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Another Canadian Prisoner Released By Bedsl

Island Airmen To Coronation

lianadian Troops Reach Seattle

SENITLE. (CP)- The biggest

.-zmtingent of Canadian troops to ,. East. ar- ,- r.ved here Thursday aboard the

miurn from the Far navy transport Marin Lynx.

Most of the 1,063 Canadlansngre mcmbers of the Royal Canadian P.cgiment's lat battalionu On hnard also were 1.410 returning i'nited States troops.

Brig. W. J. Megill, British Col- umbia area commander. was on hand to welcome the troops. He

made his greeting a short one after one of the impatient home- hriund soldiers drew laughter from his mates by yelling "that's "rough" after Brig. Megill had opened with a cheery "welcome to Seattle."

Coming Events

"Salvation Army Bean Supp”. April 28th. Tickets 50 cents.

"Dance. Glenroy School, Friday. April 24th. Good music.

"Watch for the regular Friday night dance at Gordon Lodge.

"The Easter Parade. Kinkora hall tonight 8215. Matinee 3:15.

"Hunter River starch Factory will open for the season April 27th. Call for appointments.

"Pantry Sale. 8. A.. McDonald's. Saturday. April ztlih. 2 P. M. Group 1. Parkdale Women's Institute.

"Dance every Friday night. South Rustico Hall. Canteen ser- rice. Charlottetonians Orchestra.

"See Kinirora Dramatic Club present their play in Kinkora hail. Wednesday. May 6th.

”Cardsiihd oi-oxinoie. Marsh- neld Hall, I-1-iday. April 24th, at 8 P. M. Lunches and prizes.

"Seed cleaning Plant now oper- ating. Gordon MacMillan. Corn- wall.

"In stock. Barb and Page Wire. Asphalt Shingles. Booking orders for Cleaner Seeds. W. I. Bowman.

"Fortune Bridge. April 24th. at 8 P. M.. a meeting re-organising Calf Club. Films will be shown. Everybody welcome.

"All interested in improving

Brackley Point Cemetery. meet at I

the cemetery Saturday. April froth. at 1 oiclock.

"Hazelbrook B. Y. P. U. will pre- sent Minstrel Show in Bridgetown Hall. Friday. April 24th. Sponsored by Dundas Y. P. U.

"Coming to Mt. Stewart Friday and Saturday nights at 3.30. Flam- ing Feather. an outdoor action pic- ture which will hold your interest throughout.

"Dlngwell's Blacksmith shop will be doing horseshoeing on Mon- days and Fridays only, for sum- mer months. Signed Fulton Ding- Well. Crspsud. P. E. Island.

"Flddiing and step dancing "DMOIL C.M.B.A. Hall, Vernon WV". April 27th at 8 p.m. Spon- sored by Millvlew Women's In- stitute. Send entries to Mrs. Ted Crane. Mlilvlew.

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

"At.tentlml Morell and Vicinity. Coming tonight. "Dark City” star- Tlns Elizabeth Scott. Viveca Land- fors and introducing Charlton "won. a Hal Wallis production. Be sure you see this show.

"All interested in Whestley River Cemetery are requested to meet at the Cemetery April 28th. at 2 tilclock for the purpose of identify. 1"! sravea followed by s meeting it church for cemetery business. A. J. Rackhsm.

. I Vittention: Farmers of Carls- gll and vicinity. we no pleqggd L0 lnnounce the appointment of 0 rd and I-lowatt as exclusive Ful- ,'r0l) dealer for Carleton and Vtihlltv. we solicit your patron- are on behalf of this dealer. The uaker Osts.Co. of Canada Ltd.

"39llnninI 1 Evening April 20th. A special Series of Ev- ballillltlc services under the com- ” 04 Iulplcss of the -rrym aspun.

timid. and Presbyterian Churches A 3-00 P. M. lasting until Sunday. May 10th. with luv. L. R. Atkin- IOD. convention Ivsngeiist of the Maritime United Baptist Conven- if" I! the sum pi-norm. seryices

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Corporal F. K. Costain. son of Mrs. E. M. Coatain. Kirk street. Summerside.

Urges Gov'i To Assisi N. S. Apple Exports

orrawa. (OP) -- George Now- lan (PC--Annapolis-Kings) said in the Commons Thursday the gov- ernment could do more to assist apple exports from the Annapolis Valley.

Taking his trust in the trade de- bate. the Nova. Scotia member said: "Nothing is of more import- ance to the people of Canada and particularly to my own constitu- ency than getting access to the British market." i

Not A Solution

Though the American apple mar- ket might provide a substitute for the British market. from time to

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ll.B.WRcst-ri-rihons on Road Weights

FREDERICTON, (OP) -- Lifting of spring weight restlrictiocis on all roads in counties of the southeirn half of New Brunswick, effective after midnight April 26, has been announced by the highway divis-

on.

Counties where the restrictions are lifted are Kent. Westmorland, Albert. Saint John. Kings. Queens. Sunbury, York and Charlotte. Roads in the rest of the province will remain under the spring weight restrictions until. further notice.

Father Held Ax-Slaying

QUEBEC, (OP) - Provincial po- lice said Thursday night that Georges Hebert. a 40-year-old Que- bec laborer, had coniessed to the ax-slaying of his four children.

Police are holding Hebert's pres!- nant wife as an "important wit- M”...

The mutilated bodies of the four. Rene. 9, Louisette, 7. Nicole. 5, and Cvaetsn, 3, were found in the Hab- ert apartment in Quebec West Thursday.

Neighbors said the children had not been seen since 'mesda.y.

. Mrs. Alphonse Brlseon, who of- ten looked after the children. said Mrs. Hebert left home Saturday.

Bodies of the two oldest children were found on a small couch in the living room. the two youngest in s. si-ns.l.l bed in the only bed- room of the apartment.

Ottawa Will

OTTAWA. (or) - The lot bat- talion of the Royal Canadian Regi- ment. which landed at Seattle, Wash. will receive an official wel- come in Ottawa on Monday. srmy hQldQllIl'lnnI announced today. Arriving in Ottawa by special train. the aorta will be welcomed briefly at the Union station by Mayor Charlotte Whitton and La- bor Minister Gregg. honorary col- onel of the regiment. representing the Canadian government. After a short break-off to meet relative! and friends. the regiment will fall in and march to Parlia- rrimt Hill. to receive from Mr. Gregg the unit colors. held "in deposit" while the RCR's were

united Church.

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of Mr. Wilmot

Corporal J. Waugh. son and Mrs. Brewer Waugh, Valley.

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Leading Aircraftman W. C. Har-

ris. son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur

Harris. O'Leary.

Fishermen claim Banned Pork Hurting Fish Sales

iloro Dfseveral Sea Rescues Dies

CRANSTON. R..I.. spmgue, 17, hero of several niatlc episodes of the sea serving 26 years With the coast guard on Block Island off the Rhode Island coast. and the main- land. died Thursday. Sprague re- tired in 1936.

On June 8. 1917. when the brliz Thiago out of the Cape Verde is- lands for New Bedford struck Black Rock and was in danger of foundering with her 50 passenE8T5 and crew. Captain SPFREW3 "Wk 3" active part in rescuing them.

A short time later. he was the hero of the rescue of the 448 pas- sengers and crew of the Portu- guwe steamer Mormuagc. which also piled up on Black Rock.

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U. S. Pianist And V Song Writer Dies

(AP)-Peter De Rose, 57. pianist and songwriter. died Thursday in his Manhattan home after a lengthy illnes. Songs he wrote included "Deep Purple." Osomebody Loves You." "When Your Hair has Turned to Silver,"

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NEW YOR.I(i.

"Muddy Water." and "Wagon Wheels." De Rose was featured with his wife. Ma Singhi Breen.

on radio networks for many years.

Following

Of Children

Police said blood on the child- ren's wounds were dried up. indic- ating the slayings had taken place some days ago.

Police said they were tipped to the slayings by an employee of a funeral parlor where the Quebec City morgue is located.

The employee. who asked his name be withheld. said a. big man came in and asked to make ar- rangements for a funeral for his four children. He was accompan- ied by a brown-haired woman in a red coat.

The employee said the man told hlrn a story about a railway-croes- ing accident in which his four chil- dren were killed at Lac Aux Babies in Portneu! County.

"Everytime I turned to the wom- an to ask a question. she turned her head toward her husband and said nothing." he said.

Welcome

Returning Korean Vets

After an address by Mr. Gregg and a march past on the hill, the unit will march through the city with fixed bsyoriets and colors fw- lng. lunch at Lansdowne Park and later in the day disperse to can- tlnue to their homes.

Most of the sows are from

Eastern Canaan. A few who live between Vancouver and Winnipeg will drop off en route and will not take part. in the April 2'! care- monies. . It will be the first time a unit returning from Korea has been fomisily welcomed in this way. Previously the sum brought units home from Korea in smaller groups. but under a. new policy. units an" rotated in a body.

OTTAWA. (CF)-Canada's state- controlled canned pork business is interfering with free-e-niteirpriso fish sales. a Senate trade committee was told Thursday.

If the govemmeirit wants to help the fishing industry. it should "get out of canned pork." said H. W. Weich of Air Haven. N.B.. a di- rector of the Fisheries Council of Oaiuada.

The question of the government's huge pork stockpile emerged as the committee discussed the fac- tors tliait. relate to Canadian fish sales to North Atlantic countries.

Other Claims

The council executive told the committee also:

1. The industry is deeply con- cerned over possible increased im- port restrictiom by the Unimd Stat-cs against. Canadian. fish. The U. S. was Canada's biggest market and prospects of higher American tariffs struck "great fear in our hearts." an official said.

2. Britain's imports of Canadian fish had been shrinking. She still was British Columbia's best mar- ket for canned salmon. but there was n-o assurance that funthor pur- chases by Britain would follow "in a normal pattern." It was "frust- rating" shnt Britain had 50,000,000 potential consumers of Canadian salmon but Canada couldn's reach them because of the dollar ex- change problem.

3. The Canadian domestic mar- ket was gradually increasing and the industry planned to do every- thing possible to promote more sales. But the governmenIt's cui- ned pork program was interfering.

Claim Hurts Salmon Sales

J. Norman I-l.vla.nd of Vancouver. the council's vice-president. said the government's subsidized pork sales apparently had a noticeable effect on canned salmon sales.

The government embarked on the pork program as a result of last year's foot-and-mouth out. break and large surpluses develop- ed. The government had purchas- ed more than 100,000,000 pounds to sell even though it was disposing of stocks at ubout one-third below cost.

The council felt that the con- sumer would be tempted to buy more fish if he didn't see the cut. raitc pork on grocery shelves.

"Do you suggest the government should get nut of canned pork or get into fish," asked senator T. A. Crerar (L-Manitoba).

"I suggest the government get out. of pork." replied Mr. Weleh.

ll. ttllssembly Has Recessed

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.. (AP) -The United Nations assembly re- cessed indefinitely Thursday with a. hope and a prayer for an early Korean armtstlce. It' also called overwhelmingly for an impartial investigation of Red germ-warfare charges and unanimously urged joint action to get l2.0o0 Chinese guerrillas out of Burma.

Sir Gladwyn Jebb. British chief delegate and acting assembly pres- ident, pounded the final gavel with this declaration:

"Let us all hope it will not be long before we meet again to dis- cuss the organi1.ai.ion of peace fol- lowing the conclusion of an armis- tice in Korea."

Delegates are hopeful that an armistice will be achieved in a few weeks. when it comes. or when a majority of delegates decide any Korean development warrants a meeting. the assembly will be call- ed back.

Slight Delay In Resumption Of . Armistice Talks i

PANMUNJOM, (OP) - A Cana- dian was among the Allied pris- oners who crossed the line today. from Communist captivity to freedom. i

Pte. Arthur J. Baker of Mont- real. 9. member of the Royal 22nd Regiment who had been listed as missing in action. was the second Canadian released in the prisoner exchange. Last Monday L. Cpl. Paul Dugal of Quebec City was released and with him he had a. list of 16 Canadians held by the Reds. Baker was the only hos- pital case on Dugal's list.

Pte. Charles Sacco. a native of Guelph. Ont, who served with the United States Army, also has been released.

More Reds Also

While the pcrisoner exchange was under way today Rear-Admiral John C. Daniel. chief Allied liaison officer. met with the Communists and said Red prisoners being re- patriated would be increased, matching a similar intention ex- pressed by the Reds Thursday.

The Communists asked 9. delay in the scheduled resumption of the 11111 nrmlstic talks urrtil 2 p. m. Sunday. The talks had been Scheduled to start Saturday.

Recent Captives

The 14 US. Marines. naval medi- cal corpsmen and soldiers who came back Thursday had been captured only last month in bitter fighting on the western front. So were six Colombians. Five return- ed Australians were captured in January.

In Tokyo. United Nations com- mand headquarters issued a state- ment saying Geri. Mark Clark. the supreme commander, "is gratified that the Communists. in response to repeated requests from the Uni- ted Nations command, have agreed to return not only additional sick and wounded captured United Nat- ions personnel but all United Nat.- lons command personnel in this category."

The prisnnr-rs to be exchanged Friday included 50 South Korean; 40 Americans, four Britons. four Tiurks. one Dutch and the cane- d an.

Another Canadian

One member of the Canadian Army. 1.. Cpl. Paul Dugal of Que- bec City, has so far been retumed. Pte. Charles Sacco, a native of Guelph. out, who served with the U. S. Army, is also among those exchanged.

The non-Koreans returned Thurs- day said in general they received good treatment from the Corn. munlsts. but south Koreans who had been held longer told new stories of brutality, hunger, disease and death.

Worlr of Divorce Committee Bil Easier This Year

OTTAWA. (OP) - work was it bit easier this session for the 16 members of the Senate's divort: committee.

Senator W. M. Ascltine, com- mittee chairman, reported Thu.-5- day-to the upper chamber that members recommended 282 di- vorces from Quebec and New- foundland, only provinces without divorce courts. -l,..;m It. was lne lowest number since i060 and the second lowest since the end of the war. The commit- tee handled 312 divorces last year. since the war the committee has approved 2.408 applications with a peak of 360 in 1019. The low was 200 in 1950. There were 179 divorc- es in 1945. last year of the war. Eight divorce petitions this year came from Newfoundland and 2'74 from Quebec compared with three from' Newfoundland and 300 from Quebec at the last session.

Fees Psld Decline -

Fees paid to Parliament total- led 357.520 compared with 363,730 during the 1952 session.

snaiui-iTiTvi?i?T our of Hospital

MON'l"R.EAl., ICPi - Hospital authorities announced Thursday that Armand Couillsrd. 23-year-old cumival worker bitten April 12 by a deadly water moccasin. has been released from hospital fully re- covered. Couillard was bitten on the hand while cleaning out the snake's cage. He was treated with snt.i-snake-bile serum and with

. the drug ACTH.

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Security Problem Posed In Divergent Accounts

lAtrocitics By

By Bill Boss

(Canadian Pras Staff Writer;

FREEDOM VILLAGE. Korea, (CF) -- Two conflicting pictures have come from correspondents re-portirig for the last three days on the exclianrge of prisoners with the Communists.

On the one hand there are ac- counts from American prisoners of death marches and atrocities; on the other are Commonwealth ac- counts of uniformly-decent treat- mem.

British security regulations gov- erning the interviewing of British and Australian prisoners prevent either corroborative or balancing narratives compared with United States reports which are being played with all stops out.

Rule Ont Questions

British security officers rule out all questions approaching the as- pects capturliig U. S. aittentlon.

Two out of five Australians re- turned Thursday were made avail- able for interviews and both were obviously apprehensive after being warned. They obviously spoke uri- dor duress and their testimony ap- parently could be discounted.

Regardless of original directions, it now is apparent that U. S. auth- orities are unconcerned over secur- ity precautionis. Commonwealth correspondents feel Commonrweslth authorities here should be likewise.

The correspondents received a statement. Thursday night from Commonwealth authorities which did not answer reporters' ques- tions concerning the scope of in- terviews.

The statement said: "Regard- ing allegations of ill treatment by the repatriated Commonwealth prisoners, this has been referred to hlQ":l8P authority. Information at hand is that no ill treatment has been reported by prisoners from the Commonwealth forces so fitr

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Gov't Buying Powdered Milk

OTTAWA. (CPI - Agriculture Minister Gardiner said in the Com- mon-s Tliursday the governlmenti. has purchased about 863,200 pounds of spray process powdered milk at. eight cents a pound and about 3,214,000 pounds of roller process powdered milk at 11 cents a pound as part of its price support pro- gram for the dairy industry. He was replying to R. E. Anderson (L- Norfolk).

News in Brief

OTTAWA, (CPT:The OBC .will start. operating its television net- work linkiiig Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto May 14. E. L. Bush-

Prisoners

MacKinnon To ispeak At Halifax

HALIFAX. IO?) - The fourth

Maritlni.e regional conference on conimunihy plamiiri-z opens here Friday, with delegates from all

four provinces.

Guest speakers include Humph- rey Carver, research committee chairman of the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Dr. Frank MacKinnon, principal of Prince of Wales College, Charlotte- town; and Lionel A. Forsyth. pres- ident of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, who will speak on the Maritime economy.

Womuli Prisoner Freed By Reds

FREEDOM VILLAGE. Korea. (API-A South Korean WAC was among the 50 South Korean sick and wounded prisoners freed Thursday by the Communists, the first wcnmarn reported involved in the POW exchange. She said she was captured in 1951 while serv- ing with the Republic of Korea 8th infantry division.

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EBATE

Sharp Crll-cism ls Voiced By Opposition

(OPr - Trade Min- ister Howe said Thursday in the Commons that convertibility 13! sterling is Home months or years away" but the United Kingdom is making steady progress toward that goal and Canada will do everything to speed her on her way.

At the same time. he told the House that Canada is working out a. new trade agreement with Japan under "amicable and friendly” cir- cumstances. The resulting pact. he said, will be of mutual benefit to the two countries and yet. give ade- quate protection to Canadian man- ufacturers who fear Japanese com- petition.

orrawa,

Parries Criticism

Parrying opposition criticism that government. policy has led to the loss of the British market for Can- adian foodstuffs and dependence on the United States market may lead Canadian agriculture to ruin. the minister made these points:

1. Canada sold Britain a record S7-15,000,000 worth of goods in 1952. Britain's purchases of Canadian foodstufis were at e peacetime high. Talk of food surpluses in Canada. were in mnny cases "fictitious."

2. Despite sharp criticism by Bo-

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,l.ocal Planning Committee

iFor Coronation Observance

A strong committee was in- augurated by Mayor Stewart at a meeting held in the Council Cham- bers, Cit-y Hall, yesterday after- noon to begin planning for the suitable observance of the Corona- ilfYn of Her Majesty Queen Eliz- abeth II.

Councillor T. R. Cudmope heads the committee which includes Brigadier W. W. Reid. Lleut. Col. P. S. Fielding, Clerk of the Execu- tive Counrdl. Councillors P. C. Mc- Cormac. E. C. Johnstovrie. Mayor J. D. Stewart. City Clerk J. A. Ful- lorton, Messrs. Ralph Crockett, Gerald Mncldigan, Robert Large and. in charge of publicity. Messrs. Farrel Gaudet and George Fraser. Dr. R. G. Lea. Chairman of the City School Board. will have over- sight of matters dealing with school children including parade, distribution of souvenir medal- lions and other features design- ed to make the occasion a memor- able one for the pupils.

The chairman was directed to write Hon. T. A. Campbell. Chief Justice, who will pmbably be set- inr: as Administrator during the absence of Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse attending the Coroiiation, requesting him to ad- dress the assembly here on Corr- onation Day.