Duncan was trained as a lawyer but soon went into industry and reached top appointments in coal. iron and steel, chemicjals, electric- ity and shipping.

He bitterly fought the Government's nationalization Britain's steel industry after uar.

sir Andrew received a Doctor of Laws degree from Dalhouslc Uni- varsity. Halifax. and was chairman of Royal Commissions to inquire into the coal industry in Nova Scotia in 1935 and again in 1931. He was also chairman of a royal mmmislon to inquire into griev- ances of the Maritime Provinces in

Police Abandon Search For Plane

DALHOUSIE, N. 13.. March 30- (GP)-'.T'he R. C. M. P. have of- ficially called off their search for an aircraft, which three children said they found in a gully, five miles south of here. last Thursday. it was thought that it might have been the missing M. C. A. Dak- ntii, which disappeared on a char- ter flight from Saint John. N. 5.. to Goose Bay. Labrador, with five persons aboard on March 22.

The R. C. A. F. abandoned its air and ground search at 4 P. M. Friday. Saturday the R. C. M. P. and Boy Scouts made it thorough scouring of the thickly-wooded terrain. but found nothing. sever- al residents plan to continue the hunt tomorrow.

Show flurrles over the bleak Bay of Chaleur area cancelled a sched. uled serial search.

R. C. A. F. Search and Rescue officials said the search has not been "completely abandoned." A plans will resume tomorrow.

"Length of the search will de- pend on the weather. on important factor when it comes to the men's survival chances." an official said.

Labor of the

Coming Events

"seeds! send for Free Catalog. Arthur Vesey. York.

"Shipment of I-lammermill ar- rivinx first of week. Weeks Farm liquipment.

'"Come to Rose Valley Hall to- night. Programme. Croklnole and Lunches.

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"Roge.rson's Beauty Shop, Crap- Mld. Will open April Isl. Evenings by IPP0lntment.

"5!"-Vlnls - Unloading our set- urdav and Monday. Gil Henry. Purina Red Store.

."V.lctorla rink Tuesday night. LWUYI Cross Red Wings VI. ureen Road Meteors.

"Hockey iii North River rink MONEY. March Gist. Cornwall Meteors vs. Milton Hnrncis. Game time 8:45.

"For snspaims-tint will "not fade. mail your Films and Nega- tives to Garnhum Photo studios. ehsrlotteiown.

Sir Andrew Duncan

Fourlmmigranis Burned To Death

Small vil?ge Other Outbreaks

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Threatened;

By William C. Barnard MUNSAN. Korea, March 31 - (Mlonday)-(AP)- The Allies pro-. tested Sunday against the location of prisoner-of-war camps adjacent to Communist supply lines but thel Rleds tartly refused to move them. There was no progress in the armistice talks but sta-if officers agreed to meet again today at Panmunjom at 11 a. m. (9 p.m. EST Sundav).

Col. Hubert Butler of the United States presented the United Na- tions commands protest on the prisoner camps after adjournment of the off-record session on ex- change o.' prisoners.

He said the Communists violated the Geneva convention and need-

BOISEIOWN. N.B., March 30- (CP)- Two general stores. one containing offices and a ware- house as wcll, were leveled by fire tonight and a nearby three-story residence badly damage in this small village, just insied the border of Northumberland County and al- most at the geographical centre of New Brunswick. Damage estimates run upwards from 5150.000.

The fire was first noticed about 7:30 p. m. in the upstairs offices of the Miramichi Lumber Company. Ltd.. over the general store and warehouse of F..l. whalen, Ltd. It spread quickly and with the whole village threatened firemen and

Reds Reject Protest Over Location Of Prison Camps

ened."

The Chinese added. "There are many practical difficulties which prevent us from moving the pris- oner-of-war camps and we are not going to move them."

The Reds charged that Allied planes straf-fed a prison camp near the Yalu rRlver March 16. Butler told them Allied reconnaissance planes had been unable to locate the camp.

He said at. least three prison compounds-near Pyongyang, the Korean Communist capltal.-”serv- ed to establish a semi-sanctuary from United Nations command air action, thereby allowing your side! to build up this entire area as an; unmolested military supply polnt."'

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equipment were called in irom Newcastle. 63 miles to the iiorIli- east, Fredericton. 42 miles south- west. and the nearby communities of Doaktown and McGlvney.

Forestry trucks from the area and army firefighters from the equipment depot at McGlvney also assisted.

lessly endangered Allied prisoners by situating prison camps near military targets. He added seven of 11 camps were marked im- properly.

Chinese Col Wang chlan repli- ed: "It your side is sincerely con- cerned about the security of pris- oners

At Saint John

SAINT JOHN. N. B.. March 30- (CP)-Demagc estimated as high as 5126.000 was caused by a two- alarm fire here Saturday in the Maritime distributing warehouse of the Barrett Company. Ltd.. of Montreal. suppliers of patent roof. ing and sidiihg.

SEPT ILES. Que. March 30 - (CP)-; Four Italian immigrants were hurried to death Saturday in a fire that destroyed a bunkhouse on the Quebec north shore in this iron-ore development region. fifth man suffered severe burns anrll was flown to hospital in Mont- rca .

iiewsin Brief

LONDON. iilorrh .'l(lotRc-ulrrs) -Labor leader Ciomcnt Attire loft here by air tonight for New York on n one-day flying visit to the United States.

BALBOA. Canal Zone. March 30-(AP) - I-Ieavy rainstorms in Chiriqui Province blew down an estimated 1.000.000 banana plants. reports said Saturday. The valeiit of three months baiiiina production was destroyed.

LONDON. March 30 -(Reuters) -.Alr Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd. chlci of the R. A. F. Bamb- cr Command. will fly to Canada and the United states on an in- srpectlon tour in a Canberra jot bomber A.pril 18, the Air Ministry announced Saturday.

TOKYO. March 30 -(Reutcrs)- Police claimed Saturday they have uncovered an "underground polit- iburo" oi the Japanese Communist Party in Tokyo. About 200 persons have been arrested hi country- wide raids in the last 24 hours on more than 1.000 susipectcd Com- munist cells. believed to be dis. trlbutlng centres for illegal docu- menia.

WARSAW. March 30 -(AP) - Purther rationing of foodstuffs will be introduced in Poland April 1. the Warsaw press announced S-HUidIi'- Holders of food coupons are instructed to give them up when they oonsume meat courses in restaurants. Persons without coupons must pay so per cent more thnn C0UP0n holders for

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The two-storey wooden building ;Wlls badly damaged and 18 cars land trucks, some of iliem new, Istored on the second floor were also scorched and turned. The cars were owned by Lawson Mot- his Limited. owners oi the build- inll. V

The fire started as an employee attempted to light an oil heater on th: rzroulld floor. A small explos- ion sent. burning oil over the floor and one wall. The employee es- caped unhurt.

At Corner Brook

CORNER BROOK, Nfid. March 30 - iCP)- -- Five families were left homeless and two stores were destroyed in B fire which raged through a downtown block in Cor- ner Brook West today.

Omliolice estimated damage at 3100,- Nobody was injured in the flames. brought under control tonight at. tcr firemen battled for five hours.

Destroyed were a big grocery on downtown Broadway owned by J.w. Moore, the two apartments above it a. two-family house, and a small bungalow.

A concrete warehouse owned by Basha Bros. or nearby Curling was also gutted.

Stop Man-On Relief From Taking Trip

NEW YORK. March 30-iAP)- A man on relief was blocked from taking a tour of Scotland Saturday when police removed him from the liner Queen Mary. David Smith. 4.1. of Queens, was accused of de- friiuding the city by drawing re- lief cheques for 16 years!-up to 5226 a month for himself. his wife and three children-while having other financial sources.

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meat courses.

Madison Square Garden.

greeted with surprise, regret and .'i slight case of jitters today President Truman's announ- cement that he will not seek re-l election. I

some wernaurpriscd athis voiun-, tary retirement because they had; some to regard him as s scrapper.

Truman Decision Comes As Surprise To Europeans

DONDON. March 30 O -(CP)- They were sorry to hear that Tru- Europeans

man is leaving the white House. Maui-ice Schumann. slate secre- tory in the Mlinistry of Foreign Af-

fairs. said the wisdom for knowing

when to quit is "a rare virtue among great men; President Tru- man possesses it in a supreme de- gree."

your air force so that the security of the prisoners will not be threat-

Ailled fighters and bombers for! months have been pounding Com-i

thatlmunist supply arteries from :-.fan- hart 'cliurla in

"Operation strangle"-' aimed at throtteling Red rronz-T line positions.

Under the mutual agreement for anew: blackout, the U.N. com-T

was the sixth sion.

oil-the-recoro ses-

German farm laborers may make up a shortage of help on island farms this year under an agree- ment reached betweon the Agric- ultural Department of the Pro- vlncial Government, and the Fed- eral Departmcnt oi Labor.

Similar agreements have been arranged by Nova Scotla and New Bruriswick and other provincial governments. The immigrants who are expected to be routed to the Island. will come from the West German district of sclileswig-Hob stem. Ali oi them will be well- grounded in farming.

The Provincial Department of Agriculture is asking for a nun-

red of these men. and would wet- come their early arrival, so that they could help out in cropping.

But the recruiting of the men is going somewhat slowly, and there is some doubt as to whether the West German government is co- operating as heartily as was ex- pected. it will not be known there- fore for a few weeks how soon the first or the newcomers will ar- rive in this province. Chief clauses in the Provincial-Dominion agree- ment to bring the men to the Is- land, provide that the immigrants will be brought to Canada under an "assisted passage scheme" Ai- ter being placed on farms the men will repay the money advanced them for the Atlantic crossing. in

Agreement Reached Re.

German Farm Workers For Island This Year

Blizzardhln Britain. Heat Wave in Italy

LONDON. March 30

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-Gusty winds and cold rain con- tinued to bclabor Eurcipc today. but in Italy a freak heat wave

sent temperatures up to 90 degrees in the shade

Torrrcntial rains and melting snow in Northern France and Germany set. rivers rising toward flood levels.

Scandinavia was dapplcd with patches of brilliant sunshine,w'1ile Moscow reported the Mercury hit 18 below zero during the weak.

Briiain's'three-day snow bliz- zard eascd up in the south today but cls:where it went on furiously while snoivbound families dug their way out.

Roads were blocked. motorists found thcmselves stranded in country lanes. and trains stopped as the grcai snow blanket moved northwards.

In Eastern England many vil- lages were isolated by seven-foot drifts. Farmers used their tractors to get milk churns to the main roads.

Appointed Manager T Announce At Prestwiok Airportl

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r..3i."- . The appolntrnent of R. W. Lock-

of Kensington, P. E. 1. (above) to the position of Station Manager at the busy internationril airport of Prcstwick. Scotland. has been announced from Mont- real by Trans-Canada Air Lines.

you should not carry out mand was silent on Sunday's dis-iF0ltm-'l'l3' 5.1-H1011 mn!l3EEI'ai- GOOSE wanton bombing and should notifycllssions on rrisoner excliangc. it Buy. M11 Lockhart 15 W911-known

in aviation communications circles in the Mariiinies and Bermuda. where be supervised the installa-

tion of a new radio-telephone station for the airline. A native of Kenslngion. and

educated here and at Toronto. he quaiificri as a radio technician'in the Queen City. Joining the air- line in 1939 as a radio operator at Winnipeg. Mr. Lockhart later served as station manager at Syd- ncy. N. S.. and assistant manager at Presiwick. Scotland. lintil ap- pointrd in the senior operational post at Goose Bay.

Stolinwliuts EndC To Rumors He's Iii

LONDON. March 30 ...iR.cutei-st --Premier Stalin Saturday attend- ed a meeting of the Supreme Sov- lot of the Russian Federated Re- public. scolching rumors that he is ill. The rumors were sparked by his absence from a meeting of this body last Wednesday.

Wilson ilesiglTs in Steel Dispute

WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)-Chnrlcs E. Wilson resigned today as director of defence mo- bilization as a rcsult of the con- troversy over proposals for settling the steel labor dispute.

President Truman accepted the resignation. which was drafted when Wilson called on him last Friday to express ,concern over government plans to avert a walkout threatened for April 8.

Truman immediately designated John R. Steelman to serve temp- orarily as director of defence mo- bilization while continuing in his post as assistant to the President.

monthly instalments. withheld from wages. Contracts to this effect will be signed by each individual lab- orcr.

Ninety per cent of Island iarm- crs will ask for single men; very few have accommodation for mar- ried couples with families.

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REGINA. March 30 -(C P) - Pm-nier Douglas said Saturday the Saskatchewan Government will endeavor to implement a health insurance program if the Federal Government does not iii- troducc such a scheme at a reason- ably early date.

He was commenting on the pro- vlnclal health survey report which recommended vi comprehenslvn federal-provincial health insur- ance program for Saskatchewan. In an interview. the Premier said hciiltn insurance and other "expansion" questions had been

Dominion Drama Festival Competitors Announced

TORONTO. March 30 -tCP)-

ANsl'lIllV Y?nK.'M8fC:1 .'io--(APi-- S k G -d ' seven Little Theatre companiesl Cus-:;m,:1g,nto ("Jr "'1-din? Li" I from six of Canada's 10 provinces' n o ow" 0 "L T "' will compete in the Dominion lgl:msli:1oxva.mIi2ingni:1llez Brothegs -and H drama msuml Am.” 28gMay 3 n y' "m" '" o B Saint John. NB. the festival ex-1

eclttive announced today. Two others. Bcilevlllc (0nt..l Theatre Guild and La Jeune scene of Mon-i treal, have been asked in stage. their regional festival product.lon.s' at the filial show. .. . I Invitations to this 13th national. competition were issued on the basis of Pierre LeFevre's report to the executive. The regional adju- dicator has just competed in two- montli tour of area competitions.

The Program Saint John Theatre Guild will

open the festival April 28 with its production of Noel Coward": "l-lay

cow. Wm 1" some were regretfui because they, He said Truman showed himself d d, I y V d m Fever" which won the New Bruns- umomy Ind 313:,” s:1;:1p"'l”::iu?: regarded him as one of their courageous in. office by acting to ;1;Tsu”!il's5lolIl ibheor -:m;y.mgw:3ld bi wifk competmon " M... ("gum 30” your order now. champions in lumping for were stop coinmunixn in Europe and 1c mo". Ladies In Retirement. by Ed-

Our prices are right. I. J. Mac. all. Vernon. "Victoria rink tonight. Monday.

"”i lime In the finals for tho

Phyllcl rt dom. They traditionally keep out stressed that Europe mi west ' The re inder of the .bU8ih9M. meniv 0f R 8990131 Committee to Trade "cupi.li'i.'.:,'., 1-",','.',',,,1:;”,'.'!,v,i,'5 of us. internal policies. Germany have beno.'iteda from U. HUIITIX Harhnr foiiowr M mmm' Bcalnniniz this week. ririvnic siudv current defence expenditures. Sisters VI. Victoria Son Gulls und In London. British oiiiciaia 5. foreign policy under 'rruimin'i Halifax Theatre Arill Guild. mtmbm I080 one of tho three 85 rcouostvd by the Proizressive Tr,-on W. CAM Trnvor" nut wu-mjy pnlsed Truman-5 d,;(.,.i1md,mh1p' And they mowed con, "second 1-hrnhokivn by Phmp days weekly sci. aside in the early Cnnscrvatlvcs. This committee moi. "me 8:15 sharp. ' l mmluom oncn m the (RC, Micern. 1-my wondered .lmmyy..wm Bury '0 he produced M y maunujstalzl-s of each session for their briefly in the fall session last year "C n ---- iiorcs domestic criticism. to heloilvir Truman's foreiiln policy to. i-l'Al.rFAX. March 30 ...iL:Pi- A ADrii':w. ifiidFgl:tTmA,priThTin niiiln ;tTT:t: iii: anigrigiiitturrc TtTTf.iir:irlTute(dIhrdine

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:31! -mnsernent as last year. it.

quarters outside Paris.

Mixed with these feelings was

Dimvn. Phone No. 12-11 or 11.

The French were less reticent.”

seas aid. some were nervous that it in Korea and had braved the risk might lead to I change in United oi unpopiilarit states foreign policy.

Douglas MacArthur. West Ger on government cir-

ths caution of European offlcinl- cles voiced surprise at Bonn. They

.to act when he was convinced of

the necessity for action."

y by dismissing Gen.

made publ

Two Runs collide

rammed the Canadian tanker Im- Derial Predsricton smlshlps, y

wind Percy and Reginald Dcnham

will be presented April 29 by st. foot-and-mouth disease. The rest the

Johns Players winners of the Newfoundland fes- tlviil.

of Newfoundland.

The Actors Company. Toronto,

. "Golden Boy." by Clifford Odeiglnighh

May 2. St. Gcnesius Players Guild. Mon- treal,

The rniiiniittec sad it regrcltrrl a lFreiicli-laiiatiage group pai-iicipat-latter a scathing assault on what

that no Juli-lcngtli play

by

.icominiieid' onpiige '5 coif 2:"

Commons To Consider iLegislation This Week

OTTAWA, March 30-iCl"l--The Commons swings its attention to government business this week.

Thus far in thc four-wcck ses- sion. there has been little action in the way of passage of legisla- tion. Only an emergency bill was

adopted. to ratify the Japanese peace That was the bill to recom- treaty. Blllhtd JEN SCPNEMV-301' In pense prairie farmers for the San Francisco. The treaty ul-

siaughter of animals affected by

of the time was spent on Throne-speech debate. ll foreign-

policy debate and private membc-..'

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me-nt Made At

Annual Dinner Of Party;

WASHINGTON. March so -- rAP) -- President Truman arr- nounced Saturday night he will not be a candidate for re-electioii.

The historic pronouncement, bu- ifore 5,000 Democratic politicians at an annual party dinner, came as an off-the-cuff interpolation in his prepared address. which had 'contained no intimation of his lintentlons. Millions heard the au- nounccment by radio and televis- l0fl.

A chorus of "noes" fi'om the diners greeted Truman's statement that he will not accept a renam- inatlon.

Truman's announcement. touch- ed off a free-for-all scramble to- iday for the Democratic presiden- Ttlal nomination.

Democrats predicted the party's July nominating convention will be wide open, although tliw look-' ed for Truman to take no back seat role in the choice of a nominee.

Came As Surprise

The announcement caught off base even those who had been pre- dicting he would bow out of the picture.

The immediate effect was to step up the campaigns of Sen- ator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee