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Marshall-blokes" Bid For Showdown

Men Aboard

ieavy lobster landings By liaine Fishermen

AUGUSTA. Me. Dec. 10 — (AP) ._,Vlaine fishermen landed 3500.000 pounds cf lobster in September, the Maine nml shore Fisheries De- pertinent mid today, exceeding by 150.000 pOlliIfi~ the previous month- iyreconi sci in August.

The Scpumber catch also re- turned a ncord revenue of $1.245,- wl, a gain of tiearly $45.00!) over the previous high set in October,

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The lobster catch for 1947 prob- lbly will compare favorably witlf last year's total of more than 1B,- 000000 pounds. Fish landings gen. eraiiy will be less than last year.

Coming Events

"Christmas concert in North Cranville Hull Dec. 23.

"concert in wtinsloe Bouth lcbool Dec. 23rd.

"Christmas concert. Central iioyaity school. Monday, Dec. 22.

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"Chris-mine Concert

sight Flares Near Wrecked Transport

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ii. S. Plane. _

8'1‘. JOENE-Nfld» Dee. l0- fCPl-A _ ’ search party tonight reached the wreckage of a United State: Army Trans- port Command plane but. without radio equipment was unable to report on the fate ol the big four-motored machin which crashed near the Goose B”, Labrador, air base last mldnlg“

WESTOVER FIELD, Mesa, Dec. 10-(AP)—A big United Statesamny transport plane crashed Tuesday night at midnight with 29 military men aboard in Labrador’: icy wil- derness iust. norbh of Goose Bay, but flares sighted near the wreck- age today thtrougih a snowstorm gave hope of survivors.

While a rescue party with dog- sleds moved overland through the

Byron Johnson To Lead Liberals In British Columbia

VANCOUVER, Dec. 10 —(CP)— Byron (Boss) Johnson. 07. mun-bar 0! the British Columbia Legislature for New Westminster, today was elected leader oi the Provincial Liberal Party. defeating Attorney- General Gordon S. Wismrr in bal- loting at the B.C. Liberal Associ- ation convention ihere. The vote was: Johnson 475; Wismer 467.

Victoria-born Mr. Johnson auc- ceeds Premier John Hart who re- tired from the leadership and who will submit his formal resignation as Premier to the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor in Victoria next week.

The new leader is expected to

succeed to the premiership of the Liberal - Progressive Conservative Coalition Government, formed by Mr. Hart in i941. Mr. Johnson. one of British Col- umbia's top industrial leaders, first entered the Legislature in 1.033, elected as a member for Victoria.

rugged country in a blinding storm, fliers spotted from the air a lone figure waving his anms amidst bhe ruins-and bursts oi’ fi-re-givingl signs of life.

Whether the flares were lighted by the vanguard of the ground res- cuers or by survivors was not def-

Turmoil Continues

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initcly known at the Air ‘Transport Ccvnmand headquarters here. |

Efforts to send aid by air were hampered by the storm-but a - parachuting doctor and a helicopter . were being rushed to Labrador to be dropped at the wreck 8 1-2 mil- es north of the Royal Canadian Air Force base at Goose Bay.

The transport-a C54 Skvmsster capable of carrying t0 passengers- crashed within five minutes after taking off from Goose Bayatllrbil pm. EST Tuesday night with a cargo of mall and military equip-

laii. December BI-trd.

"Chrisiuins Concert and Dene; Ii Orwell Hail, December 19th

"some in the Fredericton llhrisiznns Loncrrt, Friday nlght, December litliv.

"Marlins of the New Dooninlon Butlers Institute at Afton Hall, December lath, at Q P, M,

Da"Dont lili.'\S the big Elgcflgn

M- liaivzvv Islanders. Country ch11. Thursday

lfllDclSi. Wiltshire school concert 12ml orih River Hall Friday, Dee.

“Q5933; iii-col: Christmas Con- I 20ft ‘ Brook Hall-i ct 18th. in Spring

Concert and Dance “ sClilODi, Thursday,

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. ~ y will hold Aillllilili Christmas entertain. P ‘l "ll lull-xv. December 12th, 8 -. . 1\(.i|.-.i.~l1'l‘l 15 cents.

"Wadi"? HOLT} Canada Pack at ltfnrray River. Monday, ménber lnl. l, F hla. Tuesday, r 16th. John J. Beck,

“Dance n. l7:- i “iig-odveclonabgitrgtgiiailfiffi -“ "n e Music. m” Blliisw Orchestra.

Election Dance at the lnvgitilzhtld laancing 9-1. a - me_ dancln . Rhythm Boys. ‘ siiqdnloadh‘! var feed many. nncyrwer‘ Siam" m"? “""°“' ma“ pffggi- Bran. Middlings. mm’ Mmonoff the car. Norris

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Expecting Too Much From British Farmers

LONDON. Dec. 10 — (Reutersh- There will be millions of hungry and disappointed peop in Brit- Jln next year because the Govern- ment is leading the public to be- lieve that farmers will produce more food than-they possibly can, produce. Earl De La Warr, a lor- mer parliamentary secretary to the Ministry at Agriculture. said today in ti’ House of Lords.

HATED T0 GIT WELL

CALGARY — (OP) - The idea of leaving hospital didn't appeal to one Calgary men. Told his dis- charge had been ordered because there was nothing medically wrong with him after a 10-day stay. he three; a cup at the ward super- visor. Police were called to per- suade him that much-needed hos-

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By Joseph C. Goodwin

JERUSALEM. Dec. 10 -—iAPl—- Eighteen Arabs smashed their way out of Acre prison today and Arab- Jewish warfare spread to the south- ern desert in unabated Holy Land turmoil. Seventeen lives were taken in one of the bloodiest days of scattered violence since the United Nations decision to partition Pa;- estlne.

Sir Alan Cunningham, bhe high commissioner, warned Jews Arabs that the communal warfare twhinh has killed 129 in the Holy Land in tho past 11 days must cease. Otherwise, he said. "severe measures“ will be taken by British security forces.

The Associated Press count of deaths in Palestine included 78 Jews, 46 Arabs, four British and

two Armenians. The total for the entire Middle East was 241. Casual- ties in Aden in Arabia were scaled down today by British officials to 112 from the previous figure of 124.

A high Government informant said in London that Britain expects the arrival oi the United Nations ission in Palestine next spring to be "a signal for trouble" in the Holy Land. The Commis- sion's task will be to implement the decision on partition. Britain has recommended til-lat she abrogate her mandate May 15 and that the separate Jewish and Arab states be setup June i. Britain plans to withdraw all her troops by Aug. i.

1 COMETS’ CHILDREN

Meteors. or shooting stars. con- sist of small portions of solid mat- ter resulting from the breaking

pital beds were for the lick only.

up oi comets.

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UITAWA, Dec. i0 -— (CPl-It smells like meat. It even looks like meat. not this new substance which soon will be appearing on grocery-store shelves across the country is made of milk

What's it called? You taste it and qou-csn name it. As several food experts dug tentative forks into “it" at a luncheon today, one said -"llke chicken". another mutter» ed "—innocuou|.“ But whatever their reaction the! all cleaned their plates.

Meanwhile their host. James Pearson, Hamilton. Ont, food chemist, said he had thought of calling the product "Sure bod", after Dr. Barnett Cure of the Uni- versity of Arkansas. It was Dr. Sure, (so-discoverer of vitamin B, who invented the meatless mast about three months ago. Today was the first time it had been

tried on the public.

Food Experts Sample First Synthetic Meat

Canada will be the sole pro- ducer of the new product, a com- position of powdered skim milk, defatted soyn bean meal, brewers

yeast and cracked whole wheat flour. It "compares favorably" on n

weight basis with lean meat in proteins and exceeds it in vitam- ins. Mr. Pearson said he thought its production might. help solve the problems of feeding the hun- gry of Europe.

And again in these budget-try- ing times it might prove a boon u; the Canadian housewife.

British Food Ministry officials who ate the meal agreed the main course was "delicious," but later were doubtful when questioned u to whether they might buy some for shipment overseas. .

After all while it tested like meat, somehow the average Bri- tain wanted the real McCoy when he turned in one of his hard-to-ret meat coupons.

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Ann Joyes of Montreal arrived back home after attending the royal wedding reception as guest

is a piece of the royal wedding cake

Nobel Prizes Are Presented

BTDCKHOLM. Dec. 10 —- (AP) —King Gustaf presented Nobel nrizea worth £162,343 today to five British. United States and Argen- tine scientists and to a. French author.

Dr. Carl l". Cori and his wife. Dr. Cierty Cori, of Washington University". St. Louis, received S20,- 20350 as their half share of the prize in physiology and medicine. Dr. Bernardo A Houssay of Buenos Alres received the other half.

Sir Edward Appleton of Britain received the physics award and Sir Robert Robinson of Britain the chemistry prize.

Andre Gide, the prolific French writer who embraced Communism

menf. at the way it was practiced in Russia, received the literature Award. French Ambassador Gab- riel Puaux accepted the prize for Gide who is too ill to attend.

oi the Princess. Her prize souvenir-

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Critical 0f Gov"t

Charges “Malicious Attitude" Towards The Soviet Union.

(By Louis Nevin)

PARJB. Dec. 11- (Thursday)- <A.P)—The French Government, which refused Wednesday w re- ceive a Soviet protest over the treatment of Russians in France and instructed its Charge d‘ Affairs in Moscow to hand the note back to the Soviet Govern- ment, learned today it had been attacked by the head of its own repatriation commission in Mos- cow.

Press dispatches from Moscow quoted Lt-Col. Raymond Ma:- quie_ head oi the French Repat- riation Commission. as saying the French Government had taken a “systematically malicious attitude" toward the Soviet Union.

The Cabinet decided the Russian note was "unreceivable" because of its virulent language and be- cause lt was made public in Mos- cow before it was handed to the French Government.

The French and Russian Gov- ernments expelled each othei-‘s re- patriation missions Tuesday after the Russians protested alleged nersecution of Soviet nationals in France.

lilarquie told a press conference the French Government had p10‘- ted for the last three months to evict i-he Russian mission in Francs- and systematically carried out this "Ian. . .

Hot told Russian and foreign correspondents that French churfies "rzalnst two officers of the Soviet "eoatriatlon mission were “with- ~ut proof and false."

Marqule‘s mission. consisting of four men in addition to himself. is scheduled f0 leave Moscow for France Friday.

Charging his own government ‘with the entire responsibility for “events of the last. few days." which included the mutual evpulsicn of the repatriation missions and the breaking off o! trade negotiations between the two countries. Mar- quie said “none of these events can be blamed on the Soviet Gov- ernment,"

Marqule’: statement was backed up hv Lieut. Dumas, a member of the French mission, who signed a statement read to the corresrond- ants saying that the French mis- sion had received every co-opera-

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Cold Wave Continues In Western Canada (By The Canadian Freed)

WINNIPDG, Dec. i0—'l'ha cold Polar olr wave continued to cove:-

.the Prairies today and weather

officials forecast no letuo is in sight for residents of Manitoba and Eastern Saskatchewan, where overnight. the mercury dropped as low as 30 below at ChurchilLMan. and 24 below at Island Falls,

Sask.

Vacuum Packed

ys Fresh!

Break Parley Within Days

LONDON. Dec. l0-(AP>-Stato Secretary Marshall said tonight that Russia is taking $500,000,000 annually in German assets out of the Russian-occupied zone and de- manded that suph withdrawals cease within three weeks.

Launching his first offensive in the Council of Foreign Ministers, Marshall made s bid for a show- down on the issue of reparations which may make or break the pre- sent conference within a matter of days.

In reference to the Soviet de~ mand for $l0.000,000.000 in repar- ations from Germany out of cur- rent. production, he said:

"I wish it to be clearly under- stood that the United States is not prepared to agree to any program of reparations from current pro- duction as a price for the unifica- tion of Germany."

He said that while the States and Britain are pouring $700,000,000 annually into Ger- many "to keep the Germans alive" the Russians in their zone are steadily draining away German assets.

He added:

“Also in that area German busi- nesses, through one device or an- other, are being brought under Soviet ownership and pieced in a gigantic Soviet trust.

"Thus, in effect_ much of the German economy operates for the Soviet account. Also much Ger- man manpower is being taken out of productive effort, either through forcible seizure or under the col- ors of contracts which are impos- ed.

“This is the situation which needs to be corrected at once. Cor- rection cannot be delayed for s decision at some indefinite future time. Before then, German eco- nomy most probably would be so wrecked that its dead weight would drag down and submerge

United

Would Keep Ontario Nurses In Camden

TORONTO. Dec. l0 —- (GP) - The Toronto Hospital Council to- day decided to ask Dominion Health Minister Paul Martin and Ontario Health Minister Russell '1‘. Kelley to take action to prevent United states hospitals from seek- ing Ontario nurses.

Dominion Health Minister Paul Martin had said previously that nothing could be done to prevent. the girls from going to the United States where they are being offer- ed between $170 and $180 a month, "because, thank God, we live in s free country."

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By The Canadian Press

Priime Minister Mackenzie King agreed to refer to a committee (or detailed study i-iie complex Geneva trade agreement.

Reconstruction Minister Howe in- dicated the agreement would open a vast new field of export markets.

Cecil Merritt, V.C. (PC-Van- couvsr-Burrard) urged caution in endorsing many o1 the agreement escape clauses. _

Victor Queich (SC-Acadia) said the limited Si: tes refused to recog- nize that tra e was a two-vray street.

Gordon lsnor fL—I-lallfaxl said the hfarititnes would benefit sub- stantially by the agreement.

Speaker Gaspard Fauteuv reject- ed a motion which would have call- ed on the Commons to discuss the "plight" of veterans. i

Finance Minister Abbott said an ‘

announcement is expected shortly: on civil service salaries. 1 In the Senate Senator Wisharti

Robertson, Government leader. said i Canada had achieved a degree of‘ economic prosperity perhaps not exceeded by any other country.

John T. l-Ialg, Progressive leader, charged that farmers were getting, tired, hungry and mad.

The Commons will consider em- BYLZERCY measures legislation. The Senate will sit.

Unusual Articles Offered To Public At Customs Auction

(By The Canadian Preal) MONTREAL, Dec. l0—This was the clay when a gravel-voiced salesman tried to interest custom- ers in articles ranging from stuf- fed alligators to two-way stretch

’ corsets.

The Customs Ofllce held its annual unclaimed freight auction and 300 prospective buyers crowd- ed the auction room on down- town McGiil Street to bargain for 300 varied articles. The alliga- tors and corsets were still unsold at. last reports but demand was brisk for some of the other goods.

Some articles have been gath- cnng dust in the warehouse for periods up no two years. They either were abandoned by ‘their original purchasers, misaddressed, or just forgotten by the party who brought them into this country.

The unclaimed items cune from

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By JOHN P. McKNlGl-IT

ROME. DeC- 1'1 —- (Thursday) -— (AP) - A general strike, the first in the ltallan Capital since before the advent of Fascism 25 years ago. started spreading its creep- ing paralysis over Home early to- day as Premier Alcide De Ciss-

ptfl’! leftist opponents brought. their "winter offensive" to his doorstep.

The wheels of the public trans- portation system ground to a halt just after midnight and ushered in the "indefinite." work stoppage or- dered by leftist-dominated labor unlona. ostensibly to enforce a sweeping program of winter relief on De Gasperii Christian Demo- cratic Government.

Soon after the strike was called. the Christian Democrats‘ Rome Committee attacked it as a polit- ical manoeuvre, declaring the unions’ demands already were

largely satisfied and urging Chris-

General Strike Began This Morning In Rome

tian Democrat workmen to remain on the job.

Officials at the Rome Province Chamber of Labor. however, ex- pressed confidcnre early today that the entire working population, estimated at 500.000, would obey the strike vall. Workers In essen- tial aciivlties have been exempt- ed.

Calling out all workers in in- dusiry. commerce and agriculture except a 10w to keep some skeleton services going. the Provincial Chamber of Labor demanded the comma-king of 10.000.000.000 lire (318050000) for a public norks program to absorb what it estim- atcd were 80.000 unemployed in the Rome area. Chamber of labor officials estimated that 600.000 workers would be called out. _

One-sheet newspapers printed by the Chamber charged the Gov- ernment offered to set aside 11-- 000,000,000 lire for the Rome area out of a national appropriation of

‘toes even worse iNew Brunswick.

May M?“ flrilzmiBlames Abb0tt’s Policy {For Potato Car Shortage

_,0'1‘1‘A\vA. lJec. 10 —(Speciai)~ Fiiisire Minister Abbotfs import. ban on Lmitod StatEs fresh vege- tames and fruits is indirectly re- spaiisihie for the shortage oi’ re- frigerator cars which is seriously threatening the potato export trade ot tne Maritime Provinces H. H. lintfieki Progressive Con- ntemlier for Victoria- toid the Guardian to-

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"When Mr. Aibbott and his so- called experts banned United States fresh vegetables and fruits" Mr. Hatfield said, “they autumn- tically cut off our supply of cars to ship our potatoes in. Since no cars are coming \up than gm none to ship back.

"in addition to this, if we do get a few empty cars and ship them out loaded with potatoes, either it takes a very lOllg time t0 get replacements or they never come back at. all. ‘This situation hits Prince Edward Island pots- tlian those in Il‘s the woist mess uevc over been in."

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The Victoria-Carleton member changed that even a hurry-up call that sent "ovary refrigerator rat‘ in Nova Svuiiu i0 the Island for the election on Thursday” “at. nothing but a temporary stop-gar. and would not remedy the situa- tion. Today, 1th‘. Hatfield

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TORONTO. Dec. 10 -— (C?) - Minimum and maximum tempera- tures: Vancouver 31, 39; Edmon. ton 5, 35; Regina 15b. 3; Winni- peg 1. 3; Toronto l6. 24; Ottawa l5, 20; Montreal 21, 23; Quebec 20, 28; Saint John 24. 33; Moncton l8. 35; l-lnlifax 29. 38; Charlotte~ town 30, 3i; Sydney 29. 38; Yar- moulh 28. 36. B—below. HALIFAX, Dec. l0 — Weather synopsis and official inland fore- casts issued by the Dominion Public “leather Office tonight. Synopsis: ‘Northerly winds are bringing moist air from the North Atlantic into the eastern section of the district Wednesday evening and it. is cloudy with a few snow- liurries and some drizzle in last- ern Nova Scotla. Over New Bruns- wick the skies have cleared n; g high pressure area pushes into the Province from the west. In Prince

clearing can bo expected high continues eastward. Western Maritimes mid while some clearing can ha expected Thursday morning by evening snow is likely to reaohthl western regions ahead of l. group of disturbances approaching from thQ west. v