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TOP SCHEME FOR NAVALAIRMEN

British Patrols Keep Watch For Released Yank Airmen

HONG KONG (AP)-British pat- mi. kept special wntcll on the bor- der Tuesday night to welcome 11 airmen. being freed by Red China.

it they show up before their sched-

uied gr-rival Thursday.

Pelplng announced Monday the air-men crew of a B-29 Super-

fortress shot down Jan. 12. 1953 on

what U.S. officials called a rou-

tine leaflet-dropping mission over

North Korea - are expected 1-0

reach Houg Kong Thursday.

500 Polio Cases In Massachusetts

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BOSTON (AP1-- 1" lath polio death this year was recorded Tuesday as the state's I955 total of cases pushed above he 500 mark.

in the six New England states, he year's total now is 675. This snunts 520 in Massachusetts. 78 in Sonnecticut. II in New Hampshire 11 in Rhode Island. 17 in Vermont

and II in M . Boston. which has borne the brunt of the disease in Mu-

sachusetts. has had 235 cases- the hlghedt number ever reported vin"o1'Ie year. Thirteen were added Monday. WORST ON RECORD in all, 413 cases were reported in July. the state department said. It called this "the heaviest case load for the month since the start of the records of the disease in 1910." Dr. Roy Feamater of the nubllc health dept. said about 150,000 Massachuse is school children re- ceived at least one inoculation of Salk pollobvarcine last spring. Nineteen cases of polio have been reported among those inoculated. including it non-paralytic. state health authorities have recommended that further Salk inoculations betdefet-red until fall because of increased danger of contracting the disease during the summer polio season. .,

C omtng Events Your shun-any nu Jambciaa -Fora. ' . ice cream and dance Summat- ville school Wednesday. Aug. a. was. hit Ryan nan. "Danae h llillviaw Ian ovary Mday. Int 8 weakly dance, Wednesday night. Lot I parish picnic at Want

Point Wharf. Tuesday. August 3.

It. Gaorga'a chicken supper lednenday. August 10th.

Coma to the Horse Races at lazelbrook Saturday, August tlth.

But officials of this British crown colony believe the group. sentenced last November to prison terms ranging up to 10 years on a charge of spying. may arrive earlier.

in Washington the U.S. Air Force announced the man will be flown to the U.S. west coast after a stay of two or three days in the Philip- pines.

WILL RE-UNITE FAMILIES Families of the airmen who de- sire to go will be flown either to Travis air base near San Fran- cisco or McChord air base near Seattle for a reunion with the men. An air force officer indicated the group. headed by Col . John Knox Arnold of Silver Spring. Md.. will

leave for home from Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport within two to four hours after crossing the border. Two C-54s. four-engine transports. are to make the flight.

The 11 will fly from Hong Kong to Clark field in the Philippines. Their physical condition will be checked and sdmihis uuvu pro- cessing completed there in two or three days. This routine will in- clude preliminary interviews with the men regarding their treatment in China.

The liong Kong commugilty gen- erally feels release of the 11 is a good omen for the current U.S.- Chinese talks in Geneva and a forerunner to release of U.S. civil- ians still held in Red China.

Businessmen

Need Co-operation From

In Preparing

Tariff Case, Ottawa Says

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada will join 34 other countries early next year in the biggest round of world tariff bargaining since 1951. Her major hope will be to gain reduc- tions from the United States. her chief market.

But federal officials emphasized Tuesday that the tariff conference. likely to take place at Geneva at a date to be fixed later. will be a flop for this country without the co-operation of Canadian business- men.

Before officials can prepsre to negotiate with other countries. they need to know the type of products on which Canadian businessmen want reductions. They also need to have a clear view of how lndug. try feels about the Canadian tariff structure: the kind ofcoacoutou Canada should give in return for concessions by other countries, AUG. 1! DEADLINE

The fastest action is required from Canadian exporters who amp- grflli U.t5- Tilda external affa

Insrhnen so in I a atntellent time should provide the trade de- partment with a list of products on which. they would like tariff reductions. The exporters will have to hustle. The department wants the list II! Aug. 15 at the intact. The reason in that before the U-S- can open international tariff negotiations. it must under its laws hold public hearings. to give Amer- ican manufacturers an opportunity

Alberta Gov'f

EDMONTON (CPI - Premier E.C. Manning of Alberta today announced a wholesale reabuffllng of his cabinet, naming four new ministers and raising the number

to argue against any proposed neg-

otiations.

American officials will be un- able to compile a public list of products on which they may nego- tiate until they have conferred with Canada and other countries on the kind of products these countries

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Mayor Shows How Garbage is Collected

SYDNEY. Australia MP1-The mayor of Lithgow. a community of 11.000. turned garbage collec- tor Tuesday-Just to show the "professionals" how the job should be done.

Lithgow's garbage collectors

' walked off the job after the city

bought a new. 91.000 truck. They

m ; said it wasn't good enough.

So Mayor Hamid G. Coasea. 40: took -the truck out with the city engineer. They made a clean sweep of the day's garbage.

After it was all over. Mayor

.Coates. tired and grubby. said:

"it's hard work. But the trip showed the vehicle is entirely satisfactory and the work is not excessive.

"I think after a consultation with union leaders. the council services will be back to normal."

Wholesale Reshuffle Of

Announced

mlar. in 1943. Born at Saint John. N.B.. he was educated in Calgary's public and high schools and was an alderman in that city in 1947-48. A wing commander in the RCAF

Warning Given At Vancouver Palica Probe

VANCOUVER i CP)-A solemn

his sworn testimony was given here Tuesday to Del.-Sgt. Len

-commission. The warning came from comrnls-

lllqlllry into alleged corruption in

force.

Mr. Tupper's remarks followed more than two hours of relentless cre -examination climaxed by a suggestion that Cuthbert attempted to stir up trouble in the traffic detail in 1952 over a promotion.

"There is no justice or order in the world without . . . the sanct- ity of oath." Mr. 'mpper told him. "Perjury is the end of law, order and good government." REFUSES NAMES

Cuthbert had startled a packed courtroom at the morning session by stubbornly refusing to name members of his gambling squad detail who shared bribes six years ago.

He made the refusal under the

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Asks Permission To Appeal Murder Case

QUEBEC (CP)-Lawyer Fran- cois Gravel has asked the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal the murder conviction of William Coffin. a Gaspe prospec- tor. lt was learned here Tuesday.

The 14-point application was based on the grounds there was not enough evidence to warrant a conviction and that the judge erred in admitting certain evidence and in instructing the jury.

Coffin is scheduled to be hanged Sept. 23 for the murder of Richard Lindsey. 11. of Holldaysburg. Pa.. whose body was found in the Gaspe bush in July. 1953. near the

and Albert Clanr. 19. The Quebec appeals court re- jected an appeal two weeks ago.

By NATE POLOWETZKY

COPENHAGEN (AP)-The Sov- let United States in launching the first unmanned earth satellite.

That was the word brought from Moscow Tuesday by two leading Russian scientists who arrived here to attend the sixth interna- tional Astronautical Congress.

Prof. Leonid Sedov, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. told reporters that the Soviet Un-

warning on the sacred nature of

Cuthbert at the end of his fourth day of testimony before a royal

sloner R.l-1. Tupper. conducting the

the. 750-man Vancouver police

bodies of his.father. Eugene. 47.?

P.E.l. Figure

OTTAWA (CP)--Canndals popu- :lation has passed l5.600.000.

The bureau of statistics reported Tuesday its June 1 population esti- mate was 15,601,000. up 2.7 per ccnt from Juno 1. 1954.

The population rose by 1.592.000. or 11.4 per cent. since the June. 1951. census and by 3.529.000. or 29.2 per cent. since June, 1945. The bureau credited the post-war rise to a rising birth rate, falling death rate and heavy immigration.

Annual increase to June. 1955. at

48-Hour Recess Taken

Canada's Population Now 790'?” u-5-WW1 PasiThel5,600,000Mark;

is 108,000

406.000. compared with gains of 414.000. 351.000 and 421.000 in the three previous years.

of the provinces. Ontario had the heaviest increase since last year. rising by 137.000 to 5.183.000.

Population of other provinces. with 12-month increase in brack- ets:

Quebec 4,530,000 4132,0001; New- foundland 412,000 414.0001; New Brunswick 5511.000 t1l.000); Nova Scotia 683.000 110.0001: prince Ed- :ward Island 108.000 13.0001.

In1U.S.-Red China Talks

By LYNN IIEINZERLING

I GENEVA (AP) -- The United States and Communist China talked for almost an hour Tuesday about the release of civilians to their respective countries. then de- cided on a 48-hour recess.

From the U. S. viewpoint. the next big item in the conversations here. aimed at casing tensions in the Far East. is the 319;.-e'.c' iv 40 American civilians. Eleven Ameri- can fliers are already on their way to freedom.

l-ted China's ambassador Wang Ping-Nan announced Monday at his first meeting with U. S. am- bassador U. Alexis Johnson the re- lease of the fliers. That gave a promising outlook. to the confer- ence. t . '

NOT UNUSUAL i; If I was not WES (1011- sides had

The break in th regarded as unusu sidered likely that found it necessary to consult their governments on proposals regard- ing the return of the American civilians detained in Red China and .Chiness Nationals in the United States.

Dag llammnrskjold. secretary-

eneral of the United Nations. ar- Tgtfhd Geneva late Tuesday from Sweden. l-le said he prob- ably would see both of the am- bassadors during a week's stay

ical year of 1957-1958. Scdov said the Russian satellite

can-which will be about the sire of a basketball--but its exact size iand weight still has to be worked out. l He said the satellite probably would be launched in two or three stages and that it would ”evnpor- ate" rather than return to earth.

The R u s 5 la n s -lnughlingly shrugged off any questions deal-

for the opening of the UN confer- Ience here on the peaceful uses of rtomic energy.

Hammarskjold said the Red Jiiinese decision to release the fliers was a ”fine example ad now international co-operation in the right spirit can yield solutions of delicate yioblems."

WILL ASK ABOUT SOLDIERS

U. S. State Secretary Dulles dis- closed in Washingt Tuesday that Johnson also will make inquiries about more than 400 American soldiers missing without a trace as a result of the war in Korea.

Dulles said Johnson had brought a list of these servicemen to Gen- leva with him. Although hope that many of the men are alive is slight. Johnson will seek what in- formation is available from the Chinese Communists.

Figures Way To Beat The Heat

NEW YORK IA?!-Luis Ross. 17. an appliance dealer. rigged up a tank type vacuum cleaner is the open window of his Man- 'st an apartment. l-le claims it 'il.l(! enough oool. night air into

his . bedroom . to provide -relinf - from the heat for three sleepers.

Russia Intends To Beat U. S. In Launcl1ingiOf Satellite.

his arrival in Copenhagen. l-le said the Russian satellite pro-

umon mend, to bug the would be larger than the Ameri- lect is completely free of military

control and is being carried out by a newly established committee on interplanetary communic tion.

other information given by the Russians:

1. "On such Important proiccta we do not pay attention to the costs.”

i 2. There are no German rocket 'i.-xpcrts working in Russia. 3. Russian scientists have exper-

Units Based At S'side Airport To Take Part

OTTAWA (CP) Largest concentration of Canadian naval aircraft ever to participate in peacetime manoeuvres will team with army forces Aug. 8-11 during Exercise Rising Star at Camp Gagetown. N. B. p .

Fifty naval aircraft of several types W111 assist the 1st Canadian Infantry Division in the manoeuvres . At . different times, the planes will assume roles of both friendly and enemy forces.

The exercise is being staged to train elements of the division in operational roles. It will involve

College Chair

A member of the choir of Sacred Heart College in Bathurst. N. 13., Douglas Pineau, has just

I v returned from a two months tour of the United States to spend a few days with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Pineau of Summerside. and - his sister. Mrs. i Alfred Burke. 80

Passmo e Street.

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Douglas. who will be entering his Freshman year at Sacred Heart College in S t . will leave shortly for Moncton where he will play the trumpet with an Acadian hand during the bl-centennial celebra- tions there.

The 27 man choir of which Douglas is a member. can sing in Russian. Italian. Spanish. as well as in French and English. It

i specializes. however. in Gregorian

icbanttng. During their United States tour the choir received an offer to tour Europe. beginning next May.

'Arrested For Plane Sabotage

NEW DELHI

fviinister Nehru told ni . Tuesday several people have been Wrrested during inquiries into the sabotage of an Indian airliner which crashed last April killing jseveral Chinese Communist offi- icials. 1 The Chinese Communist govern- ment. he said. has collected some ”definlta information" about the C0l'lSPll'BL.,y and had put its infor- mation at the disposal of British authorities in Hong Kong.

The airliner. flying to the Dan- pdung Asian-African conference in Indonesia. crashed in Idoneslan waters. An Indonesian inquiry com- mission reported that a time bomb had caused the disaster.

Clash Over .l'astage Stamp

BONN, Germany (APt - East and West Germany clashed over a postage stamp Tuesday.

Refugee minister Theodor 0bnr- laender said the Communist East regime has protested against a new stamp issued in Bonn show- ing five forlorn refugees trudging into West Germany from the east.

It was issued to commemorate the expulsion of millions, of Get- mans from the eastern territories ;taken over by Russia and Poland after the Second World War II.

Overlacndcr said East Germany has demanded withdrawal of the stamp and declared that letters hearing it will not be delivered there.

will provide tactical reconnaissance and support bombing. The jets will give fast air cover. The helicopters . and ex editors will be used for M” "tmery leg'me",ts' 0'.” arm'.l1aison,p LCL nnalssance. general cred -ezlment and exam mfantrshcommiinicstions and the transport battalions. along with other divl-iof personnel. including evacuation sionsl troops. of "casualties."

The places will fly about 70 sor- USE MANY PLANES

ties as day during the operation. Naval aircraft taking part wll1lMost will be airborne from dawn include Sen Fury fighters, T-33 Jets. to dusk and some will fly through- Expeditors and helicopters from six out the night. naval air squadrons tn the cast

"The exercise will be the biggest coast. They will operate from the staged in peacetime in Canada. Shearwater naval base at Dart-

- Some 10.000 troops of the 1st Divi- mouth, N.S.. the naval air faculty stop, with three weeks of summer at Summerside, P.E.I, and other training at Camp Gagefown behind air bases.

them, now are resting up for the The Sea Furiea and Avengers

Big Increase Noted In Borden & Wood Islands Ferry Traffic This Year

averyl day during the month at

July with both ferries making ex-

tra trips to clear the waiting traf- c

Figures released yeatarday by the Northumberland Ferries Ltd. are shown with 1954 figures shown in brackets: Passengers: Passe - ars. 20.921 (19,934). autos. 5.6 5 (5.368); trucks. 97919091. The in- crease in each case is passengers. 117; autos 247 aiid,i.1'llcke 9..

For thelseaaon from May 1 b July 31 the traffic was as follows: Passengers. 37,411 (35358): autos. 10.464 (10,019); trucks 2,855 12.- 402). Individual increases for this period were: passengers. 1.653: autos. 445; trucks 253.

Former Associate 0! Henry Ford Dies

OAKLAND. Caltf.. tAP) -- Wil- Ham .1. Cameron. 70. for years a close associate and spokesman for the late Henry Ford. died Monday night.

For almost two decades Ca- moron was the lnterpretor of the Ford philosophy and spokesman for the Ford Motor Co.

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Phenomenal increase in pan- senger and vehicular traffic is noted at both the Borden and Wood Island terminals during the year thus far with particular increased noticeable in the month of July.

The Canadian National Railways show an increase of 6.082 vehicles ferried to the Island from the first of the year to the end of July compared to the some period in the year 1064 and the wood Island service from the first of May this year until the end of July have ferried 1,658 more passeng- ers and 698 more cars and truck: than during the same period last year.

During the month of July the railway had an lncreasg of 2.416 vehicles from Borden to '1'onnent- ine and an increase of 2,581 from Tormentine to Borden. At Wood Islands the picture is much the same with an overall increase for the month of 8"! passengers. :4? automobiles and nine trucks.

While a marked increase in the number of tourists to visit the Province has been noted each sea- son. there is little doubt that Cen- tennial year in Charlottetown has contributed greatly to the increase

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of 1955. The publicity sent out by the Centennial C ' in oo- operatlon with the Prince Edward Island Travel Bureau is showing results.

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Come to the Sunrise Calf ice in 0" Jun” 'l'cu'”" l-le became a member for Cal- the scheduled launching of thel Scdov said he had not heard of P0115 from 50"” "f U19 9 5 5" to be ' t or dung” and Tormenilna terminals. . cream social in Cornwal Hall Th. new mlnm" '1 gary in the 1943 general election. American satellite in the gcophyl-ithe American aatcllita plan Muntil Rates from 13 C0"n,'-JEI5 Ported 9” g r Tolgnsguv:;hisl.;u:;r;i,igii5go,-din ROUBLE5 ,

Wednesday. Aug. 3rd. 8:. p.m.

leurva Wednesday. August 8. for lobster supper and dance. Gear:-town.

Regular dance Wednesday. Aug 1. MacIcan'a warehouse. Souris. Two orchestras. Canteen.

Now unloading bulk wheat at Hunter River. 82.95 par Cwt. R. L. Dickinson. New Glasgow.

Home-made ice cream social to

Fred C. Colborne. Calgary. min- later without portfolio; Allan R. Patricio. Lacomba. economic af- fairs: Raymond Reierson. St. Paul. industries and labor: James Hart- ley. Maclaod. public works.

Mr. Colborne la a native of Saint John, N.n.

POSTS SHUFFLED

The premier. in announcing the biggest shuffle since Social Credit came to power in 1085. also said: 11:. W. llinman. minister of mun-

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