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Hungary Agrees To Release Four Fliers If U.S. Pays h120,000 Fine

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26-(AP) A Hungarian legation official said tonight that Hungary has ac- ceplcd the United States' offer to pay 5120.000 in fines to release four American Air Force fliers.

The legation press attache. lladnmc Buzsanna. Szucs. said lllt':I' release "cannot be expected be.'Dl'e Thursday" because of me llircc-day Christmas holiday in Hungary.

Madame Szucs said this word was wired to the legation today from the Budapest Government. She said the legniion had no further information on the fliers.

Madame Szucs' statement came just a few hours after the State Department disclosed that the L'nitcd States has offered to pay inc fines if the four airmen ar relrased promptly. '

The offer was submitted to the Red regime Tuesday.

Dispatches from Budapest. the Hungarian capital, said there was reason to believe the four Am- erican fliers had already been released or would be freed shortly.

The airmen. flying an unarmed US. Air Force plane. were forced doun on Hungarian soil by Soviet fzghiers Nov. 19 when they be- came lost over Hungary en route rom Germany to Yugoslavia.

Holiday Deaths lIU.S. Beach 189

VCHICAGO. Dec. 20 - (AP) - Tiie accidental death toll in the United State: climbed to a re-

cord 789 during the four-day Christmas holiday. but traffic fatalities were below expecta- lions.

The violent death toll during the holiday from 6 pm. Friday lo. midnight Tuesday compared with a previous record total of 761 for the four-day Christmas holiday of 1996.

The traffic total: of 535, now- ever. was well below a prediction of 600 made. by the National Safety Council. It also was lower- man the 555 traffic fatalities counicd during the four-day re- cord period of 1936 Heavy snow Whnrh hampered driving in the midweet was believed partly re- Ilwnsible for the lower than ex- pected traffic toll.

The Associated Press holiday lul'l'9Y showed 111 deaths from first and 1&1 from mishaps of I miscellaneous nature

The a idental death toll does Mllincludae the 119 miners kill. :31 1" ll Ra! explosion in in West nrgihritkfort, Ill.. coal mine Friday

Coming Events

"Victoria Rink Saturday night.

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"C.'hrlsimns concert Protcstunt Oiiilinnage 8 o'clock, Dec. 27.

'fFArmers. ask about the shur Dam Feed Finance Play. For part- .culars contact your local feed mill.

"North River Rink, hockey Plaflice for league teams to- night. ..A.i. "Plo Social and Dance. Kelly's Clo-is School, Friday. December

Good music. Drawing of lot-

s"l(lnkora hall. Friday. Dec. 28. oneclal Christmas film. Reginald Wen in "A Christmas Carol”, 3 l'-'"-. 8.15 p.m. V

f"l"or Salplhotl that will not um man your mm: and Non. vu to Garnhuin Photo etudioo Olisrlomtown.

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Gracie fields To Wed Capri Radio Repair Man

ISLE OF CAPRI. Italy.) Dec. 26 (AP) Gracie Fields today called her friends to her villa, Canzone Del Mare (Song of the Sea) and sang, "I'm in love. love." Then she introduced the fiance she said she will marry in Febru- ary. Romanian-born Abraham Boris Alberovich. Caprl's radio rcnpairman for 20 years.

The romance is something which could have comcright out of one of Grac-ie's radio comedies.

The comedicnnc. who will be 54 next month. said she called for someone to repair her radio set and fell in "love at first sight" with the good-looking. sun-tan- nod. blond Alberovich, 48.

Sine told friends that after that she deliberately "tampered with the radio set. just to have Alber- ovicli to come up to the villa and fix it."

This went on. she said. "until he saw nothing was wrong with the set and asked me if I would martr; him."

A a party she gave last night and early todny she sang a. song. It's first two lines were: "I'm an old goal. but I'm so much in love with him."

Gracie said the wedding will take place in Capri's cathedral and that she will become a Ro- man Catholic before marrying.

Though British-born. Gracie so amazes Capri's islanders with her youthful bounce that they call her the "Crazy American."

But this riewg- nearly knocked them over.

This will be the third marri- age for Gracie. Her first husband was Archie Pitt. a British actor, whom she divorced in 1940. Then she married the Italian actor. Mon-ty Banks. whose real name was Mario Bianchi. He died in her arms on the simplon Exvpress of a heart attack in August last year.

Describe King's: Broadcast As Triumph Df Bravery

LONDON. Dec. 27 -(Thursday) -(Reuters) - The Daily Express says today that the King's six- mlnute Christmas Day broadcast was regarded by his doctors and radio technicians as "n triumph of bravery in one of the most ex- acting ordeals to face any broad- caster."

in a front-page report the Ex- press says:

"lie went through lhc ordeal despite his dociors' orders to use his voice as sparingly as possible becnusc he was determined to maintain a Christmas tradition be- gun by his father in 1932.

"As a result of the Kings lung operation in September. speech has become difficult for him: and two or three sentences painful.

"Yet he insisted not only on making the recording but ill re- peating again and acaln phrases which proved difficult." -

Predichlfi-Day Extension For Cease-Figline

By GEORGE A. McAIl.THUR

MUNSAN, Korea. Dec. 27 (Thursday) - (AP) - The Com- munists Wednesday admitted they had captured 1.058 Amedcan sold- lers not previously listed, but said 571 were dead and gave no assur- ance the others were alive.

The U.N. command called the report a "shocking disclosure." The Allied negotiators demanded to know the fate of the 1.058, whose names were missing from a. list of 3.198 Americans the Reds produc- e:l Dec. 18.

The U. N. also had asked for an accounting of 25 additional Ameri- can soldiers and 20 from the Brit- iiih Commonwealth whose names did not appear on the Red lists The Communists have not replied.

Still Deadlocked

The approaching end of the 30- day cease-fire line trial perloll found the armistice discussions still deadlocked over the prisoner exchange issue and plans for sup- ervising a truce.

'I'he deadline is midnight tonight (10 A. M. E.S.T. Thursday). If no nimistlce agreement is reached bv then - and the outlook is hope- less. - then the provisional cease- fire line drawn Nov. 27 izoes out the window.

The deadline could be extended by mutual agreement but a U. N. spokesman said neither side has proposed one.

(Diplomatic sources in Washing- ton said Gen. Matthew Rldgway. rum-eme U.N. commander. has been nuthorlzed to agree to n 15-day ex- teii:-lon if he sees fit. These sources snlii they expected both sides to agree to an extension).

Sub-committees on both prison- er exchange and truce supervision went back to work against this deadline in sessions opening at 11 A.M. (9 P.M. E. S.'I'. Wednesday).

Report on Prisoners

Of the 1,058 prisoners on the list. the Communists said 571 died. 152 escaped. three were released. They professed to be trying to find out what hnnpened to the other 332.

The U. N. said that of the 133 said to have escaped or released. not one reached Allied lines.

The Communists asserted those who died succumbed to illness or wounds. or perished from air at- tacks or artillery fire as they -were bring marched from the front.

The U. N. also has demanded to know what became of about 50.000 unlisted. non-American U.N. pris- oners mostlv south Koreans. The Reds said "many. many" South Korean captives were re- leased to go home.

Egg Production

OTTAWA. Dec. 26 -- (CPI - Canadiian" hens are continuing to work overtime.

The Bureau of ported tonight that estimated production of eggs increased to 33,500,000 dozen in November from 31.600000 in October and 22.300.- 000 in the corresponding month last year.

This brings the cumulative total for the first 11 months of this year to 32f,030.000 dozen. com-

Statistics re-

psred with 301200.000 in the com- parative period of 1950.

Chewing Gum Cause For Arrest By Reds

By RICHARD KASISCHKE

BONN. Dec. 20 - (A.P)-Chew- lng gum has become a cause for arrest in Russian-occupied East Germany and East Berlin because it is 'an American ha-bit."

This is reported in testimony given by East Germans to of- ficials at refugee stations in Al- lied West llerlin.

The testimony, oral and writ- ten. says that throughout the east zone Communist rulers are working to eradicate Western "taint." Attempts are made even to uproot many old German tra- ditions because they are un- palatable to the Communist "now democracy."

Even the oninlleat private busi- nesses are being forced into blink- ruptcy unless they hand them- aelva over to the state mono- polies. .

The result. say the refugees. it lnci-ening hatred for the Russian occupier: and their Germu-i Corn- munisf. stooges.

The chewing gum incident was related by an 18-year-old lin-

smith from Saxony-Anhalt who recently visited Berlin. He said:

"We were standing on the Alex- anderplatz (Soviet sector of Der- lin) and were chewing gum. Along came a plalnclothes police- man and demanded tlu-t we come along in custody. The policeman said he wanted to 'ssve us from American ha.bits.' But we ran away because we didn't want to fall into the hands of the Peo- plels Police."

Another example of the Com- munist campaign agsinot what they call "American barbarian culture" was given by I young man from Thuringla. He said: 3

"We have a dance orchestra but we have been banned from, playing because we played West- erri hit songs."

The Communists have already csuled the Germans to list their Second World War dead la vie- tims of an "imperialist war." Now. according to testimony of recent refugees. they are making them alter the marktnu over the graves of their First World War

25 Montreal

Flooded From Homes

MONTREAL. Dec. 26 -(GP) some 25 families had been forced from their homes in Greater Montreal by tonight as flood wat- ers of Rlviere des Prairies contin-

ues to rise from two to four inches an hour. At least 200 homes were sur-

rounded by rapidly-rising and Gouln Boulevard, street through the north end of the city. was crossed three times by water. Traffic was halted. and in nearby Bout de L'Ile the river- side streets were under three to four inches of water

The St. Joseph Ciiurch and par- lsh.school were pumped out can-lier today but tonight were again six feet deep in water. Red Cross workers and other volunteers said that everything is under control.

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Mayor Rosario Fortln of Rivierc

Families

des Prairies ordered volunteers to assist Red Cross teams working in the area.

No ice jam could be seen along the flooded surface of the river- also known as Back River-but officials believed a pile-up of ice near Bout de l'..'lle was causing the flood.

The water began rising late Christmas Day but the situation did not become alarming - until early today.

The rise was so lost. many fam- flies were reported to have fled their homes with only the clothing they wore. Christmas presents were left behind. I

Some homes near the river were

awash to the second floor. Cars were abandoned in garages. The few rowboats available

were pressed into service to move families from endangered homes.

Sees Improvemen.t In East-West Conflict

COMBAT STYLE - Sgt. Gus- tave Vandeneede of Ghent. Bel- gium, sports a nifty set of chin uhiskers, carefully trimmed to match his combat outfit. The ser- geant is a member of the Belgian detachment assigned to the U.S. 3rd Division in Korea.

Thirdllealh In N. S. Accident

pgcrugu, N. s.; Dec. 26-tCP)- The death toll in last night's tragic highway accident rose to three today when the body of Jack Purvis. 18. of New Glasgow. N. s.. was taken from nearby Toni-y River.

Purvls. along with Clinrles Jew- ell. 52. rind Howard Desmond. 40. also of New Glasgow. plunged to their deaths when a truck in which they were riding skidded and crashed through the bridge railing into the icy waters,

George rind Fred Mills of New Glasgow narrowly escaped when the vehicle broke through the ice and rested on the river bottom with only A few inches of the cab above water. g

Earlier it was thought Purvis may have been in another car which was travelling in coml”IRl'I.'v' with the truck to sprinizlilll. N. S-

Fred Mills crawled out of the submerged truck but his brother was trapped in the swirling. freezing waters for over an hour with only his head above Water. Both were taken to hospital suf- ferlng from shock and exposure-

'News In Brief

OTTAWA. Dec. 20 - (CP) - Defence Minister Claxton and Veterans Minister Liipolnle take off by plane tomorrow for a visit to Canadian troops in Korea.

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PARIS. Dec. 2o - (AP) - ror. i

mer premier Edouard Daladicr. who headed the French cabinet at the outbreak of the second World War. disclosed today that he was married last Saturday to Miss Jeanne Boucoli-an. She is In official at the Merchant Navy Ministry.

LONDON. Dec. 26 - Reuters)- Britain's nationalized railway sys- icim tonight. announced in fare increase or 10 per cent. effective next Tuesday.

HONG KONGg Dec. as -. (AP) - The Chinese newspaper Wan Kiu Yat Po said in a Canton dis- patch today the Reds cxeciited 220,000 people in Kwangtung Pro-

dead.

OSLO. Norway. Dec. 26, -(API 4ecretary-General Trygve Lie oi the United Nations said tonight he notes a slight improvement in the East-West conflict.

Reviewing the present session of the U. N, General Assembly at Paris. Llc gave a Christmas-time address over the Danish. Norweg- inn and Swedish radio system. He said:

"There has not been any further deterioration or sharpening of the world crisis."

Lie. a Norwegian, is here for the -Christmas vacation. The assembly resumes in Paris after the hell- days.

"This year," he said, "discussion has been less propagandlstic and more sober and objective." As evidence of slight improvement in East-West relations, he said that the great powers. under prodding by smaller countries, agreed to sit down. negotiate and compare their respective plans on atomic con- trol.

"To be sure. the unity gai-ds the more important prin- ciples did not go very far. But I venture to say that few, if any. could seriously have expected that the great powcrs during an eight- to-10-day conference . . . should be able to agree on vital issues of principle which they have been fighting about for years." lie add- e

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"The limited agreement which was reached concerned procedures for future practical discussions and. in view of the current situation. not much more could have been hoped for.

Farm Income

OTTAWA, Dec. 26 - (C?) --In- come of Canadian farmers was up 25 per cent in the first nine months of this year compared with the corresponding period of 1950.

The Bureau of statistics report- ed today farmers got an estimated 51.864.900.000 from sale of farm products and from gruin adjust- ment and participation payments on previous years crops during the period. This compared with iii.- -187.600.000 in the first nine months of last year.

In addition. supplementary pay- ments made to fnrmers under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act totalled 510,100,000. compared with

Cash income from grains. seeds and hay. including when board payments. amounted to 0500.400.- ooo in 1951 compared with 0311.- 300,000 in 1950. Livestock receipts from dairy products totalled M97.- 500,000 against

Warns Agaiiisl Shift Toligef

TRURO. NS.. Dec. 20 - (CF)- Agriculture Minister Macliznzle tonight warnedp Nova Seotia's farmers against I wide-scale con- version from dairy to beef cattle.

Mr. Macxenzle. addressing the 50th annual convention of the Nova scotia Fai-mera' Association, said farmers were taking advant- age of high heel prices and sacri- ficing their fine dairy herds.

"Beef herds." he said. "are good business in some counties but th is not the case in the province generally. in changing to beef liei-do farmers are. to a large ex- tent. reaching for a bubble which may burst when least expected."

He said beef cattle removed nearly twice as much fertility

Touches-0-ff Anli-Weslern Demonstrations

By FRED ZUSY

CAIRO. Dec. 26 - (AP) - A clear indication from King Farouk that he wants a. settlement with the west touched off violent anti- palace and anti-western demon- strations today. The King appears to be worried about growing Com- munist activity and to want align- ment with the West in the cold war with Russia.

In Alexandria. police used tear gas to break up a student mob of 5.f0i') demonstrating agalnst.the ap- pointment by the King of Dr. I-fafez Aflfi Pasha. strong pro- westerner. as chief of the royal cabinet and adviser to Farouk on foreign and domestic affairs. Seven police were reported injured there by missiles thrown by demonstra- tors. Two students were hurt. Ear- llcr reports that police opened fire weic denied. ,

Lingering Fued

LONDON. Dec. 25 (AP) - A lingering feud between Egypt's King Farouk and his nationalis- tic government flared in Cairo and Alexandria today over the kingdom's relations with Britain and the West.

Britain has long known of Farouk's desire to set a pro-wesh ern course for his country in foreign affairs. It has been coni- mon talk among diplomats here that Farouk has hesitated to act in the Anglo-Egyptian crisis for fear of stirring up popular feel- ing against his own person and because he has wanted to stick Eiosely to the national constitu- ion.

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There is reason to believe Fai'ouk's appointment of two pro- Brllish advisers came after he

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First Wjmon if Enlist Dies At 54

KINGSTON. Ont. Dec. 26 (CF) - Mrs. Leonard Tritsch. 54. the first woman to enlist in the Canadian Women's Army Corps in the Second World War, died today in hospital. She had been in ill health for is year.

Born in Yorkshire. England, she crime to Kingston with her hus hand. an Imperial Army veteran. in 1920. she held the rank of ser- geant-major in the C. W. A. C.

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DTTAWA, Dec. Parliament. after day holid-av. goes to work again tomorrow in an cxtraoidinary post-Christmas sitting.

In recess since Friday. the Com- mons and Senate arc convening to resume consideration of the con- troversial anti-price-fixing bill that bogged down in the lower chamber dui'ir..g the late stages of the falliisession.

A few other items are on the ordcr paper -- at least one of them contentious -- but the main debate was expected to centre about the Progressive Conserva- tives' attempt to have the prices bill put over until the regular 1052 session.

long the sitting will go on. though an expected thin attendance may tend to cut down the length of the debate. Membership from out-

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 - (AP) - The American people produced more, saved more and spent mora in 1951 than in any other year in United States history. Labor sec- retary Maurice Tobin said today And, he added in a year-end re- port. the 1951 record probably will be broken in 1952. Despite stresses and strains. he said. the country's economy maln- tgined a remarkable stability in

"Al. the end of 1930," he said. "raw material prices had risen 12 per cent in six months and the consumer's price (coat of living) index was rising at. the rate of one per cent. a month. "But at the end of 1951. raw material prices were the same or lower than they were at the be- ginnlng of the year and the con- sumer's price index had risen only abotit three per cent since Febru- ary.

from the soil as dairy cattle dur-

vincc in the last half of 1951.

ifig the pasture season.

Though they earned more mon- cy, the American people did not go

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