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RAIL STRIKE CALLED IN UNITED

Gov't Summons Parliament To Meet: Tuesday

50,000 Reds , In S. Defence Line Eight Miles From Taegu

TOKYO. AuI- 24 -(T-huradayl- P slstem day and night flanking at ts by North Korean forces to open a hole for 00.000 Redo massed for an all-out assault on Turn failed Wednesday for the fourth straight time. '

r e ' r counter-attacks by American-South Korean forces -- lncluding unidentified new U. 3 units in Oh! line-halted Red in- filtrators who penetrated 4.000- foot ridges at some points to with- in eight miles of Taegu. American artillery. tanks and planes backed up the defence line.

should the Reds find a weak spot. they could pour the bulk of g five-division. 50,000-man. strik- ing force through the hole.

The Communists also had built up a two-division concentration near Kosong to the south at. the southern end of the lm-mile-ion battle perimeter. Burhere. as o. the other end of the line near the allied-held east coast port o'. Pohang. the action was subordin- ated by the critical Taegu fighting

Hour-by-hour tension mounted on the north-central Taegu sector as signs increased that the. Red- aoped to crunch ahead with an all- uut drive for the key city.

Latest front dispatches said at- tempts of some 1.500 Reds to blast

Coming Events

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"Abcgweit B. B. P. Klmston August 2st5h. 8th Degree.

"idsll vou.r Films to Garnhum Photolstudio. Chaxr' ttetown.

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"Dance. Millvicw l-fail. Thursday. august 24th.

"Dance in Howe Bay school on Friday nlght..August 25th.

"Chicken supper and dance. :4t.hChariea l-fail. Thursday. Aus- t . l

"Show. Morell. every Tuesday. rrlday, Saturday. Show starts 0.80 o'clock. '

"Lot 0. Friday. August 25th. lawn party and dance in hall. Good music.

"Come ,io Womch's Institute ice cream festival and dance at Mer- maid school on Thursday, Aug. 24.

"Ice cream festival pnd bingo, spring Park school grounds. Thursday evening 7.00 pm.

"Regular dance in Holy Name Hall. St. Peter's. Friday. Aug. 28. Chsisson's Orchestra. Door prizes.

"Regular Dance, last Royalty Rink Hall. Friday. Bus leaving Bus Terminal 9.30 and 10.00.

"Cake sale Moore dc McLeod'I. Bl-ackley Women's Insulate, Fri- day, Aug. Nib.

"Hampton Hall. Friday, August. 3th. lobster sandwiches. Dance. McNeill's Orchestra.

"Dance at Gordon lndgs eve Friday night: Danei from 9 till . lfuslc by Western lnblsrs.

"All Taxes due Covehesd ltosd

"Sandy's Theatre Under the tars - shows every tdondav. ednesday and Friday nights. iislrnhsel-vice, sandwiches and soft r .

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And other reports told of new losses to hoard Ccrhmunist tanks At least 11 have been knocked out in the last four days.

Tom Lambert. AP wrrespondent, estimated the Communists have seeped sufficient. forces through Allied lines to mount an attack in regimental strength of about 3,000 men. Air and ground bomharr.-rnem. smacked into the area where the enemy roamed as the big guns and planes made segments of the (lam- his front a no-man's land.

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TIANBPOIT HEAD? -- In- formed. clrclgt in .-Wllhinlwn .5” that 'ciiu-lea, "van---Horn. retired -tdiiroad executlvemi-will head the soon-to-be-crested transportation office within the Department of Defense. Van Horn ,was formerly assoclat d with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.

Death Sentence Is commuted To Life

UPTAWA, Aug. 23 --(CP) 41110, state Department said today thf death sentences of two Hunting- don. Que. farmhands have been commuted to life imprisonment.

The two. Gervin Patenaude. 19, and Kenneth Bevin. in. were scheduled to be hanged Friday for the hammer-slaying of a cab driv- er last December.

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PIERSON. Man.-(CP)-A vei- eran of the Riel rebellion and his wife celebrated their 50th wed- ding anniversary recently. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mcxenner have

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Six To sEv'... Week Session is Predicted ,

By John Iallule

-UITAWA. Aug. 23 -(CP) -The Government today summoned Par- liament to meet Tuesday for swift action on the rail crisis. A six or seven-week session is being pre- dicted. .

Holding to its intention not to intervene before the members as- semble, Cabinet continued the drafting of strike-ending meas- ures on which it wants Parliament to accept collective responsibility.

Prime Minister at. Laurent. an- nouncing t a date as hours after it was deci ed to call Parliament, said the Government has not yet taken final decision on the mess- ures it will ask Parliament to ap-

prove. Korean Question

The Prime Minister also disclos- ed the p sesslonwlll deal with Canada's plans on Korea- or lly intended for a fall sit- ltlng-whlch is expected to stretch the session into several weeks

other move by the Government today:

1. The Prime Minister said the Ciovermnent will offer full co-operation to any local authorities asking for help in providing emergency transport.

2. Customs duties were reduc- ed on United States trucks to make them more easily avail-

able io Canadian users.

3. Definite plans were

aunched for the parliamentary lift that is to bring in those who cannot make

H way to the capital with- out aid. in; the was of direct Govern- ment intervent on in the general rail strike beyond last week's ap- pointment of the Mediator whose efforts . . proved. :- unnlecessful. -in halting the Tuesday morning walk- optrof 154.000. .” 5'

Norl were. there -any indication. that the Government might be planning any over - all eo-ordinat- ing efforts in the use .of the re- maining available traraport facil- ities. .

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Churchill's Son Reported Wounded

TOKYO. Aug. 23 --(Thurh day) - (AP) - Randolph Churchill. son of the. former Prime Minister. and Flank nnery. an American corres- polatient. were wounded .by mortar fire in Korea, a public information officer announced

today.

'ChurchiIl, a corruponden-t for the London Daily Tele- graph, was hit once in the right leg.

lmery. correspondent for In- ternational News Service, was hit three places-the left

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UONDON. Aug, zl -- (AP) - London buzzed tonight with re- ports that Princess Margaret is engaged. and a number of her friends said "they have an auth- entic ring this time."

The reports--printed by the London Evening Star-linked the 20-year-old Princess with her childhood friend. the 27-year-old Earl of Dslkelth. heir to ancient title and one of the greatest for-

"vnited Church .Chioksn suave.-. Wednesday. August 80th. at The Beaver Club Hall, Montague.

"Dance. New Perth I-fail. Thurs- day. Aug. Ii. Cliff I..illey's orch- astra. '

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Three months no he was deny- ing rumors that there was any- thing rpeclal between Margaret and him. Just some theatres and parties together. he insisted.

But there have been no denials of the fresh reports that every- thing has been arranged and that the King is thinking of issuing a formal announcement. One ax-

' ” bandied about for the. delay is an unwritten rule that the Royal Family should not be too frequently in the spotlight. Margaret's sister. Princess Iliu- both. had a baby girl, her second child. only eight days ago.

some people thought the fact thist the Star printed the engage- ment report was of unusual alg- nificancs. They recalled that the Star was the first newspaper to announce. ind correctly, that Princess Elisabeth was to marry Prince Philip. I

Buckingham Palace spokesmen had no comment. but the am said official snnouncemeae of lfargsrers engagement will: be "the next important avsnrin the Royal Family.” .

-Margaret spent last weak-and with the ital-1 at his psi-ents' is a, Drumlanrig Castle. in Duan-

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By The Canadian Press

The country wide railway strike continues to cut deeper and deep- er into Canada's economy, causing shutdowns, layoffs and some foczl shortages. .

Its second day saw an expansion of ursnsemenes for trucks to take over much of the load generally curled by the rail lines. Wherever highways led, the trucks rolled with food, medical supplies and materials vital to continued op. alltlon 0! many industries.

long-distance telephone lines, over-tins on a priority basis in "me melons. Ihouldered most of idle communications burden nor. "my h'Ml9d 5)" the telegraph wmP'm"' nlmnl was restricted to first-class items and air-express parcels,

Buses and airlines took our thg Job of moving trlvellerg,

1" TOYOMO. Trans-Canada Air W"-'5 "id "Mt Tuesday. when the

Expand Arrangements To 0 Move Goods By Trucks

- in the history of its operations in that city, wlh 1,000 passengers car- ried instead of the usual 600.

By reducing normal customs duties, the Federal Government made it attractive for United states trucks to help move goods in cm. ada. It out the duties to 1-moth of normal scales for the duration of the strike.

There were no general food shortages. But stocks of some food-stuffs ran low in remote com-

munities in Northern Ontario which at

depend entirely on the railways for movement of their supplies. Mor- chants started food rationing sys- tems in Gogama. I-lomepaync, liloleyct, Nakina and Armstrong .in Ontario's northland.

The list of idle workers grew longer as industrial shutdowns fol- lowed the walkout of 124,000 non- Opernting rail employee and the enforced layoff of approximately 25.000 men in the rallways' operat-

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Scheduled To 0' Begin Monday Morning Al 6

WASHIINGCION, Aug. 23 -(AP! Trairrmen and conductors, today called a country-wide 2-a..viroa.i strike to begin at 6 a. m. Monday.

The two unions. locked with the railroads for months in a wage- hour dispute. issued the call after collapse of White House negotiat- ions to settle the issues.

xresidente R. 0. Hughes of the Order of Railway Conductors and W. P. Kennedy of the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen advis- ed the White House of the action within an hour after leaving futile conferences, there with manage mcnt representatives and Dr John d t' , assistant to the Presi-

en .

When the White House meeting broke up, it was announced: "The case is deadlocked."

About 300,000 trainmen anrl conductors are involved in the dispute. They demand 48-hours pay for a 40-hour work week for those in yard service and a wage increase for those on the rolling trains.

In a statement, the Union Pres- idents reviewed efforts to settle

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Wholesalers

"Dunning" Afier lier Bunker Oil Al Piciou Wharf

After completing or regular itins on the Wood Islsods-Caribou rou-to yester the ”'Dunrllng" rwsaai- to Piciolr iastnlght. where 1! is hoped that she will be able to unload the cars of bunker all waiting for ' her at the wharf there. l

if this is not perml-tied by the strike lplckets. a truckload of bunker oil, obtained from the Maritime Electric Company, will luve Chlsloiietown for Wood Is- glarlds today. The oil is being loan. ed on condition that the Imperial Oil Company will send a tanker here to refill the Maritime Elect- ric Company's tanks.

Failing every effort to obtain sufficient bunker oil, diesel oil will have to be obtained by truck from Halifax, Mr. R. I. Mulch prasidentof Norihumfserland Fer- ries Ltd.. stated last night.

The ”Dunning" made a late crossing Tuesday and" remained overnight on this side, . while the "Nova" made an extra round trip that evening. Yesterday morning the "Dunning" left at 5 ,o'clock with a full load. and both boats carried full loads on all their regular crossings yesterday. An extra trip by the "Nova"laat night

' ” up the traffic on the Carl- bou side but there was some un- cleared traffic at Wood Islands.

placing navigational aids on the Caribou side and it is hoped that lighting facilities required at Wood Islands will shortly be available.

Caldwell Urges Strike Settlement

OTTAWA. Aug. 28-(CP)-M.J. Caldwell, C. C. l'. leader. said to- day hs believes the Government should exhaust every effort to bring a temporary solution to the general railway and telegraph strike without waiting for the special session of Parliament.

He said in an interview it might take two or three weeks for Par- liament to agree on any enactment that would bring an and to the transportation and communications tie-up. Deliberations should not be carried on under the pressure of such a national crisis.

His idea wu that the Govern- ment should get from the unions a statement of their minimum de-

ds and from the nilwarl their maximum concessions. and try to brihs the gap by Government subsidy if nsoemry as a temper- ary measure.

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Sugar Shortage Report

Trucks from two City wholesale firms will leave for saint John. N. B. this morning to pick up sugar supplies at the New Brunswick re- fineries and bolster warehouse stocks here which are seriously depleted.

spokesmen for five City wholesale establishments were interviewed last night and four of them stated that their sugar supplies would like- ly run out this week despite the fact that they were rationing it out. one bag to a customer. onlyone merch- ant atated that his supplies vrould last into nextweek. l

Three firms expect to have no sugar within two or three days if they do not succeed in importing supplies via the Wood Islands ferry.

The .. olesal in themselves have been ratloned on their importation: of sugar by the refineries since July. A" press report that ".- 18119 quantities of sugar have comeiothe Province in the past three weeks was described as being "all wet. '

one spokesma said he did not believe them was an overall short- age in the Province. as most con- sumerl have been buying as much gun: gs they were snowed in the past few days. several retailers, however. were reporting sugar short- ages and that they were unable to procure appreciable supplies.

Increased purchasing by the con- sumers was given as the reason why the refineries rationed their sugar supplies to wholesalers. so much sugar was being bought it was stated that the refineries could not process it quickly enough.

sugar production this year was higher than last year, but unwar- ranted fear of shortages as a result of the Korean war and of price in- creases caused the American and -” consumers to purchase as much as possible.

Feed shortpge

But the most pressing shortage. according to reports. appear: to be animal foods. Three Bhur-Gain feed mills stated yesterday they may have to close down on or before Saturday as they cannot procure wheat and barley to turn out a bal- anced feed.

other mills were reported to be in

' " position. and a C0lnlnCl'Clul traveller who visited Montague dur- ing the day reported that the feed shortages in stores of the Kings Countyivillage were acute.

The mills may be able to carry on and turn out an unbalanced rat- ion. stated one operator. By the mdidle of next week agricultural circles hope that Island grkins will be ready for use and will tide the animals over in the event of a two or three woeiss' strike. '

some wholesalers were reporting a tobacco shortage with one stating that his firm was cleaned out of some brands.

Yeast cakes were another com- modity which was becoming scarce yesterday. i

other wholesale shortages were reported in canned milk. Magic baking powder. and Ross too. can- dy and ikultsr

Ancient Indian Pottery Discovered

8001'!-EAMPTON. Ont.. Aug. 23- (OP) - Indian pottery 1.000 years old has been discovered hero by Prof. D. B. lbutt of Guelph. On- tario Agriouiosral college bac- teriologlst whose hobby is archae- Olnly. Belles be dug up nesntiy .nsar his slimmer home were sidentifisd as Point Peninsula In- dian-potteay dating from not or '9' MN .

the ” , and ooncluded tnat "in justice to the interests and rights of more than 300,000 railroad work- on we represent" there will be a country-wide withdrawal from ser- vice on 131 railroads beginning Monday at 6 a. m. local standard time.

By local time. it was meant that workers in each time none would quit. when their clocks reached six.

Action Expected

Barring intervention ,by Presi- dent Truman-which seemed al- most inevitable-the U. S. walk- out combined with the Canadian strike would virtually paralyze rail transportation in the North American hemisphere.

Under a First World War act 01 1916. Truman could seize the railroads and operate them under Govern-ment supervision. Qr he could get a court lniunctlon to stave off the strike. 0

At the White House, Ayres. assistant press secretary, said there was no official com; ment and that no action would be taken tonight.

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Plans for an extensive survey of commodity stockpiles and other aspects of the situation in Prince Edward Island arising out of the current railway strike emergency were launched yesterday at the first meeting of the Government-arr pointed Economic Advisory Board.

At the outset of the meeting held in the Provincial Deglslstive Cham- ber, Premier J. Walter Jones out- lined the purpose of the board which is to take an inventory of the sup- ply situation in the province, det- ermine which imports .snd exports are most necessary, and arrange priorities on commodities.

Premier Jones reviewed briefly the plight in which this Province found itself as a result of the rail strike that crippled transportation over the Provlnce's main ferry route at Borden. He referred to the need to a system of facilitating truck" service on the Wood Island ferries particularly in relation to perish- able goods and necessary supplies of livestock feed.

Various members of, the seven- man board referred to reports of possible shortages which may dev- clop in the next few days and could become serious in the event of I

felt that more specific information on existing supplies was needed be- fore the Board could move to allev- late the situation.

As a result of this general feeling, it was decided to have the various members. assisted by staff mem- bers of various Provincial Govem- ment Departments, gather detailed information and submit reports; to a second meeting of the Boardito be held in Charlottetown tomorrow nikht.

Those -attending the meetln in- cluded the seven-man Board: Chair- man Frank storey. Richard Hinton. I... H. Poole. Louis O'Connor. J. B. .3Urden. Andrew Likely and J. wkgank Amott. ' I . :1. Lincoln Dewar, secretary of the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture: J. W. Macxinnon, Deputy Provincial secretary, B. Graham Rogers, Director of Trans- portation and C. P. Reddali.

l-Ion. Eugene Cullen also sat in on "19 meeting and spoke briefly of the

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Canadian Sailors In Land Action In Korea

OTFAWA. Aug. z3-(cP);.:csn- adians have launched iheir”,firsi' land attacks in the Korean rwgi iong before the army's special: bri- gade will be ready to go there. They appear to be the first ground, actions by any Commonwealth force in that conflict.

The navy did it. apparently, without a single casualty.

Naval headquarters disclosed to- day that landing parties from the destroyer Athabaskarl made two landings on islands off the Com- munisl-held western coast of South Korea. '