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Ilsreefi Planes Collide .ln Air Over Halifax Harbor

Failure To “Diesel-ize” Island Railway Division Discussed By C.N.R. Head

Rev. l. S. Bonnell Receives Medal

NEW YORK, March 28—(CP)'_ Rev. Jbhn S. Bonnell, minister of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, today received the King's Medal for service in the cause of freedom.

The citation, read by Sir Francis Evans. British consul-general here.‘ referred to the Charlottetown-born clergyman as a "good-will ambassa- dor of American churches" when he visited Britain in 1941.

Dr. Bonnell held" charges in Prince Edward Island, Saint John, N. B.. l-lalifax and Winnipeg before coming to New York 14 years ago.

Canada's Divorce a Raie Shoivsliecline

OITAWA, March M - (C?) - The first break in Canada's soar- ing divorce rats in almost‘ a decade occurred during i348. the Dominion Bureau b! Statistics re- ported today. '

The decline in the rrurrrbar of marriages hitting the rocks wag the first interruption in a steady up- ward climb that started in 1940.

Preliminary figures ishowed l.- 881 divorces during I048, a sle- creass of per cent can the 194'! total of 8,1 . However. tbs divorce rats was siilkfar-fron what it vi'as,1nl940._.'1‘_llq.I0i§. p _._. i240 per cent higher ursn- eigh years ego.

On the basis of the number of divorces per 103000 population, the rats was ass last year compared with ens in 104'! and the com- parstively small figure of 30.8 divorces per 100,610 in 1940.

EWTY province except tiny Prince Edward Island shared the de- creased divorce rate. The Island Province had a big increase from iii in 1047 to 46 last year. That ‘was 52.‘! for every 100,000 people compared with 10.1 the preceding War and put Prince Edward Isl- and in fifth place in comparative divorce rate figures.

Ontario had the most divorces 43.101 or 46 per cent of theall- Cilllflllfl (Oi-Bl. as compared with 8.509 in 1947.

Divorce totals for the Maritime Provinces .with ilcures in brackets:

New Brunswick 21:1 (B6); Nova Sc-itia ‘l8 (207)..

The rate of divorce per 100,000 v°°l>le for other Maritime Pro- llflw-‘s. with 1041 figures in brackets:

New Brunswick 41.9 (48.1); Nova Scotia 12.8 (33.3).

other i947

NO EARLY BREAK!!!’

FREDERICTON, March Q .- (CP) - The st. John River level m" i°llliht was 58 feet above summer low, the highest mark M1108 early last fall. Despite a half- foot rise since yesterday the heavy ice showed no signs of weakening

and an early breakup was believed unlikely, _

Coming Events

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OFITAWA, Much 20 — (C?) ._. Eighteen locomotives which would have completely "diesel-iced" prince Edward Island have been turned dovwn by the Canadian National Railways; R.C. Vaughan, 0N3, president today told the Commons railway committee.

m. Vaughan said the company had given the diesel; several trials. but they had proved unsat. iafactory and been returned to the Canadian locomotive Company at Kingston, Ont.

Ha described the locomotives as light engines, developed by e mnihton Company in co-opera-

Despite several- trials, they were "m"! returned because they could not give the required per. formance.

I-le estimated the (Xmf-ract, price at "homers $1,250,000 and sl,soo.- 000 — a comparatively small or- GCI‘. from l cOmpal-iy who“ pm- dilution of steam locomotives for "I l)“ be"! w‘! satisfactory."

Ho intimated the diesels, sought for the Island to save operating will. including cost of transport- ing coal from the mainland. might have to be purchased in the Un- ited States.

The matter arose briefly _in a variegated discussion on the C.N.. Rls annual report, which came up for its yearly review before the Commons committee under chair. malnlship Si!» Clark (-1, _. m.

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(By The Canadian Press)

Party leaders ersprcssed them- selves in favor of the North At- lantic treaty. _

Revenue Minister McCann an- nounced the government will loan the CBC $4,000,000 to help develop television. -

Prime Minister 5t, Laurent an- nounced a Newfoundland repre- sentative will be sworn lam the Cabinet April 1-

Tra t Minister Chevrier out- lined in (he Senate an ollpand gas pipe line involving as much as

Tuesday.

The Commons will consider var- ious government business. The Senate will sit.

Brood Prices Up Two Cont: In Saint- John

SAIZNT JOHN. NB, March 28- (flPl-Bread will cost 17 cents ,for a Z-i-(iuncs loaf in Saint John to- morrow, an mcreass of two cents. A similar increase was predicted for Moncion and Fredericton be- cause of higher flour cost resulting lrom removal of the Federal sub- sidy on wheat. The price of flour‘ has been raised $2.10 s. barrel.

Bakery spokesmen said they hoped this standard loaf sine hero would be lowered eventually to 20 comes. when the price would be 1s u _ .

_ by Lssus Blwms ' (Canadian Press Correspondent) SYDNEY, Australia. March fl-

(OP) — The Australian Commun- ist Party today received its big- gest industrial setback. ‘Communist - controlled melons had threatened to hold IND-FM meetings today to protss the (lance)

t. prosecution of Lawrence

final-key. secretary-general of the "Australian Coimnunist Party. on charges of sedition.

The threat tltrned out to be a dud as thousands of union mem- bers refused to obey orders and remaimd‘ at work.

Buss-key today pleaded innoc- ent to the sedition charges.

‘The Communist Party wants to‘

°_ bring the working class to power

and if Fascists in Austgglls use forog to prevent worben from gallllnl that power‘ the Ccrrmun- ist Party will advise workers to moot force with force." lbarloo? also had said. the charges stats. weeds which slushy was

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Air Cadet Weak To Be Observed lnApril

OTTAWA, March I - (OP) - The second annual, air cadet week in Canada will be held April 6-13, Defence Minister Claxton. an- nounced today.

During the special week the lea- gue will publicize its yo th train- ing activities and conduc financial campaigns across the Dominion.

UITAWA. March 28 -— (CP) - Question of an official residence for Canadian prime ministers "has not yet been formally considered" hte-Comirnona was told, today, In a reply to a. question asked by Patrick Ashby (sc -- Edmonton East) the House was told nn pmp. erty had been acquired in Ottawa for this purpose. Prime Minister St. Laurent, Wlho lives in a entail furnished apartment here, tabled

Sir‘ Albert J.

Islander lniured Al SainLlohn

SAINT JOHN‘. N. 3., March 20 -- (CP) - James Kcough, 2o. of Coleman, P. E. I.. suffer- ed a possible skull fracture and lacerations today when he slipped and fell 15 feet from the wharf at Salmon River. l-le had been engaged ln repair work on the wharf. His con- dition in hospital here was re-

the reply without comment.

ported fairly good.

Reporl Tabled

m-rawa, March 2s -(cr') _ The 050's 1947-48 Opellflilng gm. plus amounted to saaaaso camp“. Parod with $27.00!) in 1946-47. it was disclosed today in the annual rletpori. of the crown-owned corpoe. on.

The N90". tabled in the Com- monsbv Revenue Minister McCann. ahdMKl. thlrt lIi lhe year ended Match 31. 1946, a total of .$1T2.309 was sot aside as allowance for cle-

- preciation and obsolescence. This

lgt a net operating surplus of $216,.

Part of the corporation's impro-v. ed position faulted from Parlia- ment's decision to turn over to the 05C gross revenues from the $2.50 annual licence fees on receiving setsa

Paper Gives‘ Hint of Value of Two Queens

LONDON‘. March 28 — (Renti- flrs) -- A recent white paper throws some light on what has always been a closely guarded secret-the value of tbs two fa- mous Cunard liners. the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth. < The state document details the provisions of the Cunard Insur- ance Act. which deals with the insurance of the two liners.

The figures mentioned in the not are £6,000,000 ($24,000,000) for the Queen EJizsbeth, and £5,250.- 000 for the Queen Mary.

Shipping experts emphasise that these figures cannot be regarded as representing the cost of re-; placing the liners. They are mere-i ly "values mgreed for insurance‘ purposes under the act."

SEEK OIL TN MANITOBA

MELITA. Mon. — (CP)— The first deep test will be made for oil and gas this siunnler near Lylstnn in southwestern Manitoba. The area forms the eastern corner of a vast triangle in which subterranean rock formations are favorable for the discovery of oil.

Australian Communist. Party Receives

Setback

the Sydney Daily Telegraph were: "If Soviet forces in pursuit of ag- gressors enter Australia, Austral- ian workers would welcome them.

"Australian workers would wel- come Soviet forms pursuing ag- gressors sl the workers welcomed than throughout Inuope when the Red troops liberated the pawl! from the power of the Nasis."

Clues-lag Communists canted Sharing on their shoulder! after h, was released on bail.

Along the Sydney waterfront. workns gmeraiiy followed instruc- tions of the Waterside Workers Federation to stop work. Mm in other Mlltrllllfl ports. lncludlm Melbourne, Hobart. Newcastle and Eiabane, remained atwork.

Coal mints similarly rejected Conmunist orders. The Miners’ floatation has strong Communist leadership and it was thoulht the miners would glva solid support to the order,

Today's fiasco was regarded s: the bagiming of a live show. down botwsm tho A an In»

Government Gives Green. Light To) Development Of Television In Canada

By D'Arcy O'Donnell

OTTAWA, _ March 28 “rep; ._ The government today gave the publicity-owned CBC the green light to go ahead with the develop- men-t of television in Canada, but it may bo i2 to l8 months before the new medium ccmes into oper. ation.

Revenue Minister McCgngr, our. lining government policy to the Coonmons. said Parliament will be asked to approve a. $4,000,000 loan to the CBC to help it meet initial Goats of the development. ‘

Private firms, if an application is allp!!!)vcd by the CBC board of gov- ernors and the llcsncing authority in the Transport Department, will be allowed to develop their own television stations. But they will be limited to one frequency Ln any one city or any one area.

The announcement brought im- mediate reaction from both the CBC and from the Canadian As- sociation of Broadcasters. the latter Composed of representatives ofm-ost privately-owned stations in Canada,

A. D. Dumon, chsimman of the CBC board of governors, said the CBC will be ready to proceed with development work a; soon as the $4,000,000 loan has been approved by Parliament. ’

"We hope. and ‘we emphasize the word ‘hops’ that it will be possible to start operations within 12 to 1B months after the loan has been-ap- proved." he said. ~

The first sta-tlcns will be con- structed in Toronto and Montreal.

T. Jim Allard, general manager of the C.A.B.. said the private broadcasters were critical of the governor-lent’; policy. The private ltoadcastera had-not been constit-

What lf Reds

Move Againsl France. lialy?

(By l. M. Ilobrta, Ir., Associated Press News Analyst)

Congressmen and others who‘ are not sold on the Atlantic pact are asking what happens to the sl- liance, and to the United States in- vastment on it. if Communists should grab control of some mem- bers, such as France and Italy.

A similar question was asked re- garding the Ruhr when the Allies began to revive its industry for the benefit of the Marshall Plan. What. if Russia decided to take it over after it was rebuilt? The answer was that there was no intention to let Russia do any such thing.

~A similar answer has just been given by the French people and the Italian Parliament. The former. in their cantcnal (or state) elec- tions have demonstrated that they are opposed to Communism by an overwhelming vote. The Italian lawmakers have ignored Commun- ist oppcsiticn in approving the sl- llancc. _

The prospect that the Commun- ists' can stage a coup over either of the countries is diminishing day by day, althouah it is stlii true that thousands of well-armed partisans are in a position to crests a dan- gerous situation in Italy.’ _

There arc ZMQOOO Part1’ mt")- ber Comm nlsts in Italy, and near- ly 7.000. voted the Communist ticket in the last general elec- tion, but only about 100.000 of these constitute the hard, militant core which would ba expected to sup- port international Communism (Russia) as against their own na-

bor my and the

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Walsh’ T0 Be

First Lt. Governor Of Nfld.

By D'Arcy O'Donnell

OTTAWA, March 26 - (CF) - A tail. silver-thatched, soft-spoken lawyer — Bir Albert J. Walsh - wiil be Newfoundland‘s first lieut- enant-governor when the island be- comes Canada's 10th province.

Prime Minister St. Laurent an- nounced the appointment today and later disclosed that Newfoundiandha first member of the Federal Cabinet will be sworn in lime to take in ceremonies marking _the union here. -

There is some question of the exact time at which union will take place. The terms of union state they (viii come into force "im- mediateiy before the expiration of the 31st day of March, 1949." But

John's Nfld.

during the discussions of the terms an effort was made to see that an

officials declined to give a legal interpretation on the time quest? ion. One ventured that in his personal opinion the union would become effective at midnight EST. Thursday night, March 31. .

had another interpretation.

there is a difference of 1 l/2 hours i in the times at Ottawa and Suing“;- p3 1131-1-15 of mmmron ‘m;

1f the union becomes effectivei on Ottawa time, then the island ‘Shearwaicr. will not be officially a provinceJfom Hfllllfl-XI "It hflPl-lenfll 1115i until 1.30 a.m. Newfoundland time, l the some as a car accident or any Friday, April 1. it is known tnatloiher accident. Nobodvs 10 £3111“;

“April Fool's Day" union was» avoided. Canadian Justice Department l

Four Naval Ainnen Lose lives lnlirash

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a. Sea l-‘ury fighter plane collided at 1,000 feet with a formation four Harvard training planes.

operational training l-IMKLS. shearwater, and trwo of fatal plunge.

Glen H. Hutton of Dartmouth, N. 8., LIGUL C. J. Pulfer of Balmoral. Man., arid air mechanic J. H. Camibrai of Cap de la Madeleine. Que. Cvambrai was in Fuller's plane.

Pilots of the two l-lar-varcls that escaped the collision VWBYG Lieut.

‘ Lieui. D11. MscNicol of Toronto. li-arrls said on his return to across (he halibor

As far as I know ~ (there irnlennrueni difficulty." ' Navy and R.C.A.F<- c1115.!) boots isped to the spot where the planes ‘disappeared. Dragging operations gcontiniled tonight in an effort to < ice-ate the four bodiesaAn investi- [gation will open immediately.

l Details Sketchy l Details of how the crash occurred

F- Gmdml Bmdlp-i" a "lenlht" iwere sketohv. Neither Harris nor of the delegation which drafted the l Macy“); ooh“; gay gxggtly when, union terms and the island's pro- ihnd happened. the (trash had (J0me bable first Federal cabinet minister. {so suddenly- and unexpectedly.

i The four Harvards were flying in

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By DOUGLAS HOW

OTTAWA, March 28 --’ (C?) - Canada this year will keep pace "ivith the United States in radar defences and will lay the keel: of the first three of the escort ves- sels which represent her own an- swer to lhe submarine menace, Defence Minister Claxton said to- day.

In a. press conference (he Min- ister touched on these points;

Radar - none of the $l6l.0.70.000 set aside by Congress to start a (LS. radar network’ will be spent in Canada but thg Dominica's ex- penditures in the coming fiscal year on radar equipment and eon- struciion -wil1 be on a "compar- able basis."

Mr. Claxton declined to say how mum this would be. The long- range program is designed at first to throw a network around major cities and strategic points.

Ships -~ the Minister would not say where the first three ol the fast. costly anti-sub craft will be built. The navy has assigned the Yarrow Yards 0n the_Pacific coast to reconcliiion I-IMCS. Sioux and to follow the U.S.. system of div- iding the crew's aniing and sleep- ing quarters in two sections. La- ter HMCS. Algonquin will be altered the same way. It will take about two years to build one new escort craft at s cost of several million dollars.

Cadets - to build up a supply of trained tradesmen. 1.500 cadets will go to camp at Alderdhot, NS, Valcartier, Que. lipperwash. Ont., Durndrurn, Sssk, and Vemon, 3.0.. for six weeks this summer where they will be taught shooting, phys- ical training and other traditional courses as well as such trades as auto mechanics. signals commun- ication. firs and radar control in- struction and medical aid, To qual-

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Robins-Ir Cruse; or Nofih Passes Away

ION!‘ II‘. JOHN, 8.0., March 5 — (CF) Pod-leased Jim flsattis. the Robb-Ion Crusoe of the north, died at Nathan's Hops. 8.0., daring tb, week-end follow- ing a heart attack. ‘The 60-year-old ta-ontiermnan, who lived so far from civilisation that he built his own school and hired a teacher to educate his family. (was the owner of a hugs ranch at Gold Bar. between t.he Alaska Highway and Prince George on the Peace River. His nearest neighbors were i!) miles away, the rsiihead 160 miles, Born in Cumberland, Eng- land. Baattio is survived by his

widow and family.

Ganada Plans Extensive Radar Warning System

News In Brief

MONTREAL. March 2R -('CPl -- Hon. David Rhys Grenfell, mines miinistcr in Britain's war- time government, today expressed hope that Canadians will buy more coal from Britain and en- able her to pay for Cénadian food.

LONDON. March 08 (Reut- ers)- Combined operations in the Caribbean lasting two weeks have demonstrated that the Brit- ish and Canadian nsvies can swing inio operation at any time as a smooihly-co-ordinnied single force, the Admiralty said tonight.

VANCOUVER. March 26-40?) - A city police crackdown on Jehovah's Witnesses has starierl here. Two paraders Saturday were "reported for suitrmcns" as. a‘ result of displaying advertising] signs on city streets. The signs of six others were seized.

HALIFAX. March 28 -(CP) --. Four naval airmen spur-i to their, death in Halifax hrrbor today when

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The Sea Rlry piloted by I.icut.- ‘ Ccndr. R.A. (Bob) Monks of ‘For-q onto. commanding officer of the. squadron at" the Harvarda twistcdseaivardin h'

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Commons Approves Terms 149-2

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Drew and Sf. Laurent- Show United Front! On Question.

OTTAWA, March 28 — (CF) -< The Commons. concluding a de- bate which External Affairs Minist- er Pearscn termed an "encourag- ing and inspiring example of parliamentary unity," voted 149 to ll tonight m sanction the principles of the Atlantic pact.

Both Prime Iiiinister St. Laurent. the man who sounded the first note of its necessity in 1947. and

1 OTTAWA, March 28 - (OP) -- ,The army said today Lt.-Coi J., ‘H. Show of Charlottetown was one l ‘of five doctors belonging to its‘, Yreserve force who is going to be§

briefed on lhe medical aspects of

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atomic warfare. The group will take a course in April at the U. S. Medical Centre, Washington.

l)uke_of Edinburgh May Retire From Active Naval Career

By Norman Cribbens

LONDON, March 28 -- (OFF- ‘Iiha Duke of Edinburgh. whose public duties have been increas- ing since the King's illness. is said to have given up all intention of resuming his active naval os-

reer.

In royal circles it is believed he may soon nsk the Lords of the Admiralty to put him permanent- ly on the retired list.