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TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Dem. eerats. favoring aioser ties with the Communists. took an early lsdd today It -returns from Sun- day's national election - which broke all voting records.
Prime Minister Ichiro Halcy- ama's Democrats captured 93 of the first 115 seats decided in the race for 467 seats in the Lower House of the Diet (parliament).
sec-and were the Liberals with M. The leftwing Socialists had 85. the Right Socialists 24 and minor ariles and independents three. git? Communists had not yet won s single race.
The early vote counted was from rural districts, which are normally gniiservative. Thu. Socialist get more support from the big city vote.
GETS RURAL VOTE The rural vote was supporting Hii1oyama'a policy of trying to be friends with the Communist pow- ers as well as the United States. He also favors rearming Japan. Unofficial tabulations s h o w e d yI.99l.034 voters-77.4 per cent of Ilinse registered-cast ballots. This i-Iipsed the previous high of 36,- i0().t0i in 1952.
The Socialists. who vigorously
appose rearmament and are
1 cosnmissi rates within the Maritlmcs will not
Mr. I'. Morris Deacon. 3-50- (Agriculture). Queens C o u n t y Iieldman with the Prince. Ed- ward island Department of Agri- culture. has resigned to Q0003 the position of Personal Selection Officer with the Civil Service Commission at lalifax. During the past two weeks Ilr. Deacon's work with rural youth and (-1! clubs has received high praise from members an both sides of lie Legislature now in session.
Mr. Deacon has been.wlth the Department of Agriculture for the DIS! six years. during which time
l -7lDllI'l alone ties with the United States. were bold.
in their own in rural districts. toyamas F .dumped , incumbent mom” of lormjr Prime Minister Shlgaru Yogudgig '”ri'i:'i.R5 '.i' Sleil" ui""”."'”i'.' r s e mos . ”
la). in the old house. In
Sllshlly more than 1.000 candida- tes were on the ballots in lld vot- inz districts.
Hatoyam plumped for in. creased trade with Red China and diplomatlcgreiations with Russia. But he said he did not want to weaken Japan's strong bonds with the United states.
If H-atoyama's rural vote strength carries over into the cities. he could collect as many as 200 seats. This would be short df s majority but enough to earn hirn another term as prime min-
or.
Pictou Firm Gets Contract
PICTOU, N.S. (C?)-Ferguson Industries here have been awarded a 3270.000 contract for the con- structipn of a steel power-driven ' - barge for the department of na- tional defence.
sent owing to ill heal The colour party consisted of Comrades Harry Mortimer and Stan ward. Bugler William Chais- son sounded "Last Poet" and "Reveille."
Comrade Tadre I. I. who conducted the service. in g cotuenelhtsuldrese held: ' -
"Forever fixed H my memory are the stirring days of me and 1510. when to the strains of mar- tial music at regimental bands I saw marching down the streets of my native eity h England. the troops who were to unbark fr South Africa and who were destin- edtoplayanimportantparttn the welfare of that eountry its future relations to the Com- monwoalth of Nations. of which (Continued on Page I col. 4)
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on said. however. class-
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it decrease that will apply for points outside the Maritimea will be reflected in rates from and to the Maritimes. depending on whether the station h west of Montreal or between at i ' and the Maritimas.
R.C.M.P. Pilot Flies Out Own Plane To End Saga
WINNIPIG (GP) - An RCMP Flt. Lt. C. W. (Bounce) Weir of
b"' Ind” "uh" "' Anuc halnld l0:k onlhoard tour passengers.
an "M! Hun 1-" T"-Id-V lie took them as milu to-llnnadai
most at his work was carried an when he Pill! VWI IWIII Aboard lake. their original destination. I0
h Kings County. He will assume his new duties h Halifax on lie leih of March.
He k a vetlaa ef Ire Second World War. ving served as a wireless tele aphar. chiefly hi the North Atlantic service. but for several months as an instruc- tor in a Halifax raining estab- lishment. before the war he spent ll" Years teaching school h his eosnmuniw at Freetown.
Mar Inn sensation ef hostilities. (Continued on Page I col. I) ...................
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d of mil rth eat of Churchill. Man. '"'.nm”.'f”m?n?'m'u.”".l3'n of .i.:'.l'?...l'a an oil-and fuel .. Winni . All were rescued Satur- Beaumont and two other members gn-u-gggfgjndwgll. ofthellCMPcouldflythairplane gt. A. N. Beaumont of Winni- to the lake. peg and the six others were &ct:a- After" an gugpg: lwgh
on ew ted bum. an "Maul plains loesxt 3 base at Churchill. Man. ae-
nd found, then lost again on the companled b the other two police- ireeless tundra durin some of the men. The c s remained at En- wlntor's coldest wea . nadai lake. .
British Release Stories . Of Prisoners In Korea
LONDON. (AP) - Britain Iun- Despite all this and more. many
dny ieleasedmtiie offici: acfroua pirizotigers took it. month after I .
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SYDNEY, Australia (A P) - Troops Sunday night began evac- uating about 10.000 sand from three leaded New th Wales
The new, evacuations bring the number ef homeless in about 50.- 000. Pollce put the death roll at
and near I). including people who have
been for more than 14 hours. But undrods more are listed as "unaccounted for."
All 3.500 inhabitants of Narra- bri, It miles northwest of Syd- ney. began leaving the town as water crept higher and higher up the walls of the houses.
I the other two towns being evacuated-Maitland and Single- ton. about an miles further south --the floods dropped four feet. But menace grew. and it was ' at an emergency conference to start moving 0,000 people out.
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The township of Warren. on the nlscQuarrie river. was in danger of being wiped out Sunday night as flood waters rose and burst through sandba barriers. Men. women and ch dren have been worklns day and p night for 72 H01!-fl iiutting up the barriers in A effort to save their town.
only treetops showed above the muddy flood waters in the rich
ASKS IIAT DRUMS
TORONTO (CP) - Labor Min- ister Daley told the sixth annual convention of the Electrical Con- tractors' Association of Ontario Friday newcomers should not be given the stigma of such names as "DEP" and "New Canadian." "Let's have a wave of talk and boasting of our country.” lse'said.
At the same time let us treat the newcomer with tolerance and understanding and teach him that
50,000 Homeless As Floods -. tCree.pe-H.ig.hor. Australiia
Canada is to become one of the
greatest countries of the world."
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Navy Court Martial Of Sailor To Conclude Today
HALIFAX, (CP) - The navy Monday will wind up the court martial of AB John MacDonald. found wandering around a mess deck naked and "not very sen- sible" the day following an illicit drinking spree aboard the air- craft carrler Magnificent.
Facing four charges connected with the incident, the Beaverton. 0nt.. rating is being tried by a court martial which has the power of handing out punishment rang- ing from a reprimand to life im- prisonment.
MacDonald was charged with theft of three cans of duplicating machine fluid, furnishing it to
others. improper possession of it. and drinking an inioxicant. Forty-seven men. including MacDonald. were rushed to naval hospitals here Jan. 22 and the navy said they were the victims of methyl alcohol poisoning and some for a time were in danger of death or permanent blindness.
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The navy said at that time that the men drank a mixture with a base of duplicating hine fluid which contained methyl alcohol.
The navy indicated that other men will be court martialled and that the others of the 47 had been punished by their commanding of- filters.
Surgeon Lieut. Norman Brad-
2 time. was in Maitiand hospital.
C Two Muitime Airmen Killed
GIMLI. Man. (CF)-Two Mari- time munbere of the RCAF at Gimii air station were killed Sat- " urday night in a train-car collision at a level crossing in the Gimll area. about I0 miles north of Win- nipeg.
Dead are: Alrcraftsmen Charles Fanning of Canso. N.S.. and Clar- ence Bouchle of Dartmouth. N.S. They were passengers in a car driven by Wallace Einarson of Gimll which collided with a Cana- dian Pacific Railway train. Einarson was not injured.
Canadian Ships At Suez Canal
SEDBON. Suez Canal Zone (Reuters)-The Canadian destroy- ers Huron and Iroquois Sunday en- tered the Suez canal from the Red sea. on their way home from the Far East.
The warships will stop at Port
said today, then sell .through the Mediterranean sea. Another Canadian ship. the Que- bec. will pay an official call at Egyptian ports from March 13 to March 15. Full-scale receptions will be arranged at Alexandria and Port Said by Admiral Soliman Ezzat. commander of the Egyptian navy.
Mr.
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South African Campaign Recalled By 'Veierans
Pictured above left-Lieut. Col. W. C. Cook, Harry Hyde and on the extreme right Ambrose Rodd. three local survivors of the South African Campaiyi who paraded yesterday with 50 members of the Canadian Legion to the South African monument in Queen Square to honour the memory of Roland Taylor and Alfred Riggs, who gave their lives in that memorable campaign. Frank Rush, Pre sident of the Canadian Legion is pictured with the group- Two other suruvivors of the South African War, Charles I-line and Edward MacDonald, were unable to be pre-
Agre.e-b'l'-o Probe Charges
PANMUNJOM. Korea (AP) The neutral nations supervi- sory commission 8 u n d a y agreed to investigate Allied charges of an illegal Red air force buildup ks North Korea.
It was not certain. however, that Communist North Korea. which has rejected the chnrgesywould permit com-
mission learns to visit the air
The charges grew out of a clash between U.S. Sabre jets and MiGs over Ito Yellow Sea Feb. I.
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LONDON (AP)-Martin Attiee. 17. only son of former prime min- ister Clement Attics and Mrs. At- tlee. married Miss Anne Barbara Henderson hi the House of Com- mons chapel Saturday. Miss lien- tlerson. st. in the daughter of James Henderson. furniture man- ufacturer ef Dunfermline. Scot-
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Sunday night. lower house also agreed to
But in a nesolution liable to im- peril French ratification of Ger- man ienimament. Adenauer's own party hnd two others in his coalit- ion declared the Sears ”attach- merit to Germany is not affected" by this Saar pact.
The resolution. adopted by a show of hands. decla ed: ”The Saar agreement does no affect the attachment of the Saar to Ger- many under the 1937 frontiers, full political freedom will be restored in the Saar before and after the plebiscite on the new Saar statute. and the European commissioner for the Saar will undertake to guarantee this freedom." A Social- ist resolution calling for immed- iate withdrawal of French troops and police from the Saar was re- jected in a second show of hands. TWO-THIRDS YES
The four Paris treaties to arm Germans for European de. fence in pa sovereigri Bonn republic were ratified on final reading. Two- thirds of the Bundestag voted yes. Within three weeks. German par-
lly STANLEY PBIDDLE
LONDON (Reuters)-The West- ern powers will walk out of the current disarmament conference here if leaks of ” also statements at the meetings continue. diplir mstic observers said Sunday night.
A day after Friday's opening ses-
sion of the five-nation United Na- :onsu tet; thhe.rBsgi.isl:. Cora-
un or an -peg an article purporting an give dpa tails of proposah made at themes.-
elgn minister Andrei Gromy Before the opening session. Brit- ain warned Russia that the dis- armament talks were set up by the UN to be private. Britain and the other Western conference na- tions-Canada. the United States and France-feel that if the negot- iations here become public. the conference would be used by Rus- sia as a propaganda sounding board. The Western delegates have lkieplt, me p. eedinge scictiy hush- s
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ford. medical officer aboard the carrier, said M J ” was brought to him Jan. 22 after being "found wandering around a mess
land .
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deck stark nahd and not very sensible." "He was intoxicated." he said. Surgeon (Lt.-Cmdr.) Donald
If more leaks take place after
ashed Yanks
(By Daniel De Luce) BONN, Germany (AP);i'he West German Bunde- stag ratified national rearmament by a tushing majority
terrace by'the Soviet deputy for-- K 0.
Brooks .on duty at the naval hos- pital .said be diagnosed MacDon- ald'a illness as methyl alcohol poisoning after the rating was ad- mitted to hospital.
THREW CAN OVERBOARD AB Gaston Fortin told of being
ordered by a petty officer to go to
a mess and find a can. He told
the board he had done
thrown it overboard. AB R. 8 (Continued on Page 1 col. 1)
Will Call In Search. Rescue
GOOSE BAY. Labrador (C?)- RCAF officials prepared Sunday night to call in the search and rescue co-ordination centre at Hal- ifax an hope of finding two men missing in the wild country north of F. bisher bay faded steadily.
"if we don't find them on the next clear day well have to ask search and rescue whether we should continue the hunt." an air force spokesman said.
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Released By Chinese Reds
HONG KONG (AP) --Two A- mericans. held under arrest for W. years by the Chinese Com- munists on apy charges. arrived here Sunday declaring they were "full of shame and remorse for their crimes against the Chinese people."
The two are Malcolm Bersohn. 20. of New York. a medical stu- and Mrs. Adele Austin Rickett. 36. former Wave ensign and wife of Walter A. Rickett. The Ricketts were Fulbright scholars. They formerly lived in
Ten days ago both were sud- denly called before a Communist court and "tried" on espionage charges. Both confessed. plead- ed guilty, were sentenced to alt years and ordered expelled from China since both had already served that long.
Bersohn and Mrs. Rickett were jailed in 1961 and 1952. respec- iivrly. However. the Rare ruled that Mrs. Rickatt who had first been under house arrest. had served as long as Bersohn. Meeting reporters. Bersohn and
Suml Mrs. Rickett gave interviews in Bcrshon and Mrs. Rickeli which strikingly similar phrases reached the border between the were used by both. They spoke
of the "harm" they had done to the Chinese and their eager- nesii to be "honest" in the fu- ture.
Bcrsnhn said he had delivered espionage reports about the Chinese vnluntee army to the U.S. Central intelligence Agency in 1951. This may have been a re- ference in the Red Chinese "vol-
Hong Kong colony and Red China about noon Sunday. Mrs. Rickett said her husband is still in the Peiping prison and she did not know whether he had been acn- fenced.
Hong Kong newspaper men who have met hundreds of expellees from Red China said Bersohn and Mrs. Rlckett appeared in be
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12 Ships To Sail On March 5 Largest Sealing Fleei In 3' Years
tional aircraft which has dug out the elusive seals for the last years.
part of a seal survey. ey pass on any information to tainaaftheshi I. butisnotknown
in information on this fleet
the same ice floes every year but is scant here. The only reports are from crew member. who seldom see the whole fleet. .
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amour the most thornushly braln- unicors” who fought with the washed to arrive here yet. North Korean Communists in Korea.
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He said he was arrested in a hoiiiie near the Peiping union medical college. where he had been studying medicine since iota. He had served in China with the U.S, Army in ms. During his duty tour. he said. he did "in- telli ence work" with the Office of st did
The 31 a pair they got for these flippers supplement: their per- centage w a received from the sale of ts. now netting be- tween as and 810 a hundredweight depending on wpe and conditions.
l.l'I'l'LI DRAMA REMAINS
In the old days the selling of the fleet was one of
tratagic services. He said he more intelligence work" after his return as a student.
iii guilty. There are no good peo- ie in prison. I was traa kind- and adequate' fed. . . .
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lie declared on Reds "treated "'0 me wonderfully" in jail. adding: "' "Everyone in Jail I Red China um
WEST (iERMAiiYlS LOWER HOUSE RATIFIES av HGE MAJORITY REARMAME
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Under Chancellor Konrad Adenauerls prodding, the let the coal-rich Saar become an autonomous territory under a European commissioner. Twice it has been lost by,Germany in world wars.
liamentary ratification is to be completed by the big government majority in the Bundesrat (upper house).
Backing up Adenauer's semi- final victory earlier Sunday. the Bundestag voted this way on the latter four treaties Sunday night:
To end the western occupation of West Germany. restore its sov- ereignty and lift the ban against rearmament-324 to 151.
To authorise Britain. the United States and France to stadon 400.- 000 troops in the Bonn republio-- 321 to 153.
To admit West Germany to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the West European military union. a joint bill-214 to 157.
The chancellor wrung this over- whelming appraval for his military alliance with 14 Western nations. including Canada. after 42 hours of debate. It covered four days and nights. Opposition Socialists were the only party that fought him on the alliance. They warned it would
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West May Quit Arms Conference
next Tuesday's second session at Lancaster House. the Western dale- sations simply win ck u d leave London. the plomatll: :1- servers said.
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HALIFAX (CF)--The Dominion weather office says extremely cold air is flowing acrou the St. Law- rence river into northern New Brunswick but its southward - gress into the sea of the art- times will be dew.
Meanwhile. a stern centre H moving outward across the erndzev;yE:gIl;nd states. It tast- ten light winds band of rain. drisnle and
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