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SING IN SOUTHWEST ENGL A

Minister To

J 5 c Watkins, who left a pro- fessorship at the University of Manitoba to Join the external af- fairs department in 1948, has been appointed Canadian minister to Norway and Iceland. A native of Norvnl station, 0nt., Mr. Watkins succeeds E. J. Garland, who is re- tiring this summer after having served for more than-12 years in Eire and Norway. Two years after he joined the department, Mr. Wat- kins was appointed charge d'af- faircs in Moscow. In 1951 he was recalled to Ottawa to becolne hem of the department's European div- ision. M

NEWEPRINT PRODUCTION ,

MONTREAL, Aug. 11 - (CP) - Csnadian newsprint production in July amounted to 485,539 tons. an increase of 33,084 tons compared with production in July. 1951, the Nevl-sprint Association of Canada announced Saturday.

Exports were 483,250 tons, an Inmnsc of 40,234 tons compared with Jilly. 1951. Shipments to the l'mirrl States were 408,802 tons. air per cent higher than in July. 1.51.

Coming Events

"Dance in Vernon Hall, August 10th. l

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"D3309. Morell, Wednesday. Burns Orchestra.

f'lce cream and dance, Forest H”1- Mlsust 20th.

"Dance. Lorna Valley.

every Wtldal. Burke's Orchestra.

"ice Cream Social in Long Riv- " Hall. Tuesday, Aug. 19th.

w"lca cream and Dance in Iona at school every Tuesday night. d"”M'IC0. Cardigan Hall, Mon- "? Msht. Webster's Orchestra.

l"C0me to the chicken supper ulklgllrzlfora Hall, Thursday. Aug-

"5ani'lll"s Drive-In Theatre, shows Tuesdays, wednesdays and Fridays at 0 P. M.

!"'1'ly our Purina Finance plan.

1:; lledlns your hogs and poultry. lion 6.; splllett.

w"New zealand Parish Picnic,

mtglrnesday. August 20th. Dance

"Dance in Vernon River hall. fl”.""'l-W Ana. is. Rollie McKan- es Orchestra.

"Billing live poultry Tuesday. fniiuat 19. 1! till 12. n. 1.. Dick- "'- New Glasgow.

"Festival and Dance, Mermaid

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LONDON. Aug. 1'! -(AP) - Moscow radio announced tonight thatlllted China's Premier, Chou En-Lal, has arrived in the Soviet Union.

The broadcast said that Chou. who also holds the job of foreign minister, flew into Moscow with his deputy chief of staff and high Chinese military officials.

Moscow radio said the Chinese delegation had come to the Soviet Union to "discuss the development of co-operation between the two countries and the strengthening of their friendship." '

In a speech at Moscow airport. Chou said peace in the Far East and through the world has been greatly aided by the treaty of al- liance signed by Communist China. and Russia. in 1950 "and I am tak- ing this opportunity to express the

hinese people's gratitude for the

ovlet Union's help."

The Chinese Premier last went to Moscow two years ago and was received by Prime Minister Stalin at the Kremlin.

Chou's arrival in Moscow came just a day after the Peiping radio broadcast a. message aparently de- signed to bolster North Korean morale for a continuing fight in the war-torn country.

The message said Chins. and North Korea had sufficient strength to gain a "final victory" and said their struggle had the "full sympathy" of the Soviet

nlon.

That .Chine.se broadcast. followed a speech Friday by North Korean Premier Kum ,!l sung in which he said North Korea would "not con- sidar. it dlshonorsbla to conclude an armistice in the Korean war after fighting against 10 powers for for three years." W

Predicts Tax 4 Reduction To Precede Election-

MDNTREAL. Aug. 1'1 -(CF) -- As soon as the Liberal Party in Ottawa votes income tax reduct- ions, the general federal elections will not be far away, George Drew, oader of the Progressive Conser-

tive Party. said at a meeting, Friday night. Delegates at the meeting, the

first held by the party in the prov- ince to choose an official candidate for the next federal election, nom- inated Bemard Goulet. He will run in St. Denis constituency in Mont- real.

"Rumors are already circulating that taxes will be reduced at the next session," Mr. Drew said. "This indicates no change in policy on the part of the government. itis simply a. sign that general elections are in the offing.'' -

Two New Polio Cases Reported In N. I.

FREDERICTON, Aug. 11-(GP) -Two new polio cases were re- ported in New nfllnlwick sat- urday, raising the total this sea- son to es. Four fatalities have oc- curred. Tha latest victim were 9. 26-year-old man at Centreviiie -Tho first case in Carleton county this year-and a file- year-old child at McAdam.

But Lilli? Success is Anticipated

VANCOUVER. Aug. 1'f-(CP)- Rainmakers tackled a corner of British Columbia's vast forest fire picture Saturday but nature wouldn't co-operate.

At the same time, a note of optimism was sounded by forestry officials guiding the campaign against the 35,000-acre Burns Lake forest fire in B. C.'s central-in- terior.

Clouds over a 1,500-acre fire and surrounding timber on Central Vancouver Island were "seeded" with dry ice from an aircraft in the hope that the ice would eon- dense the cloud vapor and turn it into rain.

But weather forecasters said to- day conditions were not right. If the operation produced rain at all -and under the circumstances it wasn't: likely-the moisture would not he enough to make any diff- erence.

Meanwhile 1,500 firefighters used

the orthodox-muscle and machin- ery-method to fight the other 145 fire: as the province passed its 25th day without heavy rain- all. I Forestry officials said increased humidity, .ihe next best thing to a downpour, is holding tight reins on the Burns Lake fire and "We believe we are going to check it now."

They said the fire may havft ranged beyond 35.000 acres but they will be unable to make a comprehensive check. until 50m? of the smoke clears.

The Vernon Lake fire. Wllich had been partially controlled since it started in late July, jumped its fire guards Friday night. More than 50 men and three bulldozers Me gouging new fire trails.

Expect Renewal of j: Membership In college of cardinals

varrcan crry. Aug. 17 - (cpl.

v- A new report that the Pope is

nearing a. decision on renewing the membership or the Roman Catholic Church's College of Cardinals ail- pearcd today in the Roman W65!-

The usually-reliable Ii Tempo said the Pontiff. now at his sum- mer palace in Castel Gandolfo. "is carrying to completion his studies for the grand relorm of the sacred college and the high hierarchy of the church." .

According to these reports, the newspaper said. the Pontlff's stud- ies conslder giving all countries a seat in "the senate of the church."

There was no immediate com- ment from Vatican circles.

The death of Michael Cardinal Von Fauihaber of Munich last June reduced to 46 the number of living princes of the church. The College of Cardinals as constituted after the great consistory of 1946 now has 7.4 vacancies.

(James Cardinal McGulgen, Ro- man Catholic Archbishop of Tor- onto. is Canada's only cardinal. There has been some speculation that Most Rev. Maurice Roy, Arch- bishop of Quebec. might get I. red hat. French-Canadians have been without a cardinal since the death five years ago of Rodrigue Cardinal Villenouve.)

HAVELOCK, N. 3.. Aug. 17- (OP)-Conrad Eteevel. 18. of Hsvalock. was killed here early today when a car he was driving overturned. His cousin, Robert E. Cova. ll. of Roxboro. Mast. suf- fere serious injuries and was on the dsnger list in Hospital.

St. Laurent And Drew

Visit Quebec

Of1'I'AWA. Aug. 11 - (O?) - Canada's two top political figures, Prime Minister so Laurent and Progressive Conservative leader

urge Drew, are making tumul- tsneous visits this weak to Quebec where two federal by-elections are scheduled for Oct. a.

Both will make several speeches although neither will dlnctly touch the by-election ridings of Mont- real-Olltremont. and Richelieu- Vsrchsres. They will mix a bit oi pleasure with busineu.

Mr. Drew's trip began last Thurs- day when he went to ltlsileyfiold and to Outremont-at. Jean and st. Denis, west. or Montreal. many. that Friday he sets out again for It-Instead and Bhaiford and Que- oroncy and won't be but until the followind Tuesday.

no originally planned a longer Irlolmrsvtsadhlsplanwlth aa- nounoemant of the by-elections data. no is expelled to make an-

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the by-election ridings.

In the Quebec area on this trip. Mr. Drew is scheduled to meat with Qusbec South party organiurs.

Mr. st. Laurent began his trip from his summe home at st. Pat- rick, Que.. Saturday. It will last four days and will take him to Bl. Simeon, Arvida. Monquiere, I'lie Maligne. St. Joseph D'Alms, St. Bruno. xenogsmi and Chicoutimi.

He spoke at a dinner at Jon- quiers Saturday and is scheduled to rnoka another speech at a. recap- tion and dinner meeting at at. Jos- eph Dvllma Monday.

The Prime Minister's ltinarery calls for a fishing trip Sunday at. Lake at. John and a numbered private lunchoons.

Nan Wednesday the Prime Min- ister will atom to his slimmer home to get ready an even more extensive trip. a 10-day tour to

. his 475,000 soft and hard coal dig-

Makes Sale tiiglli

Hon. Francis Michael Forde, Australian High Commissioner to Canada. will arrive here this morn- ing to spend a. day becoming ac- quainted with this Province, ac- cording to information received by Premier Jones on Saturday. The former Deputy Prime Min; ister, of Australia is making a short tour of the Maritime Pro- vinces and will leave here tomor- row for Nova Scotia.

Mr. Ford: is a. native of Queens- land, Australia, where he was born in 1590, and served for a time as a school teacher before entering the Postmaster Generai's de- partment as an electrical engineer He remained in that branch of the government service until 191'! when he first entered politics as a representative of Labour for Rockhampton, important coas- tal city of Australia. At that time he was the youngest member of the Parliament.

During the Ministry of Mr. J. H. Sculiion he held the portfolio of Minister of Trade and Customs and was Acting Minister for Mar- kets and Transport during the period 1930-1931. When the La- bour Party took office in 1941 Mr. Forde became Deputy Prime Min- ister and Minister for the Army. He acted as Prime Minister in 1945 following the death of Mr. John Curtin. until the Labour Par- ty named Mr. J. B. Chifiey as the

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Rainmakers 1'ry To Stem Forest: Fire In B. C.

Red Chinais Premier In. Moscow For Conference; May Discuss Korea.

High Commissioner From Australia To Visit City

Hon. 1'. M. Fords

FREsNo,ica1il.. Aug. 1'l-(AP)- Three hundred towns in Californ- ia's central valleys are to be ring- ed with clouds of DDT and other chemicals to kill mosquitoes which are blamed for an outbreak of en- sickness. tractor-powdered clusters and hand-operated equipment al-

cephaiilis, or

Planes,

sleeping

ready are at work on the big job.

Landing On River

A normal landing by a cum; flying boat of the MCA took on an unusual slant at. 11:30 Satur- day night when attempting to set- tie down on Charlottetown har- bour in the darkness.

The lack of markers on the waterfront and the darkness of the night contributed to the dan- ger of running foul of the Hills- boro bridge which with approaches is roughly a. mile long and dom- lnates the whole east end of the river.

As a precautionary measure. the services of one of the huge searchiighls attached to Bill Lynch's midway in operation at the Exhibition grounds nearby was procured, and was soon play- ing a strong beam along the pro- posed path of landing. The search- iight which was'plnced on the City side of the bridge approach. was operated under the direction of Captain Jerry Maclnnis who was in charge of the plane, by a clever arrangement. of modern communication units. Capt. Mc- Innis was in constant commun- ication by phone from the air with the Department of Transport Radio Range Station at; the air- port, and the operator there re- layed his instructions by phone to Ed's taxi service, where in turn his messages were given over the walkie-talkie equipment to one of the laxiis standing by the search- light at the bridge.

The whole operation was clever- ly arranged and carried out, and the Canso. which had been hov- ering over the city and harbour pending the arrival of the search- light on location, landed without difficulty. The incident caused considerable conjecture among the crowd at the Exhibition and

.JilAsmclG'ION, A-ug. -i1-.--.-(.ar).- - John -L. Lewis, -in' a move appar-' entiy designed to reduce a vast stockpile of coal above ground, told

gers Saturday to quit .work for a five-day "memorial period" starting Aug. 25.

The order, unexpected by top in- dustry officials. seemed aimed at strengthening the Lewis bargaining position in negotiations already un- der way for s new work contract. The smaller the coal supply the more pressure there is on industry to come to terms with Lewis.

He described the work stoppage as a. period of mourning for miners killed in pit disasters.

Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. has al- ready served noticc that his soft- and hard-coal contracts will ex- pire the end of September. These expiring contracts. and. all Lewis coal contracts since 1941, have con- tained a. clause which allows him to call a five-day "memorial per- icd."

'LeWis Orders 5-Day Coal Mine Walkout

Film Actress Has, Attack Of Polio

paralytic, day.

Dr. William Burrnge ns "very sAtisf:Ic'tory" the dition of the 32-your-olrl

Friday.

The nuhurn-hairs-ll actress

Hollywood last. month the summer with llcr parents.

PORTLAND, Me.. Aug. 17-(AP)

--Film actress Phyllis Thnxtcr has infantile paralysis, thus far non- her doctor said Satur-

described

con- screen star who entered hospital here

re- turned to her native Portland from to spend

throughout the city, until the plane was safely landed.

FIRE BRICK PLANT BURNS

ACTON. 0nt., fug.'1'I - (CPl- A 5300.000 fire in this town Sat- 'urday destroyed the plant of A. P. Green Limited. The plant man- ).iln,ctures.,1lre bricka..aud special- lzad lines such as insuihtors, cruc- ibles for gold assaying, and moulds for the manufacture of diamond drills. Acton is about 60 miles west of Toronto.

DR-OWNED IN RIVER CHATHAM, N. 3., Aug. 17 - (CP) -A cramp brought; death by drowning to Deon Brldeau, 24, of Fair Isle, after he entered the Tabusintac River for a swim Bat- urdey afternoon. Three young companions extended a pole to him but although he was able to

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Picturesque Resort 1 Village Of Lynmouth

LYNMOUTH, lhgland, Aug. 17- (0iP)--Twcnty-six persons died in a nightmare flood which swept half this picturesque Devon village out to sea, police said tonight. Two more are presumed dead and sev- en are missing.

Police said they are working un- der difficulties in compiling a casulty list as the village was fill- ed with vacationers when the swirling floods crashed down from the hills Friday night.

There was no immediate estim- ate of the damage: it is certain to run into millions of pounds.

An avalanche of water brought on by torrential rains roared out of the night Friday and hit the slumbering Devon coastal resort village of Lynmouth with the force of a battering ram. Part of the village was swept out to sea. houses and all. Most of what was left was flattened like the aftermath of a wartime bombing.

Tonight Lynmouth and its twin resort community, Lynton, still were being battered by water rush- ing fierceiy down the normally- small Lyn River. Nine other towns also were hit. a

The current swept more debris through the battered houses. ripped away walls and tearing out fur- niture which floated into the sea in ll. tangled mass.

The known dead were seven adults and four children. They were:

Three adults swept drowned at Lynmouth.

Three adults drowned at Hunt- er's Inn.

A postman drowned at Pana- combe.

to sea and

The level of the water was falling fast; along upper stretches of the Lyn. Exe. Bray and other little rivers, but they etdll were mad tor- rents near the seashore of Devon and Somerset.

At Lynmouth the Lyn rose with incredible swiftness and divided the community of 2,000 persons into three sections. Police and troops

Is Left In Ruins .

four miles M7115 E 191151: nine inches of rain fell Friday. At one place the Lyn rose 15 feet in 15 minutes.

In most places the ground rises

steeply from the shore of the Bris- tol Channel, so that refugees were not obliged to go far to find high ground.

send Assistance Neighboring communities and all

of Britain reacted quickly to bring help to the stricken region, which extends about 20 miles along the shore and some miles inland along the rivers.

A missing persons

have been

for in a

without Warning The floods came without warning

late Friday night and early Satur- day. Screams rose of the waters as scores mouth residents their crumbling formed human chains stretching up a 600-foot cliff. passing as victims from the flood waters

tbova the roar of Lyn- struggied. from homes. Rescuers

many of

the dry hills. . Sea-front hotels. many old and

elegant. crumbled before the swirl-

Three Boy Scouts drowned at m3 w”"e”i Every rm” 1" LY”

I,-math. moutthtglarbor was torn loose and -. swe .

A boy drowned at Pottlngtown. T?” wag: End sewage Systems

of gallons of fresh water to the stricken area.

The mass evacuation of Lyn- mouth was ordered by district

health officials who feared disease might spread.

The threat of landslides also

bureau was set up at Barnstaple. Concern was felt for the 31 persons have been in the region and who have not been traced. It was fear- ed that some might swept out to sea.

Truckloads of blankets, clothing and food were sent from Red Cross depots in London-.

At Minehead, on the sea front, 500 evacuees were cared ballroom. All over the countryside householders with rooms to spare were taking in the homeless.

known to

with improvised pontoon

could cling.

one torrent rushed main street, its about five feet.

At. a weather observation

grab it he sank.

were connecting the sections today bridges and ropes to which rescue workers

down the depth at places Several hundred homes were damaged or destroyed. post

hung over the deserted village. Gas. electricity. water and telephones were cut. Wrecked buildings sag- ged crazily, some minus walls or roofs.

The Lyn River.

which passes through the village,

suddenly be-

boulders, blocking its normal out. let to the sea. ..-

To Hold Meetings Here

This changed its coursen and is

great "tidal wave" swept through

Her recent motion pictures in- clude "Fort Worth", a western in

which she co-starred with

Cagney: Way Through College."

Lewis has called such periods only twice before: First in 1947 to com- memorate the desths of ill miners in the Centralla, Iil., mine disaster: and once in 1049 to protest the ap- pointment oi Dr. James Boyd as director of the Bureau of Mines.

First inkling that Lewis had in- voked the clause this year came with publication Saturday a the United Mine Workers Journal. It reprinted an official notice signed by Lewis and sent to "coal opera- tors and coal companies signatory" to Lewis contracts.

The memorial period was design- ed to run from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. inclusive, but Aug. 23 is a Saturday on which miners do not normally work, and Sept. 1 is Labor Day. so the stoppage actually totals five days.

It will mean the loss of about 10,000,000 tons of soft. coal and 700,- 000 tons of anthracite.