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FEBRRVARYy 12 s# Quintuplets to Make o pl h' j _ Quintuple Launching | | For the first time in their lives|and other interested parties, is glad | the Dionne quints will leave Canada| to co--operate in every possible way J next May when the five girls pay a | and to concur in the decision of Mr. visit to Superior, Wisconsin, where| and Mrs. Diomne to participate in they will each christen one of five| this international gesture of good-- ships built by the United States| will. Maritime Commission for Britain An Unusual Event. under l.ease'lend- R '"'This will be an unusual event Premier Conant announced in th€ | where five ships built by the Ameri--. * | Legislature yestérday that the Unit-- can Government for use in the Brit-- ' ed States Secretary of State had TS | ish Navy, are to be christened by the § _ quested that the famous children be | five most famous children in . the permitted to attend the launching | world, residents of our own Province ceremony and officiate at the christ-- | of Ontario. Each child will christen ening May 9. Each ship will ne | q separate vessel, all five being named after one of the quints. launched simultaneously. Members Following Mr. Conant's announce--| of the Ontario Government and ment a representative of the build--| other officials will be invited to at-- ers, Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc., | tend, along with members and offi-- gave the added information that the | cials of the United States Govern-- "Quint Fleet" would bear the names | ment." of Marie Dionne, Emelie Dionne,| W. J. Stewart (Prog. Con., Park-- Cecile Dionne, Annette Dionne and | dale) asked the Premier what lan-- ¥vette Dionne. guage the children would use. The Dionne children have made| "Will they speak in one language, trips to Toronto, one on the occa--| or in both?" he queried. is sion of the visit of the King and| There were cries of "Oh! Oh! Queen in 1939, and the other last | from the members. _ j year when they took part in the Vic--| "I am sorry that question was in« tory Loan campaign. -- But thcyx terjected," replied _the Premle_r. I never have been out of the Do-- am able to say this: The children minion. will sing the American Na'tlonal An-- "In view of the splendid contribu--| them in English, at least.' ; is tion to the shipping problem of thel The matter was dropped with this Allied causes that these ships will | reply. : f ; make," said Mr. Conant, and in view| The quints will sell their auto-- of the spirit of co--operation under| graphs before and after thcf launch-- which they have been built by the| ings. and t}}e proceeds w1ll. go to United States Marine Commission| charity. It is planned. to bring thg for British use, the Government, fol--| children back_ to Qntano a few hours lowing negotiations by Mr. Hepburn| after the christenings.