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AIRCRAFT CARRIER MAGNIFICENT SAROTAGED AT HALIFAX

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Snbserlptions delivered 88.00; Mail 16.00 other Provinces and U.B.A. 58.00

small But Savage iBal:l:les On Korean Front

Hospital Ate Sydney

Destroyed By Fire; All 57 Patients Safe

By Don Mscliensle ifjanadian Press Correspondent) SYDNEY, N. S.. Feb. 4 - (CP)

r4 Sudden 1'.iames devastated St. .Riia's Hospital in this Cape Bre- ton city tonight but all 57 patients .-including inifants and cripples-

Coming Events

"Mail your Films to Garniium Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Garden Seeds! Send for free

catalogue. Arthur Vesey. York.

"Parkdale community concert. five nights. opening Feb. 28.

"Dance in Mt. Stewart Legion Hall Monday night.

"Auction and Dance. Vernon Hall. Tuesday. February tlth.

"Hockey Graham": Road rink tonight. Norboro vs. Graham's Road. It not fine. following night.

"Buying oats and mixed grain. also feed bags dauy. Highest prices. Fraser and Annear Feed service.

Feb. 14th for Mrs. concert in

"1-'i.eserve MacKlnnon'; variety Marshfleid 1-fail.

"C. kinole Party. Pownai Hall.

"The official opening of West Royalty School will be held on Monday. February 5th. at 0 P. M.

"show. Mos-all Community Hall. every Friday only. Show starts 0 o'clock.

"Buying good feed bags daily. Highest prices. Russell Drisooll, Mt. Herbert.

straight oats Dillon &

”Bnuying good and mixed grain daily.

"Dance and Card Party, Trac- ndie Hsll. February 5th. Good music. Lunches.

"Regular Meeting Crapaud.

iii-ioria Board of Trade. Crapaud .

l-fall tonight. 8 P. M.

"Queen's County Lodge. meets at Kingston. Tuesday. February 6th. Meeting starting at 2.30 P. M. I srp.

"'iiockcy in Stanley Bridge rink tonight. Lang River vs. Stan- irlv Bridge. Game time 8.30. Skate a ttr.

"Dance. Fort Augustus Hall. Tiicsday. February 6th. Dancing from 8-12. Sponsored by S.P.Y.C. iiiixhcs Ordhesin-A.

"Come to card party and dance at Hunter River Masonic Hall Tiifiday. February 8 in aid oi the h0Ck0.V team.

"Meeting of Hope River Credit Union in the Union Hall. on 'Iues- gayvevenins. Pebnisry sih. at 8

"lim-key match Long River VI- Bradalbane. If not fine. first line nisht.

"Hockey match Sea View rink Wiikhi. Mslpeque vs. Dsrnley. if ,";i: "He. first fine night follow-

"HDCRI.-v tonight at North Ver rinlr. Charlottetown Mon-

"Ciu vs. Nine Mile Creek Buli- d”K!- Game time 8:30. Skaic aftcr.

"Notice - Commencing Febru- "7 1011!. all work inelud-ins thrash- iiil will be on a strict

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iv basis. mm H Pollard. Wilt.- ”3lrn dance in St. Peter's

I-tllon i-lali. Monday night. Feb. D00? Prise if night not fins

air nos: daircrwiii be on Easter

"tildes nisiit. cim Peters or- lllre.

"Iuyins rim, and um: caltl.e..

so - ;".i""T" um lliiss the lsisiiiieia Dan- eoltuvttds. music by lurks. fakes

waned "3 ll glob Turpisi. in . ilal. Wednesday. Feb.

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..,..A.....?A1........T..- were evsculted safely within 10 minutes.

Hundreds of volunteers assisted firemen in line rescue work. The fire first broke out beiiween the second and third floors of the -brick-sheathed four-storey build- ing. operated by the Sisters of St. Mariiha.

Flames still were out of control at midnight but firemen held good hopes of saving adjoining build- was Mercy

ings. One of these Hospital. a maternity home? to ivvhich some of the St. Elias

-paiicnis were taken.

Evacuation of some of the ref- ugea patients from Mercy was or- dered as a.preca.utionary measure but the building was believed safe. It was not believed that any of th sick were in danger except from shock and bitter cold.

The fire began in is high wind. in dirizzly weather. As the rescue iv Jr-it got well under way. temper- atures dropped and scantily-clad ipavienis shivered from shock and cold. 4

Equipment saved

Practically everything portable was saved - even the telephone switchboard. The hospital had a staff of about 00 Sisters and 23 other nurses.

Cause of the fire was unknown. Damage will exceed 8110.000. The loss leaves this steel city of 30.000 wibh only one hospital. Shortage of hospital beds already had been acute and St. Rita's was filled to capacity at the time of the out- break. '

Most of the patients lweixgtakelri tacit itai.whe.reaHciI seas may V.-u. vily -in-ea at.1t.ltf!. built in the early 1900:. was an army hospit.sl-- during the First World war and was taken over later by the sisters. Plans already had been made for a new st. Rita's-with 150 beds at a cost of 81300.0(!) - but work has not started yet.

Nurses Discover Outbreak

The sudden outbreak was discov- ed by two nurses .. Theresa AYIIC and Bernice Scott - and almost immediately the work of evacuation began.

Mayor Tony Gallagher led ii band of volunteers to the scene and soon they were carrying children ranging from infants to 10 years of age - from the fourth storey. A high wind made almost fruitless the efforts of the firemen.

In cases where adult patients couldn't walk. the resmiers carried out bed and all. St. Rita's is situated on King's Road at the entrance to the city. and the blaze blocked both rail and motor traffic fcr hours.

Besides the Mercy and City Hos- pitals, the nearby Point Edward tuberculosis hospital and Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation's emer- gency hospitals were the only avail- able refuges for these who were ser- iously ill.

Although several people were overcome briefly by smoke. there were no serious casualties.

'37. S. AUTHOR DIES

BOSTON. Feb. 4-(AP)-Don othy Speare. 51. who won with recognition for her Wrii-inks H8 R contemporary of F. Scott Fitz- gerald for interpreting the so- called "iazz-aao"- died Saturday night. Her first novel -"Dancer! In The Dark"-was a best seller in the 208.

OTTAWA. Feb. 4 -(GP)-Rena Pieveri. France's friendly. soft- spoken Premier. once was is cop- per rod aaiewnsn for a Canadian compiny. He told a press confer- ence'8aturday that about 20 years ago he was the European representative for the Phillips lllecirlcal Works of Brockville. 0nt.. and came to Canada freq- uently.

U.N. Delegates Continue ”" To Seek Peace In Korea

LAKI SUCCISS. N. Y., Feb. 4- (CP) -United Nations delegates tonight pondered. ways of reaching a peaceful settlement with corn- -muniat China despite Pelpinfl statement it will have nothing to do with a proposed 11. N. "seed offices" coinmims.

Nasrollsh lnteaam of Iran, pr com- mittee. said "we should not give up hope.” He was backed by Brit- ish and other delegations.

Dus Inteasrn has not let been able to get anyone to serve with him on the committee-sat up in the resolution branding Commun- ist China an llll"u0i'-

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TOKYO. Feb. 5 - (Monday)- (AP) -- United Nations troops fought is series of bloody. close- quarter slugging matches with comparatively small Chinese and North Korean forces Sunday in the jagged ridges approaching Seoul from the south.

Air observers reported the Com- muniist-occupied Korean capital appeared almost deserted as fight- ing swirled over the sharp slopes about 8 1-2 miles south of it.

At points. South Korean soldiers and Chinese Reds tangled face to face, reported AP correspondent Jim Becker. He saw the Republic- ans and Chinese lob hand grenad- es at each other from ledges only 20 feet apart.

Remembering that Tuesday is the Chinese lunar new year. U. N.

Red Courage Comes In Packages

are ex- from

Two American soldiers aminlng raw opium taken

forces everywhere along the 150- mile front battled to break up a possible general Communist count- er-attack before it could develop.

As the fighting for dominating hilltops raged in the west. Amer- ican and French forces on the central front fought north of the 1-fan River today after capturing Chipyong and cutting the Red supply route.

Cliipyons is on the north bank of the Han 36 miles due east of Seoul. It is on a key supply route running across the war-torn peli- insula.

Stiff Red pressure. however, forc- ed another U. N. unit 10 miles north of lichen to fall back 1.500 yards.

On the extreme east coast south Korean troops. strongly sup- ported from the air, battled three North Korean battalions--possibly 2.400 men-in the vicinity of Kanznung, only 1'! miles south of the nth parallel.

The Korean Republicans were closer to the old pi-e-war political boundary than any other U. N. troops.

Gold Coast Natives Eieci Gov'i This Weeii

LONDON. Feb. 4 - (Reutersl .- A major British experiment in pol- itical liberty for her African col- onies will start this week when na- tives in 'the Gold Coast elect their first fully - representative Parlia- merit.

The new Legislative Asseiriiily will have full control of governing tihe colony. subject only to final authority of the governor.

This represents a degree of self- govarnment without precedent in ocionial Africa.

The entire adult population of the Gold Coast - steaming t ,.lcsi ter- ritory on Africa's western seaboard - will be entitled-to-wtzerbetwevn

Communist prisoners that fell into- U. 5. hands in the Wonju area. The

prisoners are ohinese and the find- lg of the opium lends support to

500 Immigrants Come Monthly from Sweden

STOCK!-IOLM. Feb. 4 - (GE) .- l.ntemat.lona.l tension with its threat of another world war is sending about 600 emigrants a month from Sweden to new homes in Can- ads.

The prospective settlers are main- ly refugees from the Baltic states of Estonia. Latvia and Lithuania. an- nexed by Russia in 1940. Only a sprinkling are native-born Swedes.

Most of the emigrants have been in the country for several years and have sufficient capital to pay their own fares to Canada. Some. how- ever. have been leaving for Britain to take advantage of the recently- inaugurated assisted air-passage schem

It is estimated about 26.000 ais- placed Baits are at present livinu in Sweden, with new groups arriving weekly in search of asylum.

Blind Man seein- And Robbed Of sis

YARMOUTH. N.S.. Feb. 4-(GP) - A rcbber entered 76-year-old Zeb Brister's home here yesterday. beat up the deaf and partially blind man. and took his :15. Police are invest- igating.

Brister was severely injured about the face and body when he at- iempted to save his belongings from

Tuesday and Saturday.

the intruder.

Look . For Expansion In Canadais Air Defences

O'I'rAWA....Feb. 4 - (CF) - Piana to make Canada an import- ant air power - possibly ranking third among the Atlantic Pact na- tions - are expected to be disclos- ed soon by Defence Minister cisx- ton.

He will make in the Commons Monday or Tuesday what officials are predicting will be one of the most vital statements on Canadian defence in recent years. It will be the first full explanation of a pre- paredness program - twice acceler- ated alnce Korea started - with-

out precedent in the country's

clined. L. B. Pearson, Csna s's Ex- ternal Affairs Minister, was un- derstood to have made his mem- bprahip on the committee condit- ional on nau serving.

nut inloesned sources indicated that Pearson might still take the post. Tliese sources said sven arsfsti-om of awsdsn has been approached to Join the committee in place of mu. Sweden is one of the few countries which has a ran- resentativs in Peiitlfil. the coin- munist Chineae capital.

A British spokennan said today that -."ifr. Pearson. with his great good sense. intelligence and inter- na'ional prestige. should certainly serve on the good offices commit- tee." g

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peacetime history.

Mr. Claxton will enter the Throne-speech debate as one of a battery of Cabinet Ministers outlin- ing to the new session of Parliament the world situation and Canada's plans to meet it. He is expected to make these points:

1. Cabinet will ask Parliament to vote more than 81.500.000.000 for de- fence during the fiscal year start- ing April 1. A large portion of the money will go to produce fighter planes for Canada and her Allies. notably Britain.

2. The House will be asked to authorize the Defence Department to enter ocntractii worth more mil- lions with the hills to be paid in fu- ture years.

3. The Air Force. already the No 1 service in point of spending and emphasis. will be built. up rapidly until it is capable of instant fighter action for the defence of both North America and Europe. it is anticip- ated that Canada will have at less: an air division -- 12 squadron: .. in 1962 and go on from there de- pending on the world situation.

4. More than 1.000 British and European fledgling fliers will be brought here to train under the peacetime version of the Wartime Air Training Plan.

5. Canada will contribute ground and air power to Europe this year.

0. All three feluisr forces are be- ing expanded and are getting man

anuary

fast enough - 3.000 in J to meet their needs at present ro-

It is believed the regular forces would like to have roughly some men by the end of the year. They

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minors that the Chinese might be scme of their seemingly mad charges while under the influ- ence of the drug. Sale of opium to other countries is said to be one of Communist China's chief sources of

staging

foreign currency.

Rail Strike Continues To Spread In. The U.S.

CHICAGO. Fab. 4 - (CP) - Hope for a break in the crippling country-wide rail. tie-u-p focussed Sunday on critical bargaining talks in Washington.

The six-day "sick call" of switch- men has hitmore than 50 railroads serving at least 100 major cities. it. has put more than 160.000 in- cluistrial workers on the idle list. c' reigns traffic was slowed to a trickle and many roads curtailed passenger traffic. Most. mail was embargoed and travel between Canada. and the U. S. was affected

Pleas by union leaders for is back-to-work movement of the l2,000 striving switchmcn produced few resuifs.

In Washington. the Government's mediation board renewed efforts to settle the dispute.

At the bargairiing table were four unions. the trainmen. engin- eers. conductors and firemen and enginemen. Most of the strikers are members of the Tra.inmen's Brother-hood. but all four have rejected a memorandum or agree- ment signed at the White House Dec. 21.

Mediators in the capital describ- ed the talks as at least "satisfact- ory" because they kept going.

News In Brief

BOSTON, Feb. 4- 49P)- The tiniest of Boston's three-day-old quadrupirrts. Karen Elizabeth. died late tonight. , ,

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4-(APl- Aiired A. Cohn. 71. newspaper man. screen writer and author. died Saturday. Cohn wrote "The Jazz Singer". wiiich starred the late Al Jolson in the first full- lengih talking piciurc ever Dro- duccd.

MONCTON. N. 13.. Feb. 4 -(CF) --Executive members of the Mar- itime Prorinces Boards of Trade will review plans here tomorrow for a more streamlined program of action in the Maritimes. Presi- dent Johnston Chew of Glace Bay will outline his policies dur- ing the day-long nieeiing.

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. Feb. 4 --(GP)-The United Nations In- ternational Children's Emergency Fund has purchased 100 tons of dried salted fish from Newfound- land fisheries. it was announced Saturday. Immediate shipment of 330 tons is being made to Yugo-

slnvia. and 170 tons to Greece.-.-..,

MILWAUKEE. Feb. 4 -(AP) - A brilliant flash in the sky was reported Saturday night from points that range across Wiscon- sin and across Lake Michigan. An internationally-known uni-I . Dr. Gerard P. Kniper of Yerkes observatory. said he judged it to be a fireball. A Federal meteoro- logist said he took it to be a large meteor.

Missing French Plane Sighted

PARIS. Feb. 4 -(AP) - Air France announced today one of its planes. musing in Nigeria. Prench West Africa; with 29 per- sons aboard. has been sighted 40 miles northwest of Douala. Cam- eroons. A rnilitaryrescue party is on its way to the scene. There was no hint whether there were

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Big Shipgit-ue To Sail On " Training guise 0 A

HALIFAX. Feb. 4-(CPJ--Can-i ada's big aircraft carrier Magnifi-'. cent has been sabotaged on the eve of her departure for war games in West Indian waters but it looked tonight as though she would sail on time tomorrow.

Engine room t-rews,ivere report- ed working overtime clearing sand and brass filings which had been dropped in her gear box.

Only personnel with access to her engine rooms in this period of gathering security, are her own engine room staff and a few civil- inn naval employees known as ”dockyard maties".

The navy was silent on most of the details including the motive of the saboteurs, which left the big question unanswered-whether the sabotage was political or mis- chevious on the part of a maison- tented crew member.

One thing was certain in the minds of most harbor front au- thorlties and that was that the saboteurs must have -had some familarlty with the engine room and must have been in a position to have some time to carry out the job. '

For the chief i-umor was that the sabotage was discovered when traces of brass filings were noticed on an oil cover which had been carefully screwed back in place after the Job.

Confusing the speculation. there was a pattern for both political sabotage and mischief. The Royal Navy has already experienced sev- eral cases of sabotage and the Canadian Navy has previously ex- perienced some cases of mischief by malcontcnta with no suspected political motive.

Navy Statement.

A-navy statement. said today:

"Preliminary enquiry into the case of suspected sabotage on 1-1.M.C.5. Magnificent indicates it was done by some person or persons who wished to dciav the selling of the ship. ' "Examinations reveal that no damage has been done to the ship's main machinery and it is antici- pated that she will sail on her training cruise to Bermuda some- time on Monday." The navy first reported the in- cident Saturday. when it ann- ounced the salling might be de- iiayed due to engine trouble.

It was learned. meanwhile, that Commodore Kenneth Adams. com- nia-nder of the 18,000-ton flattop. has warned all men aboard that the alleged sabotage will be fully in- vestigated. He addressed the ship's company in the below-decks haztgar yesterday.

Today's developments Ioiiowed a preliminary investigation by navy security officers and the R..C.M.P. C(”"””OfiI'ii'c Adams is believed to lll1'.C tr'd the some 1,000 officers and men that the incident would be "investigated to the end." and added that a court martial likely would follow the inquiry.

when Maggie sails, she will carry new Avenger anti-submarine aircraft which were acquired from the United States Government last year. The iiiroraft have been ashore either for modification for their specialized duties or for training crews.

The scheduled five-week cruise is designed for flying training and exercises with other war ships, mostly in the Bermuda area.

Not Entirely Happy

Magnificent has not been an entirely happy ship. In March. 1940. an investigation was con- ducted aboard the carrier when 32 aircraft control ratings disregard- ed an order to muster on the flight deck. The incident occurred while ships of the Royal and Can- adian Navies were on war games in the carribean.

During the investigation. it came to light that the ratingsi were disgruntled because of long'

-hours and little shore leave due to exercises. They also complained of

irregular hours and shortened meal hours. The sabotage incident revived

Yesterday In

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Province;

Plows Open Main Roads

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The seven inch snowfall earlyi yesterday morning tied up all mo-i for traffic in rural areas for ii time and caused the postponement of the one Maritime Central Air- ways flight during the day. i

All main highways were re-i

reported Mr. Clifford Sherren of the Provincial Department of Pub-

lic Works. He stated that cars were operating with difficulty during the clay and that if the

snow should drift last night the- roads would be closed again this morning. Plows will be out on the

roads again this morning. he re- ported. Island Motor Transport Rust-st

were encountering difficulties es-pi pociaily in the western section of

the Provim-I-, The four o'clock trip to Summersidc yesterday afternoon was cancelled and

trouble was encountered on the: ilaorden-Charlottetown run. i ' On several trips the buses W'.'rP runnini: right hehind the NOW!- An I.M.T. official last night ”'7' ported that all trips were being made under difficulties.