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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1953

CANADA - WIDE RAILWAY STRIKE THREATENS ON

East Germany Premier May Be Purge Victim

Former U. S. Soldiers Seized lnAlleged Soviet Spy Plot

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 - (AP) -- Two men trained by the us. army in the art of interrogation were held on s50,000 ball each to- day, accused of probing into Ani- erican military secrets for the Russian Embassy.

U.8. agents in Vienna. where the two fomier army intelligence men were seized on espionage charges, prassed their roundup with the nrrest of at least two more Ameri- can citizens for questioning.

Ordered Expelled

Yuri V. Novikov, second secre- tory of the Russian Embassy and alleged director of the spy ring, has been ordered expelled from the us. but the e was no indica- tion today as to .ow soon he will leave.

Novikov, a 30-year-old career diplomat who served with the Red Army during the Second World War, was described by Assistant Attorney-Gerieral Oran Waterman as a "co-conspirator" with the two ex-GI's who were whisked back to Washington early today from Vienna.

The two, Otto Verber, 31. and Kurt Ponger, 39, who served with U.S.. Army Intelligence during the last war and won American citi- zenship on the basis of their army records, appeared briefly before Federal Judge Alexander I-Ioltzoff.

Their formal arraignment on an indictment accusing them of de- livering U.S. military information to Russian agents was deferred until Monday to give them an op- portunity to engage lawyers.

Others Questioned

At least three other Americans are being questioned in Vienna. including Walter Lauber, a student whose Austrian-born wife was re- ported to have fled to Russian- controlled territory, and Ernelst Pislowitz. 40, a German-born vet- eran of the U.S. Army Intelligence Se.';vice. The third was not identi- fi .

Waterman said the conspiracy oharge against Verber and Ponger wss one to transfer information about the United States "to the benefit of a foreign power, name- ly the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics."

Disclosure of Pislowiizs arrest oune as the Austrian-born wile of another prisoner in the case, Walter Lauber, vanished mysteri- ously from her apartment in the British sector of Vienna.

The woman, Mrs. Cecilia. Lau- bor. 36. was believed by Amemcan quarters to have fled to the so- viat sector. She apparently took with her the Laubers' two children: wJohn, 4, and Katherine Susanne, 2. Their apartment was deserted

Coming Events

"Rummage Sale at Y. M. C. A. Saturday, 2.30 P. M.

"Reserve Februaitv end for Var- iety Concert in Millvicw Hall.

"Bus leaving Y.M.C.A. at T p.m. Phalnx vs. Montague.

"Reserve January 28th for Var- iety Concert in Hampton Hall.

"Order Raynor! Chicks this year. see block ad this issue "Variety Concert at. Emerald

glalll. Friday. January 23rd. Curtain . 0.

"Rummage. sale. 51. 1"eter's Cathedral Hall, Saturday, January 24th. at 7.00 P. M.

"Unloading car of Old Sydney screened coal at Cnlvillc station. Saturday and Monday. George Kitson.

"Hockey at North River Rink Saturday, Jan. 17th, Nine Mile Preek Bulldogs vs. Milton Hor- nets. Gsmo time 8:15. Skate after.

"In stock. Feed Molasses, Cod

Oil. all kinds poultry equipment. Booking chicks daily. Dillon Av. Splllett.

"Try our Purina Finance Plim- for feeding your hogs and chicks. D

Dillon st illett.

"Pantry sale Saiurriay at 3 P-m. at the island Radio Centre. Great George St. Sponsored by West Royalty W. 1.

"Farmers. ask about the Shin Gain Feed Finance Plan. For part fculars contact your local feed mill

"For next week only. W. T. Scott will be hauling cream to Wilt- Ihirs Factory on 'niesdsy. instead if Monday.

"Annual meeting of New Wiltshire Scarlet Chapter at Bar- "T" Lodge Room, Tuesday, Jah- min.

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G. Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Den-

Pilot officer Clare nis, Port Hill, P.E.I., is seen im- mediately after receiving his navi- gators wings. at a NATO wings parade at RCAF stat-ion, Summer- side on Thursday afternoon.

Pilot officer Dennis had the well-earned distinction of being the honor student in a class of

Canadian. British. French and Belgian navigators. Yesterday afternoon he was

married to the former-Julia Mac- Lcod, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace MiicLeod of Northam. Pilot Officer Dennis, before en- listment, attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, and lat- er taught school in Eedeque and

Ellerslic. After a period of leave he will participate in an RCA? survival

course at Edmonton, Alberta, and then will be stationed at Sea Is- land, B. C.

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Fredericton Teachers To Resign In June

FREDERICTON, Jan, 16 - (CPi - Eighty-nine of Fredei-icton's 91 school teachers, dissallsflcd with present wage scales and rebuffed by a school board committee in negotiations for more money, de- cided today to resign at the end of the school year in June.

Edwlii G. Allen. president of the lFTC(lCl'lCl0l1 Tcachers' Association. said the decision was made at an emergency meeting of members. It followed deadlocked discussions 'I'hui-sday night between school board and teachers' representatives.

Only two of the association's ineinbcrs opposed the mass resig- nation, Mr. Allen said, Including Fredericton High, six of the citvis seven schools are irivolrcd. Five teachers at St. Dunstnnls belong to a religious order, althougli "they are paid by the School Board, and are not in the nmoclatlon.

Principal of Devon public school and formerly on the high school staff, Mr. Allen said the FTA had been negotiating with the board for more than it month. It asked that pay scales of teachers here be lift-

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By STANLEY PRIDDLE LONDON, Jan. 16 -- (Reuters)

Britain and 'Egypt tomorrow will begin talks that may make or break Allied defence plans for the vital Middle East.

The subject to be discussed is the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. But the real question is: is Premier Mohamed Naguib the leader who can bring Egypt into active co- operation with the west?

The Arab nations also are close- ly watching another focal point. Tehran. where the U8. is pressing hard for a way out of Iran's feud with Britain over the country's nationalized oil.

The Truman administration is anxious to lick this tedious prob- lem before next Tuesday when Dwight Eisenhower takes over

along with

Foreign Minister Deriinger Now Under Arrest

BERLIN. Jan. 16..-(CP) --Prem- ier Otto Grotewohl was mention- ed today as a likely candidate for the No. 1 spot in East Germanyls impending major communist purge trials.

Foreign Minister Georg Dert.lng- er was arrested yesterday, but since he is a "rubber stamp" of- ficial without real power, he seem- ed booked for the No. 2 spot in the treason trial.

The Communists need a strong figure to make the No. 1 traitor. observers said, and the big question is whose head will fall next.

Johann B. Gradl, an exiled East German political. said Grotewhol, who became it Communist after the Second World War, will be the top purged figure.

Continuing Arrests

Meanwhile, continuing arrests of minor officials 'n l)ertinger's Christian Democrat Party-one of the five groups which form . the Communist-ruled "national front" bloc in East Germany--are expect- ed. .

The West German radio said Dertinger's top deputy, Max Keil- son. had been arrested. together with Mrs. Keilson. Kellson was in charge of the Soviet department of the East German Foreign Ministry.

Dertlnger, 50, has been ll. figure- head minister in the east zone gov- ernment and deputy chief of the stooge East German Christian Dcmocraic Party. lie was arrested yesterday and charged with en- gaging in "enemy activities" for a Western spy ring.

It was believed that the Russians may be blaming Dertinger and his close friends for innumerable leaks of information to the West.

Dertinger is it former journalist who worked for foreign newspapers in Berlin. He claimed to have been in the anti-Nazi resistance since 1935.

Urged Collaboration

After the war he was one of the first Christian Democrats to urge collaboration with the Communists. As a. reward he was made foreign minister when the East zone gov- ernment was organized in 1949.

A west Berlin Christian Demo- crat, whose party has slender links with that in the East of which Dertinger was co-chairman. said "We know Dertlnger was handed over almost immediately to Soviet security agents.

”Thls means the gallows for Dertinger. He is likely to be the Vladimir Clements of the East

(”"'1lnl1 stale trial. They have yet

to find their Ftudolg slansky. iiiougn this will not take them llong." he added.

”ll appears inevitable that the arrest of one of the Communist Party's highest men will soon be

announced." another West Gei'ni.i:: politician here said today in pis dieting a great state trial.

Canadian Team Going To Asia

' AWA. Jan. 16 -(Ci?)-Cain iida is sending a four-man team to India, Pakistan and Ceylon to open the way for help to those countries in co-operative and agri- cult-iiriil training. They leave to- IIIOITOW.

The four men are H. L Trueman and J. E. O'Mears. ,oi' the Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa; Rev. M. J. Mcxinnon, director-of exten- sion, St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, N. s., and R.H. Trem- blay. chief inspector of the Fed- eration Des Caisse Populalre, DcsJarriins, Que.

Vital Anglo-Egyptian Talks To Begin Today

the White iiousei

If the Cairo conference fails to settle the Sudan dispute, Egypt almost certainly will refuse to join the Middle East military command iirged.by the Allies, And the other Arab states probably would string E13170-

Naguib has promised his peo-

ple he will do his but to solve the Sudan dispute and rid the Canal

zone of foreign troops. Tomorrow he is expected to give British Am- bassador sir Ralph Stevenson his reply to Britain's latest proposals for the Sudan. ,

The U5. Governmsnt--- deeply concerned about the threat of Communism to shaky Iran and anxious to bring about a. Middle East defence command has

been in close touch with Britain.

OTTAWA, Jan. 16 -(Special) - While construction of s. new mil- lion-dollar ferry for transport of automobiles and trucks will event- uslly mean improved service from wood Island to Caribou, the prob- lem of meeting ferry needs in 1953, 1954 and 1955 still awaits solution.

Transport Department authorit- ies today said they had not as yet formulated any "interim policy” to supplement services now provided by the "Dunning" and the itPrince Nova." This issue is now under study by the Department and the Canadian Maritime Commiuion in consultation with Northumberiand Ferries Limited.

Announcement by Transport Minister Chevrier of the impending construction of H. new ferry means automatic rejection of the ap- plication by Norlhumberland Fer- ries for a. subsidy to enable them to construct a new vessel for the Wood Island-Caribou service. It further opens the door to the issue of what agency will operate the new automobile ferry when it is

built and commissioned for ser- vice. Operation Question It has been suggested that the

new ship will be operated by Can-

present operates the Borden-Torn mentlne ferries. Objection been raised to this grounds that if there should be another country-wide railway strike.

,Pollen Survey

All Egyptian Political Parties Are Dissolved

CAIRO, Jan. 16 - (CPi - Egypt's Premier Nagulb tonight dissolved rill Egyptian political parties and ordered that no party he allowed any activity for the next three years.

General Nagirlb also announ- ced that 25 ttsuspect" army of- ficers have been arrested and are being investigated,

Naguib announced his govern- ment had ordcred that all polit- ical parties' assets be confiscat- cd and "used for the benefit of the country."

Nagulb said the three year- suspension of the parties was a 'itran.sl'tl0nl1l period" to permit the establishment of democratic rule. He seized power last July 28 after forcing former King Farouk to abdicate and go into exile.

An Egyptian Government Minister said 'that A plot to overthrow the regime of Naguib had been discovered.

Faud Galal, minister of na- tional guldance, said over the Egyptian state broadcasting net- work that the plot had been an attempt to "hinder and spoil the movement" of Naguib,

Camp Gageiown New N. B. Camp

(YITAWA. Jan, 16 . . ICP) - The army's newest and biggest base is to be called Camp Gagetown.

It was announced today that the 82.5.000.0Q0 divisional training camp to be built in New Brunswick will bear that name. The camp, init- ially to comprise 440 square miles and to have its headquarters near the village of Oromocto, may event- ually be big enough to handle the training of an entire 18.000-man division.

At the outset. however. it is being designed to embrace a brigade, one- third the size of ii division, Con- struction will siart this year.

Gagctown is the name of one of the townships in the camp area.

It also is the name of three of the larger communities in the dis- 'trict, Gagetown, Upper Gagetown and Lower Gagctown, although these are not in the camp area.

The army said the name Gage- i.own is considered particularly ap- propriate ss it came from General Thomas Gage who commanded British forces in America in 1763. Second son of the first Viscount Gage, Gen. Gage, along with 17 other United Empire IDYHIIJLI. was given a grant of 20,250 acres in the gig!!! that now is to be named after

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has proposal on

Interim Auto Ferry Problem Being Considered At Ottawa

the new ferry would be tied up as were the ”Abegweit" and the "Prince Edward Island" in 1950. Prince Edward island MP's said today they were iiopeful that the ferry might be operated by a new agency not conected with the C. N. R. and not under control of labor unions affiliated with Canadian railways. This proposal for a new agency is being taken under con- sideration by Mr. Chevrier. Preliminary specifications for the new ferry call for it to carry about as many vehicles as the "Dunning"

and "Prince Nova" combined. It will also be built to conform to the depth of water and to the

structure of the existing docks at Wood Islands and Caribou. In ad- dition to space for vehicles, it will accommodate 200 passengers. When complete specifications for the new ferry are prepared. tenders will be solicited from Canadian shipbuilding firms. While the Que- bec shipbuilding establishments of Sorel Industries and Canadian Vickers have had considerable ex- perience in specialized ferry con- struction, it is stated here that there are ample facilities and skill- ed workers in shipyards of the Maritlmes who could do an equally satisfactory shipbuilding job. Proposals by Northumberland Ferries for means of meeting transportation demands for the next two years or until the new vessel is built are in the hands of the Maritime Comission and are

under study.

Features P.E.l.

Freedom From Ragweed Pest

Prince Edward Island is ”prac- ticaliy free from ragweed and is therefore a. near perfect haven for hay fever patients” according to Dr. Elzear Campagna. nationally known Quebec botanist who has just completed an extensive pollen survey of the Island.

Dr. Campagna, who is head of Laval University's Faculty of Agri- culture, has been engaged for the past few euimmers by the Federal Department of Agriculture con- ducting ii. ragweed survey of the Eastern Canada. Last summer, he concentrated on Prince Edward Island as a result of ii request made by the P. E. 1. Travel Bureau at 8. Federal-Provincial Tourist Conference the previous year.

. Eight Pollen Stations

pollen stations were SOC up in Prince Edward Island last summer and were so placed that they blanketed the province for

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25.000-Me-mber B.R.T. Issues Uliimaium

MONTREAL, Jan. 16 .- (GP) - The Brotherhood of Railway Train- men "tonight voted to strike if their demands for higher wages and a shorter work-week are not met in little more than two weeks.

W.P. Kennedy, president of the 25,000-member BRT, said in a statement that a committee repre- senting the various trades within the brotherhood voted unanimous- ly to "withdraw The men from ser- vice at 6:00 A. M, Monday, Feb. 2. if a satisfactory settlement can not be reached before the designated time . . ."

Ready To Negotiate

The statenient said the Labor Minister and railway managements have been advised of the action

Discontent is the first stop in pf0N.

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OTTAWA, Jan. 16 - rcr) - Flt. Lt. Ernest A. Glover today was awarded the first Distinguish- Pd Flyinz Cross ever won, while Canada is officially at peace. He destroyed three Communist jets and damaged two others in Korea.

The 30-year-old pilot from Lea- side. Ont., a Toronto suburb, flew 50 missions against the Commun- ists with the United States Air Force.

The Citation

"Flt. Lt. Glover, while attached to the United States Air Force. Fourth Fighter Interception Wing, in the Korean theatre displayed the most commendable aggressive spirit coupled with excellent flgh; in: ability," the citation said

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taken by the committee and that the Canadian Pacific and Canad- ian National Railways ”have been informed that the negotiating com- mittees are ready to resume negot- iations immediately and meet with the managemenu of the two rail- wavs starting Jan. 17."

The BRT represents road and yard service employees and yard- masiers as well as conductors and! trainment. It was not included in recent negotiations with non-opeiw ating employees and the railways- negotiations that averted a poss- ible country-wide strike when ag- reement was reached.

Might Tie Up System

The strike would pomibly tie up the entire railway system, as oilier railway employees might elect to honor any picket lines set up by the BET.

In the committee statement, Mr. Kennedy said the committees "un- animously rejected the majority re- ports of the two boards as being discriminatory, not in accordance with the evidence as presented and entirely unacceptable."

This was in reference to the ma- jority reports of two arbitration boards. both headed by Judge W.S. Lane of Picion. Ont., which offered an across-the-board increase of 12 per cent on condition the union ac- cept certain changes in working conditions requested by the rail- ways.

The union requested in its sub- mission to the board that an es- calator clause be inserted in 1!. pro- posed agreement io tie wages to the cost-of-living index, It also sought ii 40-hour week. Both re- quests were turned down by the board.

The union also sought ii. .'i5-per- cent wage increase. The 12 per cent recommended by the majority re- port, if computed on the average basic rate of 51.29 an hour, would mean increases of 15”; cents an hour.

The statement added 'the com- miltees "endorsed the principles outlined in the minority report of the two boards as an objective in further negotiations."

The minority report recommend- ed a 20-per-cent wage increase and

pollen testing purposes. From these it was possible to gauge the ragweed air index of the province,

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reduction of the work week from 4-8 to 40 hours.

Comment was not immediately available from the railways.

orrawa. Jan. in -. tori --. backbench Liberal today said that thefts from the army camp at Pet- nwawa. Ont., were "trifling" com- pared with the "epidemic of plun- der and corniniions during con- ;struction of the Alaska Highway between 11142 and 1945.

George Murray, member of the, British Columbia constituency oft Cariboo, said in the Commons that the situation along the highway was a "scandalous thing. nnd responsib- ility for it has never been officially fixed."

All types of "supplies and equip- ment were atolen. said Mr. Muri-av whose home is near the highway in Fort st. John, B. C.

"I will say that 'i.hr outrages on the Alaska Highway resulted prim- arily from the presence in the country of the United States army which introduced it system of rib- ics which were at least startling to Canadians."

Trained On Highway

some of those convicted of theft from Petawawa received their "training" on the Alaska Highway.

"They worked on the Alaska l-ilghway and many of them saw at first hand these ierrlfic cxsmnlea of wrmwdoimr which went un-

checked by their superior officers." said Mr. Miirrriv.

He mentioned that Mal,-Gen G.R. Pearkes. V.C (P C.-Nan- almol. now military sookesinnn for the Protzrnuive Conservatives. "or general officer commanding, Pacific

Backbench Liberal Reveals Alaska Highway Thefts with Infected Foot

Gen. Pf'i'il'l(C5 jumped to his feet and said ”The Alaska Highway was not under the Pacific Command in those years."

Mr. Murray spoke during contin- ued debate on the Currie Report and on a motion for establishment of a defence expenditures commit- tee.