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Kufisirelian Labor Gov? Defeated Qy Coalition

€1I1t Food Talks Open At Ottawa Today

lir Dispute _ ‘Brings Complaint

UITAWA, Dec. l1 — (OP) -- A public inquiry into a New York- Montreal air-route dispute has brought a mass of complaints to the offices ill Canada's External

Affairs Department and the Air filinspdfl Board. The hearing. ordered by the

wwman Air Transport Board, rill open ilere tomorrow. It will inquire info iviicther Colonial Air Lines of Nciv York has observed Canadian iaivs in opposing the request by Trans-Canada. Air Lines for a licence to compete with Col- onial on the New York-Montreal

run.

Government spokesmen say that the hearing has attracted such great attention in New England that their offices have been “flood- ed" with various types of com- munications, most of them “nasty" ill tone.

Emallatlng from a variety of Jourtes, the communications say that ih» hearing is a "deliberate campaign" to usurp the "good re- lations" between Canada and the I18.

Some oi them accuse the Gov- munent agencies of "prejudicial" end "arbitrary" action in request- ing Colonial to "show cause" why lls licence should not be suspend- ed

The wave of protest started af- ter Dec. i when the Board issued ‘the "show-cause" order to Colon- l. An official conference to invest- lms the roots of the dispute - llle Canada-US. bilateral air ag- mmml- l! eXDected to open here next Thursday. Dec. i5. to probe the clauses of the egreementyfrhe but was signed here last June 4, bytiierlisirmen of the Air Trans- PW’! 50ml and the Civil Aero- mlllitl Board of the U.S. Colon. h vfillms the agreement should ale had congressional approval.

Widow of Senator 009p Passes Away

NCKVLLLE. N. 13.. Dec. 11 - gfms- A- B- Ceen, _ widow of Mm‘ "T '\ B- COPP. died at her weekc hero Saturday. less than a N" ullr-r hor husband's death at

castle. NB,

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By HAROLD MOB-ltllfi

OFITAWA. Dec. 11 — (GP) - Cenadifs biggest annual food talks will open here tomorrow amid un- certainty about future grain, bacon and dairy markets.

Agriculture Ministers from 10 Provinces and officers of the Can. adlan Federation of Agriculture ff-Dresenting some 400,000 farmers will go into a three-day huddle with Federal agricultural experts to discuss some of the weightiest farm problems in the post-war era.

This basic industry still is in a relatively-buoyant position. Help- ing to a great extent is the fect that Canadians are buying more food than ever and farm revenue this ycar is expected to hit near- FKOId levels.

The threat comes from possible loss oi’ the United Kingdom mar- ket which Canada has built dur- ing the last quarter century.

Ciwsht in the dollar crisis, the United Kingdom has been forced i0 reduce Purchase from dollar countries. including Canada,

With fewer dollars available, the U. K. is expected next year to cur, food purchases _ except wheat _ by half. Where Canada shipped 872.000.1700 worth of non-cereal foodstuffs tn 1949 to the United Klflfilom. it appears the amount will be sficed to $40,0(D,000,

The outlook for next year is that Canada will get a. contract for wheat. bacon and cheese, Prices for bacon and cheese likely will be lower but the volume is expected to be main. tained at about i940 shipment level. There likely will be no

contracts for eggs, salmon, fruit pulp, or apples. Agriculture Minister Gardiner,

who already has forecast a srllell. er British market for Canadian foodstuffs in 1950, likely will be Dressed at the conference to give price support to products which will not be sold to the U.K, a; well as others.

Price-support action likely will be asked for potatoes. eggs, cheese. milk, honey and apples.

Red Cross Bill Killed ln_Senaie

OTTAWA. Dec. l1 ——(C1P) - A bill to eilipend the Red Cross Soc- iety died in the Cnnmons Saturday. Earlier, it had been amended iii the Senate in a way described by one Commons’ member as "high- handed."

The bill was a private one, passed by the Commons Friday night. It reached the upper chamber iii. a time when all but about 20 Sen- ators had gone home.

In the Senate the bill engendered a. laborious procedural tangle. It finally emerged with two of its three clauses lopped off. The only one remaining was a clause which established that the legal name of the society in Hench shall be "La Socie-te Canadienne de 1n croix- Rouge."

Suleim- Jacob Nicol (ls-Quebec) led off the Senate's opposition to the mCBGUIG. He Slld the public was

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(By Mel Sufrln)

OTTAWA, Dec. 11-(CP)—The first session of Canada's 21st Parliament closed Saturday night.

Prorngatlon came at 10:35 p.m. AST after the longest continuous sitting of the session. Fjor 10 hours weary members of the Com- rnons had alternated between sharp, extended debate and speedy approval of proposed government spending.

The session concluded In a flurry of hand-shaking and beck. slapping-an atmosphere of inter- perty goodwill that contrasted lightly with the verbal tongue- lasblngs exchanged during earlier debate.

Two contentious issues-com- bines and trade-llvened the final sitting.

Aside from the two main (le- batea, it was essentially a ques- tlon-und-answer day during which the estimates of seven depart- menta were considered.

Determination to prorogue re- sulted in fewer questions and the

estimates of lame departments were approved with exceptional a

pee .

In the final rush the Commons agreed to forego lunch and din- ner breaks In order to net busi- nen done as early as possible. Membe - looked tired aa Cen-

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Menzies_Sure 0f 26 Majority In 121 -Seal House

By ANTHONY WHITLOCK

(Canadian Press Correspondent) SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 11 (OP) - The Liberal and Country Party coalition tonight widened its margin of victory over the de- feated Labor Party, as counting of votes continued in Australia's general election.

The victorious coalition appears assured of a majority of 26 seats in the House of Representatives over Labor, defeated after eight years in office. There was a pos- sibility that when counting was completed the majority would be 29

When counting was suspended tonight, the Liberal Party headed by debonair R. G. Menzies and Arthur W. Falddens Country Party were certain of at least ‘i1 of the

121 voting seats in the lower house. Prime Minister J.B. Chifley's

Labor Party, which has governed Australia since 1041, was sure of only $5. Five seats remained in doubt but the anti-labor coalition had a good chance of winning four of them. That would give it a total of '15 seats to Labor's 46.

There are two other seats in the lZff-seat House of Representatives, whose members have no vote ex- cept on issues affecting their re- spective electorates. They are the Northern Territory and the Nd- erai district of Canberra, the cap- ital.

Canberra. opened in 191i, is an area of 540 square miles with a population of about 17,000, and is controlled by the Interior Depart- met. Until now it has operated like the Federal district of Colum- bia in the United States, with its people having no vote.

The vote meant a new political chapter in Australia's history. The coalition group had made anti- socialism the main plank of its campaign platform.

The Liberal and Country Parties are broadly pledged to halt the march towards socialism, increase production, reduce the cost of liv- ing and increase the real value of the Australian pound, maintain full employment, ban the Com- munist Party and introduce con- scription for the armed forces.

How Count Stands

When counting ended tonight, 3,931,126 of about 4,900,000 votes cast had been counted. Of that total, the votes were divided as follows:

Labor-i,838,222; Llbcl-ai—l,559,- 63d; Country'—3l2.863; Communist ~32,489. The remainder were scat- tcrcd among smaller groups and independents.

Only a slnall proportion of the voles for the Senate had been counted by tonight. But Labor will in any case have a majority in the Gil-seat Senate. At dissolution, ll hold 33 seals in the old lid-seat lloilsc. Normally. half the Senate lllfifllibPfSlllp retires every three years. Consequently, 42 Senate seats were at stake in this elec- film.

A Labor-dominated Senate might bc embarrassing to Menzies, but

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First silgidii 01 21st Parliament Prorogues

ground to a close.

In tho Commons a group of Lib- erals joined in singing “New ls The llour"-inier switched to Christmas carols as they awaited nrrivnl of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to summon them to thr- Senate chamber for pro- rolzniion.

Thr- nlr of easy informality van- ished ns the members crowded in behind the brass rail at the rear of the Senate.

Then Chief Justice Thlbaudeau Rlnfret. acting for the Governor-

Gel-ieral. read the Speech from the Throm- closing the session and reviewing its accomplish- manta.

He, gave royal assent to some 38 hill; passed in recent days. then read in French and Eng- lish the 750-word summery of the session.

Ono of the hills to which he "ye royal assent wan i0 make the Supreme Court the final court 0f appeal for Canada. Oddly, the hill contained a provision increas- ing hlg own salary from 800.000 f0 $25,000.

Another blll-- one that drew wide interest in Canada-was the measure to outlaw crime comic hook; by bringing the llW l0 b,“ on people who publish or distribute. the objectionable liter- ature. Maximum penalty is two ya" in prison.

TRJJNTON, Ont, Dec. 11 —(CiP) — The commanding oflficer of the R. C. A. F.'s Central Flying School and three other airmen were killed today when a training plane crash- ed and burned near the Treniton air base.

Sqdm-Ldr. Deriiis Charles Leslie Webber, D.F.C., 37, the school's commanding officer, was pilot of the twin-engined Mitchell. It crashed on a farm seven miles from the big air base, 120 miles east 01f Toronto.

Also killed were: Flying Officer Leo Pepin. 25; LAC. William Nesom, 24, of Wetaskiwin, A1ta.. and LAC. Vin- cent Macintosh, 29, of Dunlbarton, Ont.

F0. Pepin. born in _Sen Diego, Calif, was not married, His par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Pevpln re- side in Ottawa. LAC. Macintosh, who served as a flight engineer during the Second World War, is survived by his widow and three- year-old daughter, Margaret, who new live at Trenton.

Details of the crash _were few. All that was known early tonight. R. C. A. F. officials said, was that the plane, on a routine training fliilht, plummeted on to the farm

The co-pllot,

Four Air Force Members Killed‘ In Accident

of John Weele.

The plane was seen trailing unoke from a burning engine as it scraped a hilltop on the south shore of the Bay of Quinte and then crashed into a farm field near the big air base, 120 miles east of Toronto.

The plane bed gone aloft on a routine training flight this morn- ing with the sky overcast and a drizzle of rain. A few minutes be- fore noon the R. C. A. F. control tower here received a message that one engine was afire. The pilot said he was over the Bay of Quinta and trying to make land. There were no further messages.

All memibers of the plane's crew were dead when rescuers reached the scene. The plane was dstroy- ed in the crash and subsequent fire.

Fire-fighting equipment wasi brought from Believille. 12 miles northeast of Trenton.

The R. C. A. F., said Webber came to Canada, on exchange post- ing from the R. A. F.. last Febru- IFY. His widow and daughter. Susan. reside in Trenton.

_A coll-rt of inquiry was estab- lished to investigate the crash. Guards were posted around the wreckage.

By Norman Altstedter

NEW YORK. Dec. 11 -<c1=>- Russia's charge that the United States and Britain are preparing a “iblack plot" against world peace Jarred the closing session Saturday of the fourth United Nations As- sembly.

A brief rebuke by sir Alexander Cadogan of Britain to the Soviet blast delivered by Jacob A. Malik, drew a salvo of cheers. The state- ment by the Russian Deputy Min- ister was received in silence by the SS-lrnember Assembly.

After the consluding East-West exchange od the session. Assembly president Carlos P. Romullo of the Philippines said world opinion is exerting steady pressure on the big powers to solve their disputes through conciliation. He said the session. which began 12 weeks ago, had "neither yielded to despair or acknowledged defeat."

Secretary-general Trygve Lie said earlier that the UN. ihad moved forward to the point. where "the world has every reason to hope for a. step-iby-stelp resumption of real negotiations between both sides."

ln s. statement to reporters, Gen. A.G.IJ- McNaughton of Canada said:

"This has been a session marked by intense efforts to complete the longest agenda on record. where progress had been marked up in some important fields and in others where much useful experience has been gained."

The final actions sembly Saturday were:

1. Adoption of the 1960 U.N. budget totalling $49,64.i.7'73. This includes $8,000,000 estim- ated necessary at the outset for internationalization of Jerusa- lem.

2. Eiiectioil of Adrian Pelt of the Netherlands. a U.N. assist- ant secretary-general, as UN. commissioner for Llbia to guide that former Italian colony to independence in the next two years.

The Assembly had dealt. with 68 iterns since it convened Sept. 20. It heldifl full meetings and its sev- en main M-ilnemiber committees had 304 meetings.

0f the As-

$9,000,000 Issue of Nova Scotia Bonds

TORONTO, Dec. 11 -- (CP) - A new issue of $9.000.000 Prov- ince of Nova Scotln three-per-cenit debentures has been sold to l syndicate of investment 49510" and bankers.

The syndicate l: heeded by Wood, Gundy and Co. 1nd,, Mc- Leod, Young, Weir and Co. Ltd; Cochran Murray and Co-i Lid. and the Bank of Montreal.

The debentures will be dated Don. l9, 1M0, and will mature Dec. 15, 1067. The offering price is 09.75 and interest, to yield about 8.02 per cent.

The proceeds will be used to the extent of $4,800,000 for refunding the balance of an iuue due Dec. 15, 1049; $1,800,000 for the Id- vanee to the Nova Scotla Power Commission; and the remainder for handing eqlltai expenditures 0f the province, almost entirely

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Russian Charge Jars Closing U. N. Session

for pdelie buildings and thefr

Cpndemn Exterior Sun Visors on Automobiles

TORONTO. Dec. 11 — (CP) The Ontario Safety League Fgiur- day joined with a coroner in con- demning exterior sun visors on automobiles as a hazard to 5am driving. Coroner J. P. Williams suggested the ban at an inquest into the death of e man hit by a car. B. W. Buyers, League man- ager, said the League felt the shields restrict vision.

DEER. IN TROUBLE

SABNT JOHN, N. B., Dec. 11 - (OP) - ‘Three deer tried to cross one of the frozen Loch Lomond lakes today. They spent three hours slipping around and getting nowhere. Then. when they were exhausted and unable to protest. residents grabbed them by the horns and slid them to the safety

Called lnipring

OTTAWA. Dec. 11 -(OP)— Wonks Minister Foumier told W. Chlxster S. McLure (PG- Queens) Saturday tenders for an $800000 puiblic building ln Charlottetown will be called next spring. Pulblic tenders would be called for and the lowest tender, "if 1t is regular, will get the contract."

To Discuss Potato Floor

OTTAWA, Dec. 11—(CPi— The Government will discuss with Pro- vinclal Agriculture Ministers the possibility of extending price sup- port to potatoes, Agriculture Min- ister Gardiner said Saturday in the Commons.

Replying lo A. J. Brooks (PC- Royal), Mr. Gardiner said he would meet with the Provincial Ministers sOme time next week" probably after the Dominion-Pro-

vincial agriculture conference ends. The three-day conference opens Monday,

Mr. Gardiner said the United States still was maintaining its embargo against the import of Canadian potatoes, beyond the

quota limit.

Father 0i Local Man Ifihed

STELLARTON‘. N. S., Dec. 11 — (CP)—Th0m.as Walton. 65, was kill- ed here today when he slipped on the highway and fell into the path of a passing truck. The driver was blinded by the lights of a car ap- proaching from the opposite direct- ion and did not see a signal to stop.

A wroriers jury brought in a. ver- dict of accidental deaf-h.

Mr. Robert Walton of Charlotte- town is n, son. He is leaving by plane this morning to attend the funeral.

Coldwe|l's View Of Labor Defeat

OTTAWA, Dec, 11—(CPJ—-M. J. Coldwell, C, C. F. leader, said to- day in an interview that Satur- day's defeat of the Australian La- bor Government held no par- ticular significance for the so- cialist movement. "The pendulum swings politically from time time. us we all know," he said, “I suppose, as in New Zealand, the people wanted s change. "I don't think it means anything ln the rest of the world. Socialist govern- ments are still popular in a num-

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Tornadoes Kill Nine

In Arkansas,

BALD KNOB. Ark, Dec. 11 — (AP) - Tornadoes bounced around Northern Arkansas and Missouri this sultry. rainy Sunday after- noon, killing at least nine persons and injuring about 2'5. Property losses ran at least 5.50.0110.

The known Arkansas death toll was three, and at least 10 were hurt as three or more c0mmun~ itles were hit. The lvfissouri death toll was six dead and l5 'injurc<i, mostly around Poplar Bluff.

It was the third time this year that violent wlndstorms have dealt death and destruction in the area. On Jan. 3. a fierce tornado struck Warren, in South Arkansas, kill- ing 54.5 persons; two others were killed near El Dorado.

A twister March 26 killed 1'f and injured nearly 100.

Today's series of tornadoes be- gan at Clinton, Ark, about '70 miles northwest of here. where four homes were destroyed and several others damaged.

An hour or so later. a small. but

vicious tornado slammed into the communities of Cross Roads and Providence, about 10 miles north of here. _ At Cross Roads, John Winning- hem. 09, and his wife were killed. At Providence, Arch Talley, 62. was killed.

Then tornadoes struck Missouri just before dark. Four of the vict- ims in that state met death when their six-room frame house near Poplar Bluff was demolished and the wreckage caught fire. The deed were Tom spsrkmsn. 4'7. and his three daughters. Mrs. Spark-man was pulled from the debris critic- ally injured. Andy Freeman. 55. and his wife, who also lived near Poplar Bluff also were killed. .,

The Sparkmens had entertained e. number of their friends and rel- atives in observance of Mrs. spark- man’: birthday. The guests had left only a short time before the