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WASHINGTON. tAP)o'.nin jep:ii"m8ili. confirmed T 5! more had been an sites in on two Unit unit but that both planes landed

elv ' mllevniiin police earlier had ra- pnrtwi that a Soviet-made Jet fighirl from Chechoslovalria shut up live it S. military planes near the um-man border.

The state department said it did not lune any details beyond the met that the tail of one of the two Fl'Fl-ll had been shot up.

The defence department said "The navy has received reports of an incident involving two planes mired in a routine training night." The navy also said it had not recrived any details.

A it sixth Fleet spokesman in london said that t navy had planrfl from Medi nean-based :arrims in the area likiday but did not know immediately whether they were navy planes which had been attacked

McCarthy And Stevens Clash In New Quartet

WASHINGTON. Stevens-lilcCarthy ill. Finrlat from an .rmy report that S-tiiairir Jo:ep- McCarthy and in: chief COUn.dI Roy Cahn. spptzrrl pressure in tdemanding rperini treatment for. a drafted aide. hicnihrrs of McCarthy's own Mmm:l'ci- luive

in: in not at tl;&e;tc;.tfl::::,.,aW:::!t Further Drop In Maine Potato Prices Reported

PRESQUE ISLE. M64 (AP) -- Msina potato prices dropped to another new low today. They were 59111?-R at the warehouses for 40 in 50 rents a barrel. compared with 65-70 in the depression years of the mos and 81.80-82.00 on this date last year. '

Mii.lfln: of bushels will have to be iillmbeti unless bulging ware- houses can be emptied by May. P0iM0'1a.are- rolling out of Arous- l00k countvsshe heart of the "W0 muntrrllt the rate or about 250,000 bushcls a .

Coming Events "SHOW. Fredericton Saturday.

With 13. "King Solomon's Mine."

"'Mnrc1l Women's 'Institute l”l0i.i' Concert, March 17th.

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(AP)-A -new storm swelled

C"-St. Columbus Parish Variety oiicert, Elmira Hall, Wednesday. March 17th.

"H')Ck03' tonight Montague rink.

starts 8:30 pm. Short skate

"?10anuit; Timothy seed for the month of March, Elmer MacDon- Wv Crepaud.

HTC:irtl party Stanley Bridge S-0'” Wednesday. March 11th.

sp””:”"'9d by Women's Institute.

M'd'-Elisrlsl meeting of Derry ,;,'"- Monday. March 15th. All "lb"! Please attend.

t.”””'ikv.v gut North River, rink

"Wit. Nine Mile Creek Bull- VS- Georgetown Eagles. me time 8:30.

writ-int-ry Sale at s. A. MacDon- pmt Wurdav. March isth, at man CH- Auspices The sossiao singers, . -9"! Valley.

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W C9078! street, sales and set- Mlmr Omblete line of De Laval We J: Separators. Water Pru- omi ”:lliu0lll0bIlO Pull.

.. nagfatr-rued Heart Club Borden will "mg". to one act plays and other an siding numbers in Seven Mile door all. st. rstricgs night, x-mi

nshp-fgwed-I for Seven Mile Mm, 3' 3'8 Candy by ladies seven ac. Hy Parish. Admission I00 and

"B”5'"18 Pill Monday 9, , at Fred- Mifggg Tuesday Breokneid o a.m.. hum iltl. Charlottetown Market -mm” 1. .York 1 pm. lsdferd 3, 3 We 180. It. stunt s. ru- I llair for good pigs over

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It was reliably learned last evening that Group Captain A.G. Kenyon, C.D.. officer commanding R.C.A.F'. Station Summerside has received word of his transfer from this station after being in com- mand here since October, 1051.

It is understood that no official announcement has yet been made as to. his successor nor the date when .thls transfer will become effective but it is believed that it will take place in about two months' time. Since coming to Suinmerside station as command- ing officer Group Captain Kenyon

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MONTREAL, (CF) -- Cunard Steamship Company announced or Friday that a new 22.000-ton passenger and cargo liner. Sox- onia, will make her maiden voy- nge from liivi-rpooi to Quebec mid Montreal Sept. 2 The ves- sci now is being completed at Clydebank, Scotland.

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OTTAWA, (OP)- Increasedfcd- eral aubvcntions on the movement

of Maritime: coal into Ontario and Quebec were urged on the govern- ment Fridsy by a Maritimes del- egatlon.

The eastern group-representing government. industry and labor in Nova. Scotia and New Brunswick- also agreed with federal repres- enttative: to set up a special com- mittee to push the sale of Mari- time: coal in eastern Canada.

It received an announcement from federal Mines Minister Prud- ham of a new govenment policy. dealing with subventions on coal bought by the Canadian Railways and aimed chiefly at holding for the Maritime: the present propor- tion of their coal sales to the rail ways against United States com- petition.

Beyond that, informants said af- ter the meeting. there were no commitments as to government plans.

Early Decision

A statement issued after the meeting said Mr. Prudham told the group that its representations would get "immediate considera- tion" from cabinet and that it might expect an early decision on government policy. ,

BRUSSELS. (AP)- 1110 nsllian Senate approved the six-nation European Army and advanced the European Defence Community to its halfway mark Friday.

The Netherlands and West Ger- many already have ratified the EDC Treaty. France. Italy and Luxesnbou still have to tact. France's final position on the

500,000 German soldiers. in one oi the biggest question marks now. 1Q,.jy'g new premier Mario sceibs has promised to fight. for ratification. but internal troubles. including a boiling scandal over the death of A society party girl. threatened Scelba'a schedule in the Italian Parliament.

Actually only the Netherlands has COlnplCi.'!d all the technical

Top-Secret-Tests To Be Conducted in The Bidiamas

By SEYMOUR 'IOPPING LONDON, (AP) - Royal Navy ships are en route to the Baha- mas for top-secret tests of newly

0 developed defences against germ . warfare attack.

' The admiralty disclosed Friday the mystery-wrapped Benlomond. a converted tank-landing ship which took part in the prelimin- ary germ defmce trials of! Scot- land in 1953, has left for the iso- lated southwest Atlantic man- oeuvre area '

The L625-ton Bcnlomond carries scientists, animals for experimen- tal work, and a crew of 64. It will rendezvous on the Bahamas with a protective screen of patrol vessels. i The spokesman would not com- ment on a London Daily Mail re- port that ati aircraft carrier will participate in the tests to launch bombers equipped to spray sitti- lulatcd germ clouds.

shrouded In Secrecy

Prime Minister Churchill per- sonally has placed a. tight secur- ity wall around the tests which were announced Thursday night by his son-in-law. Minister of Sup- ply Duncan Sandys. No date was fixed for the exercises.

The Daily Mail report said "the principal aim of the tests will be to see over what area of country a single tgcrm bomb' can distrib- utc its lethal load and then to

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Bakery Fire 4 Al Monclon

MONCTON. (CF)-Dismal! W33 estimated between 312.000 and s15.o00 after fire ripped through the Silver Cup Bakery here early Friday .There were no injuries although twice explosions caused by gas fumes rocked the frame building.

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The statement also said that members of the delegation recom- mended action be taken to protect Maritimes coal against competi- tion from heavy oil fuel imported into the Canadian market. part- icularly the Maritimas and east- ern Quebec area.

Another suggestion advanced by the delegation was that the Cuna- dian National Railways might slow down its shift to diesel-powered locomotives pending further dev- elopment of a coal-fuelled gas turbine engine now under study at McGiil University in.Mcntrenl.

FREDERICTON. tcri-Thu man who led the first battalion of the first contingent of the Canadian Army overseas in the First World War, Brigadier-General Frederick William Hill, CB. CMG. D50. tiled in hospital here Friday. He had is distinguished career in both mili- tary and civilian life.

General llill was born at Wel- land. Ont. Aug. B. 1360. l-ht! only son of Andrew Gregory Hill, bar-

rister. and Isabel Thompson. and

EDC At Halfway Mark With Belgium Approval 0

Royal Navy Plans Germ Warfare Exercises

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The following reply to ststerncnts made in the Legislature by Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan has been received for publication from Senator J. Walter Jones:

"Dr. MacMillan has sounded off again about Latin in one-roomed rural schools. If Latin were taught in our one-roomed rural schools, we would be unique.

"He also states that the tourist business is a mess under the director, Mr. Fraser. I think it is quite I success.

"He also makes a. turn-about regarding the Uniform Time Act. When the Act was introduced, and he was Opposition leader, he voted for it. Is he now proclaim- ing the views of the Opposition leader?

Dunstan's College-says: '1 thank God for the teachers I had while a student of Prince of Wales Cal- lcge'. He also goes on to advocate that half the teachers at P. W. C. be EC. in faith; that all the teachers should be Islanders irre- spectivo of ability and attainments.

"Well. when he and I went to P. W. C. in 1896, only one R..C. was on the staff. and instead of the start being Islanders the Principal was from Aberdeen. Scotland, and Dr. cavcn was from Ireland. The idea. of appointing only Islanders is not adhered to by the churches when they select their teachers. Even the biggest of all. of which Dr. MacMillan is a member. chooses its Bishop from points outside P.E.I. Does Dr. MacMil-

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Accident Legit:

MONTREAL. (C P)- Provincial police said Friday on automobllg accident several thousand miles from the scene of a 53.500 holdufi at Noraiids. Que. 1186 led l0 W9 arrest of two men.

Police said one of the men is at present being brought back to Montreal from Regina. to face charges. The other man. injured in the accident near Regina 10 days ago, is still in hospital.

The pair--whose names were not disclosed-are wanted for question- ing ln comicction with the holdup of a hotel owner at Noranda, 600 miles north of Montreal.

To Make Report 0n : Potato Bumping

OTTAWA. (CF)-Revenue Min- ister Mccann hopes to make statement Monday on reports of United States dumping of potatoes in British Columbia.

He said In the Commons Friday he has not received a report yet from department officials in the

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was educated at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. belnl admitted to the Ontario bar in 189i. I-is practiced law in Niagara Falls, Only and entered politics, being elected mayor in 1899. He was created a king's counsel in lD2i. '

During the First World War he was promoted in 1016 to command the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade of the Third Division, and after- wards bccame a member of the permanent staff, serving in various parts of Canada until his retire- ment in 1030 as commander of military district No. 'I. with head- quarters in saint John. N. B. '

was Police need He then spent two years as

west Ga-many! President House has held up signature of the Ger- man ratification papers pendlnl settlement of a titutiortai dis- pute in west Germany over rs- armament,

Belgium's King Baiudouln has to sign the treaty and the Belgian official journal has to publish it before the Belgian ratification pro- cess is completed.

The Belgian senate vote was 125 to 40. with two sbsentions and eight members absent. The lower House approved the EDC treaty last November in to 40. with 111!!! abaientions.

The West German government hailed the Belgian Senate's ratifi- cation. In Bonn, A West German Parliamentary committee worked on legislation to call up the 500-

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rnrnrnl of the provincial po- lice of New Brunswick. the first to hold that office. The force has since been merged with the RCMP He moved to Fredericton at that time and had made his home here since.

In retirement. General Hill served many organisations. particularly the Canadian Legion and the Boy scout movement. He was honorary president of the provincial com- mand of the legion at his death, and of the Fredericton branch. H: was the first president and at his death honorary president of the Fredericton Boy Scout; Association.

In 1004 he married Henrietta Johnson of Dunnvllle. ont.. who died in 1037. One daughter. Min

Isabel Louise Hill. is s member of

the legislative library staff here. The funeral service will be held

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Senator Jones Replies To Dr. MacMillan's Statements

Senator Jones

Pitched Battle On Docks

NEW YORK. (AP)-The eight- day wildcat strike on New York's waterfront spurred Mayor Robert Wagner to action Friday. It is costing shippers an estimated 31.- 000.000 is day.

Even as the mayor stepped in, tempers rose on the docks and mounted police held back an an- gry surge of 500 strikers trying to get their hands on non-striking rival longshcremcn at one Man- hattan pier.

A pitched battle was narrowly averted.

The army said dookers quit loading four transports in Staten Island and three in Brooklyn.

Seek Settlement

Wagner said he would seek a settlement of the wal-kout by members of the independent In- ternational Longshoremcn's Assoc- iation. 'Ilhc mayor estimated that 5,000 businesses have been affect- ed and may soon begin to lay of! workers.

Wagner asked for separate meet- ings with union leaders and ship- pers today. He said he has defin-

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Malenkov Says End of Cold War Possible

-.M0BC0W, (Reuters) .- Premier Georgi Malenkov said Ft-iday an end of the East-West cold war is possible and called ior revived economic relations with the West.

"It is not true that mankind is faced with only two possibilities, that of a new world slaughter or the continuation of the so-culled cold war." Malenkov said at a Ialiyi winding up at campaign for Supreme Soviet elections Sunday.

His statement fitted in with in- tensified Russian efforts in recent months to break down trade bar- riers between Russia and the non. Communit nations.

At. the same time Malenkov stressed the importance of inter. national negotiations as an in strurnznt toward peace and prom. ised a "benevolent attitude” toward the forthcoming Geneva conference on Far Eastern problems next month. .

Thre;iRletlTii Taxi-Truckncrash

GERALDTON. Ont, (cp) - Three person: died and HAh0illPl” was severely injured in a head-

on collision between is ,iiixi heavy pulpwood truck here Thursday night.

Killed in the crash were Ernie. Clark. 40. of Longlac, driver of the liixi. anti Ell Mallet. 42, Long- Zac blacksmltli.

Mart-el C. Chaput, 20, pulpwood cutter. died in hospital.

Ovida Bacon. 21. was taken to hospital with severe injuries.

Ordeilise Of E Boric Acid In Hospital Ended

TORONTO. (CP)-An official of the Hospital for sick Children here said Friday an "internal directive" has been issued that the use of boric acid. also known as boraeic acid. be discontinued in the hos- pital. i He said the action was taken by doctors trying to counteract a cer-

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tain type of poisoning which might conceivably be caused by boric acid.

He was commenting on A report written by two Montreal doctors- R. B. Goldbloom and A, Goldbloom --in the Journal of Pediatrics. They "said of boric acid:

"Its use in any form of medical treatment. particularly as applied to infants and children, should be discontinued."

The powder. used by some moth- ers to combat baby ailments such as diaper rash, is itlnorbed through sensitive membranes as well as in cuts and scrapes.

The Journal report said if A baby under one wear of age is poisoned by boric acid. death occurs in more than '10 per cent of the cans. In older persons poisoned with boric arid. the death rate was still 55 pa eons.

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Blizzard, lliist Storm in central United States

KANSAS CITY. M0,. (AP)-A late winter storm was canted northeastward from the Rocky Mountains by winds of gale force Friday bringuig a blizzard to the central United States,

Winds of 50 to 60 miles an hour were general throughout this. area whipping up one of the worst dust storms in 20 years. Visibility was zero in-many lllaoeti and less than at mile in most areas.

Snow drifted up to 24 inches deep in eastern Colorado. Six to eight inches of wet, blowing snow disrupted highway travel in Neb- raska and hampered communica- tions there.

Near freezing temperatures pre- vailed in the far northwest and in northern sections of New Eng- land.

Daytime readings in the east ranged from 43 at New York City to 77 at Charleston. S.C., and '79 at Miami, Fla. New Orleans re- corded an early afternoon temp- erature of 77 and Laredo, Texas. 95.

Temperatures in the far west ranged from 36 at Seattle to 59 at Los Angeles.

Criliti-BTRT Bacon Marking

TORONTO. 76?)-Members of Ontario legislature”: agriculture

committee Friday criticized pro- cessors who sell Canadian bacon labelled "Danish."

O. F. Villeneuvn (PC-Glenizarryl said the product is simply Danish- cured and should be labelled as such.

T, Prude (PC-Huron) charged it wits an attempt to "mislead the public."

S. L. Hall (PC-Haltonl sug- gested that bacon produced from garbage-fed hogs should he label- led that way on packages. "then we'd raise the quality of bacon."

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the Jnhore river Monday to shell sir: Red guerrilla hideout: in the

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Last Leg Of

TOKYO. (CP)-Prime Ministcrl St. Laurent takes off today on psi transpacific flight. last leg in his; six-week global goodwill tour.

The RCAF C-5 carrying the Canadian party will make two, Pacific steps before arriving inl San Francisco March 16 and fly-l lug to Ottawa the following day.

The (lanadian leader and his party will stop briefly at Midway. then spend two days at Honolulu where the prime minister will

Covernor Farrant L. Turner and then make an informal tour of Pearl liarbor naval base.

Friday the prime minister vis-

ited three Canadian destroyers uiilch docked here for his visit. The Ships--the flagship Haida” mud the Crtisarier and Cayuga-T

are on n Far East tour of dulv.:

Display Pennants

The squadrcn's senior officer. Crpt. John A. Charles of Victoria, commander of the Haida, greeieti the-prinie ministeron his arrival. A lliiitetl States army band bor- rcwetl for the occasion played "0 Canada" and then the prime min- lsier inspected a guard of honor and the ships' companies.

The ships were dressed in I colorful array of pennants. their guns gleaming in the sunlight. Some 800 mrn of the three ships formed is hollow square to hear the Canadian leader's laddress.

He spoke of his pride in the Far East forces. He told the sail- ors that. "nothing more.stirs the pride of it Canadian than the sight of you man and your. fine ships."

The men gave three cheers for the prime minister and he in turn led them in three cheers for "Canada, this great nation of ours." -

. I 3 News lli;:Bl'lQT . -W I-tin; 'oT"r.uvA, tcP)-'-The federal govermnent will co-operate with Ontario in attempts to attract new industries to Ontario centres where textile mills have closed or reduced operations.