LBERTON WOMAN BURNED T0 DEATH YESTERDAY

$500,000 Fire In‘

Huge Arsenal At. Valeria-tier, Quebec

French iieturn- German Village To Russians

BERLIN. Dec. iti-MP) - The French military today hauled down its tricolor flag in the frightened little village of Stolpe and aband- oned it to the Russians. It thus be- came a victim of the cold war.

German local officials, loyal to the Western Allies fled into Berlin. g mile away. Villagers who had voted 100 per cent against Moscow Ccmmunism 1n the Berlin election two weeks ago sliivered behind bolted doors fearing Russian re- prisnls.

ii was a microscopic preview of ivhnt might happen if the Western Allies ever lose Berlin.

Stolpe, with a farm population nf less than 1,000, was gfven to the French by Russia in 0ctober,.1945, so its surrounding meadows could h» converted into an airfield for the ariiai-cnt French sector of Berlin.

Tlic airport never was built, but last month the French completed the Tcgcl air base inside Berlin- it- self.

Early today .Stolpe's German fciiucrs learned that the French had yiclded to a demand of LL-Gon. G S. Lukpantscbenko, the Sovici, chicf of staff in Berlin. and were returning the village t0 the Rus- BiHTlS.

Coming Events

"DeSab1e School concert Dec. 21. .

"Wiiisloe South school concert Licccmber 21. at Winsloe Hall.

"Concert, New Haven SchooQ “Tuesday, December 21st.

"Riiigriood school concert Wed- Yicstiny, Dec. 22.

"School concert. in Brookfieid I-tali. Wrdnesday. the 22nd.

"South Milton school concert ‘Tzirstlay. Dec. 21¢ '

"('l'il‘l5lillEJS concert Winsioe Station hall Dec. 22. Good program.

"School concert in Sea View hail loiiiitlit.

"liniice Kinkora Hail Monday, Dec. 2T. good music, lunches served.

"Vii-iety concert in l-loly Name 1111i. Si. Pctens, Dec. 21st.

"i'lil‘l.~lif1lRS Concert. Emerald S-htuil. alonday December 20th.

"Christmas Concert, Vernon Hail December 22nd. 8 P. M.

"Aiiwlltlll and Dance, Vernon Hui‘, iicccniber 129th.

"Uotne to the Dance at Bonshazv- fnn. Tuesday.

"Wiltshire School Christmas (‘oiiccrh December 23rd. ‘ ‘Christmas Concert. Belfast

Hail. Tuesday, December 21st.

“Christmas Concert, Pleasant Grove iiiill. Wednesday, December

2nd. Sale of Candy.

"York Point Ciiiir-t-ziius Con-l N‘?! in School, Tuesday, Dccsm- bcr 21st.

"$111111! Brook and Park Corner Min-oi concert iii French Rivci‘ Hull. \v(.‘(li’l€S!ltl_\’, l)oc..'.I2iid.

"Dance in Crapaud liall to Don Mcsscrs Orchestra, Tuesday. Dec. 35th. Proceeds in aid of Rink.

_>"i‘i‘fli£viile School Coticcrt. Lot. on Hall. December 21st,. Programme ‘Willis: 1.45. Dance after. "Salvation ArniyfChristmas Con- Iprrkq Wednesday, Deecm‘ 21nd. 8

"Kelvin Grove Christmas Coti- ffirt in the new school Wednesday. Decrmber 22nd.

"Harrington School Concert. December 22nd. at S P. M. in the Harrington l-lsll.

"In stock. Coleman Oil Heaters. Queen Heaters, electric and gaso- line driven washing machines. oil- Ilke. bran. shorts. W. I. Bowman.

"Buying poultry live nnd dress- ed fnr Canada Packers Tuesdiv Dec. 21, 2 to 5. Vernon River Co- Bhcrative.

"North and South Granville Christmas School Concerts. North

Granville l-isll, Tuesday eveninl. December 21st. "Meeting C e n t r a1 Queen's

County Hockey League will be held It Milton Rink. Tuesday, Dec. 1. ll 3 o'clock. All interested please Httend.

"Important Meeting-A general "Wvting will be held in Long Creek H!" Monday evening. December 79th. at 7.30 p.m.. weather permit- "Yiil. to consider the extension o! electric service-from Clyde River to Rocky Point and adjacent com- munities. All Interested are urged

lttand. Mr. V. A. Ainswerth 0L the Maritime Electric Company will

VAIJCARTIER. Que. D00. 19 ._ (OPJ-Fire broke out anew tonight in the vast multi-mlllion-dollar Canadian arsenal and shellmanu- facturing plant of thisaicnytrain- ing and scientific research centre 15 miles from Quebec City,

Cause o! the blaze was unknown. and lack of water facilities were said to be hampering the hundreds 0f men trying to bring i-t under control.

Hvivever. Bris- A. Theriauit, in charge of the arsenal. said tonight that there had been a mild recur- rence of the fire but that “all dan- ger is passed."

The original outbreak at 10:15 p. m. Saturday night was repgftgd w have burned spectacularly through seven buildings, causing damage estimated at more than $500,000. The fire now is said to he con- centrated in a building negr triage burned out Saturday.

The flames swept through wood- s" buildings housing a rolling mill, foundry and chemical. laboratory. The area affected extends to more than one quarter of a trifle.

Army authorities banned news- paper reporters and photographers from the scene. Tonight military Dolice were reported guarding all approaches to the multi-milliori dollar arsenal. Thcy were patrolling the highway leading to the area.

The plant employed some 400 persons and was about to hire 1.200 more to fullfill Chinese Govern- nicnt contracts. The building was described as plant; No. 2 and one source said it contained laborator- cs.

Fire was reported to have ripped through the wooden, stecl-girdpd structure with extraordiiiaijvfierce- ness. Oiie veteran Quebec fireman described it as "the most: spectacu. lar_fire I have ever seen tn my life."

Will Complete Contracts

OTTAWA. Dec. 19 ~ tcPi Canada will complete her con- tracts with the Chinese National- ist Government despite the de- vastating Valcartler fire.

lifai-Gcn. J. H. president of Canadian Arsenals Limited, said ihe Valcartier blaze has not hit the arsenals‘ pro- duction lines. ‘Small’ Chinese con- tracts will be compigied on schedule. Nature of these contracts ivas not tliscltis-cd.

Gen. MacQiieen said plans to em- ploy more workers at Valcartler also will go ahead. Reports were that the plant employed some 400 persons and ivris about to hire 1200 more.

Fail 0f Peiping May Be Big Shock T0 Chinese Morale

MacQueen

By FRED IIAAIPSON

‘ iFor J-D. White) SHANGHAI, Dec. l9 - tAP> - The greatest danger at the mom- ent to the hard-pressed Chinese. Government scents to lie in the public retwtioii to the expected fail of Peipiiig. '

This will he specially true if the, Communists take that great old‘ city by negotiation instead of in hattlc.

Actually, Peipiiiiis loss will have little ‘effrct. cu the Cliiaiig Kni- Slicir Government's military posi- tion; if llttjilillllg, might case it scnnewhait.

11c shock over the fall of Mukden almost t-arricti the National Gov- ernment (in\\'ll with it. 1

Loss. of Peiiiiiig could be an €i’t’l\ ivnrse morale-smasher, even though everybody expects it.

Peipinz is the city in which dwells China's greatest pride. To many Chinese it is the syaJi-boi of all that is bcst iii China.

Already the city is under close. siege. It is cut off even by air. save for a tenuous link via an

emergency airfield laid out with- in the walls.

Defence preparations are evitlelit everywhere. and its commander, Gen. Pu Tsn-Yi. has vowed to fight. there to the last man. _

Yr-t every radio dispatch brings word that the people are calm,

"FEZn-iihueti onFPtEEII-Tzol. ii

DELL-E. Utah, Dec. i9 -ttAP) — The flaming crash of two Bur- lington Trallways buses on a snow- bordered highway in desolate West- ern Utah killed l3 persons Satur- day and injured 44 others.

Bodies of 12 victims were taken from the burning wreckage. An- other died at a. hospital several hours later. Many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.

Burlington officials llld the eastbound bus carried the driver and 37 passengers. Eighteen and a driver were aboard the ‘westbound bus. Somemere hurt. only slightiy

The identified dead: Daniel W.. Eggers, Bali Lake City. driver of the outbound bus; Sherry Ann Cools. 12, Gold Hill Uta-h; Mrs. Catherine Hendricks, 63, Akron.

I" Present. Important.

Colo._; Mrs. Ines Maglonos, about

Dotrt forget. liowrver. that pub-i

SECOND SECTION

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

DECEMBER 20. 1948

PAGE THIRTEEN

Prince Charles

This is a close-up view of Eng- land's heir to the throne. He was christened by Archbishop of Can-

terbury al. Buckingham Palace Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of Edinburgh.

Are Being

Truman May Ask For Partial Ileturn Cf Controls

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 - iAP) President THIIiBll may decide lie has to ask the iicriv United States Congress for a partial re- turn to wartime controls. H‘; circle of advisers has not tlcclcled what kind yet, if any. Fiiral decisions will be announ- t-cd in Truniiiifs "state of the union" speech and his budget speech, which will be sent to Con- gress in early January. The presidential advisers are worry-int; about. the cost.‘ of the many demands on the United States for armaments; tic-m her own defence establishment, from Western Union tBritain, France. The Netherlands. Belgium and Luxembourg), from China. Koiea. Greece and Turkey.

It is within the framework of United States foreign policy t0 supply arms to those foreign countries as a ciieans of stcmminf! the further spread of Commun- ism.

All such aid would take a slice of the steel, coke and skilled labor ivhlch 110W are under such real/Y dfffllllld to satisfy comfort-hun- gry Amerit us, iircd of ivaitini-e cioprivaticns.

Truman has been catitioneri by his sciiior economic adviser. Eduvin G. Noitrse. that even a slight rise iii military costs would mean n quick rise in prices of the goods Americans buy for their own use.

uii horns-s aiicovsnsn

SHANGHAI. Dec. 19 _ (AP) —- Divcrs today had recovered 1,217 bodies from the hulk of the coastal steamer Kiangya, which exploded and sank in the Yaiifli“ 981MB’ Dec. 3. This total is less than one- third of the Chinese estimated to have died in the disaster.

13 Dead, 44 Injured In Bus Crash And Fire

60, Elke, Nev.; Albert Msrschke ttentative). Toledo 0..

The accident occurred on a straight stretch 0f windswept high- ways, six miles west of Delle and 63 miles west of Salt Lake City

Two witnesses said that a third car was involved. but escaped dam- age. The westbound bus started to pass the car, skidded, than collided with the eastbound bus, they told police.

The driver of the westbound bus. Charles Harris. escaped severe hurts but was cut and burned.

"Our bus seemed to just burst. open, throwing me part of the way out," said Pte Joe Wilson, 23, an occupant of the esstbou d bus. .."1Ivery0ne was too stunned st first to move. By the time I got. t0 the other bus it was too hot t0 help

get peopleout..." ‘ > _

3 Federal By-Elections

New York ilas ileavy Snowfall

NEW YORK, Dec. 1t] —(AP) —A wind-whipped snow storm swept all of the northeastern regiOn of the Unit-ed States t0- day with the heaviest fail 0f the winter and covered New York City with a. blanket of white 18.7 inches deep.

The heavy fall reached the ltiff-incfli depth in New York at 10 p.ni. and the Weather Bur- eau predicted one or two more

inches would fail‘ before the storm ended, po§lbly early Monday morning.

Giant drifts clogged the

sprawling metropolitan area and snow and ice-glazed roads made surface travel hazardous in many sections of the entire storm area.

New York city's harbor traf- fic. plagued by near-zero ,vis- lhility, was slowed to a crawl.

LONDON- -Scotland Yard is pre- paring dismissal notices for the last 137 of Lonrlorfs wartime reservists of the lVlctropoliian Police.

Held Todayt

OTTAWA. Dec. l9 iCPi Voters in thrce Federal constituen- cses will go to the polls lvlondai’ to select three new members of

Parliament in by-election con- ttsts.

The votes are in the Ottawa district riding of Carleton. the

Manitoba riding of Marquette and! the Quebec seat. of Laval-Two- Motintaiiis. just outside of Mont- real.

The voting hours are B am. to G p.ni. EST in Carleton and Laval- Two-Motiiitains and ll a.m. to 6 phi. CST in Marquette. -

In Carleton. George Drew, 54,‘ the new Progressive Conservative leader. is seeking entry into the l-iouse of Commons. l-Ie is opposed ‘c-y Eugene Forsey. 44, union offici- a‘ and C.C F‘. candidate. and J. Nelson McCracken. 37 - year - old disabled veteran of the Second world War, who is running for the Social Credit Party.

In Marquette, Justice Minister Garson. Premier of Manitoba be- fore he entered the Federal Cabinet a month ago. also is in search of

a Federal seat. He has anly one icppoiicnt, 48-year-old Mrs. Earle ikeatiiig of the CCI". Party.

i By ameznspokcti agreement, the

‘Liberals did not enter a candi- date against Mr. Drew and the ‘Progressive Coiiservativcs reciproc-

ated by refraining from oppositig Mr. Garsoivs election. The third contest. - in Laval-

Two Mountains — is another two- nian affair. The choice will be bc- tv eeii Leopold Demers. 34-year-old

Rapid progress ls being made in the preliminary work necessary before the blue-prints for the new Dominion Government building in Chaitottetown can be ccmpletcd, it was learned last night.

The survey of each property on the block _wtb.ich has been selected and approved by the Dominion De- partment. of Public Works for the location of the building, has been made and careful measurements for the inlets and outlets of the water and sewerage systems have been forwarded to Ottawa for the in- formation of the draughtsmen and architects.

The block on which the new building iviii be erected is, as was reported in the Guardian's issue of Nov. 15, that area which, from the south cortier of Queen and Rich- mond Streets, runs ivest. to Pownal. then south along Powiial to Syd- ney Street, then east to Queen.

The building will be 315 feet long and 175 feet wide and font- stories in height with several ele- vators for the convenience of the general Dilblic and the staff.

The Post Office, to he located in the new building. ivill be designed in keeping with the latest methods for t-he efficient handling of in- coming and Olligtllll: mail. Special facilities will be provided for the loading and unloading of mail on or from trucks delivering mail to and from the station and airport.

Youthful Bank Bandit Captured By Shoppers

VANCOUVER. Dec. iii _ ICPJ --- Captured by Christmas shoppers "d by a former army policeman, Danny Munroe was in custody to- Ififlht. charged with the $12 rob- bary of the downtown Imperial Bank of Canada branch.

Munroe was‘ caught Saturday three minutes after the holdup and charged with robbery with violence.

The youth knocks-d down an elderly woman iti his escape at- tempt but was trapped by a Chinegg pedestrian and tackled by bank messenger W. T. Boyce, 28-year- old former army policeman. An estimated 35 Christmas shoppers had pursued Munroe for a block.

Munroe. former nienibci: of the United States Coast Guard, said he "wanted to get etiough money to get back to the States."

Fighting Flares Again In Indonesia

a Property Survey Completed For New Dominion Building

ilutch Begin “Police Action” in Republic’

United Nations Security - Council Called Tc Discuss Situation.

(By Net Slis)

THE HAGUE. Dec. 19-(AP)—A inew stop-gap government for In- idcncsia was proclaimed during the iwcek-end by the Netherlands which announced it had started new "po- lice action" in the Far Eastern re- public.

A spokesman for the Foreign Of- fice summarized an official Nether- lands communique by saying:

“The Ncthcrlziiids Government fclt itself regretfully obbged to undertake police action against ter- rorist and undisciplined elements in the republic who render any con- structive policy impossible."

Tho ziniitiuiit-cnicnt of the long- ‘t'\\\‘l\il(‘(‘l npciiiiii; of hostilities ’flE,t'ilflSl. "tcrrorist. elements" vivas ifllfldfi at (1:50 p.m. GNT Saturday. iThe action affects parts of Central Java and Sumatra which contain ‘about one-third of Indonesia's 70,- ‘ _00,000 people.

fhi‘ WPW Slop-gap government will istr-k to augment the. plan for a fed- eral regime which would be linked later to the Netherlands crown. The ,Indoncsian rcpublic has refused to ‘agree with ihe details of the pro- iposed new federal system of states. ‘Negotiations bclvvcen the two pap. tics, sponsored by the United Na- tions, were broken off by the Dutch a week ago.

(‘oiincli to Meet

t‘ PARIS, Dec. I9~(AP)-—-Tl1€ Unit- ,et'. Nations Security Council has libeen summoned to meet at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow to discuss the situa- 'tion in Indonesia. Netherlands ‘troops have opened what they call

police action" against Indonesian terrorists.

The request for the council meet- ‘in: was made by the United States, i-‘HPPQFIPI! by Australia. The office iof tiie United Nations assistant sccrclfll'.Y-lli‘tlct'al said. however, that it was possible there would not he a quorum available and that ithe meeting would have in be 1191.1 i later.

1 >The Indonesian Republic delega- ition here asked. the council to dis. cuss the question Friday but the

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ST. JOHN. Ntld.. DEC. l9 —- iCPi Nine United States air- men remained isolated on an ex- panse of Gieetiland ice toiirght

day.

A giidci" with five of the strand- eti meti ivas saiatched sticcessfully into the air by a four-eiigincd

agroiioniist. running as a Liberal. and J. Honors Dcsv. 52. n wood‘ merchant. who describes himsclfi as a Rcpublicaii-for-Pcacc CHlldl-i date seeking a scpriraie Canadian! republic.

i Only one of tlir- liircr- seats--

(Continuecl on Price 17 Col. 5)

ssohtn Fire At Saint John

SAINT JOHN, N. B.. Dec. l9 - tCPi ~ A spectacular fire .de- si-royed the garage niid repair plant oi Sohofield Motors on Rothesay Avenue today. causing damage of $50,000 or more. Hedlcy Schofield- manager and oimer of the garage. suffered neck burns 1n escaping from the one and a half storey building.

The fire spread quickly after a spark from an acetylene torch ig- nited grease and oil in the work- shop. Fireman William‘ Russell suffered hand and wrist cuts from

SCIIOONER. WRI-ICKED

BONAVISPA. Nfld.. Dec. 1B - (CP) - Owners of the 147-ton schooner Mackenzie King today

were attempting to salvage parts of the vessel, which dragged her anchors during s. gale Friday and came to grief against a breakwater here. Her crew of five and one passenger escaped without injury-

iicmiiei" but floated brick onto the icecap when the. towliiic stiap-pvri. The weather was unfavorable for rescue efforts Stiticiai‘.

No mic was injured in the op- eration and the disappointed air- men rejoined their comrades in l plywood shelter which is adequate-

ly stockcd with parachuted food A similar attempt was foiled Friday when the glider. which

previously had been released to float onto the ice. struck in snmv and failed to get airborne.

Seven of the men have

other torn found themselves sfmilnr predicament day when 'thelr piled into a snowhonk during rcsctie attr-npt.

inn

the names of seven of the men

fnzniiies who are ill. Aboard the Dakota crashed were: Lieut. Provost, pilot. and ' Capt. F. Speakman. whose were at Narsarssuak, Greenland; Lieut Robcri MacDonald, co pilot Bridgeport. West Va;

when James D

sor, Conn.

Lieut. Charles Ferguson. geori Bay. Wis, and Lieut. Lane. stationed at formed the crew of the Flying Fortress.

ill-fated

been maroc-ncd since Dec. 9 when their Dakota aircraft crash-landed. The

U.S. officials at the nearby Fort Pepperreli base Saturday released

The other names were withheld to avoid distress to members of their

it

Walter addresses given as the American base

Francis Summers. west Maniidunk, Penn; and Engineer 1".J. Duffy, Wind-

Stur- bouts Narsarssusk,

It was understood that further rescue attempts would be made

Nine "Men Remain On Ice As Rescue Attempt In. Greenland Fails

l withAAs-ccneiwv’"latidnS-hgitili as weather permits. Following Fridays attEmpt ply-

Wlmii "W35 (ITO-Filed i" U"? M30313 a similar capacitv at. Regina, Cal- IOfficial inland forecasts issued

t-n form a crude runwai‘. Food,

foiinwm; (he peariim-aimm faiiure ‘clothing and oil heaters have been: of a third rcscue atieiii-pt Sutur- 319F995 l“ ‘he ma“ who Me 7°‘ Winnipeg as traffic superintendent,

.p0t'led uiidauiiicd and confident of ircscue. ' ‘ Officials here said a ski-equip- pod Dakota is beiii: held at Nar- isarssuak, jumping-off place for ‘rescue operations. and will land .cn the ice-cap to rcsctie the nicti iii loss hazardous methods fail. Asked whether the use of dog teams was considered. said if other attempts failed dot! teams would be dropped by par-

achute but the datiizei- of crevasscs-

1 -ii the COCO-foot iceca-p would make

‘his "a last resort."

llfld. Children First '

A Netherlands ziiinouiit-emcnt said ‘

iMrs. Fr

and suffocation when her hom caught fire yesterday about noo Firemen were able to save th building but when they reached‘ Mrs. England she was dead.

The fire was apparently all in a ' front room off the hail and yaal duscovered by Mr. John England, who resided with his mother, when he came home to dinner aboutl 12:35. When he opened the door. into the room flamcs and smoke; shot out in his face and he wasi unable to enter. Firmen arriving§ promptly. after an alarm had been , sent in, confined the blaze to that ‘ room but its furnishings were bad- l 1y burned.

As Mrs. England was alone lni t.he house it. is not knoim howl the fire started but there was a1 stove in the room wlicrc it occurred. -