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r---- Army Officer Arraigned In Cornwall Remanded Week Without Plea By Magistrate CORNWALL. Oct. 21. (Staff) Peter Ernest Robin Balcombe, 24, an Infantry officer accused of th knife laying of a 22-year-old CWAC near Iroquois. list Thursday, was arraigned on a char ft of murder her this morning.

He was remanded by Magistrate Bergeron to October 28, and week-to-week remands will follow until a date is Axed for the preliminary hearing. Balcombe, stationed at Val-ertier. Que, was arrested at the London. ham of his wife's parent at aupper-lime last Sunday. Body Identified.

Three hours earlier, the body of Marie Anne Carrier had been identified In a Morris-burg morgue 19 miles west of here by three of her brothers Who hag Journeyed from Levis. The pretty brunette's nude body, bearing five knife wounds, had been found In a roadside ditch by a 14-year-old farm bey. It miles northwest; of Morriaburg the previous Thursday. I Balcombe left London yes-i terdsy morning, and spent 10 hours on the road In a Pro-' rlivil BftlkM rrular ka nA. cuffed lo a burly constable, kntU he reached her 1a ft eve-lilng.

While he travelled east towards a court appearance on a chart of murder, tha body of the girl he is accused of slaying rested at Levis. Que. A estimated 000 filed past her coffin yesterdey. ik. i Late News Sport, Stocks ML OTTAWA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1953.

PRICE CENTS im edlttaa ky earrUe 1 eate weekly, UN rAUt JJ 63th YEAR 266 'rMflflfo) JAIm Provincial Poite Inspector Samuel Berger, QC, counsel Ales MrLeod, of tha offi- for the Ottawa Rough Riders cera travailing with Balcombe. football team, haa launched an said his prisoner had never appeal before the Ontario Sustention Marie Anne. pre me Court which may have "He spent, most of the time the effect of bringing Psul E. talking about Army life and Brown, chief coach and gen-; other matters of general ln-'rsl manager of the Cleveland Kiisell Dispute Renews Motion To Examine Browns' Coach nr. verier ana iiunm uww Brown Is employ of the Dnnrni ana not member of the corporation.

In his appeal lor a reversal u. Berger aaid 'Jh local master erred" In holding the coach is hot a member of the Cleveland Browns corporation. This latest development of I the. Klssell ease is scheduled tor hearing Saturday, probably the Inspector said. Browns, to Ottawa after all.

Balcombe yesterday travel- appeal died late yes-, In a whit T-shirt and khaki terday Mr. Berger asked that, alack. Ha won a fawn directed lo come! din wlndbreaker. which he ,0 examination in! took off aad draped around wUh, lohB! head to foil photographers hearing, alated toi Nov. when he wss transferred from I the police car to the county jail N1 her last night PPicon earlier by appeared, and Blcomb.

ZZSjL ztiLz iPearson wut -Z: gabardine snorts shirt. and A mV Bllm and dark-haired, Bal- comb Stood In the nriaaner'a loosy, ano sure tensely at the magistrate as the charge wss read. The proceedings were interrupted when it was announced a request had been Hmmni repre sented by counsel. Bsas for CmbscL The request came from the Committee on Reform In Cornwall to-Jday on Its current tour of the province. The Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Law Society sup- i th accused.

i Balcombe handcuffed Provincial Constable Erlcl Codevw Ta and from th which transported him from county jail to city police station. Balcombe kept his free left hand over his fare, to shield ft from the cameras. The court room her was peeked for th brief appearance, nd additional crowds the street below. Decision on NFB Expected Decision on the fUm Board would come today. Prime Minister SU Laurent told reporters at Cabinet's noon-hour "It's on th he said, "and I expect or hope shall -reach It this afternoon." The Prim Minister, along with Works Minister Winters.

Cltteanship Minister Harris, and George Mcllraith. Liberal MP for West Ottawa tat last week Inspected, the two tar Went bid sites that Mayor Whttton has offered the Government In an effort to head off th Film Board's mov to Montreal. r-rl a 'j -v-r Ml'RDER SUSPECT. Peter Ernest Robin Balcombe. 24-year-old army officer suspected of murdering Maria Anne Carrier, bid his face with bis wlndbreaker as he was taken to Cornwall Jail last night He was handcuffed to Ontario Provincial Folic Con' stable Erie Col.

xnw fcy prki before Mr. Justice. P. E. F.j Canadian Minister of External revive him were unsuccessful.

Smiley Affairs, and former President! The child wss playing with The KIsscll caie itself Is th a 'playmate," Yves Seguln. I. on the list lor non jury sittings dlng csndldsles for this son of Mr. and Mrs. Alphas of the Ontario Supreme Court, f'" POTce well Seguln.

Ill Jacques Csrtier CleveUnd Browns allege that taarr" uiH M'i street, when the tragedy occur-Kill eurrenilv PtKt Prize Committee red. wi. ou 1 -iT -as sign- ed a contract, to play Mr. Justice J. McRuer inrnawl rfntavn tn lntHm T.

1 Junction to prevent him play him plsy- hearing In r.u. with Riders In a NIXON IN INDONESIA. JAKARTA. Indonesia. Oct MV4Jnlled States Ice-, president Richard Nixon ar- nveo ner loasy ror a inree day visit Ha JTlrw tram Oar-win, Australia.

He was greeted at the airport by Indo-nelaaprime minister, Ali Sastroamidjojo. RETIRES. MONTREAL. Oct II OiwaM A TruAMu. pissenger traffic manager Canadian National Railways, will retire Oct it wa announced today.

BON. L. B. PEARSON. Nominated For Peace Prize STOCKHOLM, Sweden; Oct.

Jl. UP Lester B. Pearson.la j. it, I 'I a pre "fusing to nam the 1st of persons Being considered lorjup the river bank to a nearby ha B'SBSaeiaB- LS- -j a I Vh. in in i nsi 1 1 niTSMi itpm inai Ms Pearson snd Mr.

Truman wer on th lUt. ic i ded h. cUi ON MAIDEN VOYAGE. CHERBOURG. France.

Oct. 1 The new, 21.000-ton passenger liner. Olym Dis. sailed last nlsht an. heal maiden voyage to New 10 Kmond's in Hull.

via Cobh. Ireland, and Halifax, The Journal's Home Delivery Service IF The Journal is not delivered; before. S.J0 p.m.' dally or Ui it ta not placed In sate spot each day. please call Circu lation Department Prompt and regular servic is guaranteed. INSIDE THE JOURNAL Little Hope of S.

in Seaway project Page2 Voice of Broadway Psge 2 Two Yean for on Detective Page 3 Hull Fire Leave 16 Homeless Page 3 Bull Moo' Philandering Over Pa a 3 Ontario Plated Hull Cart Towed Away Page 3 Billy Rosea Pitching; Horseshoe Page 17 For and About Women 1 Page 12 Social (13, 14. 13i; Sports UB); Radio (24i; Comic (23); MarkeU (33) MICHEL CHARRON, 4. drowning victim, show her with his mother. Mrs. Cu-ton Charron, lit Jacques Csrtier street Gatineau.

Football Fan Fined US for Using Profanity Clifford Roy, 23, of Brit. snnla Heights, wss found guilty this morning of disorderly conduct st Saturday afternoon's Rough Rider-Hamilton game at Lansdowne Psrk. He was fined ID or 10 days' in prison in city court Morality Officer Gordon Hicks testified that Roy used profane language to a spectator in the bleachers st the east end of the grandstand during the lourth quarter of the contest. Told to sit down becsuse he was blacking the view, Roy replied witn sa Instructive, but profane remark. Hicks The morality officer slso that when he took a part in the argument Roy had slso sworn st him.

Big Bull Moose ItltO COT Keeps on Going COBALT. Oct. 21 CrWHsroid Kenty told police that a big bull moose charged out of the bush and crashed into his sutomobil while he wss driving near this Northern Ontario town, Kenty said he and the moose kept en going in opposite directions. Pembroke Fights POWRow Rapidly NearsClimax See Chances For Permanent Peace Growing Dimmer TOKYO, Oct 21. (UP) The explosiv armistice and prisoner of wr situation is coming rapidly to' a climax and observers her believ th chance for permanent peace are growing dimmer.

The nest 10 daya may tell, la the fare of this "showdown situation, th United Nations command is preparing for any eventuality. -Including the resumption of fighting. tl A 1.1 Ik. f-nm. munists slso sre slert to the possioiiuy oi renew ra oaiiie- field sction.

Here Is whst is hsppening: 1. "Explanations" to prisoners of wsr sre running behind schedule. As a matter of fact eaplsnstions to these prisoners, who ssid they did not went to go back to their respective homelands, may never jbe finished. Tha Swedes, Swiss snd I Indisns on the Neutral Natlon( Repatriation ummuiioa, sre. siding gainst th Poles and Ciechs on th question of whether to us fore to make prisoners sttend explanation sessions.

Th majority says i J. Members of the NNRC sppear to be feuding among themselves. If the eaplsnstions fsil to com off sre pot completed by thideadlln of December 24. they will not be held. The UN command will not agree to aa extension.

Any prisoners still in the hands of the Neutral Nations Commission will be held foe an 1 Now McCann Disowns His Buy-McKcllar Vote additional 20 days and then virtually assured reconaid-turned loose unless the Korean eration of th issue at the political conference -nunril meetin. otherwise Cancloded a Par II, Cat I. i Four-Ycar-Old Drowns at Gatineau Point A four-year-old Gatineau Point boy, Michel Charron, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Cat ion Charron, lit Csrtier street, wss drowned lust after II o'clock this morning when toppled from the river bank Into the fast-moving waters of the Ottawa river near his horn.

The boy's body wss located half hour later but efforts to Into the water is olsvm.i r. vnarron ooy feu "nfl men who wrr ner. JT Cma latalC'l irsr? i residenta ssid a was orgsnized hd-th. body was' Point w. Dr Henri Robinson was a claim by controller rCann that Iim mla on tha McCann that his vote on th "buy McKellar" proposal In city council was incorrectly recorded Monday night, today set city hall into a further legal tailspin and The controversial vote was on a motion by Alderman Parslow referring to Board of Control for consideration the proposal of Controller Powers snd Alderman Henry that the city expropriate the McKellar property.

According to the city clerk's official records the motion wss detested by a vote of 11 to 10. i But smong the 11 votes asainat the motion was eluded thst of Controller Mc Csnn. "I didn't know until I read The Journal Uat Ttight that was officlsliy listed! ss among those voting 'nay to the mo Mr. McCsnn said today. "I did not vote that way.

voted In favor of the motion, to refer the proposal to the Board." Switching or toniroiier Me csnns vote 10 mi yeas siae would reverse the result of the vote, making It 11-10 favor of the motion. City Clerk Nelson Ogil vie ii ssid the next move In the Quebec registration, dizxylng gsm of settling the! seizures in the. early controversy would be up to hours of the morning came dur-city 'ng the police department's He would present his mln- f. aya letaf VaraTlAW IIMfUMI. i.

said the remaining tnree caUed and pronounced Jhe bo, then challenge the accuracy desd: TheS the body was tlot lhr miBl'U" vote would be needed to aus i (In the enallenser. 1 Alderman Henry has al- ready Indicated will chal lenge the mlnulea on grounds that the result of the vote wss announced as 12-10 In favor of he motion before Monday i -iin. Changes made later, he could not be legally recog Adding further lo the confusion wss Controller Mc-Csnn's recollection thst. as; "Someonessld. mov we I adjourn' and then everyone got op and walked nut said.

"I-didn't declare th meeting If he Was right the meeting Is still on. It would take another rain. ell aessloa lo unscramble the situation, officials wer agreed 1 .4 'CHCDCE. MARGARET TRVMAN. In Ottsws to sing in sid of the Greek Earthquake fund, the charming singing dsughter of ex-President Tmman, wsa greeted by roses and a warm welcome from the Greek community snd some 100 people In Union Station.

(Sea also Psg II.) figure Gatineau Bear, With F'rve Cubs, I Must Be 'Baby-Sitting for a Friend A female bear with five cubs in her xare haa been seen In Gatineau Park to rouse -speculation smong psrk officials on whether she is baby sitter" or the mother of sn unususlly Urge fsmily. The bear was seen on the McCloary road recently, ark officials ssid they hsve seldom seen a bear with more than one or two cubs snd they wondered if two or mor families of cubs have f-t BU. riOTCl Hull Motorists Redeem Jheir Seized Cars 1 five of eight cars seized dur ing the night by Quebec Pro- Polce becauM they bore chesper Ontario licence, when their owners lived in Quebec, were returned this morning sfter the owners had purchased the more costly. aearcn lor cars owneo Quebec residents and regis- 1 I ownert as. they B'n had complied with the nd nan rvHTIUIIiru I ill iiisr siurifvrv Summary for to purchase the Quebec ii Police said their crackdown! Synopsis: Sunny skies sre lon the Quebec drivers 1 cars are registered in Ontario! Ontario today and with no would continue through this centres nesr II sppesrs week.

By tk thought all case would be. tunny and warm day. The high" cleared un. (See also Pafe Three.) BROADCAST FIGHT. Tonight's middlewe I championship fight between Rsndy Turpin and Bono OI- will be broadcast over "jiCrOY starting at 10 o'clock.

"A -Trafalgar Day salute pro gram originally scheduled for tonight will be heard Thursday at I JA.p m. 1 NEW OIL WELLS. REGINA. Sak, -Oct. 21 ftBCP) The weekly oil and gas report of the Provlneisl Department of Mineral Re sources today reported IS new i.

Hockey Ban "IT" i which would also be unusual. Like the officiate in Algonquin Psrk, Gatineau Park workers ssid the number of bears being seen this year wss extfsordlnsrily Isrgr. They believe this wss csused b. Spring frosts snd Summer droughts snd fires having killed normal supplies of food on the higher hills snd driving bears to the valleys where they are more often seen. PM Leaves Feb.

4 On World Tour Prime Minister Laurent, according to a schedule drafted for him, will leave Ottsws f-ebruery 4 on his mund-the. world tour, returning March 22. Becsuse, ss he explained to day, he specified the ached should be such thst he would, not be sleeping sbosrd the nlane. 'rhis time of trsvel has been extended to 'allow for stops on isnd. His route will be esatwsrd, Sin Three Years" arrnu throueh'xpectedly Jow pounds and fMrope.

then Asis. with the return scross the Psciflc SUNNY MONTREAL, Oct. 21. IVminloa t.sMU WsslKsf i-, SilUI TlturaTaflal nHlllfltf IflsT VPnf Thursday Kiinnv aiu4 warm. temperatures looey ana to rqorrow will be nesr 70 degrees in western sections and near IS in the eastern sections.

Tessperalarea. Last night's low snd yesterday's high: Vancouver 40, 64: Edmonton 14. Saskatoon It. IS: Re-gtne 33. Winnipeg 10.

71; White River 17. 71: North Rav 44 Sf: London 4. 74: Toronto SI, Ottawa 41. II; Montreal 43. II: Ssint John 41.

II: Halifax 31. 7. 44. II; New York "vv JlvSWrtfll tTJIRlJ, bwbtMJI r-ru4fr4 laWfr th fswtt mm -1 T.I.. vviiiiuKe Immediafe LegalAclion Determined to Clear Positions of Stahan And Dagenais TEM BROKE.

Oct. 21. (Staff) Immediate legal action will be taken to clear, "one and for the positions of Em ire Dagenais and Butch Stahan who yesterday were ruled the property of the Ottawa Senator and as such ineligible to play for any other hockey team without a release from Senators. The announcement thst Immediate legal sction would be taken came at an early hour this morning following a four-hour meeting of the executive of the Pembroke Senior Hockey Club and the Pembroke Memorial Centre. PEMBROKE.

Oct 21. (Staff) A meeting of Pembroke Lumber Kings' fan has been railed for this evening st I 20 in the Town Hall. The Stsleateat. following is the statement released by the club and rink commission: I "The Pembroke Senior Hockey Club snd the Pern-' broke Memorial Centra Com-' mission feel thst Emlle Dagenais snd Butch Stahan have been dealt with most unfairly by the president of th Csns. dtsn Amateur Hockey Asenrt-ation and T.

P. Gorman. Th consensus of th hockey club executive snd commission members Is thst It Is most unjust to force a player to turn professions! sgsinst his wishes. "The decision of the president of the CAHA and Mr. Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, thai these players must play rrofraalona! hockey for Ottawa Senators or remain out of hockev amounts exactly to that.

"It hss been unsnlmouily decided to Wke this mstter to the civil courts snd the club snd isainn, on behalf of Dsgensis snd Slshsn. have already retained Rnyden Hughes, QC, of the Arm o( Hughes snd Laishley of Ottsws to taka immediate legal proceedings to clear once and fnr all the status of theae pis vers Cancloded rage II, Cel. t. Turpin's Weight Lowest NEW YORK. Oct.

JIOrP Ran-ir Turoin scaled aa tin- 1 nnnn 11 inn at hi today for their World middleweight title fight at Madison Square Garden tonight. -Turpin's weight wss surprising becsuse there had been rumors he wss hsving difficulties psring down to the 110-pound limit Moreover, the Europeen ehsmpion from England hsd been forced ta take off a half pound at the weigh-In tor his last bout with Charles Humes at London on June Both contender for th vacant world crown ssid they hsd eaten no breakfast this morning. However, Turpin did sot even "dry He said ha hsd cup of tes this morning. Olson did dry out ss Is his cus- tom "hu hu had no liquids since yesterday sfternoon. Despite rumors that Turpin had been fidgety and easily, snnoyed during the training' grind, he spprsred relaxed and in a happy mood during th weigh-in oeremony In the lobby at Madison Square Garden.

He and Hawaiian-bora Olson, whs now lives in Ssn Francisco, posed willingly for a Urge group of photographers. Turpin's weight was the lowest he hsd scaled in mere thrM DICTIO.VABr. Dill: What person mar be even if he has- a lot of poliah. (Caarnght its vea gaatZ) 1.

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