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lebiscite To Determine

ohool Unit

That a plebiscite will be held at . early te to determine

ture of lchool Unit No. 1 was nnuncod la the Legislature yes-

may by Hon. Keir Clark. Min- ster of Education. The Minister . ads the statement in the course . his speech in the Draft Ad- ress.

The questions which will be ask- . on the ballot will be: 1. Do you ant School Unit Number One nken up?...Yes...No...Sec- mi Qusiitlon if the Unit is con- lflIlP(l. money may be voted: (is) s at present by the Trustees with he approval of the Minister of .rliii-ation OR (b) By annual or p('('ial school meeting as provid- fl t'lSell'l1el"E in the Act. Do you 'lSll restoration of annual or t-rial school meetings for the nit nistrict. . .Yes. . . No. . . .

ln summing up his reasons for

310 llid:

No. 1 Issue

llllklnl ihie move. the Minister

"The system of the larger unit of school adminisketlon has found great favour elsewhere. not any in this nation. but in the United States of America as well. In this arovince is non was enacted

provide or uniform valuations in certain school districts in 1940 Ind subsequently further legisla- tioa providedfor the setting up of larger units of school administ at too in me. What is now known as School Unit No. 1 was formed on December 9th of the same year.

"It was hoped that this Unit would serve as a beginning. of the larger unit system in this province and that other districts would follow with the advantages to edu- cation which have been found

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WN. CANADA. I TIUTNAY. IIIIUARY 11. 1056

um: DEAD. 12 INJURED WHEN FIRE SECTION or MONTREAL APARTMENT otooit

White Paper Is Tabled

UK. Air

Defence

Said Effective

' By DAVE MASO

LONDON (AP)--Britain as "an- effective sir f f against what any potential enemy is at present able to brin against us.” the gov- ernment sad in a white paper w . .

Scottish Recl Has Fortune

EDl.NBURGH tAPi-"The dark fly of Canimo" will never iaim the fortune in cash she i lying idle in Canadian banks r 10 years. She is dead. And in death she attracted the inclinlit she shunned in life. his hanks scattered through an.-ids drew attention, to her "t-rinesday by publicly announc- 51 plans for transferring the in- l'lllE cash - 5270.000 - to the rink of Canada for safe-keeping iii she wanted it. Inquiries disclosed Mrs. Mar- aret L. Maltland-Tennent. 95.! as buried two weeks ago in. cret beneath the lawn of her, ammo House mansion. four ilcs from here. where she had tell as a recluse for 36 years. i

EFT T0 s0N What will become of the

niiey?

licr will recorried in Edin- tlTl.ZlliS register house and made

April. 1945. bequeathed her en- li't7 estate to her 57-year-old son 9l'('lYRl. it cut out her elder son whorl .said to be living in Lol iigeics. .

Unticr Scots law. Robert can llll My t-liiim to a quarter of lw iimimiiiic estate such as cash llfl iiii'iiiiiIre.

The cash now is lying in Can- iiian banks at Victoria, Van- miior. Toronto. Montreal and ii('lW(' City.

llrs. Maitland-Tenncnt became ltivuiii as the "dark lady of t:iiiitnii" after she shut herself nfi from the world following the first World War.

Mi outsiders knew exactly why.

not st-1 BARRICADED

'llw- llilllsi and grounds of her t.--Me were guarded by barbed ii” ""'"'i'1-'- nadlooked gates and a nick nr flerca dogs. The house hmi iiciihrr telephone nor door- hrl more were no servants. M i--- lrlckcfl up on the grounds "Vii '"iirivaie VFOPCFW. no ad- n: mm. by order."

liiu-ii she went out. It usually lira: lll1fl(il'-COVCl' of darkness in l W” atiutimcd with blinds and fl" "Ii in Percival who lived

Canadian Cruiser 9uebec At Durban

allli IHSAN. iReuters)-The Roy- ! llnlldlun Navy cruiser Quebec allllflll at this South Africa port wincstlay on training cruise. SN-i nt. Edward William Finch- jl'jlfiSl mild a courtesy call on ihjlllll Richard Carte soon after LSN Lliip docked.

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Coming Events!

..., G 1 hell i':IfllRl'l)tTrB):l&).Cenu-.l mmny ,

VOA vernni:1cii;l3:il'd;lIel: 117:3, plmsoolal.

"C"”kl"0iE Plrty. New London ”h”"'- "idly evening. Feb. ill.

u:DIncc st. Andrew's Hall. Mt. Wm Thursdays Feb. l'I.-C.Y.0,

.:or.i.:3'.&":..:.". his -' 1'"- Tkursld evening.

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lwith her. She always wore black

.large dark marten pelts was 330

use Dies; In Canada

clothes and a black veil.

Her dlsinherlted son Robert vlalted Cammo House last year but couldn't get past the barbed wire fence and dogs.

Five years ago. the treasury brought an action under the ex- change control regulations to re- cover her dollar fortune in North America but the banks refused to surrender the money.

Mrs. Maitland-Tennent inherited a fortune from her father who was a sheep farmer in New Zea- land. She married David Bennet Clark. a bank toilet. in 1887. but the marriage was dissolved in 1910 and she again adopted her maiden name.

Fur Prices Firm. Bidding Active At Edmonton

EDMONTON. (OP) 7- Prices were firm and sales good as a re- sult of active bidding at the mid- winter sale of Edmonton Fur Auc- tion Salee Lid. W j -' ...-.

Buyers showed some interest in lynx pelts for the first time in years. About 800 pelts were offer- ed and a top price of 119.25 was bid. Large and medium pelts brought 512 to 315.

The price range for large and

to :37. highest in two years. Extra large and large light brought :14

:20. , ,

A total of 110,000 squirrel skins were offered and lots averaged 70 cents with a few selected pelts bringing 90 cents to 81.

Extra large and large muskrat brought 81.50 to 31.76 and damag- ed and early caught 60 to 65 cents. A total of 6.000 skins were offered.

Extra large and large wild mink sold for 884 to 840 and mediums

and smalls went for 821 to I30-

Defentls City School Board From Exlravagance Charge.

strong criticism of a City Coun- cil member who made a state- ment at the last meeting of the Council. was heard from Dr. W. J, P. Maclltiillan when he rose to speak on the Draft Address in the In stature yesterday afternoon. was referring. he said. to the press of February 15 where one of the Councillors was quot-

'ed as saying "be bad very little,

faith in the City School Board in view of the Board's outrageous expenditure in the past."

"I have been on the School Board for many ears." said Dr.

ing enough money. 0' "."i.””"d my u reepona u -1 lag of the Queen .tEIu'lottO High? School. It was badLv needed and is now a credit to the City."

speaker took exception to a release". as he termed it.

reg; E E E 3

V night.

The RAE striking force to parry raiders at night wasidescrlbed as "better than anyone class in tho world."

The white paper. issued follow- ing sharp Labor criticism of Brit- airlit'1s military aircraft program, sa :

"The view that the services are equipped with obsolete aircraft dat- ing from the last war is totally in- correct."

DEVELOP NEW TYPE!

The report said Britain .was "de- veloping new types of bombers. fighters and naval aircraft to deal with the expected future armament of any potential enemy."

The newest RAF fig tar. equip- ped with four 30-millimetre cannon, can deliver lo times as much high explosive a second as the Russian MIG fighter. the white paper said. The MiG came into prominence during the Korean War when it was used by Communist Chinese and North Korean pilots.

some opposition critics had sin- gled out the Hunter jet fighter

plane which was found to stallout when its guns were fired.

The white paper referred to "serious development troubles" in the Hunter. but said work is pro- ceeding on the plane and that it compares favorably "with any fighter in the world."

SWIFT "DISAPPOINTING"

But tests on another jet fighter. 919... 3W."l.-. weft. "il15.!I3Win”98

Reserve Decision On Closing Lines

MONCTON (CP) -- The federal

the report said. adding that three models. the Mark I. 11. and III, "cannot be brought to an accept- able operatlonal standard."

Britain has been in a period be- tween developmeni of aircraft pro- totypes and delivery of fully tested models. On this point. the white paper said: "Development and not productlo is the difficult stage in the suppl of military aircraft. It is bound to be lengthy." The white paper said the next step in buttresaing Britain's air might will be to introduce alr-to- air guided weapons. Production orders have already been placed for one type of guided weapon, the report said. Britain has a guided weapons testing ground in Australia and pending develop- ment of her own models has re- ceived an disclosed quantity from the United states.

Cold. Exposure Caused Death of Small Boy

posure caused the death of 2Vs- year-old Richard Guibeau. an hu- topsy report stated Wednesday. and the end came officially to the tragedy thaf brought hundreds of nstlghbors out in a search for the to .

The autopsy report was made by Dr. Rosario Foutaine. provincial medico-legal expert. The inquest will be held today. Police said a 24-year-old man has been freed of susplcldria Blchardls death. am I The youngsters body was found in snowy wastes on the northern outskirts of the city Tuesday. more than at hours after he he disap- peared from the home of his par- ents. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Guibeau.

MONTREAL (CP)-Cold and ax- Y

Drew Expected Bock Today In E Commons Seat

OTTAWA (CPi - George Drew. declaring himself fit, said Wednesday he is going back today to his Commons job of opposition leader and expectii to be on hand every day from now on.

The 60-year-old chief of the Progressive Conservative party. out of action since meningitis hit him last Nov. 1 ll, said to reporters:

"I feel as good as I look-

a little better. I guess." But he said he expects to take things somewhat easy

in the Commons for a while. I

Home On Edward Street is Gutted By Fire Last Night

Mrs. George I. MacLeod. an aged lady living alone at as Ed- ward street was rendered tempor- arily homeless when a fire which started at 7.15 last evening caused her hurried removal and com- pletedly gutted her residence. Bome of the furniture was saved.

Mrs. MacLeod. who is hard of hearing. was not conscious of the fire until much headway had been gained. and then ran into difficulties in dialling the Fire Hall. The operator at central put the call through for her after slight delay. just as a neighbour put in a similar call.

Mrs. Macbeod was carried from

Voices Strong Criticism Of Railway Application

the .

"We are dealing with transportation facilities of Province. regardless of what the management of the Canadian Na- tional Railways call us." said l-lon. B. Earle MacDonald. Min- later of Health and Welfare, in commenting on the C.N.R. ap- plication before the Board of Transport Commissioners for an order to authorize the discontinu- once of the present local railway passenger service on its Island division for eight months of the car.

A former employee of the Rail- way, Mr. MacDonald expressed strong opposition to the applica- tion in the course of his re-

marks on the Draft Address. "We T

he maintained. "still one ten Provinces of Canada

an... of the

a 1 performed

ger service on this Division is entirely by mixed trains carrying freight. in effect the passenger service on the lit- land Division. for the past 25 years has been nothing more than a passenger coach or at times two. on the rear of a freight train. Yet people who travelled on the trains were forced to pay the same fare rats in this Pro- vince as they do in other pro- vinces of Canada and us with the slow freight travel speed. why Contlnued on Page ii Col 1

other province. The railway was - --

bullt and is supposed to be main- fhalned as a nervica for

iilm”

till MacDon if asked. way sp licstlon refer to? cause te applicants admit in Section 1 of the applio i the

the present local railway passen

board of transport reserved decision here Tuesday on a Canadian National Railway ap- pllcatlon to discontinue operations on a branch line between Pettico- diac and Elgln in Albert county

Hearing of a second application to end CNR service between Al- bcrt and Hillsboro resumes today as the board enters its third day of sessions here.

The commissioners were told by railway spokesmen that high ex- penses and low revenues were he-

hind the request to curtail the oper,

ailons.

Mlllan. "but I say that the cost of ignorance is higher." He went on to show that there are a mil- lion juveniles brought before the courts in theiUnited States each year. "some may say it couldn't happen here. but let us neglect our schools and our churches and we will soon see how quickly it Continued on Page I Col 4

Dr. w. 1. Lsteorsnnn

To Ask Boost In Tariffs On. Fruits And Vegetables

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LONDON (Reuters)-The gov- ernment a n n o u n c e d Wednes- day that Britain pianl to go ahead with production of a new Comet Jet fleet for its airlines. The Comets will be improved. stronger and safer versions of the pioneer first models which will be scrap-

ped.

Plans for putting the Comets. the world's first commercially - op- erated iet airliners. into the air a sin were disclosed in the House o Commons by the minister of transport and civil aviation. John Boyd-Carpenter.

He predicted that the results of investigations into two crashes last Year which took 66 lives and re- sulted in the Comets being Irounded will "enable the Comet to be strengthened and made safe for future operations."

WILL INCREAEE ORDEM He also revealed that British

F6FcTt?TFa?nier Fatally Injured

WOODSTOCK, N.B. (CPl-A 00- x;'5'0'ld Wt-Io farmer. Samuel Lee c u re. was killed instantly Tues- dly at Lower Wakefield sovm mile; north of Woodstock when PM! bet ' awn: 3:: d dl;':;!'1mln narlied truck var o the truck had stop pyd to render aid to the operator 0 another truck which had over- "'"'M on Illfinery pavement. Mr. McGuire was standing our Mwvafhd truck and was fatally skidded into it.

New Comet Fleet Planned

Overseas A i r w I which operated the oral ed I now is consideri... increasing its order of the later-version Comet lls and Comet Ills to hi planes. Al- ready the state-run BOAC has on order 12 Comet ill and five Comet Ills. The RAF also has Comet Ils on order for its transport com- mand. Boyd-Carpenter said.

Corporation Com

eti

Seized Romanian Legofion ls Surrendered

By LYNN HEINZERLING

BERN. Switzerland (AP)-Three militant Romanian anti - Commu- nists abandoned a dramatic occu- pation of the Romanian legatlon late Wednesday under threat of being blasted out. Blee l-y-eyed and unshaven. they surren cred quietly to Swiss authorities. l-lelmcted police. troops and tank officers were on hand to stage an assault across the snow-covered grounds as the three. between 27 and 35 years old. bolstered their pistols and were hustled away in a Swiss patrol wagon to Bernis prison. l The handsome two - storey stone structure they seized from their Communist homeland's diplomats Monday night as a blow against communism reverted to charge d'affaircs Emerlc Stoffel and his staff. Torn up Communist propa- ganda literature littered the floors. otherwise. police said. the damage from the 42-hour occupatl was

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Speech Leaves Question In Air 0

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Dulles Rejects Is

nouncgl attack on Formosa." Dul-

les sa .

"Itrls doubtful that this would serve either the non of peace or the cause of freedom." TRACE! EVENTS

lie reviewed the events leading to the mutual defence treaty be-

an public,

Hon. B. Earle Mscbonaid

Sub Sighted Off Florida

JACKSONWLLE. Fla. (AP) -- Two coast guardsmen Wednesday reported sighting an unidentified submarine off Fort Pierce, Fla.. but navy planes searching the area failed to find it.

Capt. C. L. Murphy, public in- formation offlcer at the Key West naval base. said eastern sea frontier headquarters is New York indicated that if the object was a submarh... it was not an American one.

The coast guard station at Fort Pierce said two men in a 40-foot boat approached close to the ob- ject and reported "it was defln ltely a submarine."

Helen Keller To Meet Churchill

LONDON. (Reuters! - Helen Keller. 74-year-old deaf and Mind American educationist will meet Sir Winston Churchill today. she told reporters Wednesday in Lon- don that the Britisb prime minis- ter will receive her in his private room at the House of Commons. Dr. Keller is on s five-month. 40.- 000-mile world tour. the sixth of

the burning building by Windsor Brehaut and Earle Stewart is a dosed condition and suffering from shock. She was taken to the Brehaut home next door .and shortly afterward was waited upon by Mr. Gordon MacDonald and Mrs. Evelyn Cudmore represent- ing the Red Cross with an offer of any immediate assistance re- qulred. Further overtures will be made this morning by the Red Cross in this respect.

Later Mrs. Macbeod accepted the kind offer of Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland Macbean to accept the hospitality of their home until arrangements could be made for her future.

interest On . SLH A. Loans '3--t Slightly

OTTAWA. (CP)--Maximum in- forest rate on insured Hans granted under the National ”lous- ing Act will be reduced to all per cent from W: . effective today.

Works Minister Winters told the Commons Wednesday that the re- duction also will apply to other types of loans under the act.

He said the reduced interest rates will apply only to loan ap- plications approved from this mor- ning on. The drop was in keeping with lower long-term interest

rates on government securities.

ARMY MUST GO

, NORTH BAY. Ont. (CF)-City manager T. A. Frsir was in- structed by city councll Wednes- day to find the quickest way to evict the army from Fort chip- pews barracks. short of open war. defence do art ent rents the that ;- iyeer egotlte ct asked the department to buy the property for 5275.000 or vacate. No reply was received.

Rubinstein Death Said Bungled Kidnap Attempt

By ARTHUR EVERETT

NEW YORK (AP) - Multl-mil- lloneire Serge Rubinstein's sensa- tional murder was a bungled un- derworld kidnap job. the district attorney's office said Wednesday. The killers were reported as good as named.

However. assistant district at- torney Alexander Herman said no immediate arrests are in sight. He told reporters:

"it now looks like an under- world job. commonly known as a snatch. . .s kidnap for ransom that went wrong.”

A thin. pint-sized llmouslne-for- hire driver. Herman scholz, 50. may have provided the key to un- lock the most baffling New York murder mystery in a decade. He. himself. was like a figure out of a wild paperback whodunit.

He said he hatched a kidnsp-for-

"Airlift Work

Maritime Central Airways

A mammoth air-lift to take materials into the Arctic for the construction of the eastern sec- tion of Dewline. iDHW. distant early warnlngi. which is to be the furtherent north of three ra- der lines designed for the de- fence of the North American con- tlnent. has been assigned Mari- time Central Airways.

her lifetime.

The mlterllll and supplies will

ands' Surrender

U.S. forces helped Nationalist that this "created favorable con- ditions" for the drive to liberate

ormoea. "Thus the Chinese Communists have linked the coastal positions