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U. N. Regiment Free OF Chinese Trap In Korea

Federal Aid Assured For Maritime Potato Guiwers

tlo Doubt Thai Federal Offer Applies ToP..E.l.

interviewed late last evening on Him. A. C. Taylor's announcement at Andovcr. N. 3.. that Federal"ald would he fmlhcomlng to ensure a gay, "cum to potato growers on azilrs made throughout the season, lion. C. C. Baker, P. E. I. Minister- of .-lgrlculture. said that while this word had not reg.-hed him official- Iv yesterday. he had no doubt that it was in the mall and that the New Brunswick Minister's stale- mcnt applied to Prince Edward Is- land as well as New Brunswick potato growers.

"This is what we have been jointly wanking for. and I am very gtad that Mr. Taylor has receiv- ed i-his assurance fi-om Ottawa." Air. Baker said. "We were ex- iiiflilljl it. and that is one reason .i”n-V we had the Marketing Board --.:,:i on the dealers keeping a ircurd of all their potatoes pur- chased. and from whom.

"This undertaking by Ottawa will bring us up to a. level that is t'l)lnpaTa'blC with prices in Central Canada. After the computations are made it will likely result in an outright grant to the Boards. which must be paid to the pro- oilicers."

Mr. Baker referred to previous efforts to obtain a large potato order from Spain. in which both Provincial Governments had cc- operated. the Prices Support Board nzreeing to pay a suibsidy of 50: per 100 lbs. if the order went lilrollglh. Subsequently. both Gov- mime-n-is have been working joint- ly to get assurance of Federal aid as outlined in Mr. Taylor's state- lll."ni.

PARKING METERS

TORONTO. Feb. Eleven hundred parking meters w;il be installed on downtown Toi-on-to streets, civic works com- mittee decided today. City Coun- cil approved meter parking last .'x'nvem-ber. Parking meter charges will be five cents a period. with ills periods varying from 15 min- utcs to an hour depending on loca- :on.

Cor-riirigflfvr-eats

"Mail your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio, Chifrlottetown.

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"wheat 53.15 per hundred. Mc- i-U-snn A: Boyle.

" Croklnoie party. Mt. Albion Hail tonight. February 2.

"Buying oats and mixed giralii, -W feed bass daily. Highest prices Fraser and Annear Feed service

"l-(lnkora. Friday. February .5pecial Pre-Lenten show. fziiniiy llonoymoon". Dance after.

"liockcy tonight at Wlllshlrc lblnlxx Wliishire Miracles vs. Y. M.

"Hunter River rink tonight. lfilzuc game North Rustico vs. South Rustlco. Skate after.

"Card pnrty and lunch. Hope lgigcr Credit Union Hall. Friday, C .2.

"Auction and Dance. Millvlcw Hall. nlday, Fdbruary 2nd and Monday. February 5t.h.

"The official” in; of west Royalty school wil be held on Monday. 1-'cbi-uary 5th, at a P. M.

f'Buylng good feed baa: daily- Hlziiest. prices. Russell Driscoll. Mt. Hci-berg,

"Receiving Hogs at Crspaud for Canada Packers Limited. until 12 zlggn circa Tiiesday. Robert Daw-

"Notlcs social avsnlnl. Svrlncneiii Hall. Friday. rsbruary ind. In aid of. rink. sponsored by lmm Fonan. If stormy. following

"Annual Meeting the Wlltahlre Diiinrying 00.. will be held Mon- Ilnv. 1-:a,i;runi-y 12th. 2 P. Id. Pull llltndaiice ls rsqussud. Nelson """lGfl0Y. Secretary.

"3II!lns.Pln and feeder cattle. Ill kinds and class. Ilonday. at lhitorlcton. Paying 824.00 pair for "Wwi? over N be. ssch

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AN-DOVER. N. 3., Feb. 1 --(CP) - Hon. A. C. Taylor. Provincial Minister of Agriculture. told sev- eral hundred potato growers here today that Federal aid would be forthcoming to ensure a fair return to the growers on sales made throughout the season. The meet- ing was called by the growers to determine what steps are being taken to secure financial aid for

the industry. , Mr. Taylor said that if the farmers could furnish proof,

through the Marketing Board, of their sales from the first of the season to the close. he could prom- ise definitely that the growers would receive any difference be- tween the selling price and what was considered a fair return.

The Minister stated that he did not believe the farmers would be su-bsidizcd for the potatoes on hand at the close of the season. He emphasi 4. however. that there is I. demand for all the potatoes now in the growers hands and orderly marketing would dispose of the entire crop at a satisfactory pi-ice. He said that after allowing for shrinkage and potatoes to be used for plant- ing. there were about 5.400 car- ioads on hand in New Brunswick. a drop of 2.000 from this dale last year.

Believes No Sabotage In Bridge Collapse

THREE RIVERS. Quc., Feb. 1 - (CP) - Mayor J. A. Mongrain Slilld today that. "no one in Three Rivers believes sabotage was con- nected with collapse of the Du- plessis Bridge."

The Mayor told the Canadian Press he was not making the statement in direct reply to Prern. l0l' DU'Dlcssis' statement of yester- daytin which the Premier. in the Legislature. said it was his opin- ion that sabotage was the cause of the disaster.

"There is nothing to indicate -ll0ib0l&5!0." said Mayor Mongrain. y The Mayor said he was not mak- mg any further comment and that an official statement from him- Self-.38 mayor of the city. will iDOS5lb1)' be made later. .

liorltlie-act 0.8. To Test Air liefeiices

WASHINGTON. Feb. l--iAP)- Air defences of the Northeastern United States will be tested in a four-day exercise beginning next Thulsdly. the Defence Department announced today.

The rlepnrtmeni said 100.000 Cmlllm sround observers will part- lclpate. with rcaular units of the air force. army ,., anti-aircraft artillery units and the navy.

The exercise will cover the Great Lakes area eastward to the Atlantic Coast and some distance at sea. The southern limit of the telling area will run from south- western Kentucky to the coast or Houthcrn North Carolina.

Civilian observers will be called to their posts only Feb. 10-11.

A similar exercise covering the Kneky Mountain and Pacific Coast States began toi-flay under dirccton of the western Air Dc. fence Command at Hamilton Air

Allied Drive Rolled Ahead Again Today

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TOKYO. 2 -(Friday)- mcnt. aided by low-flying -planes and relntorceinents. crushed an attempt by 6.000 Chinese to tang! it in Central Korea, the U. 5. Eighth Army reported today.

A communique said the enemy was forced to break off contact Thursday after a fight which 'iasl:cd nearly 13 hours and the Red entrapment assault; caused "no appreciable change in posit- ion."

AP correspondent. Stan swlnton reported that the Allied offensive begun nine days ago on the west- ern frcnt south of Seoul "rolled forward" at dawn today.

Renewal of the advance follow- ed a night: in which the Reds. believed suffering frcm serious manpowcr losses, mustered only one fnlnt counter-attack in the west.

if. K. House Backs Alliee

, LONDON. Feb. 1 -(AP) -The House of Commons rejected to- night conservative charges that Prime Minister Al:tlec's Labor Government has bungled Britain into a critical fuel shortage.

The vote was M to 289. Voting was along party lines.

A few hours earlier the Govern- ment had instituted emergency measures designed to head off a creeping coal crisis which threat.-

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By DOUGLAS HOW

OFITAWA, Ebb. l - (OP) a- The armed forces. today were placed un- der B. single military head - Lt.-

Gen. Charles roulkes -- in a move arising from their union and Canada's growing commitments overseas.

But the development was almost overshadowed by the resulting ap- pointment. of colorful, incisive Lt".- Gen. Guy Slmonds as Gen. Foulki-.s' successor as chief of the army's general staff.

The moves. announced by De-

lnet. meeting. do these things:

1. Make Gen. Foulkes. 48, perm- anent chairman of the chiefs. of staff comimittee charged with co-

crdlnatirig the operations and traili-

dng of the-three forces an the preparation of fully correlate de- fence plans. '.llhey recognize his role as Canada's chief military spokes- man in Atlantic Pact developments and free him to carry on that job.

2. Place t.l'ie.-expanding army un- der Gen. 51 ds. (7. a man who has spent five years directing Brit- isiii and Canadian staff colleges af- ter a -war dareer which stamped him in many minds as Canada's outstanding field commander.

3. send the R.(:. A.F.'s brainy Air Vice Marshal RR. Miller to King- ston to take Gen. almonds 'jcb as head of the National Defence Col- lege. -

The ol:iang& make Gen. Foulkes boss of the forces. He becomes Cari-

ens to hamper the country's rc- armament program.

ada's equivalent of Gen. Oinar Bradley who watches over all three

Report U. N.

News in Brief '

TORONTO. Feb. 1 -(CP) - Continuation of rent controls in Ontario after Fedcrnl rent con- trols explrc April 30 was herald- ed today in the Speech from the Throne read by Lieutenant-Goth ernor Ray Lawson at the opening of this year's Legislature session.

QUEBEC. Feb. 1-(GP)--Prem- ier Duplessls announced today that the Federal crown company. Defence Construction Limited, will make available temporary bridging to restore communicab- ions severed by collapse of the Dupicssls Bridge at Three Rivers. Four temporary bridges. built for

China. will be made available to the Quebec Government free of i charge. l cu-llcaco. Feb. 1 -(AP) -

iwinter renewcd its attack against the United States today along the widest front of the season. Snow, cold. sleet or freezing rains struck from the Rockies to the Atlantic seaboard. Hundreds of schools were closed in the storm regions. Transportation was slowed. Com- munication and power lines snap- ped.

LAS VEGAS. Nev.. Feb.1-(AP) -The third atomic blast in less than a week went off before dawn today in the desert near here. but hardly ii soul in Las Vegas turned n hair. Such things are just everyday stuff now in this city of high stakes gambling and quick divorce. The sky lit up in 9. hilnding flash at 5:48 a. m. PST and buildings rumbled from

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the concussion six minutes later.

Rush To Buy Oil Rights In. Virden, Man. Area

VTRDEN. M.an.. Feb. 1 -(OP)-- A snowmobile cannot be hired within 100 miles of Vtrdsn.

The enclosed. tracked vehicles are busy at as much as 006 I day whisking lease-seeking oil man over ice-encrusted back roads to farmhouse doors.

It's part of a scramble to buy up mineral rights on agricultural land near the site of Manitoba's first promising all find.

The Provincial Government In- nouncod earlier this week ths upping of oil from a mi. well a 1-2 miles west of here. in the southwestern corner of Manitoba.

Provincial Geologist J. D. Al- lan said Wednesday the strike in- dlcstes "almost without question than is oil tfllt Elli be lmlduccd

oil-cunpnny representatives are

ation rights. At the same time they sign over to the farmers 12 1-2 per cent of the "take" if all is found.

One executive said his company is buying up mineral rights "as fast as snowmobiles can get our agents around the area."

The rich agricultural lands of the Pmvince's southwestern tri- angle. bordering on Saskatchewan and North Dakota. were mainly settled prior to I090.-the year the Govantnent began retaining min- cral rights when it sold crown lands.

Discovery of oil in the Call- fornis Standard Company's test wolf has sat this town of 1.000 Idol.

Losses are being taken as far as 40 miles from the site of the cal- tfornia standard well.

The well is the first in the

paying so to 00 an acre for explor-

Provlncs to show recoverable ill.

Troops To

Stop At Qth Parallel

WASHfNG'I'DN. Feb. 1 -(AP) -High United states officials are reported to have decided that United Nations troops should stop at the 38th parallel if they are able to drive that far in any northward advance in Korea.

While responsible American authorities were reluctant. to dis- cuss this development even priv- ately, the intent appeared to be to create if possible a basis for new efforts at a political settlement.

The United states exercises through Gen. Douglas MacArthur

the command of United Nations forces in Korea and MacArthur presumably has been or shortly

will be informed of the decision.

At the moment ll. N. advances to the north are described as rel- atively limited patrol action and apparently the present strategy is not designed to develop an all-out northward movement.

Eisenhower Aims Al 40 Divisions For Wesljirope

SVASHINGTON, Feb. 1r-(AP)- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was reported today to have told Sen- ators that he is aiming at a goal of 40 divisions-roughly. about 700.000 troops-to dcfcnd Western Europe by the end of 1952.

Testifying behind closed doors, Eisenhower. also said:

"I don't deny the dangcr of a powder keg war. But the task to- dlly is one of building for peace."

Eisenhower spoke on his 21-day tour of European ca-piiuls which ended with fl stop at Ottawa.

He said that if Western Europe- with its 200.000,000 people should fall to Soviet domination. the mili- tary balance of power would bc so drastically shifted that '00? own safety would be gravely im- pcrllied.”

Small Boy Spends Six Hours In Open TORONTO. Feb. 1 (CF) Unable to move when his snow-suit fell down around his legs. a three- yeai--old bcy spent six hours in n ravine last night before searchers found him. The youngster. Lynden

Dknklw, is reported 'reoovc-rlniz from frost-blte.and4:qvcI.ire.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l - (AP)-m Bennctt E. Meyers. former major- general in the United shite! Air Force was paroled fran prison to- day. He was convicted in 1000 of inducing a civilian associate to lie about his sideline business activ- ities during the acoond world war. He was lirunedlately picked up by U.l. 'b l- to answer a Federal

income tax evasion indictment.

Gov"t Places Canadals Armed Forces Under Single Military Head

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Mr. Claxton said the appoint- ment arose frcm "the increase in. defence activities. particularly tliosci having to do with co-cperation with. other countries under the North Atlantic Treaty which was requir- ing more and more cf Gen. Foulkesl timer”

In addition, he added. the work of preparing "fully correlated dc- fence plans and ensuring the lit- most co-operation and co-ordination -between the services now requires the services of a chairman ncl: an integral part. of one of the forces nor particularly responsible for its administration . ." i

Gen. Foul-kcs' selection came asi no surprise to anyone aware of Mr. Claxt.cn's feeling that the General has been his ablesl: military adviser at defence headquarters.

Gen, Stmonds was in many ways Canada's Montgomery of the last. war. He had scme of the tr:-r,ch-' ant. stern. brilliant; qualities of ti-ioi British Field Marshal and some of his battlefield genius. In command- ing the 1st. Division in Sicily, the 2nd Corps and for a into the first Canadian Army in Northwest Eur- ope. he built: up a reputation as an

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Spreading Rail Slrilie Causes Concern In U.S.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1 -- (AP) -- The Government clamped a partial em- bairgo on mail tonight because of the fast-spreading United States i'a.tlroad abrtke. It also made two legal moves to try to halt tine walk-

Paralysls spread along more of the country's rail arteries as more Lralnmen reported "sick." The rail strike also caused layoffs of more than 68,000 workers in other indust- riea.

Hardship loomed an the fighting

the forces in Korea were stalled in Chicago's freight yards. Doinestlc mail. freight and express piles mounted.

The tleup of fuel all shipments brought. fears that hcmes would ',;l'01y cold during the current cold wave.

The mail embargo restricted ac- ceptance of second, third and fourth class mail for out-of-town delivery at Chicago, St. Louis, Washington. Philadelphia, 'Ilrent.:n, N..)., Jacksonville. Fla.. New York city, Atlanta. Ga., Cleveland, and Baltimore. Md.

Air mail service is not affected.

During the last: three days, the "sick" walkouts of rail workers have spread to more than 42 railroads in about 30 cities.

Swibchmen have demanded a 40- hour week it the pay they receive for ii 48-hour week. They went at strike for three days in December, but returned to work Dec. 16.

Confirms Report lie Extension Of Fishing Season

OTTAWA. Feb. 1-(Special)--J. Watson MiicNaughl. parliamentary assistant to Fisheries Minister Mll.)'heW today confirmed the re- port. that the season for fishing of smells has been extended this year to February 28 or the Maritime Provinces and Quebec.

He made it clear that the ex- tension applied only to the cur- rent year and was ordered on ac- count. of the hitherto unsatisfac- tory icn and general weather conditions.

The time extension. Mr. Mac- Naught said. would. in the opin-

able field commander.

Like Gen. Foulkes. he was born in Entlland and came to Canada as a boy.

R.A.F. Tightens Great

Britainis Air

LONDON. Feb. I --tReutcrs)- Aii Air Ministry spokesman said today that if war broke out the Royal Air Force could go into full-scale action at the touch of a button. Its strength is twice that of 1939.

Battle of Britain veterans. now in command of the R. A. F.. agree that in another war they could exipect no breathing space like they had in 1939-40.

But mobilization machinery is such that essential reservists on clviliaii jobs could be at their bat- tic stations within slightly more than 21 hours.

Co-cpcrntioii with Atlantic Pact air forces is a key feature of R. A. F. organization. R. A. F. nir- crcws train in Canada and South- ern Rhodosia while Canadian fighter pilots are flying in Brit.- ain alongside R. A. F. formations.

In Western Europe, English has become the official language for fighter pilots.

Extensive U. S. llir forces equipped with 3-29 bombers and jet fightcrs are in Britain. The recent-visit. here of the huge Amcricsn B-36 bombers may in- dicate that such planes will be permanently based here under U. 5. command.

Prime Minister Atlli-e an- nounced this week that Britain's output of fighter planes would be quadrupled in the next three years.

All regular fighter sauadrons lil- rcady are equipped with jet alr-

crsft. and 15 of the no auxiliary squadrons. manned by reservists at week-ends, have been turned

over to jets. , g The three principal jet fighters

in mass production-the Meteor.

Vampire and Venom-will in time

give way to swept.-back wing machines now in the prototype stage.

Luck of a modern heavy bomber is the greatest gap in the R. A. F.'s armor. and for the time being crews are being trained to use United States B-29 superforiresa- as. known-here as washingtons.

This month the new British Canberra twin-let. bmibar goes into ssrvice with the R.A.F.

though a tactical aircraft. believ- ed to be capable of speeds over 000 miles an hour; the Canberra has treat range and striking

Ion of the Fisheries Department. enable smell fishermen to recoup losses due to unfavorable weather and bring their catch up to the lcvcl of normal years.

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OTTAWA. Feb. 1--(CP)-Primal Minister St. Laurent today ruled: out conscription for Canada at this! stage of the world situation. !

He told the Commons the Gov-; ernment believes the big need in, building up defences of Western; Europe now is for arms ratherl than troops. though he said that condition could change.

If so. Government policy would- be based on the type of Canadlani contribution that could be of. "actual effective value" and rioty on sentimental, racial or religious grounds. .

Mr. St. Laurent. leading off the Governments defence of its poli-, cies in the annual Throne speeclif debate, told the House he is con--j flcient. North Atlantic Treaty” coun-l tries' defences will be built upi strongly enough to prevent aggres- sion. but he warned it. will call forl the full effort of all Cnnadians.

. He indicated to the House eco-

nomic controls powers being ' sought by the Government would be on a stand-by baais,lto be used as appeared beneficial. The Gov- ernment. would move "with dis- Daich but with caution"