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57 JAMIE D. WBITI Aleocieted Prue New: Anelnl Unity not being e eercnl 5W9-

osn trait. there is 8Tb" "$89M? behind the urtion of five countries in Westemvlturope.

Iis epcedy formeiion is an bie- tmio answer f0 What haPPODM ll cfechoelovekla.

None of the five mwerl involved ..Bi-iiain, Hence. and the Benelux countries of Belgium. the Nether- miids and Luxembourg |-- wants Oormnuriist dominance to qrreld farther west None mistake: the czecli coup for e challenge cap- siilc of being ignored with safety. Beyond that, none want: to be ground between Russia and Amer- lca-qust in case the cold war would burst into the showdown everyone expects.

The new five-power bloc i: l. step nywnrd the "third force" idea u-hich Americans have heard little boil; but. which has been knock- ing around in Britain_some time mun The idea. is that a bloc of mien in Europe could provide one big strong buffer instead cif sev- eral little ones between Russo- Amcricali elitagonisms. Iis im- filédlltfl purpose would be to help limp the spread of Commlmlit totalitarianism, but its broader goal WOllld be a united Western Europe that would not have to take orders from either Russia or America, Nuurislied by the Ma:- shell Plan and perhaps attracting all the 1i other countrlesaleted for Marshall Plan benefits, the western bim could eventually dom- inate all Western Europe as e single great third power-that is the plaii.

Four Critical Date!

In the meantime. there are clearly four dates coming up when iiie cold wzir—wllici1 the "flalrd force" seeks w keep safely cocl>~ could erupt into serious 00111110!» Armed or otherwise.

'i‘he first comes up Wednesday when ihc United Nations leached- uled in consider the Czech coup. licp forced by Chile and perhaps leading i0 another Soviet “walk- oiit" because it does not involve the veto. It could split the U. N. ivlcle open. .

Tile next cliate with destiny is April l8, when Italian elections take place. one current view ll fiiat if Italian Communists figure they cann oi. win dominluce through votes they may resort to

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Coming Events

"Crushing e: usunl. Johnston's Mill. Suffolk.

"Concert end Basket Social. Monday, 15th. Comweil Hall. Ladies with baskets free.

“South Granville W. I. Variety Concert in Braiinlbane Hall, Tues- iifly evening. March 10th.

"Corrie to 8 one act playl, Piece- lfll Grove Hall, Wednesday, March 17th, in aid of school.

"Si. Patrick's Variety Concert in hiorell Hull, March 17th. Spon- norcd by Moreil C. Y. O.

f-iiociisv nail some! Ni b- lllihi. Charlottetown Bomber! ve- East Royalty Royall. Skate after.

"Unloading If. Colvilie Station. llorideyr? eel-iced: flour end feed! meduccd pricel. James G. Mc-

"n Meeting in the mimic. of Ivnehew Bio-k will be held in Ben- lhew Hail. Mendll’ hlflit, March 15th. All interested pieeee attend.

"Double feature New Glasgow link tonight. old Timer-e ve. Girls: Scull-i Rustico Juniors vs. New “know Junierl. mm emu BM- lete flier.

“Reserve It. Patrick's ruthl- March 11th for variety concert. "~11: mm mu. rmui Rilbtlw. Ultimo fer children. Aduiillion. Waite SS cents; children ll eeneI.

"Jimml: rower’: veriety eon- Wl in Mount Albion lhll Tue:- l-Iv night, ewe sharp. em of Mm um- micm. ~

"Hockey tonight at Hunter River rink, North nustiee nple afe vs Hunter River ur- hins. Proceeds iii aid Oepedien "m! tui- Children rune. Pr». ‘W; cf contact‘ fer lane fund. luoplce: women’: Insti-

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Premier’: Budget Speech Iiot Later Than Wednesday

The estimate: for the coming fiscal year will be tabled this week in the legislature either on Tiles- day or Wednesday. Premier J. Waiter Jones stated yesterday. The Premier said the responsibility of tebling them and of making the Budget speech had fallen upon him unexpectedly, and he would have preferred further delay. Ii: was, however. necessary to expedite the remaining work of the session, and the Budget would be brought down not later than Wednesday.

Mr. lib-ed Meytin was on Subur- day appointed clerk of the Legis- lature, following the appointment of the former clerk, Hon. Alex W. Matheson. KC, one of the Liberal members for Fourth King's. to the portfolio of Health end Welfare. Mr. Martin bad been acting as as- zistant clerk. and is reportedly slated for the position of Demily Attorney General at iihe termin- ation cf tile present session.

m. Killed wiei“ Light Plane Crashes

BATH. N.B-. March 14 -<CP)— Two residents of the nearby Siaic of Maine were killed today when their light plane crashed into u hill f-ivc miles from here and burn- ed

killed were: Wavel Broad. 26, of Houlion.

George Pendexier, 2i, Aiepleton.

BROOKVIILE. Ont.. March i4- (CP) - A lurchliig, plunging wet- bound pool train - its bagsnse CB!‘ ‘ablaze and its engine badly dam- aged - lest night was halted after a one-mile slide in which the loco- motive heeled over dangerously and the live: of srime 400 passengers were threatened.

The seven-car Toronto-Ottawa train, travelling at 'I0 miles-per- hcur, went. out of control at. Mal- lorytown, 13 mile: rwest of Brock- ville. when l- locomotive piston red shattered and. the flange of a main drive wheel we: sheared off.

Flames shot our, fnm under the baggage car as flying pieces of metal pierced u tank of illuminat- ing gas, while e dangling engine rod rammed into relwey ties caus- ing the locomotive to lurch and heel ovei- from the crack.

‘The unidentified engineer told e passenger, Mei. J1". lVicLennan of Ottawa, that it was his closest shave in 30 years of railroading and that the entire train would have left the track if it had not been on a straight stretch.

Mei. Mobennnn eairl: "We were just leaning beck in our seats idly watching the scenery as the treln neared Brockvllle, when luddenly the coach geve e limit and there we; e hlesing of uir breltel. I we:

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By Doughe flow OTTAWA, March 14 —(CP)-1f. loot: like a showdown in the sen- eie thll week on the ldlllllll l. cf Cebinet Minister: i0 ite evluei.

mldet.

Both sidoe have reaffirmed their poaiflone since Benstor Wilbert Moi». Robbrflnn, Gvv ant lud-

Trenapott pilot legislation more and Senator Jdin T. I-feig, Progressive Con- eervetive leader. eeid lie shouldn't.

After scouting ell the angles, Gene‘ Robertson my; he still in- tends to go eheed with iheplen: motor Belg uyp lie etill pleno to profnt end my at the Speaker to "ue e ntnneer" end on-ler hi:

reuwvnl.

Senator Robertson went: Mr. chewin- to ilei amendment: lo ti» usher Aet ic the flret Me of a system of hlvilil cabinet main

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LONDON. March 1d —(Al')- Battered Europe‘; feed, fuel end health conditions looked better iio- dey than at any time since the end of the war.

.4. mild winter reduced suffering and helped conserve precious fuel supplies. No epidermis were report- ed

But the improvement was only relative. Germans still existed et near starvation levels. France and Italy fought inflation as they awaited Marshall Pldn aid. and Britain struggled in en economic morass. More of almost everything was needed by moat of the coun- tries and needed quickly.

An Associated Press survey of conditions ell across the continent indicated Switzerland, Eire, Bel- gium and Portugal were the beet off generally, with Russia and the Russian-dominated countries also reporting improved living condi- tions.

There was little change in food rationing. but even dollar-short Britain hed more fresh and cen- ned fruit and Russians were cet- ing better than at any time since the beginning of the was. Moscow report said.

Crops were ahead of schedule rind spring planting prospects look- ed promising. A late February cold spell was reported to have done little damage.

Health statistics showed decrease in some common diseases. There were fewer malnutrition cases.

This is the way things shaped up with spring lust around the CUYIIGTZ

Britain-Health improved great- ly during all exceptionally mild winter. Food remained rationed but there wus more fresh and can-

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‘400 Have Close Call In Train Accident

thrown to the opposite seat.

"For whet. seniied an eternity the train continued to slide alonl U19 tracks in a series of sickening lur- ches. Finally it csme to : half. and almost immediately trainmen dash- ed into the coach, mashed imer- gcncy cabinets and grabbed at fire extinguishers. They soon had the fire out," said Maj. McLerinan.

Other passengers included four members of the Ottawa. Collegiate Board returning from interviewing new teachers in Toronto. H. Stun- iey Higmnn, the chairmen of the board, seid:

"We were badly shaken up. but I think the train crew saved us from serious injury by their quick intelligent action."

At Believille, AR. Wilson, C.N.ll. divisional superintendent believed that e mechanical fe-ilure in the engine was partly responsible for the accident and the sudden thew following prolonged cold probably played its part.

An engine sent from Brockviile dragged the disabled train in and it was discovered that the wheels of every coach had been worn flet by the one mile slide elonl the rails.

Paslengefl arrived In Often early thin morning three hour: overdue.

‘Expect Showdown In Senate This Week

in en effort to redistribute the parliamentary iced more equitably. One intriguing angle o! behind- the-scenes activitle: is that. boil: faction: olsim they have on their side the opinion of Dr. Arthur Beeuoheene, Ccmmuie‘ clerk end me men generally recognized bl the top contemporary parliamentary rule:- Ai: my rate. Senator Roberteon ls pNDINd w mend one m! assumption the he will be period by the rules. In the stages of the lest eeesion. Chamber voted to‘ elm thin in allow e Minister to enter. Senator libburteon fule the lpeeker will have no eltemeuve no enfereinl this chlnll i! the luue in mined. At the time of the about. leu- ua the quee t die not rein the eon- Itimtionai iuue. . A: orMinCbevriuni-heloilcf

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HALIFAX. MARI’! l4 - (C?) - Williem Doherty, vice-president of the Canadian Ovmmunlcetioris Ae- eocletlon, laid Saturday the See- llde, one of eight strike-bound ves~ aeia here, will be cleared for Pel- estlne on request of the owners, Andre: Shipping Umited.

The Seaside he: e. cargo of seed potatoes aboard and the owners telegraphed the C.C.A. representa- tive to esk if striking officers would agree to permit her to sail because of the perishable nature of the cargo.

Mr. Dohei-ty said movement of the Seeside will be the first since March 3 when deck. radio and en- gineer officers walked off camid. ian merchant vessels on the east and west coasts.

The Union announced earlier plans were being laid to string pic- kets around f1\'o more ships, m; Monte Gaspe and the Rockside, which docked here yesterday.

iron Curtain 0f Secrecy Shrouds Federal Capital

OTTAWA. March 14—(Speclai) -Except fur Parliament hill where members of the Commons and Senate speak their minds freely and frankly, telling news- papermen the truth as they sec it and letting the chips fall wiliere they will, official Ottawa still lies under the shadow of wartime ceii~ sorshlp and "security". Newsgath- ering in the maze of departments of Ottawa's civil service is no sinecure. Ask the man who knows. Gone are the days when govern- ment officials could and would give a straight ans/iver to a straight question about their own porr- tlcular work. ‘This democratic practice is now strictly forbidden; in many cases well-nigh forgotten. Information as to what this cep- ital city's 30.000 civil servants are doing to earn the salaries paid them by the Canadian taxpayer is

of publicity directors and fear is instilled into officials who reveal even the simplest fact without the O. K. of the publicity satraps.

Only,top officials such as . E. S. Archibald, director of the Dominion Experimental Farms or Commander C. P. Edwards. De- puty Minister c! Thnsport. dare brush aside the iron curtain of

directly. Final lleeorl

Bole sure way to beet. the post- wer civil service censorship is for a newspsperman to tell officials flatly that if they refuse to re- veal the information he seeks end to which the general public is en- titled, they will arrange to have the question asked on the floor of the House 0d’ Commons by e mem- ber of Parliament.

Members of the Commons. in-

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May Seek Airing 0i Czech Coup

(ly The Alochted Preel) LAKE SUCCESS. ‘hes- Ii-‘Ihe United States was reported ready tonight to vote for e United Ne- uone airing of the Communist coup In Clechoslovnkis.

moi-med quertetl uid the Un- ited Btdica decision wu taken with full knowledge that ii. might bring the Security Council its most :er- ioue Orin: te dete.

The Russian delegation has been grimly eilent on the iuue, but no delegate doubts thet the Soviet will fight bitterly to bar council debate en the Clechoslovek luue.

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secrecy end deal with newsmen,

FLIEITS hTElV LOOK

Being tested for lhe RAF, this inflatable exposure suit for downed fliers iveiglis only two pounds, 12% ounces when folded. It rolls up and fits into a pocket of the col- lar o! the Mae “lest. Ffit-Liéut. F. Lethan, in the new suit, had no difficulty doing active work. l-le is carrying R. A. F. rubber dinghy.

Recovery Plan In Showdown Siege

l WASHINGTON, March i-L-(AP) —'I‘he 55.300.000.000 European re- covcry plan plunges into the show- down stsigc tomorrow in the liouse of Rcoisoscnlnilvcs i-‘orcign Affairs Committee. The Sciiafe rammed it f0 passage early tcilay, 69 to i7.

Willi a. wary eye on the Red shadow over Europe. Foreign Af- fairs members are talking of mak- |ing some changes rind silli ratifyi- .ll ‘U14? vc-oicri" plan before the livcek rolls by.

i On one vital point ilierc is gen- ieral agreement in the House:

A bill to let the United States put billions into the battle de- signed to keep Gommunsm from crunching across Europe will be in President ‘Truman's hands in lplenty of time before Italy's criti- lcal mid-April elections.

Tnllatmeiiis In Anny 0n upswing

iuinfuilrr. March iii-applicat- ions for enlistment in the Canad- ian Army's fictive force have tak- zu an upswing in the Mai-iiimes during the lust two weeks, it was reporlcd hare today.

Eastern Command headquarters said personnel depots at Halifax and Fredericton were "besieged" with requests for information.

The Antny is seeking recruits between the ages of 1'7 and 25 for more than 200 trades ea well as for the brigade group. e battle force.

Believe Meteor Fails In James Bay Area

MOOSE FACTORY. Ont. March 1| -(CP)—A big bell of blue flame. seemingly in.» size of e football, streaked out of the sky ‘Iih-uredey night md exploded near the shores of James Bey, V. J. Pratt of the Budsonb Bey Company said Set- urdey. The bell disappeared and e second later a. streak of orange light shot upward fro-n w-here the bell was last ecen. He heard no noise. The incident tied up with eerlicr reports from Coehrene, 1B0 mile: south of here. wihere reli- dente reported seeing whet they believed woe e ‘ Thursday night. .

5 Dead, Heavy Damage In Montreal Fires Europe's Food And if w

Health Outlook Reported Improved

Heaviest Money Loss Caused In School Blaze

Outbreaks-Said Worst

In Montreal Area

For Several Years. MONTREAILWrch l4-—(CP)-—

81x molar fires during the week- end took the livee of two firemen

and three children end caused damage estimated at more than $300,000 in the worst. series of out- breaks- in Montreal in several veers.

The fires with estimated lcse were:

Victoria Tine Shop, two fire- men killed, four hurt, $100,000.

Jacques Cartier Normal School. $500,000; Latreliic Garage, a plastic

factory and flve homes, eeven persons hurt, $200,000;

I A home in suburban Cobeau Rouge. three smell children killed;

A three-storey house on Coi- onial Avenue, $25,000;

Five shed: on east-end 0r- lesm Street. $25,000.

Killed were Licut. Ernest Cyr

and fireman Alphonse Home- lin, who were caught under l crumbling wall at the tire shop fire, and the three children of Mr. and Mn. Rene Collard, Iluguette, five. Pierre, three, and Cyrille, one, who were trapped in their smell frame cottage. Fifty boarding students escaped from the Jacques Cartler- School when fire broke out in the four- storey structure. All but one wing of the building, located in Lawn- talne Park, was gutted and the loss was placed at $500,000 in- cluding one of the most precious Canadlana book collections in Can- ado.

This fire brought a general alarm and the largest turnout of firemen

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30 Lose Lives In Crash 0i Airliner

—iAP)—Bodies of 30 persons in the wreckage of ein airliner which crashed into the face of e. rock cliff and then tuimbied 2.500 feet down the steep slopes of Mount Sanford may never be recovered. Authorities said today rescue parties would be up against greet odds in trying in reach the scene

mount-sin.

The chartered North-west Air- line plme. which vanished Friday night on :. flightfromshenghni to St. Paul. was sighted yesterday nt the 8,500-foot level on the glacier- laden mountain 190 miles north- east of here.

The plane curried e crew of ab: Hid 24 seamen flying from Shang- hai to New York. They were mem- bers of the crew of the tanker Sunset, of the Overseas Tankship Corporation.

IONDON. March l4 — (AD- Britain's Labor Government is de~ temiined ihet e Rod coup aheli not happen: here.

, Bo bitten- hu become the enti- coimmunist campaign led by Party and Government officials that ne-wnpe/pecl. politician end other observers are speculating that the next move may be e "Puree" 1° cite! loeieilet rank: of feliuw travellers end Communhii IPOIO‘.

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Military Assistance ' To Western Europfi

WASHINGTON, March l4 The United States Government's first major move to check Russia since the fall of Czechoslovakia is expected this week. It may be a promise .of military support for a western bloc in Europe.

The ides of e direct warning fmm President Truman to Prime Minister Stalin than further Coin- munist expansion means a clash with Aimerican power is believed to have been considered here. But some of the President's dipkmatic advisers, at. least, believe that the time has passed for words to stop Russia and tho time for action is here.

State Deparimeni. officials, who strongly hold this view, are highly pleased with Senate passage last

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night of the European recovery bill. They emphasized that there now remains ample time for the House of Representatives to act on the measure well in advance of Eur- ope's next critical date — the April 18 Italian election.

The 69 to 1'1 Senate Vol.9 gives the Europeans positive evidence of American intention to stand by the recovery plan. It is regarded by diplomatic authorities as an import- ant contribution in itself to the de- velopment of a more powerful pol- lCy in dealing with Russia.

State Secretary Marshall, how- ever, is expected to produce for President Triinan the first line of action to mcef what diplomatic cf- ficiais consider the threatening new situation ‘-- Eastern Europe

Monoxide ‘leis Takes Man's Life

PICTOU. N.S.. March l4 — (CP) —~Colliris Barkihouse, 2i, of Rivers- dale. NS. died of monoxide pois- oning early today in'a car- while waltlng for a friend. Police said the car had a faulty exhaust con- nection.

Five men were sitting in the automobile wailing for a compnn. ion when monoxide fillies seeped in. ‘iflvo seated in front jumped out end pulled the other three from the car. Two regained conscious- ness but Berkhouse could not b; revived.

No inquest will be held.

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