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ionally celebrated in the tiny principality. In center is Prince | Rainier’s father, Prince Pierer. (AP Wirephote).

Western Berlin ‘Split’

Is Labelled Speculation

LONDON (Reuters) — British and West German officials Mon-

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throughout the country. The U.S. and Britain are reported more

of free elections ©

Canada Offers -

Atomic Deals

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efforts to conclude agreements with a number of other countries. He did not name them. “

The minister said preliminary negotiations have opened with Japan and formal negotiations are expected to be concluded by spring. Negotiations of an agree- ment with Euratom was expected to start shortly.

Euratom was created Jan. 1; 1958, to speed establishment and growth of. nuclear industries in the six member countries—

Faint Radio Signals Heard Again As Search Continues

HALIFAX (CP) — Faint radio signals were heard again Mon- “Gay night from-the North Atlantic off Greenland where the missing Danish ship Hans Hedtoft

_ sthashed into an iceberg last Fri. day.

But they were broadcast on a different frequency from that fixed on the survivor radios car- ried by the 2,785-ton passenger- cargo ship.’ Danish shore stations monitored the signals at 8364 kilocycles for about-35 minutes.

Earlier signa's had been heard at 520 kilocycles. but search of- tials here discounted the pos- sibility they, could have come from radios operated by surviv- ors of any of the 95 aboard the Hedtoft. Those radio were set at 500 kilocycles.

During the day the scas calmed somewhat but ‘were still roush— 45-miles-an-hour wi.ds and 30-foot waves. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Campbell reported it was able to search with the German trawier Poseidon “in company clezr of ice.’ Dangerous ‘cobergs and floes had hampered earlier efforis.

ment.

Italy, and

France, West Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands Luxembourg. BILATERAL AGREEMENT Mr. Smith said Canada and Ja- pan are negotiating a bilateral agreement under which the two countries would exchange infor- mation on peaceful uses of atomic energy. The agreement would provide for the signing of con- tracts under which Canada would supply Japan with uranium.

BECOMES MA.AGING EDITOR

QUEBEC (CP) — Maurice Al laire of the Quebec daily news paper L’Action - Catholique has been promoted to the post of managing editor. His former po- sition as news editor has been taken over by Henri Duberger, previously the telegraph editor.

Snow showérs and a lowering ceiling restricted the air search during the afternoon of the brief polar day. The Campbell and the Poseidon reported they were able to conduct a “track line’ search while 4 Canadian Lancaster bom- ber flew overhead. in a radar- controlled hunt.

The Campbell reported none of the 10 air on surface craft in the search area found any trace of the little ship and said the hunt would resume at daybreak. The Campbell reported “the over- all. effectiveness of the search to date is 25 per cent.”

Faint and erratic radio signals were heard during Sunday night by two Greenland shore stations and a Danish rescue ship in the area. Hans G. Christiansen, dir- ector of Denmark's Greenland department, at first hailed the signals as the lighting of a hope in a dark hour and said there was little doubt they had come from one of the Hans Hedtoft’s lifeboats

But RCAF officers here said the frequency was one normally used by planes sending out hom

When pressed to comment on the reported difference, he said: “There is complete unanimity on the German question.”’

In Bonn, the chief West Ger- man government x Felix von Eckardt, said ‘‘idea that there is an axis of noes be- tween Bonn and Paris against a softer and more liberal attitude. between London and Washington ‘are Completely without founda- tion.” =... ‘s

Lumber Mill

CAMPBELLTON, N. B. (CP) —Officials of W. H. Miller and Company Limited here said Monday a $100,000 fire Satur- day destroyed their lumber mill at Grog Brook, north of Kedkwick in Restigouche County.

Loss of the mill left from 60 to 70 men without work.

Employees fought the fire in 25 below zezro weather. They saved adjoining buildings and a large quantity of finished lumber.

Dark Object May Be Car Beneath Ice

NEW GLASGOW — (CP) — Police are trying to determine if an’ object lodged beneath thick ice in nearby Pictou harbor is the car in which two men were riding when they disappeared early Sunday.

The car carryiag Alexander Ross, 54, of nearby Abercrom- bie and George Shearer, 81, of Tatamagouche, NS., started out across the iced-over harbor and was never seen again.

The men were taking a short cut to Ross’ home at Abercrom- bie. Another car, driven by Fraser Murray of New Glasgow, turned back believing the. ice was unsafe. ‘

RCMP and civilian searchers cut a chain of holes in the ice and spotted the dark “object” Monday night. Polige are not sure it’s a car. A team of divers will be brofght in today to ex- plore further.

Fog And Ice

Cover Scotland

LONDON (CP)—Fog and ice conditions continued Monday in northern England and Scotland, although sunshine broke through in the southern counties.

Road conditions were bad in the north and a Glasgow bus overturned on slippery pavement, slightly injuring some 2 passeng- ers

Shipping in the Clyde . was halted and sir services curtailed.

FACES MURDER CHARGE

LONDON (Reuters) Cavan Malone, 22-year-old actor-son of Irish tenor Danny Malone, Mon- day was ordered heid in custody and charged with .he murder of Jan Momberg, whose body was found Sunday in Maione’y swonk apartment. Sialone ‘as worked ca British radio and teievision and

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tions aimed at staving off further mine closures in the Nova Scotia coalfields may be placed before the federal cabinet by a govern- ment interdepartmental commit- tee late next week.

They are fairly certain to con- sist of increased subventions— treasury assistance towards freight rates—to help Maritimes coal into more central Canadian markets, it was reported reliably Monday.

This information developed here after a Nova Scotia delegation headed by Premier Stanfield con- ferred with Prime Minister Dief- enbaker and other federal minis- ters this morning as Dominion

-|Steel and Coal Corporation tem-

porarily closed five Cape Breton collieries with 4,100 men laid off.

EMERGENCY MEASURES

The premier told reporters later he urged increased subventions “sib fg ae basis as the

means of staving off further layoffs.

He had supported, he said, pro- posals made by Dosco earlier to the Dominion Coal Board.

While the premier would make mo guess as to how much addi- tional federal money this might involve, informants said it would be around $4,000,000 a year.

Mr.. Stanfield said the exact amount would have to be worked out by the Dominion Coal Board.

SUBVENTION COST

“Thextederal treasury now pays $8,000,000 a year in sub- ventions to move eastern and western coal to central-Canadian- markets, ‘the bulk of it going for Nova Scotia fuel movements.. Officials said Monday that fed- eral authorities favor the in- creased use of subventions to help the Nova Scotia industry against other forms of aid, but there was no information at this stage as to how much might be awarded.

It was made clear that the in- ter-departmental committee—to be set up immediately—will be

Man Is Found Fatally Injured

NEW WATERFORD, N‘S. (CP) —Daniel MacDonald, 50, of near- by Albert Bridge, died in Hos- pital Monday night of undisclosed injuries. an autopsy will be per- formed.

Police said MacDonald died without regaining consciousness after being found on the street in freezing weather early Sunday. Police said a fall may have caus- ed the fatal injuries. ao

PLAN NEW SCHOOL

PICTOU, N. S., — (CP) —The Pictou County municipal coun- cil Monday voted unanimously to construct a 22-room rural high school at a cost of $667,500. Site of the school to serve the West

expected to move quickly, since Dosco will want an answer on the question before the spring lineup of its sales contracts for the coming year.

Barring further federal help, there could be more layoffs.

U.M.W. PLAN

Informants here said govern- ment authorities are not inclined to move in either of two direc tions suggested Monday by United Mine Workers of America officers in the Nova Scotia delegation:

1. Embargoes or quotas on im-

ported coal competing with the Nova Scotia product.

2. Empowering the coal board to take over Dosco’s record 1,200,000 - ton stockpile — worth about $12,000,000—and act as a marketing agent for it and future surpluses. 2

Premier Stantield, indicating he was cool to both these ideas, told reporters he had said to the gov- ‘ernment only that the U.M.W. representations should be given serious consideration. He made it clear his government was plac:

ing its faith in higher subventions.

new wharf, to cost between $25,- ‘the federal government at Tra-

according to a joint announce- ment Monday by Fisheries Min-

With mine applications now in and the prospect of sevenai registering before the end of week the Agricultural short

course—sponsored—by—the—depari- ment of agricluture will go ahead

at the Vocational School as sche- duled on February 9th.

Share.Cropping Threat Seen To N.S. Farms

HALIFAX (CP) — The Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture Monday warned provincial far- mers that partnerships with com- mercial firms such as packers and food suppliers could turn them into ‘‘sharecroppers or hir- ed men.”’

The federation said in its an-

nual brief to the Nova Scotia government that the partnership trend was “‘a product of the area of technical progress.”’ “We are prepared to say we can accept and adjust to this de- velopment if...the farmer will not be reverted to the share-cop- per or hired man.”

y The chief said the trend should

be resisted “‘to assure the pre- servation of our family farm units and our rural communi- ties.”

Among other things, the feder- ation asked for a more compre- hensive fatm credit policy, com- pensation to farmers for animals shot by hunters and compulsory

Pictou area was not decided.

insurance for motor vehicles.

Construction Of New Wharf Slated At Tracadie Harbor

OTTAWA, — (Special) — Ajister MacLean and Heath Mac-

quarrie. © The two are Conservative MP’s

already been

000 and $30,000, will be built by| for Queens,

Tenders have

cadie Harbor, Queea’s County,|called by the public works de-

partment and close February 2%. The plan is to start construc- tion early in March.

Rural Youths Respond, Course loBeConducted

subjects: animal health, animal\ husbandry, field crops and a ver- iety of general topics.

The department pays each student $9 per week during the time he is taking the course.

Students are asked to report at the Vocational School by 2.00 p.m. on Monday the ninth of Feb- ruary. Regular classes will begin at 9.a.m. the following day at Birch Court. °

FOG HALTS SHIPPING

LONDON (Reuters) — One of the worst fogs on record covered western Scotland this morning, including Glasgow and the River clude. All shipping and air serv- ices were halted and road traf-

Gulf Waters Included In — New Net Size

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inter- national regulations fixing a min- imum net mesh size for haddock and cod fisheries will cover ad- ditional Northwest Atlantic eas starting March 1, the United States interior department an- nounced Monday, —

The same ¢inch minimum mesh size which currently applies in sub-area 5, which includes George Banks south and east of Cape Cod, will be extended to sub-area 4, including the Gulf of St. Lawrence and nearby waters.

A four-inch minimum wil! apply in sub-area 3, which includes the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland.

The se is to prevent the loss of young haddock and cod. The regulations were recom- mended by the international com- mission for the Northwest Atlar- tic Fisheries. - Recommendations of the commission are put into effect by each of the 12 countries that are parties to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention a respect to their own nation-

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Fire Wrecks Montreal Firm

MONTREAL (OP) — Firemen Monday night controlled a fire that wrecked @ two-storey toy dis. tribution firm ip suburban Outre- mont.

The top floor was gutted and the bottom floor suffered exten- sive smoke and water damage. Insurance adjustors estimated

‘ln Commons More Freight Aid To N.S. Coal Like'y Recommendation To Gov't

OTTAWA (CP)—Spokesmen of all parties in the Commons Mon- day voiced support for improved credit facilities for farmers and fishermen. 3

A private member's resolution urging the government to con- sider establishing an agriculture and fisheries development bank occupied the House for the first private member’s day of the ses- sion...Five other Mondays are re, served for similar debates.

Samuel Boulanger (L — Drum. mond - Arthabaska), the resolu- tion’s sponsor, said such a bank would ‘‘consolidate and expand” existing credit facilities and make available enough capital so that primary producers could make capital improvements necessary to efficient and profitable opera- tions.

The proposed improvement bank would control and co-ordi- nate all federal and provincial loan facilities, except the Veter- ans Land Act.

LOW INTEREST RATES

Interest rates jon loans would be kept as low as possible, probably at the rate at which the govern ment itself borrows money on bonds. The bank's expenses would be paid by the federal and pro- vincial agencies working in co- operation with the centreal bank.

Loan requirements would be more generous than at present under most loan plans, thus per- mitting farmers and fishermen to borrow to buy more land, improve equipment and even build new homes. [

A federal - provincial consulta-

tiverscouncil also should be set up to stud} agricultural problems

damages at $250,000.

By TP CANADIAN PRESS

Wf the groundhogs of eastern and western Canada had been able to converse Monday there would have been quite an argu- ment about how long winter would last.

Tradition says each Feb. 2 the groundhogs of. the world poke their heads above ground to make a weather prediction. If they see their shadow, winter will last an- other six weeks. If not, winter will end early.

Any groundhogs who were silly enough to stick their heads out in eastern Canada early Monday saw their shadows on the cold, cold ground and headed back to their dens for six weeks.

In the west they must have been driven up by the heat.

Human weather forecasters in the east, not made of the .tradi- tional stuff of groundhogs and not inclined to make long-range pre- dictions, had their” eyes on one thing, a storm bringing warm weather for the west. CHINOOK IN ALBERTA

A chinook moved into Alberta

fic was reduced tt a crawl.

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HUMAN BARRICADE.

A group of women and children; on an unsuspecting motorist. The | motorists. waved their fists and who plan to blockade buses on| mothers--about 12--and their fam-| honked horns-in a two-hour tieup.

their residential street in North | ilies sit in a row of lawn chairs| A spokesman said the York, a Toronto suburb, practise | across Overbzrook Place while! were protesting the start of a bus

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'Groundhogs Found. Weather; In Much Variety Yesterday

‘\tea while they burned an 18-inch

within @ province and make rec-

reached 50.1 degrees in Edmon- ton, the warmest Feb. 2 since 18 YWinds of-up to 76 miles an hour, thunderstorms and rain accom- panied the weather. It was ex- pected to remain warm today.

A storm moved across Saskat- chewan and Manitoba Monday and was expected to hit North- ern Ontario Monday night and move on through Quebec and the Maritimes today. It will jump temperatures to above zero, a change from bitter weather that saw readings of as low as 32 degrees below zero Sunday night.

There is a ‘“‘glimmer of hope” that the sterm will raise tempera-

-fishermen_wanting to boat or a new tractor

tures in Labrador Wednesday.

After 14 Below

After hitting a season’s re- cord low of 14.5 below zero about

7 am. yesterday morning, temperatures began to rise slowly through the y, in- dicating the cold. spell that

gripped Prince Edward Island for three days may have run its course.

Last night at a late hour the department of transport mercury hit nine above zero at meteorological station, and al- though temperatures were ex- pected ‘to drop again to about zero during the night, the. out-

Appears Broken In P.E.I.

look was for somewhat mild- er weather today.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CP) —Safecrackers who, robbed the Premier Trust Company of at least $100,000 in cash and securi- ties during the weekend sipped

hole into the company’s vault. They used an acetylene torch to cut a hole 1% feet in diameter through the six-inch steel door of the vault. Manager W. G. Dales said the $90,000 in securities and $10,000 in cash were stolen.

front of 3 safety deposit boxes in the vault but company offi- cials said they will not know the amount stolen until the owners are questioned. Seventy-five other

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The thieves also burned off the! bery ‘at

safety boxes were left untouched. |

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ommendations to the federal gow ernment,

Mr. Boulanger’s resolution was supported by Lloyd R. Crouse (PC—Queens - Lunenburg) whe suggested that the maximum of 65 feet for fishing boats on which fishermen may obtain federal loans should be raised. Fishermen now needed bigger trawlers to go farther out into the North Atlantie to find good fishing grounds. :

INSHORE CTCHES SMALL

The inshore fisheries were fall- ing off and larger boats from the United States and European tries were catching the best fish off the Grand Banks of Newfound land. Even Russia last year had six 1,000-ton “factory ships” off the Grand Banks, able to catch = process lange quantities ef fish.

Roland English (PC — Gaspe) said youth is losing interest in the fishing industry, many leaving Gaspe to work in Ontario mines. Meantime, prices were going up on virtually everything —except fish.

H. W. Herriige (CCF—Koote nay West), who has a farm is British Columbia, said pressures of the free enterprise system are bearing hard on the small farmer, who needed long-term credit at low interest rates.

Louis Joseph Pigeon (PC— Joliette-1’ Assomption - Montcalm) said Quebec’s farm loan. system does more for farmers than the - federal program, whose interest rates should be retiuced.

H. J. Robichaud (L—Glouces- ter) said the proposed develop- ment bank is a “new concept” and one that he approves. provincial government in Canada would welcome the idea.

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John. A. Macdonald ( Kings) said that in his home ince of Prince Edward there are some untilled farm lands that could be reclaimed # only there was long-term credit available to young farmers start.

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J. W. Pickersgill (L—Bonavi- sta - Twillingate) suggested greater use of existing credit facilities before the government embarks on new plans that would mean starting ‘from scratch.’ Facilities made available to farm- ers should also go on the same basis to fishermen.

“The need for capital is far beyond the capacity of most farmers and fishermen to amasa only by savings,” he said.

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At 9 o'clock last night the temperature at the station was 10 above zero, which was the highest point reached since the cold spell set in on Saturday.

Today the mercury is ex- pected to reach a high of 15 above. Snowflurries predi for this afternoon or evening, along with a cloud covering, may bring temperatures _ still higher.

Yesterday's 14.5 below read- ing was the lowest in recent years. The coldest February day on record was back in 1914 when temperatures slid to 21 below.

Safecrackers Sip Tea, Take $100,000 In Cash And Bonds

worked throughout Saturday night. An empty cookie box, scraps of sandwiches and tea- cups were found near the vault. Four persons were believed in- volved in the robbery. j

Mr. Dale said it would be a couple of days before officials could tell how much money is missing. “We expect it to be much more than $100,000.”

He said he.doubted the total would match the amount stolen

|in the multi-million dollar rob-

Brockville, Ont., last May. “St. Catharines is not com- parable to Brockville in individ- ual assets."

Police said the method used here was similar to that used at Brockville. At least $3,500,000 im stocks, bonds, jewelry and cash were stolen from the vault of the Brockville Trust and Savings Company. :

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