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Propose Three Months Arms Freeze To Be Followed By All-Round Cuts In Arms and Armies LONDON, March SI Moscow radio said today that Russia, ha accepted the bailc idea ol the American "open skies" aerial Inspection plan. and hat prbpoted a. three' month arms frees to be lol lowed by all-around cut In conventional arms and armlet. Meanwhile, all hydrogen. Weapon tests would be banned, The Russian proposal, as outlined by the oMclal Soviet Mews Agency, Tass calls lor lm.

medlau aireement on reduc-Ini conventional armaments, Moscow says this step "will facilitate agreement on prohi bition of atomic and ther monudear weapons and their removal from national arma Russia made its proposal at the five-power United Nations disarmament talks in London, now closing their second week. The united States, Britain. Trance and Canada also are -represented. Although the Russian pro-'posal-wu made In secret, some details had emerged from the conference. But the Tass re port was the first broad public disclosure.

The news agency gave west details: A three-months freeze" on arm and armaments at the December 11, IMS. level. After three months, the U.S., Russia and Red China would begin cutting their armed forces to a level of 1.000,000 to 1,500,000 men each, Britain and France to 850,000 each. The reductions would be completed In 185. Corresponding reductions In conventional armaments and military eluded Fags g.

Col. 4. Three Women Face $3,500 mil Three young Toronto women, two of them still In their teens, who police on Thursday charged with widespread thefts of goods, Including a mink stole worth about $2,000, today appeared on shoplifting charges in Ottawa City Police Court. They were remanded one week without plea on 11 charges. Ball for each was set, at si.

ooo. Shopliftings is.at si.uw. dezhda Alllluyeva, during thei. a wartime air force colonel, Russian civil war which lol- lowed the ltrT-revolutlon. She was then said to be 19 and he 40.

She died In November. IMS after a rumored quarrel wtthjty. Little has Been heard or Stalin' on matters of Soviet Vassill since her father's policy. fl, The central committee let-1 ter to local party meetings said to take three hoars to read follows the reported at tack on Stalin by Communist Party Secretary Nlklta Khrushchev during the recent 20th Party Congress meeting In Moscow last month. Khrushchev, at a session of the congress from which for eign delegates were excluded.

then charted Stalin with -for- eign policy mistakes wnicn precipitated the Nasi invasion of Russia 'with personal tyranny. i---f' According to some report, Khrushchev stated'that SUlln tortured his political enemies and even used tortures on children, In Moscow today. Khrush chev and other Soviet leaders held talks with Swedish Premier Tage Erlander, whd National Award" For Journal's INS 0n to men women The three were arrested Canadian dally City Police Detectives Lou UUrleh and Dean HaUlday Thursday afternoon' and In their car was found some 33.300 of goods which police charge were stolen. They are Linda MacDonald. SS, and Margaret Keough, 18, of 134 Berry Road, and Joyce Gambriell.

1, of ISIS Egllnton avenue west, Toronto. Included among -the goods "Were two mink stoles, one valued at gl.295 and believed by police to have been stolen from the Sparks street Swears and Wells stores and the other, worth $1,195, alleged to be the property of a Toronto furrier. Toronto police, advised of the arrests, were Investigating aspects of the case from that end, they reported. Concluded Page CeL i. British Search Cyprus Monastery NICOSIA.

March JL British troops today threw a around a inuuaiteiy outside this Cyprus capital and began a hunt for arms. -All roads In the area were barricaded as soldiers search- ad buildings, fields and even tree. The Greek Orthodox Church building, known as the Kykko Monastery, If the Nicosia red-deuce, of the acting ethnarcb of Cyprus. Bishop Anthlmos. took over after the British authorities exiled Archbishop Makartos' la a move ejaln.it the Cyprtot campaign to unite this east Mediterranean Island with Oreece.

FIRE IN SEMINARY, CINCINNATI. March SlWSt -Ftre destroyed part of the eldest building at St Gregory's Seminary here early today. Report Stalin Murdered i i. nis oecona wire LONDON, March 31. (Reu-, terslSw Rumor that Joseph Stalin shot and killed Ms sec ond wife.

Media, have reached; the British Foreign Office from Moscow, a Foreign Office spokesman said today. The spokesman was com- menting on reports that Soviet jnounclng Stalin was reported authorities are alleging Stalin to have touched off disorders was responsible for the death I in the late leader's home Re-of Nadla In 1931 Her death public of Georgia, was hitherto attributed toj The meeting with Erlander suicide or Illness. marked Khrushchev's first The statement that Stall 'public appearance since he killed Nadla is said to be eon- made his now-famous secret talned in a long letter from the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party onjina SvadUe, who died after the current Kremlin campaign bearing him one son. Jacob, denouncing Stalin's dictatorial Jacob was said to have never rule. This letter, the reports state, now is being read to party Snrouoeo in mystery, one re-meeting throughout the port said he died as a German Soviet Stalin married his second wife, whose full name was Nm- TORONTO, March Jl-CB Seven Canadian newspaper men were named today as winners of the seventh annual Na- tlonal Newspaper Awards.

The awards cover won aone competition is otmo, news assoela- tlons. Winners receive sxj each and a certificates Awards: Staff corresponding I. or-man Smith, Ottawa Editorial wrltlng-C. U. Penman, North Bay (Ont.) Nugget Spot newt reporting Dick Sneli.

Calgary Herald. Pea tare writing Frank Lowe. Montreal Star. Spot aivi photograpny Roger Dt-jean, uonmu Presse. reatnre news vhotogTapny Jack Marshall, Toronto Star.

Cartooning Merle L. (Ting) tingley, London Free Press. Awards wUl be preseniea a dinner in lonraw nptu given by -the Toronto Men's Press Club. Speaker will be Lionel Shapiro, Canadian foreign correspondent and author who won the 1939 Governor Oeneral's Award for fiction. The NNA pruee, designee to reward and promote excellence in Canadian newspaper work, were originated by the Press Club seven years ago with the support of the late Oeorge Mc-Cullsgn gnrniet funds for five years.

The basis of support has since been broadened. Btail corrapeaaias-The award for -distinguished examples of a staff correspondent's Work was won by I Norman Smith, associate editor of The Ottawa journal. with three stories arising out of his trip to Australia and New Zealand to attend the Com monwealth Press Union meeting In those countries last Autumn. The stories were selected from about be wrote on the trip. Two were summaries of his views on the two countriea and the character of the people; the third an article on Canberra, the Australian capital.

Terms of this particular award ar that be "not con- i w.r ha arrived for a goodwUl tour. The Soviet Government has announced that It will lift Its ban on foreign travel' In Oeorgia and Armenia to per- mlt Er lander's party to visit these southern republics. Thai party's campaign de speech to the party congress I Stalin's first wife was Kater- VI on weu witn nis rawer ana bis fate since the war has been prisoner, Stalin had two children by Nadla Vassill. now neanng ana eveuana, a ouxom rea- head said to have been her 'father favorite. Early this I year it was reported she was teaching at Moscow univer- death in 1953.

Lenin's Picture Ousts Stalin's LONDON. March 31. (UP) Recent British visitors to the 8oviet embassy -here said today the big picture of Josef Stalin that formerly hung In Its main reception lwv KiT 't has been replaced by. a picture of V. Lenin The Lenin picture la not big enough to cover the faded on tha.em-bassy's wallpaper' by the picture of his successor as dictator, of all the Russia, the Britons said.

When they asked what bad become of the Stalin picture, embassy officials told them it had been sent out lor Spring NORMAN SMITH. fined to political "It la open to stories on social and economic subjects In fact any aspect of life (as contrasted with, spot news breaks) on which a staff cor- respondent may report to his paper or agency, interprets tlve or explanatory reporting of the House of Commons, Il luminative Interviews and so on eome under this beading." (The term "staff correspon dent" in the competition Im plies that the reporter Is writ ing to his paper from outside Evening Jurnal SUNDAY .1 PRICK JO CfcNT3 By Carrie ISe Weekly i'" SUNNY COOL II 1 71ST YEARr-W STURDAy, MARCH 31', PAGES (Plus Colored Comic Section) i 0 MB If III A "A JLJLU Jl Jli.YVi-a. ii rf xt Queen Elisabeth leaves Westminster after attending the Maundy service with the Reverend Dr. Alan C. Don, minster Abbey.

The guard of of Yeoman Warders from the don. After the service' the Queen participated On Fatal Fires Soclallsf Leader mJt. Cold-well said today he is 'going to hdemand Federal action- to "combat the shocking and tragic fire toll in the Ottawa district" Coldwell's announcement came as the death toll since mid-November rose to 48-ln- cludlng 33 children. The capital's fire chief, John D. roots, meanwhile' urged people to be more careful with electrical gadgets and to sound fire alarms faster.

The fire boss debunked suggestions that arsonists' were at work In the capital. Coldwell said In an Interview that as soon as Parliament resumes April I he will urge the government to call a fire- prevention conference of Fed eral, provincial and municipal authorities. It's no good the Oovern- saying It's shrugging off and saying its the CCF party leader said. "This Is a Federal district and the Federal Government must do something about it "Canada is the richest of the Commonwealth nations, yet nothing as frightful as this is allowed to occur In London, Canberra or Wellington." Coldwell said the fire-pre vention conference would have to concentrate on the replacement of sub-standard housing. land the Federal government "will have to meet Its share." Inside The Journal 4 BrWrt CaVenpiM COTMr cnurrTee ctoMtfiesej a ii- u.

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VIKNNA, March tl. UP) Warsaw radio yesterday jounced the dlamissal of the ruuaa ecuriiy uutl, vwoyaiaw DworakowskL DICTIONARY. Reactionary: A person who favors going forward to i 1 the ptpii own area, in Canada abroad.) UiUrlai Writing. The award to Mort Fallman In editorial writing was made ona aerie of 10 editorials on water fluoridation about the time of a North Bay plebiscite DecembeMa, 1935. The medical and dental professions acknowledge that the Nugget's editorial campaign waa -the telling factor on voting- day when fluoridation was approved, Twd other writers were par ticularly mentioned by the Judges l.

A. Coilard of the Montreal Oasette, the 1(40 end 1S0 winner: and Peter McLtn-tock ef the Winnipeg Free Press. i Ceaelaaed ea Pag 3, CeL '5' Die in Ottawa Area Accidents ill II HER RlbESTY GIVES OUT MACNDY MONEY. In the annual Dean of West- honor Is formed i Majesty baa Tower of Lon pence at the HUMANCUSHION newly minted Is that as years shall receive as many specially minted silver coinage. ur rnotoi I Coo Father Averts More Fire Deaths BUCKINGHAM.

March 31. (Sneeial) Rosaire Chaurest lresUuranOTcham4sriaSedd jnade over the next year and a halt. lr proud lsrulsed-body4whlc-amd, on tneacene today. He saved the uvea or his wife and three children early Friday by acting as a human cushion when they lumped from the verandah roof of their home one mile south of here. No one except the 38- year-old father was Injured In the leap.

Fleer Aflame. Mr. Chaurest awoke In the smoke-fllled upstairs bedroom at S.4S am. Parts of the floor glowed with flame. He ran to the stairs, only regular exit and waa sent scurrying back by a roaring wall of fire.

He opened the bedroom window quietly, then awoke the family. Avoiding patches of flame on the floor, ha led them to a window directly above verandah roof. One by one, Yves, seven; Diane, six; Benott three; and Mr. Chaurest- stepped out to temporary safety. Mr.

Chaurest Jumped Into a nearby snowbank, and caught the rest of the family as they followed. They ran shivering In night attire, to the nearby LacroixBuckingham and Masson. Halifax Snow Nears Record Mark HALIFAX. March 31. 4W snow irom the oooa maay storm which brought the sea- son's snowfall to within a frac tion of the all-time record.

A i turn accompanied by It mlle-an-hour winds dumped ice pelleted reeling rain, rain and. up to four inches of snow on parts of Nova Scotia Halifax got Just a UtUe over two inches before the snow changed to reeling rain, not autte enough to pusn tne sea son's snowfall over the all-time record. Halifax had 130.1 Inches of snow this Winter, Just one- tenth of an Inch short of the 0J Mt ta ml.lt. testfe ANNITCRSAXT. LONDON.

March 31 (UP) Moscow radio said last night that a Soviet farmer and bis wife celebrated their 100th wedding anniversary this week. 1 ceremony of distributing the Maundy money. The procedure many old persona as Her Buckingham Fire Department wumn minutes. Acting Chief Harve "Xatour said the fire was quickly brought under control with 500 feet of hose from a hydrant on the main water supply line to Masson Kitchen and ball gutted. The he was confined to the kitchen-hail area only because three doors had been dosed before' the.

family retired, the chief said. Modest About Feat. Mr, Chaurest was modest In relating the dramatic episode. "We were lucky to get out at he said In the home of a neighbor. "Fifteen more minutes and It would have been too late." He returned to the home when the fire was out and found clothing for the family.

They received -temporary shelter from Mr. and Mrs. Alex Challfoux of Buckingham. They expect to be back in the upstairs part of the home within 34 hours. The two-storey eement block house is situated between You'll Enjoy Todays Special Easter Features An' ihteresting and timely 'review' of a new Life of Christ by Very Rev.

O. Anderson. Dean of Ottawa, an article of particular Interest at this Eastertide, appears In "A Booklover Corner" on The Journal's Book Page today. gaganjr filling to tlieiue Is, the Saturday Section's special feature In which a group of Ottawa clergymen discus their favorite passage from the Bible. Eileen Turcot te writes the surprising Studer family from Saskatchewan.

She tell of ea MP who has the distinction of having five children, all ef different nationalities. Oordoa Dewar talk of Bummer Jobs for high school student and Stuart Ander son writes of the newest thing In the field ef radio, -wireless" sets that are wireless. And there ere plenty of other features for your Bat-j urday reading pleasure. Four Fatal Crashes On Slushy Roads Five persona have been killed in Ottawa district traffic accidents early this Easter week-end. At least nine others were Injured as a late March snow made Eastern Ontario driving conditions hazardous Thursday and Friday.

The dead are: Desmond O'Reilly, of Eganvllle, was killed at 12.40 a.m. today when the nar in which he was a passenger crashed off a curve on the Cormac road, three miles west of Eganville. Herbert Patterson, 45, of Perth, and Samuel McCann. 72, of nearby Portland, killed In a train-truck smash at Perth, Thursday afternoon. George H.

D. Gibson, 79, of Ottawa, who died In a two-car crash at Brockville, Thursday night. Mrs. Graham Dunlop, 38, of Beachburg, who died following a two-car accident near Hawkesbury, Friday. Department of Highways crews have been salting and sanding district roads where necessary and reported good driving conditions at noon today.

(See also Page IS.) Defence Research Lab Moving to The "gradual" shift of the staff and equipment of the Defence Research Board's Chemical Laboratories from Shirley Bay Involved the construction of a new building for it at Kingston, The Journal today was Informed. This moving of the DRB chemical research section Is the third major move in ana equipment oi tne "decentralising" Federal Oov- Laboratories at Kingston eminent services from OtUwa.ndilUon wtdhr? It follows the move of the National Film Board from oho street and other quarters scattered around Ottawa to a new tl million plant In Mont- uaurban Laurent and the moving of the Defence Department's big Ordnance Store depot from the sprawling Somerset street wartboasea to Cobourg. Take Tear and Half. The DRB move of Its Chemlt Research Division to King currently ts confined to tnedl cal research. Explanation at DRB bead- quarters of the shift was that It was necessary to provide accommodation for a planned! consolidation of its electronics research division.

i Currently, DRB does Its elec-l tronlca research at Shirley Bay Eganville Man Killed IOANVILLR, March 31. (Special) Desmond O'Reilly, 30, of Eganville, was kUled Instantly when he was thrown out of a ear a It crashed over a culvert on the Cormac Road, three mile west of Eganville, at 13.40 a-rn. today. The car was driven by Ian Frappier. of 153 Wesley avenue, of Ottawa.

Police said the car failed to negotiate a sharp curve, struck a culvert, and turned over throwing Mr. O'Reilly out of the car. Other passengers In the car were Ambrose Foran and Clarence Benjamin, of Eganville, and Arthur Esteneen. of Ottawa. None of these wvs In jured.

Mr. Estenaen lost his family in one of Ottawa's tragic fires la late ItSS. Mr. O'Reilly waa in the RCAF stationed at the Fpymount RCAF radar establishment near Cormac. He eras the youngest son of Mrs.

Bridget lonelily, of Eganville, and the late Mr. OTtellu. He is survived by his mother; four brothers, Patrick. Leo and Michael, of and eight sisters. Mr.

Henry Zummach (Annie), of Egan vtlle: Mrs. Alec Letters (Doro thy), of Eganville: Mrs. Kaue Gervals, of Chapleau; Mrs. Sylvester Fleurte (Rite), of Oananoque; Mr. Bernadette O'Neill, of Kingston: Mary, of Kingston: Rev.

Sister Mary Daniel, of Esterhasy, and Rev. Sister Mary Anita, of 'Ottawa. ACTRESS TO WED. HOLLYWOOD, March 31 Sidney (By) Bartlett Hol lywood writer and producer. end British Actress Patricia Owens will be married April 7 In Palm Springs.

Calif, they told friends last night Kingston and at IU Montreal Road establishment. When the Chemical Research Division has vacated the Shir, ley Bay premises which, DRB officials today described as "extensive" all electronics work, will be concentrated there. To accommodate the staff sum on we una esutousa ment there. Most DRB work at Kingston The addition for the Cheml- al Lab- wvald eofhfc planned for the medical see -DRB executives did not have a ready reason as to why this whig could not be built on any one of its many buildings ta Ottawa. 3S Families Inverted.

While the number of tta staff Is among the. things that DRB considers as "confidential and not the public Interest" to disclose. It was understood that the move to Kingston involve eome $0 Ottawa families, and an undetermined number of single men and women. British Labor Snubs Reds LONDON. March SL 1 The British Labor Party has snubbed a "Communist bid for political co-operation, but the Red apparently are still cam- paigning.

The Daily Herald, official or-f," of the Labor Party, sari in an editorial: "Labor la a British party and It understand the Communists only too well. The Communist motives are to damage the Labor Party and weaken Britain: The ar the only alms in which they are consistent" But the British Communist party vice-chairman. Palme Dutt, made no reference to the Labor rejection la the big speech at morning's session at the Communists' annual' conference. Instead, be mad what be described aa "a direct, simple appeal to friends, la the Labor party and co-operative movement Is it not time to end the coldwr in the British Labor movement?" -SUNNY. Upland Weather Office forecast: cloudy with sunny perl-oda and a few scattered saowflurrie today.

Wind northwest with gusts up to 34. Outlook for Sunday mainly sunny and cooL Light wtnda. Low tonight and high, Sunday IS and 34. Tha foorml OMmmmm at 1 a toSav ntWoro SS (illn. Tho mm torn at 14 saw tots at -X pm.

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