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2 KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED IN ACCIDENT NEAR AL ERTON

Army Reinforcement!» Called To Battle Forest: Fire

Eive Killed When Taxi Crashes Into C.N.R. Train

73 Dead In French forest Fires

BORDEAUX, France. Aug, 21_ (CPI-At least T3 persons have been burned to death in the giant fires in the Gironrin Forest south. vest of here, official figures show- ed tonight.

It ls feared that the final toll will exceed 100 in the area, where pines and oaks have been burned to the roots.

The Government has sent 1.500 troops lntn the area to help civ- ilians combat the series of fires that broke out after a long drought.

The bodies of 38 persons have been collected at Cestas, a village of 1,020 inhabitants, the Town Hall said. Twenty houses there were reported hurried.

Fire-fighters tonight were re. ported holding the flames on all fronts.

Coming Events

"Long Creek Hall ice cream festival August. 22nd.

"Dance. Morcll East Monday. 2E0. Gocd music.

School,

"Mall you: Films to Garnhum Pilot/O Studiu. Charlottetown.

"See Ray Little Show in Wilt- lhirs Hall, on August 23rd.

"Ice-cream Social. Rose Valley Church Friday, August 26th,

"Dance. St. Teresa's. Wednesday. August 24th. Webster's Orchestra.

I"Dance Morcll Legion Hall to- night. Rollie Maclfenzie‘: Orch- eslra.

"Dance Long River Iiall every Wednesday. Good music. Door prize.

"Buying live fowl daily. Good

prices. Eddie lliacDonald, Ken- sington. "In ' stock: Cement. asphalt

shingles. etc. W.I. Bowman, Hun- ter River.

"Annual ch-lcken supper Har- rington Hall, August 24th, at 5 o'clock.

"Show Morcll every Tucsdayq Friday and Saturday. Show starts 8:30 P.M.

River I-Iall Tues- Auspices Soulii

"Dance Flat day, Aug. 2Z1. Pinette Institute.

"Dincs in St. Peter's Hall every Tuesday night. Peters Orchestra

Legion Cliff

"Dance, Corrsn Ban Hall. Wed- nesday, August 24th. Melody Boys Orchestra. ‘

"Come to St. Andrews Church slipper Wednesday. August 24th, 5 to 10 p.m.

"Chicken Supper, st. Charles

I-fall. Wednesday. August 24th. Dance after.

"Regular Dance st. the "Bea Irbcze", Victoria. each Wednes-

lay. Dlnoilqj an i.

"Unloading car dry baled shav- ings. Monday and Tuesday. Mac- Kle 8c Co. Phone 441.

"Provincial Plowing Match and l-iorse Show at Dundas. Wednes- day. September 21st.

"Come to ‘the Ice-cream Festi- val tonight on Si. Mark's Anglican Church grounds, Rustlco.

'"Ice Oream Festival and Dime

Mlichfillsn Bros. new Ware-

Oula. Oonway. August 23rd.

"Ice Oreeni Festival and Dance in Macmillan Bros. n9: warehouse- bomvsy. August 21rd.

"mo. Oren-n Festival, Bingo. 0min, Refreshments. Dulce. etc. liizcréh nustioo. Monday. August

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"came to Ibrt. Augustus Hall. Mllult Nth. Bell Game and Sim". 530. Dance after. Refreshments. Good music.

"Ooms to Ice Creim Social. N" Glasgow l-lsll, Tuesday event!!!- Mlmut 28rd. spomored Ladies Aid. Ohristian Church. ‘

"Don't nitu e one evening of Doria and dance to be held l! ohnlton’: River school» 4110""

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MS. Qill, Aug, 31 _. tClPl-l-‘lve persons were glued, "We of them nutrient. when their taxi crashed into a Canadian Nat- ional Railways train 16 miles from this Northeastern Quebec village.

Dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Henri Ceouette, 30 and 23 respectively; their daughter, fiancine, six; Al.

bcrt mrtln. 30. and Norman Lomuchc. m.

All victims are residents of near- by Hobertvllle.

The taxi, believed to have been driven by Larouche, was stray; about two miles from Chgmbgrd station. It was completely demol- lshed.

The accident was reported to have occurred at 9.34 p.m_ E.S.T. Saturday night. The train, en route from Chlcoutimi to Quebec City, was believed to be travelling about 30 to 40 miles an hour.

The train halted ulithin a short. distance of the crash and its crew were first to reach the scene. Two Physicians svcro called iifliliflfffliiiifily.

Three victims were pronounced dead while the young girl and Lm-ouche were unconscious.

The girl died on her way to hos- pital while Larotlchc died this morning in hospital at Roberval._

A C.N.R, spokesman in Quebec City said the auto "apparently tried to get across the track before the oncoming train reached the cross- ing."

The speed of the taxi was not known. It was not believed to have been stalled on the tracks.

The bodies today were taken to the Robcrval Morgue where relat- ives identified the bodies ths af-

ternoon. All were released to relatives. A coroner's inquest has been

fixed for tomorrow afternoon,

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Canada Million Nexi Year

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.. Aug. 2i - (C?) —Sccretary-General Try- gve Lie tonight estimated cost bf operating tlic United Nations dur- ing 1050 will be $44,314,308. Canada yearly contributes 3.2 per

lccnt of the U.N. budget. The Do-

minica's share for 1950 will be about $1,100,000. The United States contributes the largest share am- ong the 59 members — one third.

In his budget estimate, Lie said the 1950 budget is $605,295 more than that for 1049. He said the main reason for the increase is t0 liquidate credits arising from the assets of the League of Nations to the United Nations.

HALIFAX, Aug. l2 - (C?) -— The United States cutter Unimak headed for Halifax tonight with the loo-foot refugee schooner Amanda in tow. The Un- lmak reached Che disabled two- masted vessel late yesterday after a day-long dash from a point near New York.

The cutter informed the Air Force here that the Amanda did not. have aboard a sick mother and her new-born child, as had been reported earlier, However, a wom- an aboard wu expecting a belly In three weeks. The schooner needed neither water nor medical

__;TDTJ-YI'C misrthejbpen air dance at Hunter River Rink every Tues- day night. Dancing from 9 till 12.30. Canteen service.

"Regular dance. East Royalty Rink Hall, Tuesday, August 23rd. Music by Eastern Rhythm Boys. Bus leaving I. M. T. at 9.15 ‘and l0.

"See "Elephant Boy", l thrill- ing jungle adventure showinl! Tuesday 8.45 Bridgetown, Wednes- day 0.45 Little Pond, Friday 8.45 Elmira, Saturday 8.45 Si. Child!!-

"Annual Legion Held Day. Morel], August 24th. Chicken Erup- per. Bowling Alley. Canteen Scr- vlce. Amusements, Dance. Rollie McKensie Orchestra. Supper start- ing at 5.80 P. M.

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"Buying pigs, all kinds and um, and poultry. Mend-v It Fredericton. Buyifl! 3'0""! Pi!"

at Brookfteldi 10. Milton: 1 p.m., York; 2, Bedfcrd; a, Mount Stewart; 4. Watervale: ti, Vernon River; 5.30. POWMI- W95- nesday, 0 a.m., New Glniflw; 10a Whcatley River; 11, Holmes corner: 1 p.rn.. i-lavsn; 2. Bonlhaw; 8, Kelly! C"!!! 4. Em- orald; s, Clifton: 5-10. Kcnllnmn- fgylnl $3400 per pslr for good

Tuesday 9 mm.

smaller oiiu. Kaud lei-sumo.

as over 00 lbs. each. Will _ulso

Coast Guard l

Earih Tremor Causes Panic In B. C. Town

TERRACE. B. C-. Aug. 21- (CP)—An earth tremor st 9:05 PDT tonight shook this northern British Columbia community for five minutes, panicking its 1.800 residents.

The tremor, termed by resl. dents a full-fledged earth- quake, rocked buildings and rolled parked cars back and forth on the streets.

No damage was reported, and there were no known casualties.

An eyewitness, Mrs. Cath- erine M, Fraser of the Omen- ica Herald, a Terrace weekly, said standing in the street “was like being on the heav- ing deck of a ship in heavy seas." ,

Warning To

Former lt-Gov. Oi Nova Scoiia Dies

DARTMOUTH, N. s., Aug, 21_ (CID-Walter H. Covert, Lieuten- ant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1931 to 1937, died at his home here Saturday, A native of Mus- quash, N. B., he was 8-1.

Walter Harold Covert wassworn in as Lieutenant-Governor of the Province Oct. 9. 1931, and retired May l, 1037.

Ntarge Finnish Gov'l Aims Al War With Russia

HELSINKI. Finland. Aug. 21 - (AP) -_ The Communists’ official newspaper charged today that Finnish police action against Com- munlst-led strikers is aimed at preparing for war against the So-

viet. Union. _ Tho charge was made by the Party organ, Tykansan Simomat.

This followed up the party's, call yesterday for anti-government ral- lies to protest against the "terror, violence and murders" which Com- munisls said attended efforts of the Government to end strikes.

The strike front was obviously weakening. The only major clash announced was the brush Thurs- day between strikers and police at tile lumbering town cf Kcmi, in which one man was killcd and nine injured.

The walkouts _ which Premier Kari August Fagerholm’: Social- Dcmocratic Government," charged ivcre aimed at laying the ground- work for a Communist coup —lost potency under back-to-work or- ders by Finland's Central Trade Union Federation.

Anti-Communist. newspapers re- ported unanimously that. the strike lines were showing great gaps and more workers were returning to their jobs.

Cutter Takes Disabled Refugee Schooner InT0W

Iassistaiice, although she had to he iprovisloned.

The Unimak said she expected to reach port sometime late Mon- day and was travelling at seven knots. Aboard the Amanda are 3=1 Baltic refugees who sailed from Gothcnbui-g .l\lly ‘l. Included in this number are eight women and four children. the youngest months.

Meanwhile, the LZOO-ton Pana- manian freighter Evgenia prepar-

ed to enter drydock in Halifax Bf-

tOr being escorted into port last

night by the Canadian destroyer Iroquois. The Evgenia. her steer- broken down. asked for assistance Friday.

ing and emergency gear

80 miles southeast of Halifax,

shied. several vessels.

limped toward haven on

An Air Korea plane flew over the Roland and reported her crew did not appear in danger. The vessel —riot further identified was making three knou.

The Transport Department sup-

ply ship Lady Laurier "In pro- ceedlng to her side. A fourth craft. the American

fisherman Rhoda Island. was tak- en in tcw by the U5. Oout Guard cutter Bnoliomlsh five mills off the west 6653f. a: Nova Booth. The ‘ll- foct vessel. out of Southwest Her- bal-, Me. asked for e tow into

Rockhayd, Mo.

An BOO-ton flouting drydock wu beached Friday on Beater! Is- lend, oil the east Oops Breton coast, when she swung a lea-k. The giant dock was being towed from Argentie. Nftd., to New York. It will be rc-floated after water is pumped out and taken to Halifax later Mr repairs.

British Hit Back At - Criticism From The U.S.

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The freighter made Halifax with a makeshift tiller after being buf- feted by a gale-whipped Atlantic storm which damaged and dis-

Another ship, the OE. Roland, Cape Breton Inland after encountering trouble two miles off Esprit Lfght and 40 miles southeast of Sydney.

By Hal Cooper LONDON, Aug. 21. —(A.P) __ Thc steady lashing from some sect- ions of American public opinion brought a strong reaction today. $UlJD0rtcrs of the Labor Govern- ment struck back, independent organs showed a flash of injured national pride, the Conservative press protested.

The stream of suggestions thati Britain would n-eed less dollar help from the United States if she did more to help herself gave rise to this headline in the Sunday Pictor- lal, a pro-Labor tabloid which claims 5.000.000 circulation:

"We British Are Tired Of Yank- ee Insults."

War Minister Shlnwell in a speech at Asp-atria declared it was tune that American and other trit- ics quit "sneering" at Britain and remtmlncr that "the gcmc of twist- ing the lion's tail is a risky run.- and it may recoil on those who ln- dulrze in this pastime."

"The suggestion that Britain is played out is sheer nonsense." he said, and it is time "due recognit- ion was given to the part. played by this country In world affairs."

"Now. when we have almost ex- hausted ourselves in sLx years of war and find ourselves in a grave economic position, our magnificent efforts in the past are overlooked." he said. >

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At. Bid Time

Prom the British p0int of view, the criticism fromabmad couldn't come at a worse time. British, American and Canadian officials will go into a huddle 1n Washington . next month to see whether they! can fin-sl a lasting cure for Britain's‘ dollar shortage.

The Sunday Pictorial printed a c-ortcon in which a slovenly, bow- ery bum o-f a John Bull stands in front of a bar rccm labelled "Soc- ialist Saloon," holding out s tin cup to Uncle Sam.

Baathgs 0f 6,000 Soviet Citizens.

Russia Delivers Stern

Yugoslavia

fiharges Tito 0ov’t With

Unlawful Arrest.

MOSCOW. Aug. 2i —I‘AP) -- Russia warned Yugoslavia Saturday she is prepared to take "effective measures" to protect the rights of Soviet citizens in that Balkan country.

Moscow delivered a stern note to Belgrade protesting the "unlawful arrests and beatings" of some 6,000 Soviet citizens inYugoslavla.

Said the note:

“Apparently the Yugoslav Gov- ernment does not intend to bring to account those who are to blame for these practices,

"If that. is, so the Soviet Gov- errment deems it necessary to de- clare that ii: will not reconcile it.- seli to such a situation. and will be forced to resort to other more ef- fective measures necessary to de- fend the rights and interests of Soviet citizens in Yugoslavia and to call to order the violators." The note did not specify what these measures would be. It was the latest in an acrid exchange bc- tween the two countries. Last week Russia called Yugoslavia an en-emj/ of the U S.S.R.

Russia rejected Yugoslavias con- tention that. the Cominform is advocating the forcible overthrow of Marshall Tim's Government.

In a previous note to Moscow. Yugoslavia had said some of those under arrest were guilty o! advo- cating the overthrow of the Gov- ernment, in line with the 1948 Cominform resolution which ex- pelled Yugoslavia from the associ- ation of Ccunmuil-isl. countries in Easttrn Elurcpe.

“These inventions, however,“ the note said. "are an obvious provocat- ion and slander.

‘The resolution docs not contain a single word about overthrow. still loss a forcible overthrow, o the state system in Yugoslavia.

“The resolution only says that the Ccmmunists of Yugoslavia should ccmpcl the existing leader- ship of the Yugoslav Communist

elect a new leadership."

First Hurricane Of~ Season Reported

800 miles east. of Miami.

of 80 to 90 miles an hour, was located about 200 miles northeast 0t Turks Island carly tonight, moving ivest-nurihwcst about 15 to 17 miles an hour.

“There is no immediate danger to the Miami area or to Florida,“ said Grady Norton, chief of the Hurricane Warning Service

Origin 0i

"This insulting concern-typical of hundreds of others on the some theme-has just. appeared in the American press," said the Pictor- ials caption.

1n an article the tabloid com- mented that "It is fair to say that

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Robber Gels $40 Al Baihurii Siore

BATIIURSI‘. N.B., Aug. 21 -- (0P)-—I.rene Glazier. young em- ployee of National Footwear. Ltd. was knocked unconscious Saturday noon by an unidentified robber who stole $40 in small bills from the store's till. Larger bills were un- touched.

Miss Glazier was the only other person in the establishment at the than-Another employee, Miss Hel- en Fitzgerald. had left for a few minutes after the unknown man entered. When Miss Fitzgerald re- turned she found Miss Glazier lying on the back floor. covered with blood and her head cut in two places.

The victim was taken to hospital. where several sutures were required to close the wounds.

No arrests had been made to- night.

Scr Mun Rubbing Sol of Minerals

OWEN‘ SOUND, Ont, Aug. 21- (CP)—-Agrlculture Minister Ken- nedy of Ontario lays man is "rob- blng the loll of its essential health-giving qualities." Pasturlng of cattle on the same land year after year has removed minerals from the IOII, with the result that the minerals now are lacking in

Flying Saucers Slill Secret

Air Force is concerned. It decided Saturday

connection with the phenomena of flying saucers." there was a two Glen Burnle, Md.

had said chance" the found near

saucers or discs. The experimental craft, one which had a rotating disc

tub-like contraption,

ter of 1940 from

heard from since. 1n New Orleans. an

the aircraft. .7. Owen Evans said aerodynamic problems for

1939. One machine

type, the other had

cylinders for wings. "Caldwell tried to interest

tary developments." It has been over two

saucers" came from the mid-west

milk. Children and adults are starved and unhealthy because of this lack, he laid. K ' ~

Party l0 revise its policy. or if that

MIAMI, Fla, AuIg, 2f--(AP)— Thc first hurricane of the 1949 season was reported today about

The small hurricane. with v/inds '

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21-(AP)-— The secret of where flyinil sauc- ers might come from is still a sec- rel, so tar as the United States

that. two experimental aircraft found in a Maryland hnrn "have absolutely n0 reported

Earlier an Air Force spokesman “good weird devices

might be prototypes of the flying

of and propeller blades, and the other a apparently were devised by Jonathan E. Cald- well. He disappeared in the win- the Maryland farm where he had been conduct- ing experiments, and hasn't been

engineer who worked on the project with Caldwell said last night that lack of funds prevented development of

he handled Cnid- well in Washington from 1936 to was a disc rotating

the army in his protect but got no- where," Evuns said. "He definite- ly intended it for eventual mili-

ycars since the first report of "flying

Sels callus In Artillery Proving Ground

STE. THEIR-ESE, Que, Aug. 21— (OP) ‘— An army spokesmen said tonight that reinforcements ‘were being rushed to nearby St. Maur- ice en I-laut to battle a bush fire which has exploded "thousands of dud shells" in a IO-mile square army proving ground.

The fire, started late Saturday night and has swept over nearly eight square miles of tinder-dry grass and trees. Thousands of ab- andoned shells lying in the path of the blaze have been exploded, causing a fireworks display visible I0 miles from this Laurentlan foothill village.

No injuries have been reported. The army has roped off the 10- mile areafrcm thousands of spec- tators who have thronged from Montreal to witness the blaze.

Capt. R. Montrency of the No. 34 Canadian Ordinance Corps hcrc said in an interview that "it ls impossible to say when the fire will be brought under control."

"We are attempting to confine it. but. our efforts have been slow owing to the great danger of ex- ploding shells."

Lack of water facilities hamp- ered the men 1n their attempts to isolate the brush fire which is be- lieved to have been started by careless berry picker-s. _

The property was owned by De- fence Industries during the Sec- ond World War and was used as a proving ground for 22 millimetre aircraft shells manufactured at the Si. Therese plant,

Earlier today the fire was be- lieved to be under control, but a shift In the wind resulted in fur-

Bulletin

PRINCE RUPERT, 13.0., Aug. 21 (CP) This major northern port: and towns throughout the entire Sheena River valley were rocked for five minutes at 9:05 P.D.T. to- night by a series of earth trem- ors described as the, heaviest In the nortliland‘s history.

Briiah Having Besi Toufii Year

LONDON. Aug. 21 —4Reuters)— Britain is having the best tourist year she has ever had.

More than 335,000 Western Eur- opeans and 130.000 North Ameri- cans are expected to be anion-g 560,000 visitors who will nave risk- ed rationing and other austerlties to vacation here before the year is o

lit. These British 'I‘ravel Association estimates are the highest since rec- ords were kept long before the war. Its estimate of 5253000000 ($220.- 000000) from tourist earnings is expected to be exceeded. Americans are expected by the Travel Association to contribute $72,000,000 to Bruains dollar earn-

ings. More dollars will come from Can- ada, which is expected to send

about 25,000 visitors. Other parts of the Commonwealth and Empire will it is thought, send 60.000 and South America 6,000.

London still is the greatest tour-

ther sections of the range being threatened.

Alexanders Leave

ST. ANDREWS, N. B., Aug. 21 —(CP)—Viscount and Lady Alex- andcr and their three children left St. Andrews for Ottawa tonight after a three-week vacation.