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MERE MAN

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1950

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Loot Still

By ROBERT WILSON

and his wife in a roadside hold-

on

ioiiay. llcld also is a Briton booked Strasbourg as Watson

lormcr Foreign Leglonnaireh are said they were investigating

llcr v.

cussing.

i116 Rlvlfira last August have ‘nrcn arrested, French police 551d

Lindsay, Po- mssibility ho instigated the rob-

Hut. the glittering loot was still

One member of the gang, n, 10,-.

Five ' Arrested In Aga Khan Holdup;

Missing

touts of Marseilie. to the island 1..

PARIS’ Jan" 2° _‘ m?) - FIWICOTSICH. to the criminal d ns i jJlllISIETS who seized up to $800,-§Puris and to a villn n“; (loom- a, not) in gems from the Agu Khan '

that of the Aga Khan in the vii- 1539 °1 U? Clinnet. threo miles north of Cannes.

Investigators identified the slain wullle as Roger Senancd], who Provided the aut0m0bllc for the Suck-ill). and his friend, Renee Remy. Police said they did not a know where the bodies are.

Officers said the villa wals own. ed by Leon Jolivet, 42, one o; u... prisoners. The others under arrest were identified as Francois Sanm, 43. a Corsican; Barthclemy Ruber.

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Accuse. Dean Acheson 0t Monstrous Lies

By Eddy Gilmore MOSCOW. Jan. 21 -(Saturday) --(AP)— Russia. accused State Secretary Dean Acheson of the United States today of trying to put the blame on Russia. for the

failure of American policy in China. . The Foreign Ministry charged

that Acheson told "monstrous and awkward" lies about Russian in- tentions to seize certain Chinese Dmvinces “to put a good face on a bad ganne."

The Ministry issued its rejoinder. signed by Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky. in an unusual state- ment givcn to foreign correspond- ents. The usual routine is for such

mcr convict. sometimes identified as the leader, and his girl friend '-\~‘1‘6 Iflbflrted dead. Police said they were takcn for a ride by the utters, who feared the two were ‘oo talkative and would give away ahe rest if they were caught.

ti. 38. Paul Mondolini, Jacques Banedctti, 42.

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Police Version I

Police gave this version of the case: Jollvet studied the movements

and

Seek Three Others

my-guns fro tho

Begum.

The trail led

Photo studio. Charlottetown

tonight.

"Dance in Wednesday night January 25th.

Saturday. January 21st.

Cliff Peters Orchestra.

Royalty Royals. Game time 8.30.

aid of Y.P.U.

"Bingo and Bazaar Grarfville Hall by the W. I. Ja 23rd.

Baptist Church.

mage Sale in Market Buildin Saturday at 3.30.

"Satan-d:

A country-wide alarm has been sounded for \thrce other men be- loved to have the gold and platin- ilm bracelets, rings, clips and other jewels taken at. the point of tom- Aga Khan, wealthy reiigio s leader of the Is- mnili Moslems, and his wife, the

investigators through the tough dockside hang-

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° l Coming Events. "Mall Yfiilr Films to Garuhum "Skating at North River rink

Bridgetown Hall,

"Cake Sale, St. Charles Auxil- iary at Rogers Hardware, 2 o'clock

"Cornwall Rink opening skate.

“Dance in St. Peters Legion Hall Monday night, January 23rd.

"Hockey tonight ut Covehend, Covehead Red Wings versus East

"Crokinole party, North Wil-t- shire hall. Tuesday, Jan. 24th in

in North "Cake Sale today, 3 P. M. Ferll hell and Chandler. Victoria lClroup

"Local Guide Association Rum-

Jan. 21st see "livery

°f the A88. Khan and the Begum and knew they were leaving n00" A118- 3 for the Cannes alr- port to visit their daughter-in-lzlw, Hitu Hayworth, the wife of the Ago. Khan's son. Prince Aly Khan,

When the couple set forth, Rub. crtl casually pedulled a bicycle in front of their car. Senanedj was at the nrhecl of the gangster cur.

Senna. Bcnenettl and Mondoliui Jumped out and pointed their WmmY-Qllns at the Ago Khan and the Begum. . ~

53"" Dicked up the Begum‘: fortune laden bag, which held am- ong about 40 articles n bracelet, W°m1 $190000 and n ring valued 5f- 575-000. End fled with his throe companions in the car.

Ruberti calmly pedalled off the Riviera sunshine.

Senanedj drove around to J01. lvBt-‘s villa. There re left sanno, Benedetti and Mon olini with the loot and drove on alone to Mar- seille. The three men buried the jewels in the garden and, inter, went to Marseillc, too.

Sauna returned to the garden litter and dug up the jewels.

- The official account said two

O in

iatc action. Drc-p everything, use n maximum of personnel to conduct raids on suspect establisluncnts, in stations and on thc roads" for these two mcn, plus another,

The third mun is Urbain Glauulc, 3G, who has convictions

LONDON, Jan. 20 —— (CP) — Britain announced today her io- ial exports last. ycar wcre 12.8 per ccnt more than in 194B. EXJPOIIS to Canada increased by £7,000,000 ($24,410,000) i0 a total of £79,000,- 000. Thc exports earned $295,- 000,000 in 1049 ~— just $5,000,000 more i-han in i048. However, de- spite the increased exports, Bri- rain is still importing more than she is exporting.

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.____._,_____ LEAVES HOSPITAL

g’ LAUSANNE. Switzerland, m.

20 — (AP) — Rita Hayworth fo- day lerft- the fashionable Mont-

atl

replies to western statesmen tobe released through the official gov- ernment news agency Tass. or in the newspapers Pravda and Izvestia. _

The statement said it was issued in reply to a speech Acheson made at the National Press Club in Washington Jan. 12. In the speech, the statement said. the U.S. sec- retary asserted the Soviet Union "is separating the northern reg- ions of China from China. and uniting them to the Soviet Union."

"It is not difficult to see." the statement added, “that in all these declarations by Acheson there ls not one word of truth."

Vishinsky also denounced Ache- son as an "annexionist." He said this was revealed when the Ameri- can Secretary of Slate said that Japan, the Philippines and Ryukyti Islands —~ non-American territories~ivere in the dcien-cc line of the United States.

Statement Issued

Tile statement issued to foreign correspondents follows:

"A declaration of the minister of foreign affairs of the U.S S R Andrei Vishinsky on the statement of Secretary of State Dean Ache- son: ~ "On the 12th of January Secret- ary of State of the United States Acheson made a statement in Washington in the National Press Club on the policy of the United Slates in Asia. In his speech there are unsuccessful attempts to

Saturday night. Children's free Corsicuns, Pierre Leca 43 and IIISItUY m“ Iioltlcy M, Int‘): Um“:

5k i s l d, l _ ' ' Sta cs in rea ion o 1e coun - a e a ur 1y morn us Vincileoni, 47, got the fies of Asia’ and m particular "Hockey match Scavlclv Rink ' I Clima-

lpficfllsgifl. Sin-inc Valley versus Mul- g,‘;‘§,‘§§°,°;§;*5ay;§;fs "‘"°“¢h°“'" "Stenploc furl-h bshlfld a mask q ' “Extremely urgent. For immed- (Continued on Page 5 Col. 4)

BATTLESHIP AGROITND

NORFOLK. Va.. Jan. 20 —(AP) —-Thc United Slates Navy today temporarily called off operations to float the battleship Missouri,

-_. on his record as a pnndercr and a 8811mm‘ Elm‘? Tue-may 0" a “Will be hauling ice from Gales thief. Chcsalwaki} Buy mudlmllk- all“ ouu beginning Jan, 2a. Billy .. 21 loss failed to lwiudge the lzlwnl Hounam North Ri- . ~ ' vessel. Naval hea quarters ICYE ' -————wr Bflflsh Exports said a furlhcr effort to tow thc “Rummage Sale. St. Peter's ship free depended on the next School Room, Saturday January Per eel“ Les‘ Year favorable tide, expected about 21st. 7 P. M. Fab, z,

FACTORY AND DWELLING FIRES TAKE 9 LIVES IN

Iiussians Issue Sharp Beply To‘ U. S. Stale Secretary?

Masonic Temple‘

At Montague Is Gutted By Fire

Montreal Fur Sale Good News To Fox Ranchers

Fox ranchers here and through- out Canada will be considerably heartened by the results which ap- pear below regarding the Hudson‘; Bay Co. sale at Montreal Thurs- day. There was a large attendance of buyers and‘ among them were representatives of European firms, whose presence helped materially to advance prices and increase purchases.

The merchandise offered was al- most equally divided between pelts taken ofif in i048 and 1940. The collection was a good one and its attractiveness ‘was remarked by the buyers. The fact that the sale went off so nicely was a haplpy augury for the success of the old- est; fur company in t-he world cs- tablishing an auction house in Canada.

Information regarding prices was received by telephone last evening from ltil‘. George A. Callback, marczlger fur marketing depart- unent, Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders ‘Association, Sum- mcrside who had just arrived home by plane from Montreal. Be- low the prices will be found the text of a te1egram' from the fur sales Dept. of the Hudson's Bay 00.. Montreal, received yesterday.

Summary of prices:

Standard silvers, 5.574 pelts of- fered. 59 per cont sold, average $14.57; selected full silvers. aver- age $17; regular full slivers, aver- age, $1525; inferior silvers, aver- age $11.18. half to thrcequartet’ silvers 48 skins select types offer- ed, aver-age $23.50; regular half to three-quarter silvers, 179 skins offered. 100 per cent sold, average $10.13; inferior one half to three-

(Continued on Page 5 Col. 3)

Canada To Invoke "Dumping Duty"

OTTAWA. Jan. 20 — (CP) — Canada will alitomaticaly invoke "dumping duty" to prevent Unit- cd States surplus farm products from being sold in Canada below cost. the Revenue Department said today. The department said in a statement that special pro- visions of the customs tariff can prevent the import into Canada of any of the farm products which the U; S. Government "has ac- cumulated under its price-support program and now plans to ex- port at low prices.

By John liightowcr WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 —(APl The United States will break diplomatic relations with Com- munist Bulgaria unless that Rus- sian satellite abandons its de- mand for removal of American

Minister Donald R. Heath.

U. S. Diplomatic, Break With Bulgaria Looms

_-_...__..___________~_ can diplomats and legation elm- ployces in Bulgaria.

There was little bclicf aim-long officials that the American dc- mands would be satisfied.

The Stale Department warning sets a pattern for possible future dealings with other Red regimes in Eastern Europe. In effect. it

Fire raged through the Masonic Temple Building. Main Street, in to cause an estimated $35,000 damage experienced by in

Montague yesterday morning

in the worst fire that Eastern County more than twenty years,

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The inferno at its peak threat- dwelling institutions. Volunteers worked diligently to re- ihesc build-

ened to engulf nearby homes and business

move articles from

Teacher May ltead Delegation To li. N.

ings as flames leapt fifteen feet in the air through heat broken win-

dows and black smoke poured out burning

Yhroullh fhc roof of the building, The fire, first noticed by

_ Mrs. IVIZIUTICG Doiron at 7.15, started in the west end of the basement. It gained such rapid hcndwny that chemicals and water were of no avail when applied by the mem-

Former teacher at Pickering col- lege, Newmarkct, Ont, John Holmes, 39. present head of the Canadian U.N. division a-t depart. mental headquarters, will probablyl become the temporary head of‘ Canada's delegation to the United Nations. He would succeed Gen.

hers of the Montague Fire Depart-

ment and volunteer workers,

The two-storey building housed; the offices of Hyndmau and Com- pally Insurance Agency, the branch Elcc- Montague the Masonic Temple second floor. All were completely destroy-

offices nf the Maritime tric Company and the

Electric Company store first floor. The lodge room occupied the

On

ed.

Only the girder supported tile brick walls and part of the roof were left standing. Last night part of the eave was still sparking and occasionally breaking info flame.

Fire Department authorities, afraid of a fresh outbreak, had mcn on

watch all night.

lllore Than Five Hours

five hours, wns

was forwarded to

with a Bickle Scngrnve

City men stood by. store owned by brothers and Kenneth Clements

volunteers,

Continued on page 5. Col. 4

Blames Farm Leaders For Loss Of British Market

market.”

of Commerce dress that such leaders

supplies elsewhere."

operative international

Firemen fought the fire in calm near-zero weather for more than A large water pump placed ncnr the river and huge volumes of water were pour- ed on tho building and surround- ing dwellings. An emergency call Charlottetown and seven City firemen equipped Pumper and ladders went to the assistance of the Montague men. The peak was passed on their arrival so the

The Montague Electric Company Gilbert suffered i the worst; loss. Some of their elec- l tricnl equipment was salvaged by who entered by way of windows, but all salvaged ma-

WINNIPEG Jan. 20 -(OP) — S. N. Jones. president of the Win- nipcg Grain Exchange. said yes- terday that. "farm leaders" are to bIH/me for the “loss of the British

Mr. Jones told the Agricultural Bureau of the Winnipeg Chamber in a. luncheon ad- also are responsible for the loss of markets with other nations “who. because of the discriminatory export policy of Canada, have sought. and found

Mr. Jones referred to the now- wheat agreement and said. “farm leaders

A. G. L. McNaughton, whose term as delegate formally came to an cnd Dec. 3i. Hc will likely act on a temporary basis until a pcr- manent choice is made.

Fires In N. B.

MCADAM, N. i3._ Jan. 20 —— (OPP-Fire damaged the Canadian Pacific Railway freight. shed here today, causing loss esticnated at $7.500. The shcd is separate from the main buildings and station, and no interruption occurred in train and telegraph scrvices. Rec- ords in the freight office, where the fire apparently started, were lost. '

SAINT JOHN. N. 18.. Jan. 20— (CP)-—Mrs. George Hitchcock led her four small children to safety today after fire started in a flat on Rnthesay Avenue. Three other families had to flee from the same house but two xvorc able to return

CANADA

Three Children Burned At Kentville; Toronto

Factory Fire

KENTVILLE, N.S., Jan. 20 - (CP) -— Neighbors and whiter fire fighters tonight dug through the smouldering ruins of a con-l vcricd school-residence in search‘. for the body of one of threel children who died in a firre which today levelled their home at Dal- housic, 30, miles south of this Annapolis valley apple centre. Bodlies of the other two were re- covered soon after the blaze was brought under control.

The victims were the only child- rcn of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Vcniot -—Law'rcmcc 6, Ruby 2 1-2 and Mil- ton 1.

The fire broke out at noon while ‘the father was working li‘i ncafiby woods and Mrs. was visiting with neighbors. was not known how the started.

Residents of the village rush- ed in the scene and formed a bucket brigade in an effort to control the flames. The body 01 Ruby fell to the ground when Harold Veniof, who first noticed the fire, opened the front door.

A second body, burned beyimd recognition. was found later in the charred ruins of the frame building.

Vcniot It fire

Six Die st Toronto

TORONTO. Jan, 20 -- (CP) - The death toll in the garment fac- tory fire here today rose to six persons tonight, with three others in hospital said to be in serious condition.

The fire in the basement work-l shops of ‘the Phillips Garment Company, near the corner of Spadi-na Avenue and Q1190“ Stree-t just west o! down-town Toronto, tok three lives, and three victims died later in hWP1l-31-_

Dead were the sh0‘P'5 DWPTIE‘ tor, Phillip Obalkofsky. I115 S?“ Sidney, i8; Isadore Slngernwll- irid Wutzcn, 58, Mrs. RoseAnna Kitis, 37, and Miss Bluma Eichcn- baum.

Many of the plant's WOFRBYS

to their quarters.

Super-Bomb

(By luorgan Reynolds)

WASHINGTON, Jan, 20—(AP)— Gcn. Omar Bradley met in secret session today with the United States Atomic Energy Committee to discuss a big lssue-—the hydro- gcn bomb.

No clues leaked nut as to whether the United States actual- ly is getting set. to produce the weapon pictured as possibly 1.000 times more powerful than the pre- sent atomic bomb.

It is an open sccrci, however, that lIic United States is conduct- ing experimental work on the super bomb pending a final de- cision by President Truman on whether in go ahead or to make another effort to gain Russia's agreement for international con- trols on nil atomic weapons,

Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was summoned be- fore the joint congressional com- mittec to outline the military as- pects of the problem. He was nc- compunlcd by Robert LcBarnn, head of the Atomic Energy Cum-

Secret Talks Held On

were newly-arrived from European

Question

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Aside from the highly-technical and cost aspects of prcduclns the hydrogen bomb, many lawmakers and scientists have raised U18 question of the mflrfll Ilmblem! In‘ volved.

While details of the super bomb construction are the most closely- gusrdcd of secrets, cxpcrls have speculated a great. deal about its awesome destructiveness.

As they visualize the H-bflmb If would differ from tho present. atomic weapons, which utilize uranium-plutonium for their blast- ing power, in that it Wflllld b9 powered by exploding atoms of hydrogen which is the most: ex- plosive of all the elements.

Some experts say that an II- bomb could lay waste on area 40 miles in radius as compared to the two-mile circle of destruction of the atomic bomb dropped on Hir- oshima. Others laid the destruc- tive limits are considerably smal- lc-r.

But they all agree that the hydrogen bomb could bring totnl war to civilian populations on a far vaster scale than any previous

mIsBlOifs military liaison commit- tee.

weapon.

Kills Six

displaced persons camps.

Windows of the plant were heavily barred algainst thieves. One of the surivors said that. he raced to the outside 01f the win- dows and grasped the hands of persons trapped inside. but they were unable to break through.

Mayor Hiram McCallum order- ed an investigation of the fire. He. said he had been informed by the City's Building Commission that plywood partitions had been erect- ed in the basement factory with- out a civic permit. He said also that hc had been informed tha-l; a back door was locked, con- trary to fire regulations. .

The fire apparently started in an electrical cutter machine near the plywood partitions.

Caught In Trap

Referring to the barred win- dows chief coroner Smirle Law-

‘son said the" victims "were caught:

like rats in‘ a trap and didn't have a chance."

Mayor Hiram McCallum order- ed the City Fire Marshal. to eon- duot a full inquiry into the blaze which broke out from an un- kncnvn cause shortly after 1 pm. EST. Property loss was eetilmst- ed at more than $20,000.

The flire broke out _.near a door- way in the cellar of the three- storey building housing other dress-manufacturing fir-nu.

Firemen donned gas masks 1o penetrate the heavy smoke.

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Rear Exit Barred

Mrs. Dorothy Sutton. designer, said the building had only twn exits. She said flames prevent- ed any escape from the front door and the rear door was bolfed.

Dr. Lawson said \VI!ldIOWl were not only barred, but. the glass was heavy and re-inforced wad-h wire rncsh.

As firemen hauled the victims to the strcct, others wrapped them in blankets and set to work with inhalators to revive flfole un- conscious. '

Sol Kelman of the Léflllh and Son Fur Company, said the smelE of smoke issuing from a hall wan the first indication he got o4! 11w,

“I ran to the front door of nry", office and saw thick Inoke com- in; up from downstairs," he said, "it vras too thick to go throng so all the employees and mysel ran ta the back door which was locked. We had to :0 through window, about 25 of us. dropping l0 feet to the pavement below.“

Firemen and other employees i the building said the screams o the trapped vuorkers, most. whom came to Canada frour YMTIYPPGH displaced persons camps‘ were "horrible."

oua low. or llofllnic. ls A Pol-insignia‘ Puonlsfi!

puts them on notice they also face the threat of a. rupture in relat- iom unless they live up to “mini- mum standards" in their dealings