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Nlore Freedom For Rum, Spice Islands

ily SIDNEY TAYLOR

LONDON. (Reuters)-The 500,000 natives of the Leeward and Wind- ward islands soon. will have a greater say in their own affairs. the arltish government announced todsy- -.

Often known as the "rum and spice islands." the Leewarda and yvindwards stretch across the Ca- ribbean see at the southeaateu and of the West Indies.

Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox- Boyd has approved in principle pmposals for new constitutions for the islands.

Until now, all the government de- partments have been run by British officials. when the reforms coma in, three departments will be placed under the control of West Indians. although colonial officers will retain a veto. The departments are trade and production. - nicstion. and works and social services.

In addition. the tropical islands will be run by an executive coun-

bers-elected by the people. The British governor will follow the council's advice unless it ysterfsrcs with "the interests of public order or good government." FAMOUS FOB. Itllbl

Most of the natives are descend- ants of slaves. with a mixture of Indian blood.

The principal islands. rich in voodoo. pirate lore and a history of bloody rebellion. are Antigua. St. Kitts. Nevis. Anguifla. Grenada, St. Lucia and st. Vincent.

The natives raise sugar cane, fruit. spices and cotton. Their fam- ous rum is exported all over the world.

The West Indies islands. is thou- sand-mile arc across the Caribbean with a. total population of nearly 3.000.000. have agreed to join to- gether in a federation. The move is part of Britain's policy of con- solidating email and scattered coi- onies.

The drafting of constitutional in- strumcnts for this next move is ex-

cil with s muorityw mem-

pected to begin in 1955.

Three Fatally N.B. Crossing

NmWCA.s'I'I.rll, N. :8. (GP) -,- Thres persons were fatally injured and two escaped with minor in- juries Tuesday afternoon when a car cs.n'yLng five members of one

family ran into a train at Packers siding. eight miles from g New-

castle,

Patricia Wallace. as, was killed at the crossing and her brother, Charles. 18. who had been driving. was dead on arrival at hospital. Their tether. James Wallace. as. of Craigville. died Tuesday night. His wife and another dalllhter. Gertrude. 22. also entered hospital to receive treatment for cuts. bruises and shock.

The dead girl. a graduate of the '

Hotel Dieu school of nurslng.in nearby Chatham. had been homo on Christmas vacation from To- l-onto. Charles was a first year aris student at St. Thomas University in Chatham. Gertrude is I school teacher at Edmundston. N. B. The family was heading for Doaktowh to visit another eon.

Light snow was falling when the

Cabbage ' Smell Proves Puzzler

NEW YORK (AP) -. Manhattan island smelled Tuesday as 'if a giant pot of cabbage were boiling somewhere inlthe middle,of town.

No one has been able to find the cab age pot. ,

e complaints started just as millions were pouring into mid- town out of subway and railroad stations. '

A policemen near the Empire states building conunented about s:so a.m. that "aomeone's cooking cabbage." rasr r.r'r'rr.a hear

In the next few hours the wee- ther bureau and, the health de- palrltment got numerous telephone ca. . '

The weather bureau said what- ever the smell was. it was being held down to street level by an "inversion of the temperature."

The department of air pollution control set up a testing device and found sulphur dioxide at the rate of .55 parts per 1.000.000 -parts of air. somewhat more than usual.

Sulphur dioxide might cause a cabbage-like smell, but officials said the amount in the air was insignificant. probably not enough to cause the Inell..

Coming Events

"New Year's Ive Dance. Fortune Hall. Friday. December em.

"Gard Play in Orwell Cove Hall, Thursdey. December 80th, in aid of Hockey Club.

"Card Party and Dance. ocrran Ban Hall. Wednesday. December ma. . . ve dance. Mur-

warehouse. in

"New Year's ray River pots lid of rink. I I ,

"Card party and dance. Mt. Ryan hs.ll., Wednesday. Dec. 20. Cards I to 10. Burke's orchestra.

"Now 'Year'a i dance. sever Dee. loch. jurnat Orchestra.

Iniured In Accident

car collided almost head-on with a slowly moving Canadian National Railways diesel locomotive hauling a passenger coach, baggage car and caboose flom McGivney to Newcastle. The car. almost dem- ollshed. was carried 75 feet along the right- of- way. Another auto- mobile.- immediately ahead of the Wallace car. Just escaped being struck.

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i-IACKBNSAC-K. N. -1.. (AP)-Ray White. Florida political and llbot leader. and his brother Steely white, were among 10 men indicted Tuesday in connection with an al- leged plot to murder Paul Hall. secretary-treasurer of the Seafar- ers' Intematlonal Union (AI-”'L).

The Bergen county grand jury, after deliberating three hours. re- turned the indictments charging conspiracy to commit murder.

They identified five alleged con- spirators and' listed five John Does-persons not identified ,by name but cited by the jury as in- volved in the case.

In addition to the White broth- ers. the indictments list James E. Cobb. alias 1-rank Green of Tampa, 33-year-old reputed trigger man. who told police he was to be paid 315.000 to kill Hall. a top official in the 00.000-member union-

TIP FOILED PLOT The two other alleged co-oon- spirators named are Edward Taffe.

05. of West Milford. N. J., and 52-

By WARREN WHITE JAKARTA. Indonesia (Reuters) The five "Colombo power" pre- miere decided Tuesday to call a conference of African and Asian nations next April to consider world problems.

This announcement was made less than three hours after they sat down behindcloeed doors to begin their talks in the palace of 3 ” ' n President soekarno at the nearby hill resort of lager.

Premier All Sastroamidjojo of Indonesia presided. other premiers attending are Jawaharlai Nehru of India. U Nu of Burma, Mohammad All of Pakistan and Sir John Ko- tslawala of Ceylon.

CHINA BIG PROBLEM

These was no indication whether they had started to tackle the im- posing job of deciding whom to in- V"-Ito the African-Asian confer- ence announoed in their brief joint Comlmmliitm They will meet for the second and final day today.

The question of whether to in- vile communist China and Japan to the April conference is a major issue now before the fivrpremiers. They also have to settle on n agenda. on which anti-colonialism. is likely to be one of the main items. official sources said.

Feeling in the foreign diplomatic

"Colombo Power" Premiers Call Conference For April

clusion in the list of uesta auto- matically would axciu a many of the 31 nations considered as poul- bilitiu for invitations. There is even some doubt whether Ceylon and Pakistan would sit down at an Asian conference table with the Communists.

BUPPOBTWAPANC it '

The general feeling is that none of the five Colombo owerle would oppose Japanese pertcipation. but -of more importance-would Ja- pan accept an invitation?

The Asian resniere had been asked before a Bogor talks to consider three general headings for an African-Asian conference agenda:

i. Moves to lessen world tension in relation .to the cold war;

2. Economic and .sulturai co-oper-

ation between African. Arab and Asian countries; to colonialism

3, n wherever it was found in the world today.

BOMB SURVIVORS RELEASED

TOKYO, (saucers)-'mr' Japan- ese flahermen. last of the 22 men injured by Bikini hydrogen bomb "death ash" last March, left hos- pital Tuesday to spend -New vows Day with their families in Yaisu.

community is that Red China's in-

eastern Japan.

LONDON (AP) -Red China has sent Britain a cheque. for 367,000 as compensation for the Brit sh air- liner shot down by Chinese Com- munist fightera July 23 near Hai- nan Island with the loss of lives.

The foreign office said Pelping's payment meets Britain's demand for dam es in full. The money will b0 istributcd to mdet claims filed by Cathay Pacific Airline. owner of the plane, and pauengerl of their next of kin.

Britainls demand ldcluded an

Red China Pays Bill For. Loss Of British Airliner

American claim which Peiping re. footed when wasihnston presented t independently. The bulk of the compensation due to the United states presumably will go tosthe

10 American PIQOIIIOT. MP3. FHBX

Parrish. of Iowa fork. Texas.

Mrs. Parrish lost her huhsnrl. Leonard and two sons: Philip. I; and Larry. A. She suffered a broken collar bone. -

The plane was on a flight from Bsngkok to Hong long when the fighters downed it. Peiping later apologised to Britain.

w&'rv!LLs. N. e. for) -- The town council voted 3 to 2 Tues- day night to outlaw bingo but tile local Oahldian Legion branch :erve;imno'z.i.e.e it wlould defy kthe use a game in-

.35 its cllititles. -

Vote To Outlaw Bingo But. g Legion Will Oppose Ban

it would be based on us. feel that the legion drew beavilron its bingo receipts to pay for charitable work

and their families.

er Plot

year-old Carmen Priors of New York City. a salesman.

All but Steely White have been arrested.

The murder plot was foiled when police, acting on a tip from an un- disclosed sgurce. arrested Cobb last Thursday afternoon not far from Hall's farm home in Montvale, a suburban communlw in northern New Jersey. e

Cobb had a 12-gauge shotgun in 'hls possession and he admitted he had been hired to kill Hall by New Year's Day, Bergen county pros-

rnEi"E"IimiiA3iiEiiiiEit's FAE miles or OUTCOME or ASSEMBLY

Man Arrested WIII1 Shotgun

I-Ten Indicted

Blizzard Sweeps . Overfroirios

EDMONTON. (OP) - The first major outbreak of cold Arctic air this winter was ex- pected to cover Alberta. and Saskatchewan today.

While the frigid air surged 'hiesday from the north. south- ern Alberta battled hurricane winds. Lethbridge. where the temperature was 36 above, re- corded wlndei'of 68 miles an hour with gusts up to 96. No damage was reported.

Netr-blizzard conditions were expected in Edmonton as the cold air moves in with snow driven by 25-mile-an-hour winds.

Temperatures ranged from 30 to 56 below zero around the Arctic Circle Tuesday. snag warmed from 82 below to 56 be- low and Whitehorse reported

ecutor Guy Callssl said.

38 below. .

By I-IABOLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA (CP) - The govern- mcnt's budget spending for 1055-50 probably will continue at the i0- year high of about 5s,5oo.ooo.ooo- virtually unchanged from the cur- rent year.

Treasury men have nearly fin- ished compiling the annual book of estimates and it appears likely it will be ready for tabling in Parlia- ment In late January.

Finance Minister Harris. prepar- ing to present his first budget, is reported to be exerting pressure on various department heads to chop to the bone estimated financ- ial requirements for the next Ils- cal year.

But so many of the government's

-in the sense they either are writ- ten into the law or that the gov- ernment is committed to them by policy or long-term agreement- that there actually is not much room in which savings can be made.

Frozen expenditures include those difficult to reduce without a major change In government policy-fam- ily allowances. pensiom, payments to provinces. civil service and mil- itary Day and--interest charges on the national debt.

stung. INCOME pnoerncr

' Once the expendlt re estimates are completed. Mr. arris and his lieutenants will examine the rev- enue expectations to see how the budget can be balanced and still produce tax cuts. if possible. Business men have appealed for In early budget to help in their own planning. Mr. Harris is not expected to bring down his budget until the end of the fiscal year. either a week before or a week after March 31. Financial advisers want as much time as possible to gauge gconomic trends and forc- gzst revenue possibilities in libs-

l-icw the finance minister will spread tax reductions is still un- decided. Business men have urged him to reduce corporation ihcome taxes and sales and excise taxes

lay Killed By Car In Snow Storm

MINTO, N. 3. (CP) -- Ernest Dylreman. 12, was killed at New castle bridge Tuesday night when struck by a car as blinding snow fell. He had been carrying gro- cerles home and walking with an eight-year-old brothel.

The car was driven by John Guisilan. Jr., I soldier who re- turned from Korea Dec. 1. Young Dykeman had just leit a store owned by GuIailan's father. An in- quest will be held Thursday.

VIENNA (AP)--Dr. Josef Geroe. 58. longtime Austrian minister for justice. died Tuesday. 'Geroe was the only non-party member of i.h'e Austrian cabinet and also was pres- ident cf Austria's Olympic com-

emong veterans The council: made its motion ef- fective Jan. 1. A

mlttee and soccer association.

lssnuel-aXn.d!itlIturea-are "frozen" -

Expect Gov't Spending To Be- Unchanged This Year

on various commodities. particu- larly automobiles.

Former finance minister Abbott. in his final budget last spring. fore- cast a surplus of 54,000,000 for the current year. There are indications Mr. Harris will report a deficit of about Sl00.000,000, the first in post- war years.

'No Holiday F r Burglors. This es

VANCOUVER (C?) -.Safecrack- ere. burglars and petty thieves took no holiday here during the Christmas weekend. netting more than 56.000 in a score of raids.

More than 25 burglaries were re- ported tc police.

IICBIAL CAVES POUND JERUSALEM." (Reuters) - A group of Jewish burial caves dat- ing back to the beginning of the Christian era were discovered re- cently in the southern part of Je- ruselsln. the Israeli government's department of antiquities announ- ced Tuesday. Archaeologists think these and similar caves founli nearby formed part of an extensive riecropolis which surrounded the ancient city.

Already the assembly has ap- proved three of the treaties which make up the complex of agreements to bring 12 German divisions into the Western mili- tary alliance.

TICKLISII QUESTION

Approval has been given also to the idea of admitting Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but this tlcklish question comes up for still an- other vote. ,

It involves the bringing of Ger- many and Italy into the Western Eurcpean' Union along with France. Britain. Holland. Belgium and Luxembourg.

Early last Friday the assembly turned down this point 280 to 250 in a completely unforseen defeat for Mendel-France. It is being called on to reverse this position today.

Mendes-France has asked for two votes of confidence and will resign if defeated on either. The first is on the enlargement of the Western European Union. The second is on the provision to ad- mit West Germany into NATO.

SECOND APPROVED

This second point was given the assembly's blessing Monday night. 289 to 251. but after a vote on in- dividual paragraphs the deputies now must cut a ballot on the ,matt.er as I whole.

if he gets by the first two votes, as expected, Mendes-France may call for still another ballot on the. whole network of treaties.

The deputies have linked the Western European Union treaty most closely with the idea of put- ting Germans back into uniform. They might vote for a number of other related idegs. butjtlsia is still the. most difficult decision for them.

Opinions still were shifting as deputies wandered around the cor- ridors of the assembly building. Some guessers felt that the 38- vote majority which the premier received Monday night might be cut by half today.

DIFFICULTY SEEN The newspaper France-Solr pre-

dicts the vote would be difficult

OTTAWA (CF) - A 07-year-old Toronto sculptor who was born in the United States--Frances Loring -has been chosen to do the Par- liament Hill statue of Sir Robert Borden. Canada's prime minister during the First World War.

The cabinet announced Tuesday

a panel of judges gave her a unanimous verdict over 32 other artists in a competition for the job of doing the bronze replica of the latest of Canadian political chiefs to take his place on the lawns around the Parliament Buildings. The statue of Sir Robert, the Nova Scotian who was Conservat- ive prime minister from 1911 in 1020. is to cost between 340.000 and 550.000. The memorial atop a stone base is expected to stand on the opposite side of the hill from the statue of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. his old opponent.

STANDS ON BOTH FEET

Miss Loring. former president of the Sculpiors' Society of Canada. said in Toronto her winning desi n shows Sir Robert "standing solid y on both feet." She was "tired of seeing statues of politicians stand- ing on one foot."

She hppel. she said. to complete the work within a year but would not guarantee it.

Originally. the government .. which announced the competition early last year-hoped to have the memorial completed by June 28 last, the 100th anniversary of Sir Robert”: birth in Grands Prc, N.s.

Miss boring. a native of Idaho.

American-Born Woman To Do St-atue'Of Sir Robert

came to Canada in 1912 after stud- ies in Europe. Last June. she won the i054 award of the University of Alberta for conspicuous service to the arts.

She will work on the Burden statue in a big Toronto studio, which she shares with Florence wyle, another sculptor.

The government's competition for this latest of the series of statues on the grounds of Parliament Hill was held, under the auspices of the trustees of the National Gallery. Names of the unsucessful candid- ates were not amouncad.

"because it is a question. for a number of deputies. ardently op- posed to German rearmament for the, most respectable reasons. to change their minds. to go back on their vote of last Friday. This, on the human level. is always diffi- cult, particularly in a circum- stance where lt is not a simple matter of doctrine. but a real crisis of conscience."

The newspaper Le Monde says: "No one. not even the premier. has stepped up to defend German rearmament in itself."

All Paris newspapers agree that Mendee-France shoul win every- thing he wsnts toda . But almost all say It will be H tllhli ID31119- Some untoward incident in the debate could conceivably tip the scales against him.

By JOHN LIBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (GP)-The federal gov-

ernmcnt. has been hitting snags in trying to find personnel for a three- man royal commission on coastal shipping but hopes it can set up the body in the early weeks of the new year.

Appointment oi the commission- first decided on tentatively last. June-has been deferred for a variety of reasons. The latest. it was learned Tuesday. is trouble in getting royal commissioners.

so far, informants said. the gov- ernment has not been able to get any of its choices to accept the job ofchairsnan of thelcornmisaion Meanwhile. it has put off dealing with its selections for the other two posts.

TOP CHOICES DECLINED

First choice for the chairman- ship. it was understood. was R. G. Berkinshaw of Toronto. Oaasdlan head of Goodyear Rubber Com- pany and a. dollar-a-year man in the old munitions department. He and two others - names undis- closed-havc declined up to now because of business cotnsnfi-manta.

Main difficulty in getting the commission established. officials say. lies in the fact that the gov- er has decided to get com- pletely independent commissioners divorced from any direct connec- tion with shipping. As a. result. it has run into reluctance from per- sons in other branches of business.

Meanwhile. the terms of refer- ence of the royal commission - drawn up several weeks ago have been sitting before cabinet without action pendingselection of personnel.

before that. there wen these de- lays since June:

First, it was decided to let the royal commission slide until a. firm agreement was made with the United States for construction of the st. Lawrence Seaway. which might bring in foreign vesols in

Letter Indicates Ford May Compromise To End Strike

TORONTO (OP)-- A letter made public Tuesday indicated lord of Canada is wlili to ousmromlsc on an Ontario-wi a contract. under certain conditions. to settle the strike of upwards of 0.300 workers at three plants:

A joint statement by the corn- pany and the United Automobile Workere' Union 010-005 was re- leased soon after the start of direct negotiations.

It contained a letter from T. J. Emmcrt. Ford executive vlce-pres- ident. in lbnil Isaaey. Canadian- bom ucretarvy-treasurer of the in- ternational UAW.

The letter said lead is prepared to negotiate a province-wide agree- ment. provided that the UAW undertakes to negotiate provisions

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