MAXIMS OVA. MERE MAN jz-u Iyuwon-taasuiouuayin no : Charlottetown. Iumannlda 818.00 per aniinm. Elsewhere guy carrier in I'.l.!. 50.00. other Provinces New Attempt To Elect Successor To Lie Today UNITED NATIONS. N. Y., (CP) The Big Five powcrs get down in brass lacks today in an at- ipnipt to reach agreement on at new scrrelary--general of the l'nited Nations. l l... B. Pearson. Canada's external affairs minister and president of the current general assembly. ap- peared to continue as the lead- ing possibility for the post, de- spite a Russian veto against him last week. Even The Beer Was Green In N. Y. Yesterday By ARTHUR EVERETT NEW YORK, fAPl' - Ah, the wind it blew and the flags they flew for the Irish on parade as they followed a line of green sublime along Fifth avenue. Excitement grew as New York anew marked St. trick's holiday. and a marching t rong stepped iirlsk along 'mld a sea of shunrocks 'l'll9. There were Monaghans. Corri- zans. Murphys and Doyles, Dug- zans, Currans, Sheahans and Boylcs. The official police estimate of a roaring mass of spectators lined night-deep Tuesday along the 52- block line at march was 1.800.000- me of the greatest ever to pay homage to Erin's patron saint. The sun was bright as a colleen's smile when the parade started out from Mih street. The Av nuc's centre line had a special c t of greeh paint. But the brightness vanished as s "quick as'an Irishmanswages as the marchers leaned into a chill I5-mile an hour lieadwlnd for the 56-mlnuw hike to 98th street. Massed bands sent wave upon wave of sound reverberating against the concrete cliffs of the Avenue - "The Wearing o' the Green," "Mc- Namara's Band," "Ha.rriga.n"' "Gar- ryorwen" and many another tune to rleliglit the old hearts that were born to the green. All New York turned Irish for a day and the city was a garden of green-green flags, green carna- lioris and shamrodcs. green ties, and even green beer where called, for. PAT AND MIKE NEW . (OPi- The James Mahoneys of nearby Coq-uitlarn became the parents of twin boys this st. Patrick's Day. The newcomers names: Pat and Mike. Coming Events New Glasgow are "Races at cancelled. "Scarlet Chapter meets in Breadalbane March lath. "Come to social evening in Wilt- shire I-fall March 19. Dancing. names and lunches. "New Wlllshirs Scarlet Chap- ier meets at Hunter River, March 19th at 8:30 p.m. "Try our P rina Finance plan for feeding yo r" hogs and poultry. Dillon A Bpillett. "Unloading car Quaker Flour and Feeds, March 17th. and lath. W. L. Delaney, Kenaington. "Cherry Valley Y.P.U. ooncert. Mllviow Hail, Wednesday. March Slrfl. Sponsored by Orwell-Vernon .P.U. - "imr increased Poultry profits. Mponile at. four to six weeks. Eric P. MaoPhail. New Haven. "will have about 300 R. 0. P. sired W. L. day old pulleta. avail- able by March 30th. Your chance, order now. Oo-Op Hatchery, Char- lottoiown. "Hockey North River Rink to- night. Deciding semi-final gums. Dunliaffnago Bombers vs. Sandy'I Ramblers and York Rangers vs. Cnvehead Flyers. First game 7:30. Sluts after. "Victoria rink tonight. Emer- Ild All Stars vs. Shamrock Roc- lcsn. Thursday . Ighi, Kelly's Cron Red Wings vi Green Road Meteors. Mllidlstrlcta interested in I immunity Indoor skating rink Mun attend a muting-at win-i lint Station Hall on Friday evo- Mlll. March 20th at 8:30. The more districts represented the bow- snd lI.s.A. 312.00 per annum.) Pictured st, pat;-lclrs Day was celebrated yesterday in true fashion by Irish- men of this city when the Bene- volent Irish Society held its annual parade. Memories of those wno have gone were kept alive when the parade paused at the War Monu- ment and a" wreath was placed by Messrs. Urias Carragher and Pat- rick Doyle. At ten o'clock the members at- tended the annual mass at St. Dumtan's Basilica i where the celebrant was ill. Rev. Patrick Mc- Mahon, D.D.. with Rev. F. Corcoran as deacon and Rev. F. Bolger as sub-deacon. His Excellency James Boyle Bishop of Charlottetown. was in the sanctuary. He was as- sisted by Rev. P. F. McDonald and Rev. Justin McDonald. Following the mass celebration the parade reformed and marched back to the new B. l. 5. quarters on Grafton street where a smoker was held. A brief business meeting was presided over by Mr. E. W. Ilogan, president. Chief miirslial of the parade. Leo Dowling Sr. con- gratulated the members on l.hC excellence of the marching and his remarks were echoed by Mr. Thomas Flynn. Patron of the Soc- iety. Messages were received from groups across Canada. After business the members enjoyed a period of songs and refreshments. Fined F... Shouting "Down With rm" LONDON. inleutersi-A London clerk was fined 25 for shouting "down-with Tito" as the Yugoslav Marshal drove through the gates of Buckngham Palace Tuesday. Kenneth N. Thompson. 28. one of those outside the palace who booed Tito was charged with "using in- sulting words.” The court also forced Thompson to post a :25 bond to guarantee good behavior for the next year. former members and from nthcrl lite CHARIJOTTETOWN. CANADA, above was the Benevolent Irish Society parade yesterday along Grafton Street during the celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Splendid B.I.S.' Turnout Yesterday as it proceeded Tito Lunches Gov.'t Policy On TV Delended By Chevder (CP) -- Transport OTTAWA. Minister Chevrier and M. J. Coldwell. CCF leader, took issue Tuesclay with suggestions that television in Canada be developed by private enterprise. Mr. Chcvrier said public dc- vclopmont of' television is essen- tial to prevent. American operators from taking over the field. Mr. Coldwell said: I "The incentive for television. and indeed for radio, should he servlce in Canada as A nation and in its people as citizens. To adopt any other policy. in my opinion. would be an act of treachery and treason on the part of this Par- liament to those who for the last Elli years have endeavoured to make Canada A free, independent and distinct nation. Trcasonnbln P... dn "Propaganda. of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters for the private control of television, whether they realize it or not, and those who associate them- selves with that propaganda is in effect. in my opinion. treason- ahlc in this country. "Those who consciously or un- consciously ccho their demand A ,.a.e4.- -a - (Continued on Page 15 Col. 3) CHATHAM. N. B.. (GP)-Two Ontario jet pilots-P0. D. G. Allen, 22, Toronto, and F0. K. Nicholls. 21, Hamilton-were killed Tuesday when their sabre fighters crashed into the ice of nearby Miramlchi U r: y. Names of the victims were re- leased Tuesday night by No. 1 Fighter Operational Training Unit at the Chatham R. C. A. F. stat- ion. A spokesman said there was nothing to substantiate previous reports that the planes collided in the air. They felt simultaneously a short distance from each other. 100,000 Baby siawiiroiw. Ont.. (CP)--Aihout 100000 baby chicks, some of them jut breaking out of their shells. their last faint complaints mesday before they were tossed wholesale into steel drums and gassed. The chicks were prisoners in a strike-bound swift Oanadian Com- pgny chick hatchery here. There were no facilities in the p t. to feed the chlch and strike . who no picketing the hatchery, re- fused to permit them to be sent to Two Pilots Killed When Jets Crash Near Chatham An inquiry board from air de- fence command headquarters at st. Hubert. Que, will investigate the accident and results of the inquiry will be made public. ' Station officials said the planes had been thoroughly checked be- fore taking off an hour before the double crash about 12:30 p.m. A gmund crew from Chatham and a helicopter from R. C. A. F. Search and Rescue at Halifax went to the scene. The bodies will be escorted to their Ontario homes after a fun- eral service viednesday at the Chatham station. Chicks Are. Destroyed By Strike district farmers in bond. to beheld until the strike was over. Officers from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued ,an u.ltimntum to company officials. lither the birds had to be cared for or humanely destroyed. The plant employees. members of the Unltnd Paokinghouae Work- ers (O10-Och). went on strike lurch 0 after the ccmopany had refused -to Accept an arbitration board recommendation for a nine- cent hourly pay increase. With Queen, Confersjljii Churchill LONDON. (AP)-President Tito, Communist Yugoslavia! anti-So- viet dictator, lunched at. Bucking- ham Palace with the Queen Tues- day. From that friendly meeting he went into a two-hour cold war strategy session with Prime Minis- ter Churchill. Busy Day The Yugoslavs call at Church- lll's official residence topped off a day of whirlwind slghtseeing,which included a look at the crown jew- els, an inspection of the Tower of London and a visit to the London county council, headquarters of the capital's civil administration. The Tito-Churchill talks were attended by Foreign secretary Eden and Yugoslav Foreign Min- ister Koca Popovic. Secrecy surrounded the meeting, but British sources have said Tli.o's five-day visit-his first to, it Western couiitry-will include it full examination of Western de- fence strategy in the light of Stalin's death and the Kremlin's new set of rulers. U. S. Kept. Informed U. S. officials are being kept in- formed of developments. Informed American sources said the Yugo- slav leader may be invited later to visit the United States. The West- ern powers are anxious to streng- then their political and military links with Tito, who broke with Russia in 1948. During the day Tito appeared once in a grey lounge suit, twice in i'esplen-tlant military uniforms of his marsh:il's rank, once in diplomatic izrey and finally in t"hll.e tie and tails for a formal dinner with rrden aid his wife at spank Carleton House Terrace. Booed Only once Hundreds of Londoners timed out in warm sunshine to gape and applaud. only once-at the gates. to Buckingham Palace-did boos mingle with applause. Police and secret service men. guarding Tito under iinoprecedeiited security precautions to preveiitany attempts on his life by anti-Tito Communists. Fascists and Yugo- slav monarchlsts. quidcly closed in and ordered the booers to keep quiet. one man shouted "go home Tito. down with Tito," was ar- rested and fined rs. Informed British sources said the, Tito-Churchill strategy talk covered a wide range of cold war problems. Wednesday or Thurs- day. Tito and British leaders are t J to ” in detail such specific questions as Balkan de- fmoo. economic and military aid for Yugoslavia and the future of Trieste. To Drive Small Car Equator To Arctic EN'rE'.BiBI-2. Uganda, iC?i-Three British driving experts left here on an attempt to drive a pint- aiud British Austin A-40 sedan from the squalor to the Arctic. They hope to complete the stunt in about two weeks with safe ar- rival at Jokkmokk. in the extreme north of bweden. The Austin com- pany claims the test will yield valuable Information on engine cooling systems Covers Prince Edward Island, Like the Dew I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1953 U.S. WEATHER PLANE FROM ALASKA FIRED ON BY MIG Final Price Control Lifted In The U.S.A. Inflationary . Impact Reported A Slight Tohate . Severe criticism of a letter froml a Canadian National Railways, official regarding the accuracy of the transcript of evidence during the hearings conducted to deter- mine if that company should be given a bus franchise was voiced by all speakers in the Legislature yesterday. The report of the committee, under ilie chairiiiaiisliip of Mr. W. F. A. Stewart, First Queens. was tabled the previous day and came up for discussion yesterday after- noon with a large nunivber of mcn.bei's taking part ill the debate The controls came off the lastfcilardinil if. consumer goods last week. Hon. W- E- Darby. an 0X Officlo To CogI,Wuyu-1 nunnn. ,member of the coniniittee, said the The OPS figures buyers will pay report showed that if a francliisc sa,ooo,ooo,ooo mom 3 year because were granted to the railiiay it was of price rises in the items freed apparently inevitable that either since the decoritrol drive got un- it 01' the D1'8S9nt1.V 0iJC1'3lin5; T-M711 der way in February. About 551,- would have to wilidraw. He agreed 000,000,000 will come from the C0ll- with the report especially as the sumei"s pockets directly. Another new service would mean thatmany big chunk will be in taxes to pay pC'.'..L iow at-.i... by trains would for higher-cost munitions. in future llall'(i to travcl to high- But Tuesdays decontrol items, way points at. an lllL'OllVCil.Cll(,'8 to iron and steel, are not likely to thornselvcs or have no niczirs of rise. OPS and industry spokesman transportation, He thought there agree that booming output and would have to be a tremendous growing competition will hold steel preponderance of com-eiiieiicc be- products in line. foi-c he could recommend the pro- The OPS order lifted from tn- posed change. dustry a regulatory harness that was imposed at a peak of panic buying on June 28, 1950. That was after prices had zoomed eight per cent in two bursts of buying. one when Korea was invaded seven months earlier, and another when Red China joined the assault. The ceiling-which OPS called "leaky"-helped hold the further rise to about four per cent on the consumer price index. Gone also are wage ceilings, which ended Feb. 6, four days af- ter Eiscnhower branded price and wage restraints as ”unsatlsfsctory and unworkable;" and controls on onsumer and real. estate credit, lifted last summer. Inflation slight Generally. the inflationary im- pact. has been slight. Coffee, cig- arets, rice, and west Coast gaso- line and fuel oil are the notable instances of consumer price-boost- ing. The OPS also has reports of rises in charges for such services as auto-parking, laundry and dry cleaning. Copper was the big industrial item to rise. It Jumped to 38 per cent. Household appliances, drygoocls, clothing. autos. and food show little if any tendency to climb in price. Retail leaders say some de- clines, in fact, may offset such in- creases as occur. Find Protecled Troops Safe Close lo Aiomicjxplosion been toi'n into shreds and much of it fused or melted into more handslul of metal. The landing craft had been spotted almost within shadow of the spidery, 300- foot tower which cradled the atomic device, detonated at 5:20 am. PST, 8:20 am. EST. A scheduled flight of a drniic plane, the U. S. Navyis AD-2 jet. through the blast area was can- cclledwhen controls failed. A pil- oted AD-2, however, recoiiiioitercd on the fringe area of the burst. finished that approximately 1.500 were in the front lincs,l.000troops and about 500 others, military brass from all services, iiewspaper men and a few leaders in WASHINGTON, (AP) - Price control in the United States ended Tuesday after two controversy- rldden years. six weeks ahead of Pi-esidcal. Eisenhower's target date for a free economy, the office of price slab- ilization struck the ceiling front steel, machine tools, cans, and some chemicals and other defence materials-the last controlled coni- modities. Cites Zone Appeal He said the Province had been assured that if a. franchise were granted the Railway would abide b the rules of the Public Utilities Commission here. However, he, pointed out that though the Pro- vince had made representations to the Royal Commission regarding the two zone freight rate areas and later was successful in up- holding their arguments before the ers the railway had failed to go along: with the decision and had appealed they matter to f the Supreme Court of Caniidlt.” ' For this reason he thought there could not be too much reliance placed on "this apparent. change of heart". He said in case of a railway strike there would be a complete tieup of transportation on the Island. The Attorney Gen- eral vvasi critical of the letter of the Railway and said it was a final and deciding factor "in mak- ing up our minds." ' Regarding the statement that the transcript of the evidence was inaccurate. Mr. R. R. Bell said it was an aimless excuse and it ap- peared that the railway wanted to forget the application and pull out of the situation. Mr. CCOW” " "T6.:.m;.r;;rp;..”e ifs" ”" By ELTON C. FAY ATCIM BOMB SITE, Nev., (AP) -A spectacular, low-altitude ex- plosion of an atom bomb produced it small but sharp man-made carthquake Tuesday. soldiers and observers. crouched in trenches only two miles from the point where a unclear gadget blasted, felt the ground shudder and reel. .. iS seemed surprised at the duration and intensity of the earth shock, which however was not felt by other observers located five miles away. House Smashed The ccimhined explosion and quaas ovcrwhelmed a typical home . , defence. :””'d,”l3 3500 yams "om the shot What the blast seemed to sliovi owel' was this: Army Captain Harold C. Klnne, of the armed forces 5'DPCiiIl weap- ons ataff ,said the earth shodt. reaching the house flrst."tliook and twisted its frame, then me Protected against the hi.-ist and flying debris, man is uiiliurt mid untouched by the explosion at two lmiles. cm1' president than compassion. MAXIMS OFA. MERE MAN Envy is better worth having 16 PAGES Legislature Hostile To Railway Bus Proposition Veteran-st Widows Ask OTTAWA, iCPi - 'I'he Doiiiiii-l ion council of the noii-pensioiied: veteraiis' widows has urged iii-l creased benefits in a series of res-' olutloiis presented to Veterans Af-l, fairs Minister Lapoinic at thci opening of a three-day COlllCrEl"lCC.l Heading the list of resolutlonsi, was a request that the widows ai-l iowaiicc be raised to 560 a month: froni .850 and that i'eterans' widows; receiving widows' allowance get; free medical care. i The delegation. represciiiing as-l sociatioiis from coast to coast, Tues-A clay urged that all non-pensionedl veteransi ividoivs whose husbands served in England with Canadian. forces during the First World War he brought under the Veterans Al- lowance Act. Widows in this class-A ilicatioii now do not qualify. i They also requested that a poi"-l iiianent parliamentary committee on veterans affairs be established; that widows of veterans who have resided in Canada 20 years be granted the widows' allowance; and that needy veterans '10 years and over be entitled to receive both the old age pension and war veterans allowance. A new policy of testing three 305” 9f Tmmwn C”mml55i0”Ilyoiing bulls each year will be in- stituted shortly by the Ayrshire Breeders Association who met yes- terday afternoon at the Experimen- tal Farm, Approximately 25 Ayr- shire breeders will participate in the plan which will see each of "the young bulls bred to about 35 cows each year on a planned rotation basis. Each of the breeders has agreed to breed a certain number of fe- males under the new plan. At the same '1 ime the other cows in a herd may be bred if desired to other bulls which include A Scottish bull and one on loan at the Farm. This means that lit addition to the two just mentioned there will be three nthers at the Experimental Farm for breeding purposes. The three young bulls to be test- ed under the plan will be selected by a committee comprised of Messrs. R.C. Parent, s.c, Wright. Major MacRae and Almon Wood. During the meeting yesterday Major Mac!-Lac told the breeders of the excellent meeting held in Mon- treal of the Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Association and presented R. full report of it to the local as- sociatlon. Seven Escape In Crossing Accident SAINT .l0HN, N. B.. (CPI-The seven occupants of a. sedan escaped in,lury when it crashed into a box car of a moving Canadian Pacific Railway freight train at the Eu- iiisliilleii crossing in Queens Coun- ty Moiiday night. The driver, Edward Casey, 27 Grand Falls, said he didnt see or hear the train until too late to stop. TB TOLL REGINA. ICPI-E. C. Hinnlcy, of the Saskatchewan lAllll-'PubeTCulo.Sls League. said ;deaths from the disease in Sask- atchcivaii in 1952 are estimated to have been 14.3 per l00,000 popula- ltlon. There were 06 deaths among ltlie white population and fraamong ,Indians. following air blast finished the job. Seen from a distance of about one mile, the house was a tum- bled, almost flattened niln. The second storey had either been sheared of! or had fallen into thel lower floor. out in the yard near the home two trucks which had been standing there were missing, perhaps burned. Passenger cars had been tossed around like toys, some resting upside down. Awful Power Close up to the blackened mark- ing the edge of the fireball, only 300 ya.rds from ”ground zero". an Mt-M tank stood, with remarkably minor damage. However. a token of the awful power of the explos- ion was imprinted on the desert floor. The 20-ton tank had been shov- ed 50 feet forwards on lls tracks. Back at Lil!) yllds there was a pillbox. lttlooked like any soldiers who would have been inside would have been sale. A peek in- side showed everything intact, al- though the earth covering had been partly blown away and sandbags were cured by hea . t Increased Op OTTAWA, (OF) - The govern- ment-owned Trans-Canada Air Lines carried the greatest number of passengers in its history in 1052. but high operating costs sl-iced its operating income in half and rc- duccd the surplus to in fraction of the 1951 figure. President G.R. McGi'ogoi-. in his annual report tabled in the Com- mons 'mesclay, anticipated there will be "some decline" in the com- pany's 1953 financial standing as the result of expenses involved in record peacetime expansion. The company's I952 5lll'Dlll5. chopped 'in 5807.870 after payment of Il.200,000'in taxes, was down sharply from l3,B00.907 in 1051. but were the first three consecutive surpluses in 'ICAla is-year history. The number of rs car- An amphibious landing cra L had The army announced as the test tied climbed to it new high of I,- up from 81)0,000 in 1050. These 000 erating Costs Slice T CA 1952 Surplus . . up from 973,337 in 1951. while air cargo ton miles rose to 5,643,020 from 4.237.880. This helped boost. operating rev- enues in a peak of t55.05'l,708 from 548,010,301. But the operating ex- penses also jumped to a record 352,744,741 from M3.386,l20. As a, result. operating inoomn WM sliced to 32,312,907 from M.d74.lil1 and gross income pared to s2,007.- 870 from 33,800,057. The report. tabled by Trade Min- later Howe, said expensa were 22 per cent higher than in 1061 be- cause of the direct ooot associated with the increased mileage flown. increased traffic carried and in- creased payroll expenses. "which alone amounted to almost 55,000,- Tliere also were expenses involv- ed in partial payment of the 30- mo'z- 335,000,000 expansion pro- Tba Guardian. Five Cents Morning Dally Founded 1881. l llieport B-50 intercepted Over Open Sea FAIRBANKS, Alaska. (AP)-All 1Al:s'sa-based Uiiited States Air .1-icrce plane on a routine weather lflll3.Slt)ll was fired upon by :3. M1245 in the third international incident in a. week involving Russian-type lyet fighter Sunday-and shot back planes. . . The Air Foi cc. olsciosiiig the air fight Tuesday said a long- i-aiigc B-50 was intercepted by two Migs over interiiaiioiial irat- ers 25 miles east of Kamchatka pcniiisula. 2,000 miles from its Eielsoii Air Forc'e base. While oiic' of the Migs hovcrctl Dl'CFll!3a(l, the Air Force said, the other fired upon the American plane. Returned Fire The B-50 ”returned fire but there appeared to be no damage to either craft." The time of the fight was reported as l2:30 pm. March 15. The scene of the action was located about 100 miles east and slightly ll-Ol'lll of Petropavlovsk, Russian military base on the southern tip of Kamchatka. At Fairbanks, the officers and crew were not immediately avail- able for interviews. On Weather Flight The Air Force said the plane was "on a routine weather recon- naissance flight." (OontiI'Ee?i1T')ll-Pvage-lV5CgCdi.A3la Ayrshire Breeders To Institute New Policy" Local Airmen in Group Sailing . For Germany .. UITAWA - One hundred and iiiiriy-thrce R.C.A.F. ground iecluiicians will sail from Halifax for Germany and duty with No. 3 Fighter Wing in Germany early in April, it was announced Monday W Air Force Headquarters. Included in the pvxouii are fifty- one alrwomen also to be stationed at Zweibruckeii, Germany, with No. (l Fighter Wing. From Prince Erlvviird Island am Cpl. M.F. Bradley and Cpl. S.M. Pound, both of Cha.rlotte'Iri-wn. iF You Sfmf roua CAREER or far. (oi: You FAU. A Lone. war WHEN ytrou Do FALL? .. ,. H, . TORONTO, (CP i H lHll'lll'llll'l1 and maximum tenipcraiiii-es: Min. Max. Dawson . .. -- 30 Vancouver . .. R? H Victoria . .15 4.0 Edmonton . . ll: .13 Calgary .. . 2:! 3: Regina. . . .. ll; 40 Winnipeg it .14 Toronto .'t.'i 4'4 Ottawa 34 42 Montreal . .'L'i 40 Quebec .. 28 3!: Saint John . 32 -ll Moncton 31 31 Halifax 35 42 Charlottetown . 30 35 Sydney 28 .'I7 Ynrmouth . . 34 43 St. John's, Nfld. . -- 29 HALIFAX, rCPi - Official fore- casts issued by the Dominion Pub- lic Weather Office and valid until midnight Wednesday: Prince Edward Island, eastern N. 3. counties. St. John river val- ley. Bay of Chaleur: Cloudy with a few clear intervals; little cbangl in temperature with westerly wind! 15. Low-high at Charlottetown 2! and 36. Moncion, Fredericton and Saint John 25 and 35, Edmundston and Carnpbellton 25 and 33. Bay of Fundy: Westerly winds 15; cioudv. clearing by evening. Visibility 10 miles with little change in temperature. High tide today at Charlottetown at 12.44 A. M. find 12.45 P. M. High tide on the North Shore at 7.28 A. M. and 8.19 P. M. Sun rises today at 8.21 A. M. and KTfIlTi sets at 6.32 P. M. .I'