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Maxims

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Tax-Opposin

Lives In‘ Sui

Parliament llt-A-lilanca-

(Canadian Praaay

Prim; Minister St. Laurent said Communist activities were under constant surveillance by the Gov- ernmcnt.

Joiin Probe (CCF-Reglna City) proposed a federally-financed plan for providing Canadians with train- inf: in skills. arts nnd hobbies of a ict-realional nature. I

Defence Minister Claxlon said an incident aboard the destroyer Atha- haskan was minor.

Mori- tiian a half-dozen members participated in the Throne-Speech dcliale. '

Tuesday '

The Commons will continue the Throne-Speech debate. The Senate will alt.

ii. S. Newsfman Gives, Views on i Moscow _S_halleup

By J. M’. Robert!- Jr. '

Russia's week-end stroke-up in her Foreign Ministry now begins to takeonmpijaoftheaspcots ofa nnrnial reorgariizational develop- ment, prcaaging little or no sensat- ional change in foreign policy or in her attitude toward the ooid war.

At the first barn announcemen‘

- that Molotov and Mliooyan had

been "relieved" of their duties as foreign minister and minister of foreign trade. some observers be- lieved they were being punished for Russian policy failures in Western Europe. .

But. as reports frcan the Mosco eriibasies of the weatem Powers began to come in, cplnlpn changed. 'l‘i‘le idea now is that Molotov and lillkoian. like other members of the Politburo before ttbem. have merely shifted some of their administrat- ive burdens to devote full time to their work at the policy-tucking level.

As vice-premiers. under the nor- msl Politburo setup, they already were prcsrmably in charge of all matters in their fields. which may possibly overlap at points with Moi, otov inking precedence. Presumably they mnaln so.

Other Politburo members. 543m! of them also vice-premiers. already had lcft departmental administ- ration in the hands of their sub- ordinates long ago. Notable in this connection was L11. Berta’: resig- natlcn from the NJULD. in 1940 when he move-d into the Politburo. where he is now supposed to be supervising t-wo aepas-ate ministries created out .01 hi; 01d job-interior and state security.

Something llka that could be hap- iivuirisz now to both Molotov and liilkoyan.

Russia has jult launched -- ihrciicn the Ministry of Trade-an cconcmic council for mutual aid be.

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Service ‘To Resume

‘IRWIOI. N8" March ‘i —(OP) - A 10-day interruption of air servlca from this Northern Nova Bcotia town ‘duo to storm condi- (ions will and tomorrow‘ when Maritime Central Airways resumes Ytsuiar panmgér and oayraaa illshts from Charlottetown.

Snow has blocked the airport litre since last none. orfppllna atoll-an the heaviest of tbaavlatsr.

Willa! snow durlxfs the week- tnd caused some damage taun-

ved streets m fireman, but lit-

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cide Pact

(By The Canadian Press)

Ont. March 'f— Tlla case of’ Pembroke! tax-oppos- ing Jeweller came to a tragic oli- max today when George J. simp- .son and his wife were found shot to death in their Pembroke apart- ment. Police said it was double suicide.

Simpson. 4d. had staged a one. man battle with the Revenue De- partment since he opened a new store here last November. l-le was found dead in bed with his wife, Rachael. shortly after noon.

Both had been shot through the head by a .22-calibre rifle which Simpson still clutched when dis- covtrad about. 12 hours after the shooting.

Police produced a note found in the couple's apartment, wrapped in a key to Simpson's tax-free store. It read:

"Thanks to those who have be- frlanded us. May those I have hurt forgive me. Good-bye and Cod bless the righteous."

Simpson, a former Baptist preacher who came to Pembroke several years ago. recently paid heavy tines to the Revenue De- partment for failure to collect the Ipderal 2b-per-cent tax on his merchandise.

throughout the trials in De- cember and January on charges brought by the department, ho volubly conducted his own de- fence, insisting that he refused to be an “unpaid tax collector for the Federal Government."

At the same time. windows in his popular shop were plastered with signs advertising tax-free Jewellery. which he continued to sell until his final sentence was brought down early last month, fining him $2,777 and $100 costs and ordering him to pay the gov- ernment $5,130 in tax arrears.

Since then. he had abandoned his tax-free policy and today Ver- non C. Naumon, assistant, deputy revenue minister. said the tax and

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Pboplo to Blame For Sltuatlpn In North

MONTREAL, March ‘I —(CP)- Blame for the non-development of the tremendous potentialities of Canada's noriihland was placed on the shoulders of Canadian citizens today by lA-Col. PHD; Baird. dir- ector of the Arctic Institute of North Atmerlczi in Montreal. Col. Baird ln a speech before the Can- adian Club said "A is easy to blame the adrn-inietratlc of the north country forth-e lack of development. But a government only carries out what the people who elect it. de- cnand. The administration haadone what a limited budget and a popu- lar lack of interest permitted."

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OTTAWA. March 7 — (C?) — Prime Minister St. Laurent today told the Commons that Communist activities were "under constant surveillance" and that statements by Tim Buck. Labcr-Progresslva leader, would be checked by Justice Department agents.

The Prime Minister. answering a intention by George Drew on what the Progressive Conservative load- n- desclibed as "a worldwide pat- tern of treachery" disclosed hi’ W cent Communist statements. also laid the Justic‘ Department was studying a,blli designed to curb the party's activities in Canada. i

Mr. Draw said no had aeut a litter to the Prime Minister in zvfhlch he aald that a recent aerial

statements by Oommimiat laad-

aild an entirely different sig- Nfiaanoa to annular statement made by the leader of the Osha- dlan Communist Party, Tlra Buck.

some time 8N3‘ ‘Die Prlina later laid ha was not aware of y recent stato-

ments fr! 1h. luck and asked for a reference tothatn so that they could chasm to an if um wmtlwhf any "overt not" which misht h" within axis -.crisnlnai laws.

fir. Draw id the House llla m“m”t'hl rafkred to was N-

tc have m» made by m. . _ in Vancouver Nov. l8. laid. .

Jun! had been ra- pmid as saying “no would not deflnd Canada la evant of war with

an abroad "gives a new meaning-

Answers Question 0n Pola_io_ floor

OTTAWA, March 7 —(CP) -—All the Eastern Provinces, directly or indirectly. get the benefits of the floor prices laid down for Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick potatoes. title government contend- edtoday in a Commons ratum tabled for George Nowlan (PC- DigbywAnnapolis-Klngs.)

Mr. Nowlan asked wh-at steps the government had taken to extend the floor to N5. He was told by Robert McCubbln. puliamentary aids to Agriculture Minister Gar- diner, that an order-ln-oouncil made ‘P151. and most N.B. potatoes eligible for sale to tihe government at $1.15 per 100 pounds in the bin.

“Since nearly all of the surplus potatoes grown lnthe Eastern Provinces are in the defined area." he said, "the effect la to enable growers in other areas to sell their potatoes on the market at the equivalent of the support price."

100 Fishermen Have Close (Za_||_ on ice

MENCMZINEE. Mich. March '7-(AP>—'I‘v.'o big baysof the upper Great Lakcs shed their sheaths today and gave nearly 100 fishermen trapped on ice floes the ride of their lives.

Between 50 and 60 men were marooned off Merlomlnee when a M-mlle offshore wind spilt Green Bay's 10g off the maln- land for several miles north.

As Coast Guard planes and boats and hundreds of volum- teers rallied to help in rescue attempts. the vast ice cakc. 20 miles long and elghtwidc. WM driven toward Death's Door- gateuiay to Lake Michigan out the Door Peninsula.

As slam-i mounted t-l-ie floe ground to a temporary halt in a bank of crushed ice and all hands dashed ashore safely. They saved several vehicles but abandoned a truck and‘ lost a car and 75 expensive nets.

Thirty-five men Wfie rescued in irseries of smaller" operations meanwhile on the other side of Michigan's upper peninsula. where the southwest wind pounded at Kceweenaw Bay.

EGGSHELLS

A plant in Omaha. Nebraska. U.5.A.. dries and grinds about 50ft thousands eggshells daily. The product is used as a substitute for bcncmeal or limestone in livestock feed, and it la also used for human nutrition as a source of calcium.

Communist Activities In Canada Being Watched

the Soviet but would. in fact. follow the same course as he llsd during the past war."

Mr. Buck's party was formed dur- ing the war after the Communist Nady had been declared illegal.

Mr. Drew commented in his letter on recent sttatements of Communist leaders in France. Italy. the Unitad Kingdom. United States. Australia, Finland. Sweden, Cuba and Israel.

11mg, llc said all indicated that the Communists in those coun- tries would aid Russia in the event of war "and in any event. would sabotage preparations for defence."

Ha continued:

“It is no" lonlvr noceaaa-r! i" anyone tolpecillafo as" to what Communists would do h the event of war m‘ ova-u the threat of war with the Boviot empire.

"first: sell-declared purpose la treason."

He said than was "m matter more insanity requiring the st- tentlon of the Canadian Govern- inant" than the a tiianlnl ti! laws against traitors.

Mr. Drew xaoalled that he had already salted Parliament to strengthen than iawa and now

tha lead towardaction.

The Prime Minister referred to a private bill already introduced. pralimably that of Wilfred Lacgulx (b-Quebac-Moatmcraaay) whim would cripple the activities of Communists and totalitarian adherents. '

Resignation oi Chineselabinei

RANKING, March 8 —,('l‘uea- dayl-(AH- China's (Premier Sun Fo announced today the resignation of bk nationalist cabinet.

The Premier told some 200 members of the legislative Yuan that acting president Li Tsuna- Jen had accepted the rtlisflli- lon. The Yuan had convened to hear Sunls administrative re-

New Long -Distance C. . Training Flight T0 Leave S’Side Saturday

hoped the government would talc‘

port.

History will be ‘made again this coming Saturday when the first R.| c. A. F. trans-oceanic training flight. will be made from the R. C. A. F. siatiornSumnlerslde, to Eug- land by way of Gander, NEW;- fouudland. The flight will consist of the now well known Lancaster aircraft, Zenith and Polaris, which recently completed a non-stop flight from Sacramento. Califor- nla to Summerslde. P.E.I. Aboard will be the nine mfmbers of the special navigation course now in training in Summcrslde. members of the crews and instructors. The flight will be under thelcommaiitl of Squadron Leader W. l... Gilles- pie of Toronto. who ls the chief instructor at the station.

Leaving summer-side Saturday at l0 a.m. the planes will call at Gander where the crews will be briefed on their trans-Atlantic flight. They are scheduled lo ar- rive at the Empire Air Navigation SCdlOfll at Shawburyi, England. at l0 a.m. on Sunday. Among those who will greet them on arrival will be squadron Leader Walt Davy. who was stationed at Sum- merside for over two years lust following the end of the war and for a time was commanding of- flcer here.

Air-men from all the Dominion go to the Empire Air Navigation Sc-hool at Sllaurbury to train and

there is active liaison between it. and the air nnvigaiion school at Eummerside. About. a year ago the Shawbury school presented the Sum-merside station Wlih a sterling silver cup to commemorate the re- iatlonshlp between the two (stat- ions.

They will stay at. sliawbui-y iin- tll Wednesday during which time they will hear lectures by the staff of the school as well as addresses frcm civilian research personnel. They will also examine some of the equipment of the R. A. l". On Wednesday night they will leave for London and on Thursday will visit two instrument manufactur- ers‘ plants. Henry Hughes and Sons and the Sperry Gyroscope Co._Ltd. On the 10th they will go

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Urge Development of N. S. Steel Industry

HALIFAX, March 7 -(CPt — Development of the Nova Bcoila steel industry is the key to solut- ion of "chronic" unemployment in ths Province. officials of the Nova Scntla fideration of‘ Labor said hers today.

The statement was made in a brief presented to the Provincial Cabinet.

"The essential need of this Prov- ince is for the development of Sydney and New Glaslow into centres of owort to the world mar- ket of both secondary stool prod- ucts and finished industrial and oonhmier goods products," the brief continued.

flailing for the government to propose a lau for a nslou oftha ndustry, Iedarat on said Doni- ialon Steel Coal Corporation la tho (not. b er to bha complete uitillaation o our resources; to tha development of Nova Bcotla as one of the world's great steel exporting carts-n." -

If Doaco "would not or could not" expand the industry; it was the provincial government's re- qonautiit

ty to take m» the cor- ‘I flora Iootla o tlona "ayndopwatotlilflllap util-‘

HALIFAX. Mar. ‘i-Greater in- dustrial expansion in the Mari- tlmes ivaa forecast tonight by Eto- construction Minister Winters.

The newest member of the Do- minion Cubinet, in an address to the l-lallfax, Board of Trade, said that currently the Maritimes’ manufacturing industry is deval- oping, “comparatively speaking." more rapidly than in eithvr On- tario or Quebec.

"We hope that this is just a beginning and that. much more can be done to encourage indus- trial expansion in tha Marltlmes," said the Mixilstcr. who sits in the Commons for Queena-Iainenburg. N. B.

At present. said Mr. Winters. 07 per cent of Maritime workers have Jobs, and business men are spend- ing $30,000,000 a year on new manufacturing facilities.

Mr. winters, who is in charge of Federal housing. said that by the end of this year about 20.000 new post-war homes will have been built in the Maritime area. That meant more than 100.000 people would be living in new homes.

1n Halifax. he said, the Federal Government. is anxious to build large numbers of housing unitsfnr service pcrsounel and veterans. Tile problem was the unavailabil- ity of serviced land. ,

But Mr. Winters said he was

“hopeful that the full program can be worked nut in the near future."

l-lu welcomed moves by I-ialig- onlalls to undertake slum clear- ance. The Federal Government was preparEd to give the city financial help for acqulriilg slum areas if proposals within the scope of the National Housing Act were placed before it.

W-llile failure of the Dominion

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Warmer Weather In Sight- for Europe

LONDON. March 'I-— (CPt-—'It‘1e cold spell which gripped Europa u-uring the iveek-end was moder- ating tonight. Iii the United King- dom the All‘ Ministry predicted continued overcast skies with "oo- caslonal sleet or Bilfi-W." The cold was easing ymswltzerlanci‘ where during the wetk-end the mercury hit. 14 below zero; the lowest re- corrleti in 60 years for March. France also reportcd moderating

NEW SPY TRIALS OFCHURCHMEN PREDICTED

industrial Expansion In Maritimes ls“ Forecast

(Iommunis_i Paper Calls Pastors Squealinlliais

By RICHARD KASIBCHKE

BOFIA, March 7—(AP—A gov- ernment spokesman predicted to- day nBw spy trials of Protestant churchmen. -

l-le did so as in pastor defend- ants were called "squealing little rats" by a Communist publication on the ova of their appearance to hear the court's Judgment.

The state has demanded than. four of the l5 be hanged, that the other 11 receive heavy sentences up to life imprisonment on charg- es ranging from treason. and spy- ing for the United States and Britain to black market money transactions.

The trial ended Saturday and the three-man Sofia district court is to hand down its decision and sentences at 3 P.M. tomorrow (9 A.M.. AST).

All have entered confessions of guilt obtained while they were in jail and have begged for mercy.

l0 Pastors in Jail _

Western officials here have esti- mated that about 40 Protestant pastors already are in jail. Al- together there are 138 Congrega- tional. Methodist. Baptist and Pentecostal pastors in the coun- try.

The government spokdstman. Vla- dimir Topeilcharnv. deputy for- eign minister. recalled that in the trial nf the l5, names came out which were not. mentioned in the original indictment. He said some 0f these would be brought to trial.

(Hector McNeil. British minis- ter of state. told the House o‘. Commons today there was "strong evidence" the trial was “part cf a propaganda campaign rather than a Judicial process."

(McNeil. in anmver to ques- tions of a Conservatism mem- ber, cald "it may be true" but the government has no proof that the defendants were starved or drugged.)

The English-language "l-‘reeBul- garia.“ a government press de- partment publication, angrily de- nleci today that the trial WRS part of a Ccmmunist canlpaign of r9- llgious porsecution. It called such charges “crocodile tears, tripe and mad ragings."

"Now," the publication said. "the little rat/s (the defendant pastors) are squealing, begging for mercy. ln a frantic effort to avoid the Liaiiszmanks noose they spill the beans." .

Free Bulgaria alleged that the World Council of Churches at Genéva directed the pastors in

temperatures.

their alleged espionage.

‘Freight Rate

Boost

Hits British Columbia

VANCOUVER. March 7 — (C?) - 1t was “Blue Monday‘ for many British Columbia shippers and im- porters today.

A freight-rate bonsi- ranging from l0 lo 40 per cent. became ef- fective on 200 commoditleswrang- lng from ifeef extract to iron and steel products. '

The new tariff removes the long- standing commodity rates intro- duced by the railways years ago to meet Panama Canal competition on shipments from Eastern Canada.

A railway spokesman said the in- crease waa decided upon last fall.

The railways advised tthe Board of Transport Cci-nmiiuloners of the raise during the hearing on mount- ain dlfiferential rates. Competit- fve lines act on their own on such matters.

Unlike the general rate hike of‘ 20 per cent. granted earlier to rail carriers. no penrnlsalon la' needed from the Board of Transport Com- missioners before increasing these competitive rates.

Consumers will ha affected. A long list of household goods. lu- cludlng radios. ‘sewing machines. vacuum cleaners, baby carriages. and’ foodstuffs. will bear the high- fi TIMI. .

"The increases will mean hllher costs on many goods." said W. A. litundle. manager of the ‘fl-ana- portatlon Bureau. Vancouver Board of Trade. ,

“They may mean a lms of busi- ness to Eastern Canadian manu- facturers."

Ha said many importers may seek to buy aooda in other countries.

Heavy shipments cams Eastern Oanad vla the Panama Canal before t e war. But thare was no revival in tha sea-trade altar thg war.

Ir Bundle today forecast an

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lron. §teel Production Increases in Canada

OTTAWA. cMarch ‘l-rcfm-Gan- nda stopped up her iron and steel production lastJanuarv nearly 30,- 000 tons above the total for he corresponding monh a year ago. Th; Bureau of Statistics reported today that combined output of atecl ingots and castings totalled 284.707 ions in January as com- pared with 256,726 for January. 1048. The total was the highest. since Mary. 1948. when output was 289.567 tons.

WINNIPDG. March 7 -(CP)— While 13 pain-wracked Eskimos were under observation at an iso- lation hospital, health officials to- night pondered advisability of exi- tcndtng s. quarantine that already embraces 40.000-squara miles of the Arctic. .

Afflicted with pollosnyelltls. the Eskimos were brought to Winnipeg aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota this morning from Chest- erfield Inlet. N.W.T.. 1.000 miles north n! tini- west. coast of Hudson Bay. The epidemic took the lives of i3 other Eskimos.

Dr. .11.. Downey, superintendent of the King George Isolation Hos- pital. said that their condition was "fair."

"Our main trouble is to get to understand them or them to under- stand ua." said Dr. Downay. "How- aver. they are really very cooper-

ative. We have made arrangements

Outbreak CgflPolio In Arctic Causes Concern

News In Brief

WASHINGTON. Mai-ch '1 - (AP) — The full 85.680.000.000 the ad- ministration askcd for tha second instalment of the Marmail Plan was approved tonight by tha senate ‘foreign relations committee 1d to

LONDON. March 7 - (GP) - Consultations are in progress among all the Commonwealth

countries to see if a cnnfererica at foreign ministers can be arranged at “the earliest possible moment." informed sources said today. 1t may be held in Ottawa.