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EAMFIAX (CP)~Union Presl ’ dent Harold Martel] said after a m i Sunday meeting that a decisiOn by 1% employees rejecting an of- . for to settle a fouramont‘hls strike against two breweries remained unchanged. . £"llt was just a regular meet- '- Ins.” he said. Victor DeB. Oland, vice—presi- dent of the commonlyowned ' Gland and Son Ltd. and A. Keith end Son Ltd, said the executive of the United Brewery and Dis- Workers’ (CDC) union re- lfused the men a secret ballot on a latest offer to end the strike. 1 "At no time has there been a ‘Qeoret ballot,” Mr. Oland said. f‘At no time have the men been ,‘liven a chance to vote out he
CARIACAS, Venezuela (AP)— Angry government officials Sun- day branded as a hoax a report that the missing British balloon Small World had come down in jungle swamplands of eastern Venezuela. ,
There still was no official wor of the tiny' plastic gasbag which took off 16 days ago from the Canary Islands off Morocco to ride the winds across the Atlan- tic.
CALL OFF SEARCH
The Venezuelan government on Saturday night called off a two- day search of the bayouls at the mouth of the Orinoco River that began with another report—ab tributed to an amateur radio op- erator. This said the balloon
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jungles opposite the tip of Trini- dad.
“It was a hoax in bad taste," declared Venezuela's Communi- cations Minister Zuloaga. He or- dered an investigation.
The British military attache, Col. Richard Brown, flew to Trin— idad to confer with officials at Piarco Airport, who relayed the false message to Caracas.
A. B. Eiloart, 51, leader of the balloon party. had estimated on leaving the Canary Islands that it would take from two to three weeks to drift acress the Atlan- tic.
The Small World. shooting for Barbados, 3.000 miles from the Canaries, was not necessarily overdue, but its radio silence has raised apprehensions,
-' 1 SEBGNIIORJY CLUB, Que. (CPl . Eaton, Canadian-(born head ' if a $2,000,000,000 industrial em-
PiI‘E. observed his 75th birthday -‘ Saturday by making a new plea
\ ‘01‘ Western tolerance and under. finding of Russia in the interests . 1“ peace.
3 'And he blamed his adopted lumith States—«more specifically its politicians—for m0st of the mmOSily existing between East “d West.
The veteran crusader for world ._ Peace, in a birthday talk with re. inorters, had blame for Canada. . ‘00, for not doing its “duty” by
givmg diplomatic recognition to . Red China.
* He said Canada should recog-
l'ize Red China “instantly,” a Move which he suggested could ' “We the United States to follow L "all 0" compel the resignation of ; 3-5, Secretary of State Dulles. mm he has frequently accused 0‘ bungling U.S. foreign policy . “d endangering peace.
Firing the secretary Would be «the greatest New Year present that could happen to the world. t “aid the ou‘tspokcn Mr, Eaton. . who left his native Pugwash. - N's-y as a youngster to go to the 1‘ us. and win and lose personal ,fm‘tunes estimated up to $200.-
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"munism that he is willing Io risk lithe WhOle fate of civilization m : all~0ut war," said Mr. I‘Inlon. who has been described a~ the oII‘y literate American (lcfcnricr . ' Russia not on the SIIMpeCI list (if the FBI.
Mr- Eaton. who vmtcd Russla 1" September and met its pouch M IVik'lta lghrushchcv. said In?
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R u s s i a 11 government can be: trusted and he believes Khrush- chev when the Russian says he does not want war.
He said he explored the idea of Khrushchev visiting the United States and Canada and the chair. man of Russia's council of mm- isters told him he would like to do so but would need invitations from President Eisenhower and Prime Minister D'ievfenlbaker.
Among Mir. Eaton‘s birthday greetings was a cable from Khru- Shchev wishing "success in your noble activities for the benefit of peace and friendship between our countries." _ .
Mr. Eaton talked with Canadian and US, reporters after a morn- ing ski run over the rolling hills of this Quebec province resort 44 milcs from Ottawa. He had taken off about a fortnight from such jobs as the chairmanslup of the 321.000.000.000 a n d Ohio Railway Stoop Rock Iron Mines to cele- bratc Christmas and his birthday with members of his family here.
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In discussing world affairs. his 11 was the question of a reconciliation with Russia. ' “i think We have the wrong 1m- ession of what goes on In Rus- “i believe we can mcnt with Russia. ly to the a-dvan. nd the West.
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ta . . ‘ . V «ml Ihc alternator Is so teIrIfy- Tina " I. “l rcly." .\lr. Eulon added. on KlII'IIslIchcv's statement when he
Mm Inc ‘1 don't want war. "llc said hc (locsnt want to mm!) on a war and the destruc-
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development of the great resour- ces of Russia."
He said Khrushchev recognizes that the industrial development of the U.S. has made it great and he wants to do the same thing.
“Did he speak with envy?” Mr. Eaton was asked.
"No, with admiration." he re- plied.
TRIGGER-HAPPY?
Asked what he thought of the possibility of the Russians getting trigger-happy and loosing the H- bomlb, Mr. Eaton answered:
“'I‘hat causes me more anxiety than anything . . . . I think that if the Russians thought we would turn things loose. they might take the risk. But they have a terror of war."
“I believe." he added. “that we can make a trade. can agree on a treaty of peace under which these two nations can live to- ether."
"I think the U.S. has been the ‘chief stirrer—up of animosity. We are not a popular nation. We are so rich and powerful that it has gone to our heads and we are not as tactful as we should be. The politicians are the main offend-
s. erHe said President Eisenhower “has to realize that we must deal with Russia on the basis that it is a powerful nation and not one that can be pushed around."
He described President Eisen- hower as “an honorable man who made a mistake in turning over foreign relations to Dulles."
“I don‘t think he could have got a man more misplaced." Mr. Eaton added.
Mr. Eaton. who has stated that communism and democracy can
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CANADA,—
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1958
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Strike In NY. Ends
NEW YORK (ARI—Newspaper deliverers Sunday voted to end the costliest newspaper strike in New York h i s t o r y. Morning papers were expected to be on the streets within a few hours. The truck drivers voted 2.901 to 537 to accept a settlement ap- proved Friday by their negoti- ators to end the 19-day strike. An additional 15.000 non- striking newspaper workers who had been laid off during the $50.000.000 strike began returning to their jobs.
The 4.400«member Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union ac- cepted a package that increases their wages $5.30 weekly over a two-year period and provides im- portant fringe benefits.
The union at first sought a 510 weekly package of wages and benefits. including a 35-hour work
failed to gain a reduction of its work week.
The union's membership twice had rejected offers from publish- ers before Sunday's vote.
Fatally lniured At Rail Crossing
NEWCASTLE. N. B. (CPI— Joserh Edward Allain, 50. of nearby Ferry Road. died of in- ternal injuries in hospital here Sunday afternoon following a truck-train collision Saturday. Allain was a passenger in a truck driven by Joseph Cassie. also of Ferry Road, who escaped serious
week instead of 40. The union'
By ALVIN J. STEINKOPF
LONDON ‘AP' — Western Eu rope plunged during the weekend into gigantic monetary and econ— omic readjustmenls. The out- standing features wcrc large extension of convertibility of the pound and devaluation of the franc.
These two moves by Britain and France were followed swiftly by a liberalization of financial policies in other states. France. West Germany. Denmark, The Netherlands. Norway. Italy. ch. den. ,, joined Britain in the couvenibil- ity parade. Most of them an- nounced that their currencies would be convertible as of Mon» day.
The British action. bcncfitlin: mostly non-reSIdcms. means that large sums in pounds held in Britain by any foreigners who are not residents of the sterling area may be converted into dol- lars or other currencies at a sin- gle official rate. This ranges be- tween $2.72 and $2.82 to pound. generally $2.80.
LESS FOR FRENCHMAN
The immediate effect of the France devaluation—from 420 to 493.7 to the United States dollar— will be less spending money for Frenchmen.
The de Gaulle government also decided to issue a new unit of currency. called the heavy Franc to end the long string-s of zeroes needed to add up French budgets. The new hcaw franc. to be introduced gradually in the new year. will be equal to 100 of the old francs. . .
The over - all readjustments in Britain. France and the rest of Europe are expccted to cause widespread r e p e c u s sions in
injury.
trade and finance. The European
CAIRO (AP—The Soviet Union and the United Arab Republic on Saturday signed the agreement for implementing the first stage of the Aswan high dam.
The agreement calls for the So viet Union to lend the U.A.R. 400000.000 rubles (officially equal to 5100000000l for material and technical assistance in the first four-year phase of the project.
Withdrawal of United StatES support for the dam project in 1956 was followed by nationaliza- tion of the Suez Canal by Presi- dent Nasser who said then he in. tended to use canal receipts to finance building the dam.
Field Marehal Abdel Hakim Amer, U.A.R. vice—president ne- gotiated the loan during a trip Io Moscow in October. It is to be re- paid in UAR. commodities. a joint communique said.
12 INSTALMENTS
The text of the agreement said the terms of payment call for in- terst of 2% per cent and the loan repayable in 12 annual ments beginning in Hill. The pact
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culated on the basis of gold value “on the day of repayment."
Payments made by Egypt will be used by the Soviet Union for the purchase of goods in the Egyptian region of the UAR. “in accordance with the trade and payment agreement between the two countries." Prices of Soviet equipment and machinery will be fixed on the basis of world mar- ket prices.
Work on the project is expected to begin in the autumn of 1%9.
Reuters news agency reported from Cairo that Russia appar- ently is prepared to forego sup- port of Middle East communism in a bid to woo Arab nationalists.
Observers noted that Saturday night's signing was not delayed or affected by Nasscr's attack in
Communists.
This move of positive support by the Soviet Union again under- lincd th e emergence of the
tical and economic “battlefield.” Reuters said.
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Paymcnh L'Iizon. abling European countries to do for full payment of sums they owe each other. goes out of ex- istcnce. . EMA TAKES OVER
EPL‘ is replaced by the Europ- ean Monetary Agreement IEMA)
which “'1” insist on full pay- ments EMA. however. will set up a momoon fund to give
sliorl - lcrm credits to countries with unfavorable trade balances.
In some quarters it is believed the British move to make stcr' ling .‘l more attractive currency might touch off a trade war he- twccn Britain and the six west- ern European countries—France, West Germany. ltaly. Belgium. The Netherlands and Luycnr bourg -— who will put their Com- mon Market plan into operation
II scheme en. Jan. I.
This Is a scheme almcd at an eventual common tariff area and the welding together of a solid trading bloc.
SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS Britain. b e c a u s e of special commitments to it I partners In the Commonwealth. has kept out of the Common Market plan. There were allegations on Ihe
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PARIS IRcuIcrsl-—Prcmwr dc Gaulle Sunday announced the lifting of quota I'OSII'iCllf)Il< on 90 per cent of France's foreign trade and introduced stiff now austerity measures in a bid to curb inflation and make thc country I major International economic power,
De Gaulle said the removal of 'hc quota restrictions \wuld 'opcn the flondgales lo the cur-
‘nl" and give France back her
continent that Britain was om to torpedo the whole scheme byl makin‘.‘ its money readily con. vcrtlblc
The British treasury rndmtnd'
optimism. A spokesman said the big step toward complete con. vembilify .— a distant goal - Is good news not only for Britain but for the continental countries which are making or planning similar moves.
RUSTICO —- Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the farm home of Granville S. Bun- tain. Rustico. about midnight Saturday night.
Included in the loss were fur- niture. clothing and other house- hold effects. none of which could be saved because of the rapid progress of the fire.
Mr. BuntAin who lives alone. hadgonetothebarnfora late
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
HAVANA (AIM—Cuban govern— ment forces and insurgents were engaged in violent offensives in central and eastern Cuba Sunday. as a crisis in the civil war ap- peared close at hand.
Four of Fidel Castro‘s rebel columns were reported marching' on Santiago de Cuba in the east after smashing blows at the army in Oricnte province. The rebel radio triumphantly broadcast this report and said the purpose was to set up a separate government in the eastern province soon.
But in central Cuba. President Fulgcncio Batista's government forces apparently have opened a ferocious offensive to stem a tide
Blaze Guts Restaurant
SAINT .IOIIV lCPL—Fire swept rhrough a south end restaurant Saturdav causing extensive dam- age to the lower floor of a three storey wooden building.
Gutted were the premises of Ted's Grill operated by Francis C. Ritchie. The fire originated in the ki‘lChf‘ll of the restaurant near a deep frying machine and crept up the outside of the build-
Rustico Home Is Destroyed By Saturday Night Blaze
hour chock-up to see that every- thing was in order. and on his return 15 minutes lair-r found the house full of smoke. Through the efforts of a large number of people who gathered. the other buildings were saved. The New Glasgow fire equip- ment arrived yesterday to pour
water on the still smouldering embers. It is understood the loss is
partly covered by lnmtrance.
Cuban Gov’t. Forces Battle Rebels In Fierce Encounters
of rebel successes which scri- ously threatened Santa Clara. the capital of Les Villas province.
II Injured On Aircraft
NEW YORK (AP' — Eleven persons were injured Saturday when an airliner bound from Jamaica to New York with sev- eral Canadian passengers aboard suddenly dropped 1.000 feet and then soared 1.700 in a period of 10 seconds.
The plane. a four-engined Brit- ish Overseas Airways look the drop in a downdraft as it was passing nea r Nassau in the Bahamas.
It had taken off from Monlcgo Bay. Jamaica. and continued on to land safely at ldclwild Airport here. Only one of the injured was hurt severely-Dons Clacy, II steward of London. who suffered a mild concussion.
The 10 others were lrcalcd at fhe airport on arrival and re leased.
John Thomas, 24. of Toronto. told reporters:
“My head struck the ceiling. The next thing i knew. I was on the floor of the aisle between the seats and many others were also
ing through an air vent.
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.-'.c\'I~'Ion audience that France is "for some time [doing to un- ;l-‘go a period of trial."
"The situation remains [)l‘(‘(‘.ll'- II~, lhnl l\’ to say. (inngzroIIV' The French premier llslcd II ~ng list of now faxes. subsidy ms and other austerity movcs iI-slgncd lo cut an anlir.pzl‘.vrl budzcl deficit of l.20.000.(m.(lxl francs (about Q470.000.000 at Ihc new rale) lo half that figure.
DEVALL‘E FRAN C
The announcement of the pro Kram came a day aflcr the gov- ernment dIscloscd it was dcvnlu- ina the franc by 17.55 per cent to 496.7 francs lo the United Stales dollar. compared with the old official rate of 420
Dc Gaulle also confirmed Sun» day that a new heavy franc. to be worth 100 present-day francs. wlll be introduced dunng 1969.
The premier said the new fi- nancial. cc 0 n om i c and social measures. which come into force Monday. would establish the country "on I basis of truth and oevcrily. the only one which can permit it to build its prosperity."
“I do not hide the fact that our country is for some time going to undergo a period of trial. But the recovery aimed at is such Ihal it can repay us for every- thing."
De Gaulle an id no public charges which would result in In- flalion could be accepted. Bul In. vestments which governed the country's future. including hous- lng. schools. howltals. powers. development. 1 n d u I trial equip- mcnt and communications, must be continued.
OTHER COMMITMENTS
Franco also had undertaken to transform revolt-torn Algeria as pacificauon progressed. and It must take part in developmem of the cilia countries of the French community.
Finally. we cannot in the pres- ent slate of the universe do wim- oul a strong military forcc.“
All these measures, if events had been allowed to take Ihelr course. would have involved a budget ddicil of 1.“.000110000 francs.
"Apart from undergoing ruln~ ous inflation. or making France bankrupt. there was nothing else to do but to reduce this threaten- ing deficit by half. That is what was decided."
HIGHER TAXES
The premier announced hlghcr company faxes and higher taxes on large incomes. new taxc: on
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wmc. alcohol and tobacco. the abOllilOn of numerous subsidies on consumer goods. and reduc- tions of budgetary help for na- tionalsz undertakings, in par- ticular the railroads.
Social insurance would have to pay for itself and ear-servicemen who were not in need would be asked to give up their pensions.
De Gnulle envagcd some rise in prices as a result of these ‘ - slcrn measures." and sad the government would take suztable stops to prolcct p u r c h a s i n 3 power. in p a r t i c u 1 ar that of l-‘rcnchmcn with modcst in- C(IIITOR,
On Jan. 1 old people’s pensions would go up by 5.20 francs I month about $10.30 and on Feb. 1 minimum wages Would also In- rrl-nsc.
LARGE BACKING
Flllallt'f‘ Allll'SICI‘ Anloinc Pi- nay told the I‘BdiO - TV audienco that “very large backlnt!" has been placed at the disposal of In. Hark of France to reinforce for- eign exchange reserves and as- sure Ihe franc against specula- lion.
The finance min.ster did not disclose where the "backing" came from but there have been reporls in ParLs that a West German loan to France is being considered.
Pinav also disclosed that France's gold and foreign ex- ohanze reserves “were ex- hausted" when de Gaulle took power last May.
Three Killed
In Collision
SIIERBROOKE. Que. fCI’l— Thm persons lost their lives u I result of a collisxon between an automobile and I road-grader Saturday night in this Eastern Townships centre.
Leopold Provost. 52. of Mont- real. and his lb—yearold son. Paul. were killed instantly. Nicole Bcaudoin. 20. of the Montreal suburb of Carten'ille. died in hos- pital Sumiay of injuries suffered In the mishap.
In critical condition in hospital were Mrs. Leopold Beaudoln. 53. and another son. Jean. 2i.
All occupied the car. Driver of the road<grader escaped serious injury.
Jop Premier Faces Crisis
TOKYO (APIHPremier Nebu- sukc Kishl has failed to dissuade tlIrcc dissident cabinet minister! from tendering their resignations. The failure has pitched him into the gravest crisis he has faced in I!) monlhs of office,
At best he can meet the de- mands of dissident factions in his Liberal - Democratic (conserva- livc> party by holding elections for the party presidency next March Instead of January. and by immediately reshuffling party
and cabinet posts.
GUELPH lCP‘--—Police Sunday were trying to unravel the mys- tery surrounding what they call a triple slaying and su.cide which occurred 40 miles apart Saturday night.
Dead arc: Ambrose McQuinn. 5i. and his wife. Mary. 53. of Guelph; Maude Grisch, 66. and Harold Reynolds. 57. both of Grocnsville. 40 miles south of herc.
Police said the shootings may have been prcCIpilaled by an ar- gument between Reynolds and Mrs. Grlsch. his step-sister and Mrs. McQuinn's aunt. over the sale of a home in Dundas. ncar Hamilton.
Reynolds also apparently had financial dealings with the Mc- Quinns but so far the police have been unable to determine what they were.
SHOT AT HOME
According Io police Mrs. Grisch was killed at 11:20 pm. in a Greensville home where she and Reynolds boarded. Around mid- night the McQuinns were shot in their home here as they enter- tained some friends. Police stopped Reynolds as he drove from Guelph lo Greensville. but they said he shot himself before they could get to his car. He died later in a Hamilton hospital.
Police said all of the slayings
Blame Murder And Suicide For Four Deaths In Ontario
were done with I .38-calibre auto malic.
The McQuinns had beene uter- lainlng Joseph Carr of nearby AI- vcrton and Caroline Addison of Hzmiilion. The latter were in the living room when someone en- tered the house around midnight.
FOUR SHOTS FIRED They said four shots were fired.
Mr. McQuinn was found dead in the hallway. Mrs. McQu‘mn in the
kilcllcn. Neither Mr. Carr nor .\l.ss Ad- dison saw Iho shootinzs. They said they doubled whether the slayer even knew they were there.
Guelph police started a hunt for the slayer with an all<points bul- letin. Aurasler and Watcrdown police spotted Mrs. Grisch's car being driven by Reynolds. They gave chase and forced Reynolds to stop near Greensville.
SHOT HIMSELF
They said before they could get to Reynolds in the car. he shot himself. He was taken to a Harm- ilton hospital where he died at 2:30 am.
Reynolds and Mrs. Grisch had lived in a home owned by Mrs. Ada Wintemute in Grecnsville.
Mr. McQuinn. a painter at the 0 n t a r l 0 Agricultural College here. came from Hamilton a few
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