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SPEEDIN G PLANS F fill PALRSLLIAMENTS LOPENiN G JAN. 26

EGYPTIAN, JEWISHWARSHIPS CLASH OFF TEL AVIV’

Say Initial Phase Of

Occupation I

King’s Condition is Improving

LQNDON, Jan. 2 - fReutersi -— The King, confined to Buckingham Palace since his illness was an- nounced Nov. 11, will leave for Iandringham, his country residence

s Ended

BATAVIA. Java. Jan. 2 —- (AP)-

ivetheriands forces nearly complet- ed today the successful occupation of all key areas of the Indonesian republic in Sumatra. publlcan points in Java already are iii Dutch hands.

All major re-

A Dutch informant said Nether-

lands troops are advancing toward Benkoelen, 23f) miles southeast Padang, against light republican op- position.

of

Benkoelen. on Sumatra’s

west coast, is the last important,

lk, J . 8, l - - ,

Lguizlgosamrrrlig“ t w“ a“ city held by the republic.

He Wm be aajompamod bv ‘he Republican units were forced Queen‘ t from Pnkanbaroe, nn the oust coast

Court circles said that the an- Of Sumatra.’ a Nflhprlimds "m1" aouncement meant his doctors are ggfilllélriiznsdégd‘ girlsybuuzam

nitlsflad with his progress and have decided that. the journey to Norfolk Pan do him no harm.

lt is expected the King will ra- main at Szindrlnghnm for several weeks.

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke l! Edinburgh. with their son Prince Charles, and Princess Margaret are also leaving the palace for Sand. ringham this week.

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will}; s'.}.{. Make Island Trip Twice

The party of ten Scottish Curl- ers who visited this Province Nc-av Years Day no doubt had an eventful story to tell their forty fellow ciansmen iv-hen they rc- loined the main group at Saint John yesterday.

Originally scheduled to arrive by plane from Moncton early Saturday morning. the party did not llTiifi until noon and then only by making the trip by auto- mobile and boat.

Thwarted by inlpossible fiyinz l weather, but determined to makcl the trip the ten doughty Scots sped by taxi to catch the Tormen- i

t

soldiers killed and since it launched its action against

Dutch nuthorilics still refuse let. 43 UliilPd Nations military nh_ servers visit areas islands taken from the republic.

1T2 wounded

he republic on Dec. l9. Netherlands informants said nitiai phase of the occupation

tho of

Java has ended. Dutch authorities, however. have cease-fire proclamation Java or Sumatra.

issued no formal

in either

Mfiflflwhilt’. it. was learned that tn the

in two

Jerusalem Undergoes Two Bombings

JERUSALEMmvlaVrc-‘Z isrii

Fuidcntified warplanes bombcd Jcr-l usalcm t\\'ice tonight, injuring least five persons. time in nearly six months that lhc hilltop cily had bccn altnckctl from thc air.

at It was thc first

In Tel Aviv, an Israeli spokes-

man said that if the pianos prnvorl

a be Egyptian. it would bc suffici-

cnt reason for the Jewish air force

o rctaiintc nituitist. Cairo.

Th» first rnid on Jerusalem. in

flnbBm-den fen.» The}, were mehjuhivsh thrcc honibs wcre dropped

ll the Island terminal by curlers and driven to the city.

Charlottetown Airport at 11.20 for Moncton but. the plane after cir- cling the Moncton Airport await- ing a chance to land was forced to return to Summerside.

After an hour or so t-he plane l again took to the air and success- fully completed the crossing.

Accordirg to one of the visiting Scots tlic-y not. onlv kept to sched- ule but. made the Island trip twice.

The curlers u-ere accompanied from Charlottetown by Chief Jlls- tire Thane A. Campbcll and .7. Finlay lviacLcod of the Print-e Ed- ward Island Curling Assorinlion. They arruccl back in the city, shortly after 5 p. m

The v rs were met at Bor- dPn on Stuurdav bv ltfcssrs T. D Morrison. 1.. H. Poolc. E. F‘. ‘l Acorn anr’ F. MacLend. if‘

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uh-nwnnrl ha“. hlmull,l_\,l M“, 3N ifalling on liarrcn ground bclwccn

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Women's institute duucc. |_

"Come to the Dance at Bonshaai. i lnn. Tuesday. i

"Pictures at Moral] "p. 1*‘. “Y- "idly and Saturday. Show L00 P. M.

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"Bingo and Dance. Vernon River Hall. Monday, January 3rd. Mill-

local l m‘ quarter.

Yesterday morning they left. the dammwd "n" hmm"

riosiona were heard but no details were avniiziiilc.

rrunique issued in Cairo said Egyp- finn planes carried out long-range rtconnaissance TBldS OVOT‘ positions, with all planes returning safely to their bases.

three bombs exploded. shaking part

minutes lntcr. iusalem since the start of the cui-

i rcnl Arab-Jewish war. was thc first time that bombs wet-i-

n henvilyi-pnpulutcd Jewish

injured five persons anil

later another at< Scvcrnl ox-

Thrce hours ack was curried out.

Ari Egyptian war ministry com- Zionist

Whcn the raid began a slick of

l‘ the city.

Sirens soundcd a few moments fter the bomb bursts and the alt- lcar signal wns heard about 25

It was the third air raid or Jar l-iowicvcr, it

mfllicd in one of thc hilltop citys f‘l1$9|.\"i'~>i‘lll<'!1ed residential quart- I'$

Tho first ralrl on the Holy City ‘as some months ago when planes aidcd the outskirts. A second air fllfl inst summer rcsultcd in bombs

ili‘\\'l§ll quarter and nn Arnb vil- igc. in tonight's ruid. the bombs .n(lcd in ihc city propc

SYNTHETIC OI]: Syflllictw oils ltavr- been (hip- d that will flow at temperatures s low as I21 degrees below zero, ‘hey are used in airplane hydraulic

Battle follows In Wake ill ility’s Shelling

By James M. Long TEL AVIV, Israel. Jan. 2 _<Ap> -—A running naval battle was fought at dawn New Years Day between Ellyptian and Jewish war-

ed Satuitlay.

to have been inconclusive, was fought. after the city was awaken- ed at 2 a. m. by heavy naval, lire and the buzz of planes. Officials said two Egyptian corvettes pump- cd shells tit the blacked out. cii

any casualties or doing any dam- ago.

Correspondents neither sayv no? heard any shells falling in the city.

An Israel spokesman threatened that. if the Egyptians attacked Tel Artv once more. by sea or air. the Israeli navy or air force, or both, would retaliate against Cairo, thc Egyptian capital.

“In the present phase. of llgl1l< in: We Z-zave avoided attacks on areas of Eavpt. outside the battle zone" the spokesman told foreign

reporters.

"But. if after this action last iFridayW ixighi the Etlypiiavis azain attack Tcl Aviv we shall

take appropriate action in HST“- on cairn in particular."

The Ecvptian ships apparently iirrc five oi six miles off Tel Aviv when l-ria city was awakened bv the gunfire and air raid sirens. Most. pPtipW’ assumed at. first. that or air rs. ivris in progress.

The Ixrricii announcement ithc lirc was "returned from Is- lracli $11011" biitlcries and after a ‘wort ivhlle the enemy vessels

steamed olf."

Latcr it was announced that the Egyptian ships were spotted bv planes and pursued by Israeli corvcttes in a running battle. The

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tFllfllllil‘ Islander lPasses Suddenly

TORONTO. Ont., Dec. 3i —-~ Following a heart attack at his home Frederic Carr Knight, M.Sc.- valuation 6113111501‘ for the C.N.R. suddenly passed away last night. Born June 3- 1886, a naliie of Prince Edward Island. Mr. Knight was cducated in public schools iii Halifax and graduated in civil engineering from Dai- liousie University, later obtaining a Master of Science degree from McGill University. He began his long rallwsrv career in 1916 with the valuation department. of thc Grand Trunk Raliwayi. 1n i923 after thc amalgamation. national railways, Mr. Knight moved to Toronto with transfer of the dc- partment with which he had been associated in various capacities. except for a period of two years overseas iu lhc First. Great. War. in Jflllll i946. he was appoint- ed iziluniinn engineer for the C N. R.

Mr. Kitlgltts falhci‘ “as a Methodist minister and the grand-

came the lir5l

‘istems.

tContlnugflonu-Egehfr Col.

view Orchestra. Auspices C. W. L.

I03 TIIOBOUGII CLEANING and glazing lob on Fur Coats Money back guarantee ll’ not no. ialsotory. Betta Fur salon.

"Real Barley

meal in stork. Locally ground from choice tm-f ported Western Barley. Livestock

Feed Agency, b0 Fitzroy Street.

"The annual meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. Mn 0. A. will be held Tuesday, Jan. 4,

8.1! p. m. st. the Y.M.C.A. human interest. were chosen by ——-- Canadian newspaper telegraph "We invite farmers, having editors tn a Canadian Press poll as

Itlantitles of home-grown mixed l III-ins for sale. to list. with us for selling purposes. Llvastock Red Altney, bit Fitzroy street.

"This store will be closed ‘mes- lly. Wednesday and Thursday, lanuary 4th. 5th and 6th. for stool: taking and closed every evening ex- Mnt Saturday toi- winter months. I. I‘. Morris. Klnirors.

"We have in stock and for sate 01min Island grown mixed grain we can recommend for Livastoc‘ feeding, Livestock Red Agency. B! Fitzroy QQQQ

made the biggest 0f 1948. Close second was theliirtlt, 0f a son to Princess Elizabeth. i

breaks of the year.

desk men picked Prime King's retirement and the success- ion of Louis St. Laurent. Nnrrnwlv second and third were the British Oohxnbia River floods and June. and George Drew's elect- ion to the Progressive Conservative leadership.

to select the six top world stories and the six outstanding Canadian.

Truman Victory Best

News Break ‘Of Year

By The Canadian Press l-larry S. Truman's upset. vltfwri’ headline news

These two stories, both high in

ar and away the outstanding news

story the Minister

As the top Canadian

last May

The Telegraph editors were asked

The selections: World news: 1. Tnman election;

and airlift; 4. Bernadotte assassin- rition: 5, Gandhi Red sweep in China.

Canadian: 1. Mackenzie King rc-

RC. floods; 3. Drew Progressive Conservative leader- ship; 4, Newfoundland decision to _toln Canada: ti. Barbara Ann Scott's victory tn Olympic. European and ivorid figure-skating champion- ships.

All but one of the editors voting pliiccd the Truman election among thcir world news selections; all but three included the birth of Prince Charles. The Reriln airlift. caught the eye of thrrequarters of the voters.

Barbara Ann Scott got into the selections for the second straight year. Her winning of the European and world championships in 194'! won a place a year ago. Her retent- ion of those titles and addition of the Olympia crown assured her of

, Royal birth; 3, Berlin blockade

a repeat selection in 1948.

said

son of Dr. Richt-y who in 1836 be- ' [irzncipai of lipprr‘

Canada College at COilllTll \\'hi(‘.l'll was the first. PdilClltlmlhl insti-l tution of its kind to p so a.

Recovery Programme Finances Discussed

New Year’s Honors List

ships oil Tel Aviv, Israel announc- ,

The battle, which was said here 3

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for half an hour without causing -

Canadian Press LONDON, Jan. l Three persons were raised to peer- nges, 30 were knighted and hurl- nreds were appointed to orders Ncw Years

ed

By Stuart Undcrhin Staff Writer —-iOPJ

.11 honors list pub- today.

The bulk of the list was devoied

to civil servants and employees in

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‘ ll"il‘.i)llfiil?i(‘fi industries, notably mining. But llicre also was lPcnllilililflfl for those prominent.

of

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fllPlll. Sit‘ the Australian state of Victoria.

There afso were i merits to the Pill’); Council. includ- in; Dr. Edith summerskill. liamcniary‘ secretary to tho Food itlinistrv, llRi. rsaron Hailey.

Wi

the

ill aria sports and service to com- munitv. sir John Boyd Orr. rector-general Agriculture Organization of Uiiiirtl Nations, was among zhrcri. crccied barons. The \‘F‘l‘c ._...,. Cumberland cliillllfiil)‘.

l0l1‘.‘l'1Pl‘ di~ the Food and

the

the othci-s. , J. Adams, director and

itizinager of the Wcst Industrial Develop- and Mrij.-Gi=n. imon Duaan, governor of

of

three appoin:- p11‘- 100 iiiomcn on

chairman coninii‘ -

cue of

rolonial research

tee, and H A. Maifluiifld- Wild"! T» minister. were similarly

Thr- 11*? inc lost itonors for Newfoundland

tConiinued on Col. l)

honored.

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By HARVEY HUDSON

PARIS, Jan. 3 lhicndaf.) fAP) -—- The i0 governments par- ticipating in the European recov- ery program iE.R.P..) said today they will need $4.347.l')00.f)00 of United States aid in the fzscal _\'f‘3i' July 1. 1949, to June 30 1953 This is sazaocoooo less than rent fiscal year.

The requests are included rcpoVi published today by the oi‘- Ranizatiou fcr Ellfopriatl (‘Pfllliiillll co-opcrntion iO.E.E.C 1 1'11.» rc- port. will be uscd by Ullllcfl Shim

in a

spite anticipated American aid. Vast Differences in Ecnrlnntias

The report. emphasized vast dif- (errnt-cs in thcir ccononiics. .'~'\v‘- rcrlanri. Sweden and Bclgiuni, for lllSlilllCfi, were undamaged bv lb" war. but need ER f’ hr-lp to rc< viva their European lrridc. Bcllzvni ‘and Luxembourg have rrcovcr"'l Ialmost completely and have h gh living standards. but nccri doliiirs tn huiv things available rinlv in 1hr llniled States. Greece. is torn by civil war. ‘ltaly has almost 130.".- coo uncmployniid while 1.11"» =""t“~ as“ ping“? other p1‘l‘t“p'il'.ll_2 cnlilllTiP=

Yet. WhPh their story." is distill- rd jnm a Qnn-pagp report there is ignfld news. too —~ if thev can get

iuEKrfiiifiiéi onmlsag-iay 5 col. oi

Qrderly Celebrations

By

Jugswiiroo Huge piLinerFrom Mud

(iodfrey H.l‘. Anderson

(Tl-IERBOURG. France. Jan. 2 M

iAPi-l-‘our floated the liner Queen

tugs re- Mary to-

straining

day after the world's second larll-

cst passenger

vessel had been

stuck in the mud for l2 hours. l-ler

1.740 stormy night of wind trudged the ship muddy sand bar.

passengers spent a aboard, after a ilusl onto a Apparently the

vessel received no material dnmatle.

Once freed. the

Cunard Wliite

Star iincr steamed to ifovces Roads o“ he; 1199,15 port. o.’ Southampton.

Pingiand, for a detailed ion. Ccrnpairv ’ I Mary probably will not. be iible to

c-xcmiiiat-

officials said the

proceed to New York before Mon-

day afternoon. The S12i35-tcn res-- sel must gel a clearance certificate. -' from insurance agents.

A l-‘rcnch

iCiwiitinucd n11 Page 5 Col. 7t

DENVER, Jon. 2 iing hrokc out as Denver welcomed ‘night

ltiotingidars Coming 0f ’49

diver

iAPv ~Rioi-

4h.» Nr-w Ycar Friday night.

A moh formr-d in tho downtown lltmiire district as midnight. shows cndcd. rne stripped nudc. Shop windowsi

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l\ ere broken.

\V0l1lf‘l‘. wcrc assaulted and

traffic was snarled

and at least one auto ovcrturned.

Police snid the

rioting storied

“vhon a gnngof teen-age boys be-

tirernent, st. Laurent succession: ‘Li

ma» grilliltlllfl girls and forcing them assassination; G, i in“, "n". dno-rnqpv,

to kiss and

unolest. them. Escorts immediately

began fighting.

Before police could restore order Year's D8? _ 9166MB" "Vibe mob mania had infected other- adnara it. rained New YPRYF "@- wlse orderly crowds of celehrators. There were no fatal accidents.

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Mark Coming Cf 1949

i (By The Canadian Press) . Canadians welcomed 19-19 with Ii lhearty but relatively orderly cPi-

‘ebraticri _ death mil frcm fircs and HWY-fl" ents Whltdt saddened the ('l'il'lS'~ mas fF.=li\'iil€S.

Ontario, Quebec and part.- of u... MlttlfimCS experienced blust-

fcrv vi-cather for the .\lfll‘iiimf‘i but a mild spell set. in as the week- _ end drew to n close. In Sakai- rheivan. on the other hand. a Ncwi [Year's Dav calm nave “w i‘? 's\ll"l(‘lll_\‘ night to 4o-lllliPrflll-llfillr ‘winds "NhiCh drifted snow on prairie roads.

A (ianadinn Prcss (Toss-enun- trv i-hcck showed that. ul-ilust Ievcrlwihcrc. P911“ PPPCTW“ New Years revellers well-behaved. with.

'llif1l(‘.l‘i<lS apparently needing pre- holidav a-arninas aaailist Wm- biniu; drinking and drivuiig.

A iipical police blotter unis iihat u.’ Toronto which slim-Aral szx ‘persnw injured in 26 sizcci ctr-l

three arrcsts for drunken.

flFlVlTiL; and six othcrs on carclsxs irlinrgm, The. rnl_\' holitliiv

traffic fatality took the lifp iii Mrs. Charlotte Stanton, an iilllVk ivy a gtircl-cnl‘. _ lilonii-cal's New Yrnifi ccicb-l ration was described as one iii iiiP quietest on record. Niizlu spits‘ reported crowds far bclcw cx“ccl~i

‘ions, lMFSibLV duo in the 2 AM i closing rule ‘which ivas ricidlv rin- mrcad hv police. Crowds also \f‘t'Pl disapphltlillll to opcraton of mid-l

siywvs, whirn wen- hcWl inl most. of lha city's top motion picture theatres in dcfianci- of .1 city by-law. Police rcportiizi "ill

quiet" with no main!" aciwiizts or fl1‘t‘S.

Halifax citizens coniiiird lhcii celebrations to house parties. Po- lice said there were no lhflllliif’! ni- cutbursts of virilcucc. Rain New Year's Day washed all lrnrcs

of snow from. city slfrcls. The sun stionr- for n time New in Saint John. NB.

ADA

. liliilif- 2r. it». iii t"!

the cilr- r

officials in asking Conarcss for ailditirinal funds. ‘

Coniimiccl shorlagcs, lirirri nork and living standards hclmv pvt»- war levels for most rif lllPil‘ pm- p19 confront the l9 countries. dc-

Assasslnated

i

Mahmoud (abort-l

Premier Pasha, in fairn.

'pllaii , l-"zilimy Nokrashy was tissassinatetl Police ari- ltfllflillg a young Egyptian medical student as the assailant. 1hr- kiIli-r, disguised as a police- man. pumped six bullets at close | range into the Premier.

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iln Apartment llouse Blaze

FUDBUHY. 011i . Jan. IFPIM- Tun '.'\f“\ were ‘rm. today ,iri a f:i~‘ which gifted two fliiors

of an apartment hrviiza on Bench l Street l Archie goiirzrins, 6.», was ‘found dcrid ill thp building. hi:

. ibody slumped across a cot. Archie lBurzcroii. about 60. died of burns. a fcw ‘n: rs aftcr rcscuers drag- Igmt him illll his apariirczit.

‘ 1t. \\'.l.'\' believed that Rfilll'i,lf‘ll'bi\ icollapscd on the rut while lfffllll '1'.» roach a ivindow through which he had hoped to escape. l-"ircmcn found the Bourgcur-is 20 minutes l.fl\'€'l'f_'llE Paul and Riheai ‘boiiucnu rescued Bcrgeron. A hv-' standcr mid firemen that. he‘ tllfiiiih‘ a. second man was sleep-y

bndv of after

unmured_ h‘. H“, 1,0,,“- inz on the third flnm‘ and Dep- “nwmd- “h” "l" Allan!" PM!

zity Fuse Chief Bob Scott search- ed the blazing buiiduig until h" ciiscovcrcit the body’. '

City fwcmen under Chief Wil- ilnm Aiidrcws restricted the flam- 0s to the second and third floors i Two stores on the ground floor suffcrctl smoke and water damage.

12 Lose Lives In i Transport Brash’

Iilliirl. Jun. 2: iwtAPi ~ Twelve

imtiios, 10 burned lvcynnll recogni- t.on_ wcro pulled Saturday from‘ the urcckagc of n South African’ trzinsp-‘tri plane uliich tdflSllfifij utmost hlouni /\l'§Z"il|IlllO on the 'l‘_\i"i|\cni.iti vntist. i

‘Ylirrlcrn p.i..tin,:cis in itiltlition

t‘: thc l‘l"‘\\' wcrc liOllI"\f‘(l to hzivc her-n nbouril.

il'Ili-'I|’1 lll\'t"illl_'illtll'< said one body ww". idcuiificd as ihc rndin .1\)\t‘I'.ilf\|‘_ .l.in\cs \\';ii|»~i~ Spoon, ,.

llritiin. |

i as High Cash Crop

OTTAWA, Jan. '3 iOPt “Rep. fleeting general Canadian prosper-j zty in the 19-17-48 pcrmd. Cait- sclak jiiincitwol ngriciiitiirol crops lFilFllPd a new high lti cross casn value, Int- gnvctumcnt s iatcsi. sht- ll=llI‘.”tl ‘.f‘\II“.\' iiisclixscri today.

Unparalleled in Caimdinn agri- cultural h..<tor_v. the farms produc- c:l tibllfilifirttiflo n-ni-iii in the. 1947-411 pcriod, cxccodiiia the prev- :uis pcak of 191R by about $58,- 1100.000.

(‘miv on two other occasions has ‘lie gross iriliia rif field crops eve? inched siiioooomrvxi, the. review 'i'.if‘l. Thv wns tn the bountiful harvest wars of i020 and i947.

Greater production. urizcd l)_\' officials as the only mcans of fighting inflation, made possible the lilf‘l"-‘HFP in value of the crops from iht‘ 13-47 to the 1941i period.

the review said.

However, u added that the ion’: run incrmsg n-hich has takcii place slfife thc DTP-WHY period-

viihile “duo in part to greater pro- uuction" ls largely attributable to price boosts.