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Bv ll ARC!’ ODONNELL loaf-hit... Press Staff Writer) O-I-l-‘,\\\1\, lltc. 14 — tCP) — - 1o draft plans I01‘ I $300,- 900 ltojtl-Slufmﬂﬁd t-RIIDICAIL- will be made Thurs- _v at a Dominion- . l‘t"llt‘t‘ of technical

hi‘ i‘~..~ llliljfll‘ problems the . he asked to settle

- ..i-~ proposed highway .-.\. Uiltlllif‘. of the route z.- the provinces and ‘lit '!l there are as many .-.-..~s that the highway

- _,'i.lllCi‘, called by Re- .\i.iiisle,r Winters to z val details, will not lift-SS or public. All it indicated they will tives and it is ex- ‘.l be 30 or 40 ex- - meeting.

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deputy, Marc

M, ‘w. .. _ govt-r, a i ll f‘. Cocliranc, acting lviilllc Works projects,

. tile Federal Gov- m" - ill has offered to pay w ,0 slulallvlltilii toward the high-

my.

The w. m will pa." 50 per v. of new roads con- al-‘o will pay 50 per re". of existing roads ' ‘or-in part o! a 5.000- lnghyvay running l, B1“. to St. John's tilting in Prince Ed-

‘fie legislation through Mi- Winters made ll‘ Federal Govern- Liiils are conting- tlit on the ("lllCl\Z§lOI\ of agree- all l0 provinces. Ile : nrilintirily are a provinr. : oiisiiiility. but the federal Gvvcrtiiiicnt decided to tortrloiifc i'\ a (“CIILS-Canilflél liilzh- way llscnil» of the national aspect of the project.

The lliiilllllll importance would belest. lit- said. unless all provin- wagreed to participate in the. coilsti-uvztii program. due to start and to be spread over

.lﬂ‘t‘fl_ , , uflfrrcivt-nt can be reached on drlallsa‘. ‘ht- confercncc, individ-

"ililircil ~nls will be signed with "Cl PM is. The basis of pav- merlil u-lll be the some in all tales. but the size will vary be. slurs»! the difference in con- ‘filCllflll costs in various parts of

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SOCKILLED AS EXPLOSION ROCKS HUGE

ForrnerNo. 2 Bu|giarian Red Sentenced To Die

British War Office Denies Spy Story

LONDON, Dec. 14 —(GP) —-A WMll-llle legend has been punctured by the War Office, which has com- mented at last on the activities of l.t.-Col. Alexander Paterson Scot- land, reputed to have served on the German general staff in both world wltrs .

. "Absolutely untrue," the‘ Wai- Of- fice said of newspaper reports that Scotland had in some mysterious way flittcd between London and ‘Berlin, drawing German army pay and vkeéplng Britain posted on Ger- man military movements.

‘Ilhc story was featured promin- ently by British newspapers on sev- eral occasions. As there was no deli- lal. the public came to accept it its a fact.

Scotland actually was a.n inter- rogatoi- of prisoners, and acme of his work was highly secret. Military etiquette prevented his corruiientiir; 0n the sensational reports, which were carried by the Canadian Press.

Aged 60. he now serves as a translator and interpreter. Public attention was first directed at him when he appeared flS a witness iii Geri-Hall war crilrnes trials. Some of his evidence was of tho "hush- liusri" type and could not be made public.

The legend had at least a morsel of truth in itF-Scotland at. one time did serve in the German army. But that was in 1908. when he joined German forces ln Southwest Africa as a private to help put doyvn some native trouhtc.

Oldsmobile Culs Prices 0n Series 8B “Cars

LANSING, ‘Mich, Dec. 14 —(APi —-Oldsmobile today cut $.35 to $05 from the price of its various mod- cls in thr- series “88" cars for i950. Nolprlce ehnnlles were announced for the smaller "70’ or the large "98" scrics models.

The price reductions, which are in addition tn a recent $25 cut oii Oldr-nic-bile hydra-matte transmiss- ltins, were aliunilrlccd at it press preview r-f Oltismobileis new mod- Pls toil-M'- The iii-w cars will g0 on pulilic display curly 1n January.

While the price reduction affect- ed only the one line of Oldsmobilefs cars, it started speculation as i.» whether other cuts may be niauc 0n other new models yet to be in- troduced. Still to get price tags are Bulcks rletv 1050 models, the new Chevrolets, Cadillacs and Chrysler's entire new line.

B. E. Skinner. Oldsmobile general manager. predicted a continued rec- ord demand for automobiles in 1950. He said his company is scheduling a minimum output of 350,000 six- and-etght-cjtllnder cars for the coming year. i

Bo fai- this year Oldsmobile has built about 272.000 cars. a product- ion record. Its best previous mark was 231.788 units in all of 1941.

“Twenty million automobiles now on the highways are seven years old or older." Skinner said, "This B-lOHe suggests a. tremendous re- placement market."

Also disclosed at. today‘; press conferenci- ivcre an entirely new lino of sci-ice "98" cars, with new body dcsliili. The body ls the widest and lowest. in Oldsmobile history. Greater front and r00: vision has been provided and the body width is accentuated by new front end treatment.

By KENNETH LIKES

BATAVIA, Java, Dec. l4 -(AP) —A provisional constitution weld- ing a new nation of 77,000,000 peo- ple out of the lush Indonesian ls- lands was signed tonight by dele- gates of the l6 state: and territ- orles.

The charter is to become effect- lvo in about W0 weeks, probably Dec. Z7, when the Netherlands Government turns its BOO-year rule over to the new lndepende fed- eral republic, _the United Sta 1 of Indonesia. The new republic l: to remain a partner with the Nether- lands under the Dutch crown.

The; simple ceremony took place in an open pavilion at tha former home of President Soerkarno of the Indonesian republic, whens Indonesians proclaimed their ln- dependence on Aug. 17. 1945.

About 200 persons. including representatives of the states and nqwlpnpcl‘ men, saw tho 15-min- ute ceremony in the rear of the Duwlbgype bungalow, where |, T.

shaped green table had been ar-_

U. K- Agrees To Buy Canadian Cheese Bacon Sal es Uncertain

But N0 Eggs;

OTTAWA, Dec. 14 —(OP) —-A:t rioulture Minister Gnrdlney today anouiictd that the United Kingdom has sel aside "Sufficient" dqpms to bu?! Caiiadrts cheese surplus next year.

Ml‘- Gilldlnﬁr emphasized that the mOTlQl‘ Set aside for cheese would only b8 spent providing Canada and the 17K "can agree on price."

This was i-llktfll as an indication

m“ ll‘) ﬂtllTtlllPllt has yet been reached on the price of Canadian cheese. r It is understood the II_K_ l5 hold. m8 (“ll l0!‘ a price of about Z3 to 2.’: eeiits a puulul t-rtmpgyrnd (,0 30 Cﬁllls livthe current (jontrncL

The Miiiistcr said ltritltiii has not been iihle to obtain enough dollars to buy Canadian eggs or bacon in 1950.

A Bllssestlon that part of the dollars set aside to pay for wheat, be used to buy bacon l5 being ex- plorcil.

The amount of dollars sci. aside for cheese was not disclosed,

Tlle aiinoiuiccmcilt. was made in B Closing speech before the Domin- ion-Proviiicial agricultural confer- ence.

Iii 1949 Aiiglo-Cairlitlinn food contracts called for the shipment of 160.000 000 pounds of bacon at. $36 a hunclrcdtveig it, 50.000000 poui ds of Cflfvlﬁt‘ at 3 -t'enls a Pound, ,- 000-000 dozens of eggs at about 45- cenlv a dozen.

This did not include shipment of 140.000.1100 bushels of wheat during i110 1049-50 Crop _vl.‘zir at $2 n bushel,

Other small contracts Cll-ilPd for shipment of 37.000000 ivortlh of sit‘.- mon. $3.000.000 worth of apples, and $100,000 worth of fruit pulp.

Only about 60,000,000 of the 1G0,- 000,000 pounds of bacon has been shipped because of a shortage in domestic supply

Mr. (lnrtiiiier said because of

_ the uncertainty of the bacon con-

tract, Canada may have to ship bacon down to the U.S., to try and sell surpluses there.

Mr. Gardiner made these other statements in a ‘two-hour speech:

1. The freight-rate subsidy on movement of Western feed grain to liastcrii Canada would be continued next year.

2. Canada's farmers could not he prosperous without British food contracts. It was "essential" that Canada sell to the U.K. most of licr surplus bacon, cheese, egg aiitl apple production. There itwcared to be iio other markets available.

3. He (litlIYf. agree with “econ- omlsts" ivlio called for balan- ced trade between Canada and the United Kingdom. Nor dld he believe that there would be iiiiy great change in the $300,- 000,000 nnnual trading deficit in Canada's favor.

4. He advised Western farm- ers that they cut down their wheat acreage next year and gct into coarse grains.

BFRNED TO DEATH

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Dec. 14 - 1A1‘) - Three children btirned to death today in an explosion and fire which destroyed their two- rooln home at Breakneck, three miles northeast of here. Mrs. Ver- non Miidris. mother of the victims, was severely burned in a heroic effort to rcscize her children. The fire, hclicvcd to have started after an oil SlflVl‘ exploded, broke out tvhilc the mother was at the home of R nviulilliir seeking ivatei". She

. is estranged from her husband.

New Charter For _ States Of Indonesia

ranged for the delegates. No Neth- erlands or foreign representatives were invited.

Mohamiucd Rum, chairman of the central cuiiiliiltitee WhlCh is preparing the future government, declared that with the constitution "we can prove to the world and to ourselves that a sense of being one people and having one lang- uage and one country la a strong and invincible power."

The parliament of the Indones- ian, RtpubllC at Jogjakarta only this morning ratified the constit- ution and the six-week-old Hague agreement with the Netherlands for creation of the United States of Indonesia. The vote was 220 to G2, Thirty-one abstained.

Even before th'e constitution be- comes effective, however, the fed- eral structure it envisages shows signs of cracking. Sentiment in East Java, West Java, South Sum- atra and the Island of Madoera ls reported swinging in favor of dis- gnilving the Netherlands-sponsored governments in those gtates and rejoining the republic-

In the final hours of the three- clay conference, Provincial Agric- ultural Ministers and other farm spokesmen emphasized the need to retain the British market,

RH. I-Iannam, president of the Canadian Federation of Agrloul. W". said the end of the boom B-Plleiired in sight.

Spokesman for some 400,000 Ceniadian farmers, Mr, Hanna", sa :

“Canadian farmers face o won. market outlook at thls time than do the farmers of any other agrp cultural country."

The Federation is asking for price support for eggs and likely will ask support of bacon prices if a, contract does not develop. Mr. Gardiner also will be faced to- morrow with requests for support

0f Maritime potatoes by" a dclog- ation of Maritime Agricultural Ministers.

Nfld- Rates Case May G0 To Supreme Court

By John LeBlano

orrawa, Dec. 14 --lCPJ - Newfouiicillan-cfs hid for a new deal in freight rates may g0 to the sup. rome Court of Cali-ado.

Amid suggestions that the cue might go to the highest court, the Board of Transport Commissioners today reserved judgment on a New- foundland Guvernment application for eliminating its post-confederat- lvn rate structure and setting up a. new one on the level existing in the Marltlmes.

Mr. Justice M. B. Archibald. chief commissioner, and A. K. Dysaxt. commission counsel for the Canadian National Railways. re- ferred to the possibility of a refer- ence to the Supreme Court during argument on the Island Govern- ment's claim that the CNR. has not properly interpreted the tcnrns of this year's confederation agree- ment concerning freight rote-s.

There was no amwuncement

frcm any party that. the Supreme Court would bo -aalwd,fto-- - the union terms. but this could

("C-lie about in a number of ways. The Boar-d itself could cziill on the court for an opinion on what Ncivfourrdland was entitled to un- der confederation. or either the nat- ional line or the Government of

that Province might appeal a Board decision for such an in- terprctaticn.

The Province claims that. whczi the C N R. set up a. rat-w rate struct- ure for Newfoundland at confeder- ation after taking over the Islands Government Railway. it gave Nev"- fouiidllind a higher rate level than that; 0f the Marltimes despite a provision in the union terms that Newfoundland was to be treated as part of the Marit-imos for rate- making.

For the C.N.R. M1‘. Dysart con-

I5 Comic Books To Be Stopped

TORONTO, Dec. 1-4. - (CPl — The Canadian comic book liidus! try which annually sells 40.000000 comic books has discontinued pub- lication of 25 such books which may he affected by thc new amendment to the Criminal Code outlawing crime comics.

A committee representing all publishers, national distributors, and printing houses met here iiur-, lng the meek-end and it ivas sai ‘ to be unanimous 1n the belief that! nomlo books coming Wlillill the definition of crime comics shouldi he discontinued immediately.

The conference decided to circu- larlzc every retailer in Canada giving the titles of publication! which in the opinion of the com- mittee, should be removed from sale.

Chairman of the committee. W. E. Swlnden of Colonial Distribut- ors Ltd. Toronto, emphasized the desire of the industry to cn-oper- ate with law enforcement officers. In addition to banning the 25 crime comics the committee de- cided that in future all comic books will be given careful scrut- iny by a group of qualified per- sonss This form of internal polic- ing was approved unanimously.

In a statement after the meet- ing Mr Swinden stressed the COfl- cern felt. over tho fact that retail- ers of coinio books had been forced into what he termed a vulnerable position under the criminal coils which places responsibility on the retailer for deciding what. are crime comics under the meaning o! the amendment.

The titles to be are: All-True Crime, Mysteries, Crlmeflghterll. Crime 39901161‘. Crime Does Not Pay. Crime and ‘P lshment. Crimea by Women, Crime Patrol. Casey Crime Photographer, Detective, Famous Crimea. Gangbusters. Guilty. Sus- pense. Headline. Justice, Lawbreak- ers. Mr. District Attorney, Man. Police Cases, Against Crime,

and Western

discontinued Amazing

True Crimea, True Wanted, whi- Women Outlaws,

True Crimea,

tended today that Newfoundland hctd "absolute parity” with the Maritimes in the ratio of rates, tak. lng mto account. the fact that the Island's narrow-gauge line l; a, higher-cost operation.

PJ. Lewis, Newfoundland Gov- ernment counsel. argued that the Harrow-gauge factor s-lioultl not bring increased rates for Nmvfollfld- land, since the union terms provid- m-g tfrlat Newfoundland be included in ‘the Maritime region for rate- making were written lii the know. ledge thatjhe Island had a narrow. gauge line.‘

The C.N.R. denied that the Island suffered any dlsalbility by campfir- iscn with the'Marltimes. (lvclariltg the over-all rate level worked out about the sa-me for both areas.

With something more than $1,. 000.000 a year for Newfoundland shippers and purchasers hanging iii

the balance, Premier Joseph Slmall-

vvood was on hand for today's hear- ings, along ivith Attorney-General Ltﬁlte Curtis. The Attorney-General

W, rieflntroductlon on the case i the Premier. sitting at the

counsel's table. kept an eye on the procecelinvs and furnished occasion- al advice to Mr. Lewis.

Consumption 0f Canadian Nicltel Continues l-ligh

COPPER CLIFF, Ont, D60. 14 — (CPF-World consumption of Can- adian n-lckel this ye-ar ls below that of 1943. and apparently just under 194T. but higher than any other pcace-tlme-yeai‘.

Robert C. Stanley, chairman of the beard of directors of the In- ternational Nlokel Co. of Canada, Ltd, in a review of the industry. Dllls the year's consumption of the nit-tail in all fOrms at 15 per cent under last year, when a peace-time high of 210,098 2'74 was reached.

The all-time high was 265,000,000 hounds in 1948.

Because of the broad diversificat- ion of uses of nickel and its alloys. SllYS Ml"- Sthlllcy. it is expected that conlsimption will be tvoll maintained in ..0

"During the early part of this. year, niCXci sales remained hlrli and were comparable to the vol-

umes achieved last year. drop in the lat-rind Mlly

A sharp through

Allrlllsl. was followed by friipiovc-

‘lltlll during the remainder of tliie "car to date, despite the fact that

consilmptioii virus adversely affect-

ed in the autumn months by the

steel and coal strikcs in the Unltcd States.

Co-Defelhlonls Gel Life Terms For Treason

SOFIA. Dec. 14 —(AP) —'I‘mlch0 Kostov, who rose to the No. 2 posit- ion in Bulgaria's post-war Con- munist revolution ilvas sentenced to- night to die on the gallows by a Supreme Court which found him guilty of a pro-Yugoslav, anti-Sov- iet conspiracy.

Five cf his codefendaants, high 1n the country's Communist Gov-

ernment and economy; - Ivan Stefanov. Nikola Pavlov, Nikola Nachev. Ivan Gevrenotl and Ivan Tutev-were sentenced to life lin-

prisotiment.

The other five defendants receiv- ed sentences ranging from 15 clown to eight yezrrs.

All but Kostov had coilfessed albjectly to treason, treachery. spy- ing and economic sabotage, pro- fessed repentence and thrown them- ' selves upon the mercy of the court. K Kostov repudiated his pro-trial confession and lllsisimd he vcas not guilty of the T113101” counts.

Under a new law for the trial of members of the Government, the sentences cannot be appealed.

‘Illic convictions iuid sentences were handed down by fl. court of three Supreme Court jurists and

four jurors stilected by the Nation- al Assembly. llearlng of the case began just a week ago.

Lively Stock Market Al N. Y.

NEW YORK. Dec. I4 — fAP)—- Wall Street enjoyed the heaviest stock trading of the year today as the market. laboriously struggled up to a 1049 peak. The market. was the broadest on record, with 1,191 issues tradedea 13-month high. It was the third any this year that.

turnover has topped 2000.000 shares. . Despite rapid-fire action, ad-

vances ivere limited mostly to less than $1 a share.

Rails vrero among the better performers. . Profit-taking sales following a

long rise were partly responsible for slowing the market's rise. Year-end tax selling was con- sidered a minor factor.

The Associated Press average was at $70.70. up 40 cents, and the highest since $78.80 wits touched on Oct. 26 last year.

Increased Pensions For Rallwaymen

MONCTON, N.B, Dec. 14 - (CP) — Canadian Railway pen- sioners Association has received a promise of an increased pension rate from S.W. l-‘ziirtvcalhcr. vice- president iii charge of resources and development for the Canadian National Railways. said J. T. Cor- micr hcre this morninz.

Mr. Corm-icr, the president of the Grand Division of the Assoc- iation, said that the promise came as the result of a mcctinfl l‘ Point St, Charles in Montreal last lfniidny afternoon.

Mr. Cormicr acted as spokesman for the Association in ihPll‘ mcct- ing with railway officials. lie was accompanied by Secretary-treas- urer (‘..A. Dixon. Henry O‘I\'lcara. Charlottetown. and IX. Dubcr, Mont .l'oli, All are officials of the

"The fall in demand for various

metals. including nickel, required a

reduction of itlckcl pmducllon by International Nickel. bringing the rate of the last half of the year to approximately l5 Der cent below the previous level".

The United states this year con- sumed about 65 per cent of Canad- llcn nickel and the United Kingdom about 20 per cent The United States price of 40 cents a pound (Us) F.O.B. Port Colbourne, Ont. remained unchanged throughout llhe year.

Husband's Trophies Result In Divorce

ELIZABETH. N..I.. Dec. 14 — (APF-Her husband acted like it big-game hunter, Mn. Elmlly Hock said, but his game was pretty ivorn-

on.

"Ho had photographs of all his female conquests all over the house just like big-game hunting trophies." Mrs. Hack testified yesterday.

But she took it all oalmly until the 42-year-old tiusbarld, Rank. brought home a recording of his girl friend's voice.

The song was a sultry rendition of "I'm In The Mood For Love" rc- corded especially for Hack, his wife testified.

“He played that record over and over again just to harass and an-

noy me.“ alic said. She got the divorce

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By Dwight McCormack

SIOUX CITY, Ia. Dec. 14 -- Fifteen men and a woman nurse lost their lives today Ln a. btnzib-ltke explosion at the Swift and Company packing plant here.

Assislaizt Fife Chief Clarence Chappelltl directing rescue work. said hours later l-lilit he fears a‘.

least four more bodies willl be found in the tangled tvrcckage.

At least S11 \\'(‘.‘e injured in the explosion which rocked a sizeablc area of this major nteat-packing city. 'l'iiirtj.'-tv\'o of them were dlS-t missed from hospitals by '7 pm.. EST, six hours aflcr tee lilusl.

City fire cffieials attributed thP blast to natural gas. but it was not known what touched it off or precisely where.

The gas was carried into Lhe building in a city main. Workers dug iiiio the street to reach a valve which would stop the flow.

Chappelle_ who said he had 75 firemen and about 100 volunteers at work. predicted the digging for pos- sible bodies would continue all night.

Aii area a block and a half in each direction from tlhe plant was roped off as rescue efforts Prvﬁeell-

ed. The rescue party wore gas masks. l The dead nurse was Mrs. Ruth‘

Teager. Earlier reports said two of the dead were Women but it 1B1!!! was found that Mrs. Teager was

the on-ly woman in the identified dead.

The Red Cross sent disaster Workers and supplies lie-re from

Omaha. Kansas City and St. Louis- Those injured included John Glen, 60. general manager _of the plant, who stiffer-ed cuts. bruises and shock; f-IC Watts, Chlcalw- chlef construction engineer; and Walter Krebs, plan-t superintendent. Watts was in Krebs‘ office at the time of the explosion.

Hui-old Smith. of t-‘fle Exchange building located six blocks iiway. said that bulIdifFZ was rocked by the explosion.

The blast in the six-storey plant. located in the heart of Sioux City's lilg stockyarti district, WES heard as far as two miles away- Some 700 persons were employed in the building.

Small Sardine Calch In N. B.

FREIDERICTON, Dec. 14 --(C'P) -- New Brunstvicks sardine catch this year has been low, probably not more than two thirds of nor- mal, the Provincial Fisheries Branch reported tonight. Prices were favorable, averaging $20 a hogshead.

Commenting on reports that Maine sardine eanncrles might be reopened to relieve unemployment ln coastal areas of the state, an official said that almost all sard- lne-paicklng plants in New Bruns- wick are closed because of a shortage of fish. Tlicre would be a good market within the Prov- ince when fish became available. Maine plants, closed by law from

Livestock

Subscriptions Dellveratl $6.00.

PACKING PLAN

ii

9O Injured

December to April, obtain much of their supply from New Brims- wick fishermen.

_ l WAR PENSIONS \

LONDON. Dec. l4 (CP) Since the First World War began.

ivar pensions have cost Britain y SLOSODIXIOOU l ‘ ‘l1l3,00(l_0O0l, This ‘ year the Mints y of Petisions is'

paying 201014.500 to 1.078.460 war pensioners Average payment to

Association.

Finds Social

l00-per-ccnt disahilitv cases is‘ £44s ($131 a wr-ck.

Services

Cost Canada 700 Million

OTTAWA. Dec. 14 ---(CP> .- A Cabinet Minister, putting a yard- stick on Canada's movement. tn- WﬂPClS a u-clfare state. came up to- day with the conclusion that oiic out of every three dollars that leaves the Federal TTBB-illfy’ goes into social services.

Labor Minister Mitchell, 0n the basis of statistics dug out of the public accounts by his staff. said in a statement that nearly $700000,- 000 was spent by the Government last yenr "tinder the broad heading of social services." Total expendit- ures rnii nrnuird $2.000.000,000.

An analysis of his figures indicat- ed that a considerable majority of the expenditures are rooted iii legislative developments of thelnst decade. either through new meas- urcs or widened scope of others al- ready in existence.

Another consideration is that the QQVUYIIIIICIIFS standing proposals for a broad social-security program, snagged foi- several years over Dom- inton-Provincinl frictions, would make the ratio considerably higher.

Mr. Mitchell issued the statement in elaboration of one he made in

tlrin last week.

2 lvlitrliol‘. found that seven of the Gn\'el't‘.'liivii?'s HO-Odd depart- ments are lll\'Oi\l"f‘l——H[‘ftiCll and Welfare. Veterans. Iiabor. Mine< mid Resources. Finance, Agricult- urc, Transport.

The big items were fiiiznilv allow- mutes at $271,000,000, veterans‘ pensions and allowances (burnt-out pensions) at S122.000.000. old age and blind pensions at. 559000.000. contributions to and Rdlmilliﬁiflll- ion of tho Untcnnlcvvmcnt Insurance Fund lit 339000.000. health grants at 310000.000, veterans‘ rehabilitation benefits and rte-establishment cred- its at $R0.000.000. veterans‘ medical treatment ulld miscellaneous grants at $49.000.000.

Vocational training cost 56.300000 contributions to the annuities fund $l1.400,000. Iiivllaii Affairs $10300.- 000, contributions to the Govern- ment's superannuation fund $4.100.- 000. payments to meet a deficit in the Pralrie Farm Emergency Ptincl 58600000 and workmctvs compens-

other Provinces A; U. S. $7.00.

Accident

‘I12 Traffic Deaths In N. S.

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HALIFAX. Dec. (OP) -—-

Nova Scotia traffic accidents too};

112 lives ln 19-19, an all-time high.

Alerrlll D. Pcayvrizng. Provincial Highways Minister, said tonight. In a statement, the Minister

called on Nova Scotla. motorists to "use more common sense they drive." lfe acldrrl:

"This znvful record should be a warning to every motorist to lni- l)l‘O\'t~ his driving practices, to e.\.- erclse greater caution every mili- ute he ls on the highway. In othcr words, use plain, ordinary coni- mon sense."

Mr. Rawrling said fatalities vrere. 2'7 per cent higher than last yea: and 12 per cent above the preview record of 100 in 194-1. The 1048 death figure was 88.

A total of 3,246 accidents was rcsported to the Highways Depart- ment, 466 more than in the cot."- respoiiding period last year. year to date, been injured, in 1948

or the 1.12 killed, no were driv- lnvolved, 4'1

ers of the vehicles were passengers and 4'7 pedest- rians. Almost one third of the victims were children.

Mr. Rawdlng said greatest cause of accidents was motorists driving too fast for conditions. Next most frequent cause was failure to grant the right-of-ivay.

500 PASSENGEBS ON LEVI-B

HALFAX-f Dec. 14 —-(CP) -—- More than 500 passengers, majority of them planning Christmas vocal. ions in Britain, sailed for lover-poof tonight aboard the 20,000 ton llnei Hanconia.

Passengers included Rev. D. J. Rankin of Iona, NS, who will at.

tend opening of Roman cam-folio H013’ year ceremonies in Ratio, Christmas eve, and Vancouver

oontralto Pfltzabem Roche. who will continue her studies in London.

4hr l-llcul-zR THEY FLY THE. HARDER 4am l-tir out:

TORONTO. Dec. l4 —(CP) — xfininiu-Ji and maxim-uni tempera‘.- "z Vancouver 42: Edmonton 5 3 , Regina 2Tb 2; Winnipeg 14b zero; Toronto '21 24; Ottawa 19 2'1: Montreal ‘J5 26: Qushec l0 2/4: Saint John f‘ 3'1", hloucton 26 32; Halifax 34 3T; Ciiallllltvtoxvlr I10 3'31 Sytlllf"! 36 3T; Yarmouili 31'- 33: Si. JCTJITS 4'0

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ficia‘. night by ‘lit- Dcintniim Weather Office a? llrlllfax:

Synopsis:

Colder air from the Prairies hm enveloped Eastern Canada. as wit» messed by a maxzmum temperaturl Wednesday of only l4 at Seven Is- lands. Al‘. sections of the distrlc’ are i-eportilii: ilaliics about. 20 dc- grecs lower than they were 2'. hours ago.

Tuna-day's weather will be sunlrf and cold in most. rcf-Ywm- Wit-Fl.‘

Publl:

Scam-rod pnmvtlxirrirs can be ex pcctccL in ‘Jir- ice of the Bay of Fuully- and the Gulf of St. LA\\\'~ reiicc.

Regional fort-ca ts. viilld until

midnight. 'l‘liui-sd.

Prince Edward Island — Clea! Qxccpt, for n fmv clondy- intervals Cold Thursday Lllzht winds. Dow early Thursday morning and high in the afternoon at Charlottetown 15 ancl-27.

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High lido today at 608 A. M. ant at 6.22 P. M.

Sun rises at 7.4-1 A. hf. and sets a4 4.32 P. M.

Suriinicrsldo lidc eighteen niiu utes later than Cliarlottctnvn.

vi: ream

atlon payments 5700.000. Prospects of sizeablo future cut-

; Commons debate shortly before

section.

backs apeared only in the veterans‘

BORDEN - TORSIF T “Til-TR DAYS Lv. Bortlcn Lv. (‘apr- 'l‘ormentln4 9.10 A.M. 10.35 A31. 1.00 PM. 2.40 I‘.‘.\l. 4.80 l‘.‘.\'f. 7.30 l‘.l\l. SUNDAIS Lv, Borden Lv. Capo Tormcntint 9.10 AJVI. 10.85 Al". 6.45 P.M. 8.00 RM.

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