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Tension Mounts In So. Viet. Nam

SAIGON. Iouth Vlet Nam (Reu- w.,;...wlui tension sgountig. the vist Nam vernmsn and e op- Wiuon p vale -armies both hur- md strong relnforcemcnta into Ilugn .111 ll SK most serious crisis III!!! "30 130000130 of last year. zero hour is today W ultimatum from the warl for gxleli5lVI cabinet cban es. re-

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rns premier met for 00 minutes with representatives of the opposi- tlon Friday but no firm settle- ment was reached since beads of the three private armies did not allend and their delegates had no authority to commit them. An- other means was armed to-

day.

I-Eight ministers representing the unified Nationalist front were ex- pected to resign when the ultima- tum expires today. Police feared their action may be the are! for

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strikes and violence MOVE IN Pl

Military sources said Diem brought five battalions. including

In other strategic tion

a well-trained parachute unl. his the area Friday.

Four battalions of the Boa Hao religious sect's private army were sent in to reinforce the opposition

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points. and some werr within grenade- throwing distance of the green- bere of the

of Blah xsydsn. one of the op

and high- nervous in the presence of others and has run his government in an autocratic manner from his office since he took power last June. From January to.mld-March this year he did not hold-a single cab- inet meeting.

The warlords allege that Dlemis government is inefficient and that be reserves all power for himself and his brothers and the Roman Catholic Church.

They demand a "government of national unity" in which they would have real power.

Ewiston Bridge Safe; Ice, Threatens Power Station

NIAGARA FALLS. Ont. (CP)- wssry workmen Friday siugged sandbags into a six-foot dyke to protect the Ontario Hydro gen- crating station at Queenaton from jammed-up Niagara river ice.

An official at Lewlston bridge.

earlier re in danger. as the structure would not harmed.

A natural-gas llne crossing the s-Iver two miles north of the

bridge. was built to withstand such pressures. said Oakah L; Jones, manager Consumers

Gas. He said there is no denser ta Toronto's gas supply.

NIAGARA GOBGI PLUGGED

The ice began slamming into the lower river Thursday after- noon.mlll:sl.ened bty st:-01:3: yvin r and h tempera urea. e owe gorge was plugged from the falls to Niagara-on-the-Lake except for a few opsn spots near the Whirl-

l ap s.

P('l?her13-mile stretch spilled ice onto the shore on both Canadian and Amerlc:n sides. At least two families he to evacuate cottslel my a be see.

Mal about six miles. from where the river leavee

C oming Events

"Covehesd-Stanhope commun- Ip concert. Marsh!-leld hall April 1.

"Cake Sale today. I. A- MIS- gonald'a. Sunshine Group. Kings sughters.

--G;-gnu Bingo, St. Andrew's nail. Mt. Stewart. Monday. March nth. 20 games. door prise.

"Hockey at North River rink tonight Winaloe Heartbreakere vs. Glasgow Road Maple Leafs. Game Cine 0:”. Skate after.

"See an colored lantern slides i Pownal Hall. Tuudg. March bin. 8 p. in. Auspices P. U

"R a Sale. Cllrlllllli Church Hall, Saturday, March Nth. an p. m. '

"Cleaning Timothy Seed and

grain daily. Elmer MacDonald. Crapaud. "Nunun Isle. laturdly.

II! March 3th. Trinity U ted Church Hall. 2.30 p. in. Kings Daughters Group I.

"Bracklcy W. M. I. will hold Cake and Pan Sale at Sherwin Williams this as" til. lh aid of Parsonage.

"D . West Roy Bali Wednslsliica.y. Rollie gskenslfa grcsegra Oaataea Iervlce. no

"Don't miss III fuaalest show 0' the year. N lottetowa Players. St. Ilary's Ball. Souris. Wednesday. March 81th. Excellent Sooclsiuss curtala aso.

"Crapaud tealgbt Nine Mlle Creek vs. Cape malversa ltovhta. spddudheg

01! game finals. munted. Game time Sluts Ifler If loo pkntlh. .

l;'Asn important meeting of the

the Niagara escarpment face at Queenston to where it empties into Lake Ontario at Nlagara-on-the- Lake. The Lewlaton bridge. feet above the water. had ice piled 55 feet high beneath it.

u FIGHT so save: NEW rum

At the 1.123.000-horsepower gen- erating station near Queenston. Ontario hydro crews sandbsggcd the plant and prepared to fight to save the access road. The plant is part of a recently-finished project includln a tunnel carrying water under city of Niagara Falls to turn the generators.

Water and ice. rising steadily in the area. tore away and J , C a Bailey bridge.

The ice jam above the falls out

do the flow of water over the Ameri-

can falls, En ears were unable to move it ith d) " Offi- cials said if it gave way suddenly the rush into the lower jam might cause heavy damage.

Meanwhile severe damage re- sulted in the lower reaches of the river. Cottages. boats and docks near the shore were swept away. Steamship docks at Queanston and N - ea - the - Laloe were

ed.

A yacht basis at Youngstown, across from Niagara-on-the-Lake. was in as the ice piled up like a plug in the rlvermouth. '

William Howard, a Toronto demolition expert. left by light plane to survey the scene and consider the posslh of dyna- mltlng. other e is said the only thing to do was wait for warm weather.

36.000 Eggs Are Shown on Highway

CAMROSE. Alta. (CP)-Tblriy- six-thousand eggs were strewn over a highway two miles east of Camrose when a transport truck left the road roued over and burst into. names Friday. The unidentified driver escaped uninjured. Total loss was estimat- ed at Q1100.

First Train Over Causeway May 1

PORT HASTINGS. N. 5. (CF)- Tite CNR will run its first train the entire length of the Canso causeway May I. it was learned here Friday.

Sources and the 308-foot swing bridge which will span the locks near the Cape Breton island end of the 1V4-mils-long land bridge is expected to be in place April 2.

. NEPTUNE COMING

HALIFAX (CP)-The air force said today that the first of its new Neptune anti-submarine air- craft will arrive at Greenwood. N.s.. next Wednesday. The Am- erlcan-made planes were origin- ally due today but were delayed by "technical difficulties." The Neptune: will replace the old- tlme Lanoaeters.

French Senat

tl:'Am..dlph:ma(A5Ai-.tTa?n1hFbeellmd srcements arsilnpossdon III by in elsrlllry sans -inns "- ”" ' .. . - um.s",:,,”,,.':' ,,..',:..F'au.... Antoine Pfney told 3': oursalg:s.m. an d ooo from 3351. .ooo . y...- nu.,,..,.-ii. rreaohleassslrideylaeapeec ts way, mm ago. than-moauinotsl

arm eftbePeria tseat- the debate becomes clear. Appan to 8.000. M0 compared with ”IbowIag7& lusts eadreessnwestaer-entlylt concsrnaaermenrearnr ts. .ono. Isl Ssturdapun llllw. ament. in really it threatens the Collections on personal income 0m " on mt! Tlsahal hlpected lafur- Atlantic alliance. It is a mistake taxes contlaued strong. Cochran and iKI. AI du. A wotildmekc France to think that France must decide CU.lIl.W0 ll FOBHIIIV.-I! fflllll Mica i Gold II were now i or against this rearm- 870001.000 last year. and 01.101.-

0 Ali the aigaatorypo Will to legislative sanos oa ament. If this rearrnament is not I02.00Horths11Inonths.virtus0y .. ' sansauuzraaotaarnn:sci-aonewitnua.ltwmssoooawitsunchusedfromansrsso.

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formsr mayor of Charlottetown. died early today is the Prince Edward Island Hospital. He 0- tsred the hospltalgssrly this week for an operation.

Mr, Turner. although born in Charlottetown. spent his boyhood days in 0'Leary where he celved his early education. After attending Prince of Wales College he became associated with his father. H. W. Turner, who oper- ated a general store in Ollieary for several years.

He returned to Charlottetown in 1917 and became engaged in the

” ' l footwear business for a number of years until he was ap- pointed C.P.R. ticket agent. a position be retained until the pres- ent time.

During the Second Great War Mr. Turner was Queen's County chairman for the First and Second Victory Loan campaigns. Later he was appointed provincial chair- man of sales for the National

75 War Finance Committee.

Mr. Turner was a member of the Rotary Club of Charlottetown since 1918. and a past president of that Club. and served Rotary In- ternational as District Governor and as committee member. Charlottetown. he has been Mayor, president of the Board of Trade.

has also been a member Board of Regents of Mt. Allison University in Sackville. N. B.. president of the Provincial Con- servation Association. and a mem- ber of the P. E. Island Hospital Trustee Board. He was an active member of Trinity United Church.

Consumption

OTTAWA (Special) - Owing to a minunderstandlng. the Canadian Army for a period of had a requirements order that the only potatoes to 'be purchased for the army he potatoes from Prince Edward Island. The order was rescinded after a conference between Army and Defence Pro- duction. and specifications for po- tatoes set forth as "Canada No. 1...

In the short period when P.E.I. potatoes were in the ascendant. some 600 bags were purchased from P.E.I. shippers. At present. most of the potatoes bought for the Army are grown in Ontario. Reason for this is that Ontario growers and shippers are ready to sell their potatoes at 30 cents less than New Brunswick pota- toes and about 40 cents less than the price asked by the Island province.

"we don't favor or discriminate against any province." a high army officer told The Guardian Friday. "At the same-time. we would no more insist on Prince Edward Island potatoes than we

Organizes Tour Of Morifimes

QUEBEC. (CF)-Le Consell de la Vie Francaise, French-Ian guage cultural mganizatiu... has organized a tour of the Marltlmes this au ,for celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the expulsion of the Acadians.

The Conseil said 12) persons are expected to make the trip through Moncton and Edmund- ston. N.B.. and most of Nova Scotia.

Other in e m b e r s will visit French-Canadian settlements in western Canada this summer.

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''”Death Early Today Of Former Mayor Of City

Mr. Percy W. Turner. 1!. at

Ila was Canadian Representat- ive on the Board of Directors of Rotary International at the Paris Convention in 1058 and as chair- man of the committee dealing with the District Conference of Rotary to be held here us June. was act- ively engsged in the work of or- anizlng for that function up to his entering the P. E. Island Hospital last Tuesday. -

Surviving are his wife. the for- mer Edna Smith of Covcrdale. N. 13.. a son Lewis. and his step- mother, Mrs. Edith Pooley. in Charlottetown. A brother. John -Turner. lives in O'Leary. .

Funeral arrangements had not been completed early today.

The late Mr. Toner

Biief Monopoly Enioyed By PEI Potatoes For Army

In Canada

would on Saskatchewan beef. We take our specifications from grades established by the Depart- ment of Agriculture. There was some misunderstanding and 1 be- lieve the word got out that this years Ontario potato crop was poor and wouldn't grads out as "Canada No. I.'' That just didn't happen to be the case."

Here at headquarters. many of- ficers and other ranks buy P.E.l. potatoes for their home consump- tion because they thlnk they're the best on the market. This sentiment. however. has not been spelled out In purchases by the

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Feb. Deli

OTTAWA (CP) - The govern- ment ran into a 810,910,000 deficit in its February budgetary ac- counts. squeezing the 11-month surplus to one-third of what it was a year afo.

Expendfures in February were ldwer by t2.aoo.ooo than a year earlier but revenues fell by about W5.000.000 as collections from cor- poratlon income tax. import duties and the sales tax continued to de- cllne. Finance Minister Harrie re.

ported Friday his monthly treasury statement. It will be the last statement

made public before he brings down his 1905-56 budget on April 5. Friday's statement added strength to reports that he will re. port a deficit for the full fiscal year ending March 81, the first since the Second World War.

The surplus for the first 11 months of the current year is down to s103.2l1.000 from 3310,. 914.000 a year ago. Unpaid bills pile up at the year's end and in 1953-54, the government reported a final surplus of only 340.000.0111. REVENUES DROP Unofficial estimates are that

arrls will show a deficit I64-S6.

' accepted the Western proposal

Kilt Authorhed For Scottish. Irish Regiments

OTTAWA (CF)-The kilt has been authorized for all ranks of highland. Scottish and Irish reg- iments of the Canadian Army (militia). the army said Friday.

111 the Past. battledress was is- sued to militia soldiers but now highland. Scottish and Irish units will receive kilts instead of battle- dress trousers. Hose tops. leather purses and garter flashes also will be issued.

units of the regular army have been issued with kilta for all ranks except officers and warrant officers. first class.

The army said the new kills probably won't be available for at cast a year.

Because of amalgamation and redeaiguatlon of regiments in re- organization of the militia. some Scottish and highland regiments will adopt tartans not previously worn by them.

Coal-Burning Jet Engine

BIRMINGHAM. England (AP)- Brltain has developed a new coal- burning jet engine that produces both electric power and heat.

Fuel Minister Geoffrey Lloyd said it burns pulverized coal. drives a turbine to generate elec- tricity and uses its exhaust to

Since 1051. highland and Scottish i

Verbal Storm

OTTAWA (CF)-A CCF mem- ber raised a minor verbal stonn in the Commons Friday by ques- tioning the need for federal pay- ment of subsidies on movement of prairie feed grains to other parts of Canada.

Speakers from all parties. in- cluding the CCF. refuted the re- marks of Ross Thatcher. Moose Jaw-Lake Centre. and declared that feed grain subsidies now are needed more than ever before. .

Mr. Thatcher. a Moose Jaw hardware merchant. said the treasury has paid out S222,000,000 in such subsidies since their in- ception during the Second World War. The original idea was to en- courage farmers to produce more wartime meat for Britain but in his opinion that objective had long since been achieved.

He spoke during committee con- sideration of a supplementary es- timate of 52,000,000 which would bring federal feed grain subsidies

.10 a total of 319,000,000 for the

1954-55 fiscal year. The committee finally approved the item.

SUPPORT SUBSIDIES

Four other CCF membe ..-Cla- rie Gillis, Cape Breton South, E. G. McCullough. Moose Mountain, H. W. Hci-ridge. Kootenny West. and Hazen Argue, Assinlboia- spoke in favor of the subsidies. Mr. Gillls said they are a great help to the poultry industry in the

Lloyd told a Conservative party meeting the engine has been tried at experiments In Scotland and the power fed into a public supply

grid.

He stressed that the project still is in its infancy and added: "One of the main 0 jecfa is to assess its commercial possibilities".

British. Sub To Soil For Canada

- . (CPI-The As- tute. first of there British sub- marinesgto be stationed at Halifax for the next 2&5 years. sails for Canada Saturday.

The 000-foot "A" class vessel is expected to make the crossing in 10 days.

Two more subs. the Ambush and the Alderuey. sail in May and July. The three eventually win he manned mainly by Canadians. Some 150 Canadians are in train- ing at this British naval base but no Canadians will be among the Astute's crew Saturday.

The submarines are for the training of Canada's .antl-sub- marine vessels and aircraft.

cit Cuts

Federal Surplus

004.000, making an .11-month total of sa9a.a79.ooo as. against 81,060.- 147,000 a year earlier.

Grants To Two Clinics In N.B.

OTTAWA (CF) Two New Brunswick clinics will receive federal health grants totalling 34.- 730. the health department an- nounced Friday.

The province's first glaucoma clinic. to be in Saint John. gets 81,265 for t h i ' equip t Glaucoma. an eye disease. causes 12 per cent of the blindness in Canada.

The polio clinic and health cen- tre in Fredericton will receive 83.405 to equip s new labratory.

Western Leaks On

LONDON (Reuters)-Russia has

that world disarmament should take place in three stages but has disagreed over the extent which armed forces should be re-

duced. '

This was disclosed Friday night by Jules Much. French delegate at the five-power disarmament conference here.

Moch also disclosed - as a counter to what the West bitterly calls "distorted" Russian leeks

the supposedly secret talks- at East-West divergence alsls over international contro of any agreed disarmament.

Moch called a press conference deputy foreign minister. Andrei G . renewed on his promise of secrecy ll! living an interview Thursday to the Russian "l"...

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N. 5. Apple Growers

OTTAWA (CPl -- Net coat of federal assistance to hurricane-hit Nova Scotla apple growers last year was 3625.000.

The Commons Friday ap roved this spending in the govern enta supplementary estimates for 1954- 55. The government originally spent almost s1.000.000 in buying apples blown down by hurricane Edna in September. but resold the damaged apples for process-

In Commons

Over Feed Grain Subsidy

off prairie farmers probably wouldn't be able to sell their feed grains. '

A. J. Brooks (PC-Royal) said he couldn't understand Mr. That- cher's attitude. Prairie farmers got vast payments under the prai- rie farm assistance and the prai- rle farm rehabilitation acts and Maritime members never com- plalned.

George Nowlan (PC-Dlgby-Am napolia-Kings) said the feed grain subsidies provide a bigger return to the Canadian economy than any other government payment.

Parliament At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS - Friday

The Progressive Conservatives stalled Commons approval of a 328,758,098 appropriation to cover the CNR's 1954 deficit.

John Dlefenbaker (PC-Prince Albert) suggested appointment of a full-blooded Indian to the Seu- ate to give Indians their own spok- esman in Parliament.

Nova Scotla and Alberta mem- bers asked greater federal assist- ance to the Canadian coal indus-

try.

Ross Thatcher (CCF - Moose Jaw-Lake Centre) questioned the need for federal subsidies on movement of prairie feed grains.

Western members urged the government to enlarge crop-fall- ure protection under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act.

. Monday

The Commons conaide n govern- ment business. The Senate is ad- journed until Tuesday.

RIFLES SALE "DISGRACE"

MONTREAL ICP)-Dr. H. Wyatt Laws an eye surgeon. said Thurs- day the sale of air rifles should be banned because they cause blind- ness of several children in Mont- real each year. Dr. Laws. head of the department of ophthalmol- ogy at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

in'g.

OTTAWA. (CPI-Profits of the government": Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation during 1954 made one of the biggest plunges in its nine-year history as expenses rose sharply in the wake of the administration's new hous- ing legislation.

The annual report. th e Commons today. showed CMHC net income after taxes dropped to 5898.000 in 1954, less than one-half the 32.235000 of the previous year.

President Stewart Bates blamed the drop on sharply-higher ex- penses caused by the new legisla- tion under which CM!-IC apprais- es lending values for the National Housing Act mortgage loans and uses an army of inspectors to scrutinize construction.

FEE HELD INSUFFICIENT

CMHC charges a 335 fee for in- spectlona. but Mr. Bates said 1054 experience showed the fee in- sufficient.

"As a result." he said. "the cor- porationis administrative expenses have risen sharply and the oper- ating profit dropped by about 60 per cent compared with 1958."

While the drop was attrlbu mainly to rising expenses. rental revenues shrank as more propert- les were sold.

The housing situation was con- sldered highly satisfactory in 1954. New houses started rose to a rec- ord 11S.000. a gain of 11 per cent over 1953. Houses completed rose

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to complain that the Russian first three

to a peak 106,000. up six per cent over 1958.