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Small Mystery ‘Plane Drops “Bomb” Over U. N. Headquarters

No Discussion Till Blockade Lifted

LONDON, July ZD-Foreign 39¢. retary Ernest Bevin today told the House of Commons it Ls "im- possible" to open talks with Rus- sia on German problems until the Berlin blockade problem is lifted.

He said the British Government is ready to discuss Berlin and other matters with the Soviet Government "as soon as the technical difficulties which have prevented normal conmunications with our sector of Berlin have been removed."

“It lslimpossibla for a self-re- spect-l!!! government to sit down and’ discuss these things when your troops are cut of! from nor- mal communications and 2,500,- 000 people (in western Berlin) Me being used to put pressure upon you to come to a decision."

Coming Events

"TTBCIKHO Pl-Fldh P161110, W911, duly 28.

"Sturgeon - Movie; -- Tuesday -“The Sulllvans!“

"WOOd Islands - Movim Monday -— "The Sulllvans.”

"Panir\y sale at Romeo's Sat- urday, July 24. ' "Dance and Ice Cream social,- Albion Cross School, July 27th.

"Ice Cream and. Dance. Iona East School, Friday, July 23rd.

i "For Strawberries. Phone 14 m Stewart Exchange. -__.. "Unloading car feed at Oolville today, Friday. Cecil Stewart.

. "Dance. Byrnee Road School, ifonday, July 26th,

"Dance Ft. Agustus. Friday, July 13rd. Hughes Orchestra.

"Pictures at Morell every Tues- lay and Saturday Show a o'clock.

"Dance in Walter Connickb,

"Dance every Tuesday, St. Pet- it's Legion l-lall. Clifford's Orch- istra.

"Dance, Baldwin's Road School. ‘W111i’. July 23rd. Webster's lrchestra.

"Lot 05 hall Friday. July 90, novies. dance and ice cream. Show starts 8.80.

"Shouting tonight Macdonald Bros Theater, Dick Powell in, lohnnie Oiclock. thrills Galore.

"Dance in Vernon River Hall, i115’ 28th. Charitable and other iurposos.

"Unloading car-bulk wheat. July I2 till 24th. Reduced prices. Bring our empties, Clark's Feed Service vfount Stewart. _

" All ratepayers o! W000 loyal- iv School district are requested to itiend a meeting in ‘the school st i o'clock m-iday evening, July a3, By order of trustees. 5 ‘

_"Unlcading variety car Sur- ..ain feed at Canada Packers sid- hit. Grafton St. Friday and Sat- "dfly st special off-car prices.

"Will not be buying fowl Pri- lly- July as. win be buying next

reek. R. L. Dickieson. New Glas- row.

"Movies Howe’: Hall. Brantley leach, filthy. Crazy Knights, lens of the Range. "The as"... Wm of Tom Sawyer." lonsluw Uaturday, ,

"Tile annual district convention If Alberry Plains, Vernon River, Zernon. Millview. m. Maillot, 4""! Valley. Earnesciiffe, Uigg,

nrnss, and Orwell will be iield in Orwell Hall. Monday, July 20th. Afternoon stars: 2.00 and evening it 0.30 pm,

F0il iioa CCLECTIIC Announcement: See Page 0 Col. 0 I

(By The Canadian Press)

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y. July 22 —A small plane dived over United Nations headquarters today and dYOPDQd an object which security officials said appeared to be -a home-made bomb.

The object exploded in an open space and. did no damage. The blast was heard as far as a mile BWB-Y- 91W U-N- guard reported concussion from the expiosionbut refused medical treatment.

The only trace found was some gun wedding and. several frag- ments of adhesive tape which John Cosgrove,U.N. security chief, tslald smelled of burned gun pow-

er.

Emmet Rogers, the guard who said he felt the concussion. re- ported pains irl his stomach. He was on duty at the main dele- gates’ gate. nearest spot to where the plane loosed‘ its missile. The explosion occurred in the‘ air. Rogers said.

The object fell in a. clump of trees across the road from the United Nations buildings.

The army air base at liditchell Field immediately sent six Black Widow planes in search of the red and yellow plane.

The plane banked after its dive over U.N. headquarters and head- ed in the direction of New York.

The army planes flew over the U.N. buildings s. few minutes af- ter the mystery plane disappear- ed. Nassau County police and Lake Success police began a. hurried search for fragments.

John Cosgrove, chief, of the» U. N. Security Guard, said he did not know whether \the object was s bomb.

Cosgrove, recently returned from the Middle East where he was in charge of U.N. guards, was stand- ing in the main U.N. lobby at the time of the explosion.

“I thought I was back in Haifa." he said, recalling the mortar fire exchanged by Arabs and Jews in the Palestine war.

Two U. N. guards spotted the small plane, described as a Piper model with identification number beginning N039, as it swooped at about 50 feet over the sprawling headquarters building.

William H. Stoneman, side to secretary-general ‘Trygve Lie, re- ported the guards as saying the explosion occurred directly under the plane while it was over the building. The white object was dropped about 200 yards from the building and drifted across the road into bushes.

Detectives. police and guards searched for the white object. Pieces of paper and cloth wad- ding apparently used in the ex- plosive were found on the U. N. grounds.

U. S, NAVAL ACADEMY PRE- SENTED WITH WHITE ENSION

ANNAPOLIS, Md. July 12-4121’) -A battle-stained white ensign flown by the Royal Canadian Navy destroyer "Annapolis" during the Second World War today was added to the treasures of the Un- ited States Navai Academy here.

The Annapolis. formerly the MacKcnzle. was one of the 50 do- strcyers given British C mon- wealth countries in exchange for bases in 1940.

Today her flag was presented to

the Academy by Commodore V. S.

Godfrey. Canadian naval attache in Washington on behalf of De~ fence Minister Brooke Claxton.

11.... super-forts a Begin W_orl P. E. I. Reserve Units" Leave By Special Train

Will Tour 0.11.

Sgt. Robert Gay of the Sum. mersido Air Cadet squadron who has been chosen to represent the air cadets of this Province among the erouo or Canadian Air Cadets who will leave on July 2'! 0n a. tour of Great Britain. He is a. eon of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Gay, Sum- merEide. --S.

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Prices Spread

FREDEIRICTON. July 22 --(CP) -The spread between egg and po- tato prices paid to producers and charged to consumers at certain times of the year appeared great- er than warranted for a fair mar- gin of profit, Agriculture Minister A.C. Taylor commented today at a meeting with the Saint John and Fredericton branches of the Canadian Association of Consum. ers.

Be encouraged the branches to request the royal commission on prices to investigate such spreads. Mr. Taylor pointed out, however, that both eggs and potatoes were’ perishable commodities and neces- ‘sarily entitled to a widey mgrk-up margin than non-perishable prod- uc s. '

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C. ll. ll. Property Threatened iiy ~ , < fiil Plant Fire

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NORWAY, Mes July 23- (AP)—The Canadian National Railways yard here was threat- ened tonight when fire swept an adjoining oil storage plant, containing tanks with 50.000 gallons capacity.

Two minor exploions were reported.

The blaze also threatened four industrial plants.

A general alarm called out all fire-fighting forces 11ers and in adjacent South Plfll.

The tanks are in a three- storey. wooden building of tlie W. l-l. ll ' ‘ ‘ Company.

Flames licked a. 10000-91- lon gasoline tank outside the building. The tanks Inside con- tained range oil. with the ex- ception of one containing ethyl gasoline.

C. F. A. Directors To Meet At ifentvliia ,

KENTVILLE, N S., July 22 — (CH-More than 40 Canadian farm officials are expected to at- tend the three-day directors meet- ing of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture here July 27.

Visiting officials will hold I. joint meeting with the Nova Scotia Farmers’ Association on the fol- lowing day.

H. l1. Hannam. president and managing director of the federat- ion, arid C. G. Goff. secretary will preside at the meetings. The [will wll also visit Fredericton where they will be guests of the New Brunswick Department of Agri-

culture.

Federal Platform ls

Announced

(By The Canadian Press)

Qrrawa, July zz-riis 0.0.1. today unveiled its projected "first term" program, the vote-catching platform on which it hopes to ride to power in the next general election. ~

Slated for consideration by tho 0.6.11‘. national convention open- ing in Winnipeg Aug. 19. tha program was made public by David Lewis, national secretary, and embodies 10 resolutions.

The resolutions cover 10 mnlor subjects - industrial socialization. control of investment, social see- urity, health insurance, housing. labor. agriculture. internal-ion!‘- trade, constitutional amendments 4nd a 0.0.1". program to improve conditions in the Marltfme Pro- vinces. They have been sent to 0.01‘. bodies for atudy before the titre may oonventl starts.

Of the Mariiimes. the party says

(By C. C.F.

it is “determined that the trut- ment of the Maritime: aa a poor relation of confederation moat

cease." To accomplish this. it proposes a cial survey of llari- tima needs resources and ae-'

alstanco to the Provinces to estab- lish secondary industries baled on Maritime resources.

While the resolutions mule n0 major changes in 0.03‘. policies, they do outline the Party's aims in far iii-cum detail than did any manifesto issued in the out and live a definition ty‘: conception of aoeialiaaifori.

"lly social .” laidtbo resolution embodying this first

P. does not mean only ownership by the Federal Government.

"On the contrary. the 0. C. P. has always recognised that, owing

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View Of ‘ Situation

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(By Douglas How) CIITAWA, July 22- (CPL-By coincidence, a. high Canadian For- eign Affairs. official joined Presi- dent Truman today in an optimis- tic forecast about the Berlin block ade crisis.

The President told o. press con- ference he thinks the chances for world peace are excellent. The Canadian was considerably less buoyant. but from a large fund of background knowledge he was willing to say: “It's hard for me tn think that this situation can't eventually be solved by negotia- tion."

A spokesman for the External Affairs Department. he said tin" danger was not that either aide wants war but that they may accl- dentally stumble into it. This den

ger became. acute if the rival pow- ers advanced from position in p051- ticn and dug in so there was no reasonable chance for exit.

So far. that hadn't happened in Berlli. Both Russia and the West- ern Nations had left themselves back doors.

Meanwhile. Canada put a new man in charge of her ambassador- less embassy in Moscow and from the long range view. informed sources indicated that she could probably expect to help the United

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Shipping Companies" _To Avoid Cornwall

TORONTO. July 92 — (CPY- Three Great Lakes shipping com-

panies announced today they have

temporarily discontinued coqo

shipments to Cornwall. Ont., be-

cause of violence by striking Can-

adian Seamenb Union members

then.

Captain Howard Baxter, Toron-

todock manager of Canada Steam-

ship Lines and Capt. ft Scott

Misener. general manager of Sar-

nia and Colonial Steamship Com-

panies. said the decision was made

ail a result of last week-ends

atoning of six vessels in the Corn-

wall Cafal.

All three companies had already halted shipments of coal to Mid- land. Ont... and grain cargoes to Goderich, Ont.

Capt. Misener said his country "will put no more ships into Corn- wall until- adequate protection is provided.‘

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On Saturday

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Tomorrow morning about 40 of- ficers and 250 other ranks of var- ious reserve units in the province will depart by special train for a period of concentrated training in military camps in Ontario.

The 17th Reconnaissance Regi- ment, LL-Col. W. W. Reid, D.S.O. Commanding. willsend 15 officers and 110 other ranks to Petawaiva. The 28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regi- ment, Lt-Col. G. G. K. Peake, D. 8.0., E.D. commanding will have 15 officers and l0O.other ranks from this Province attend camp at Picton, Ont. Four officers and additional other ranks from the Battery at Silellarton. NS. will also make the trip. The 5th Divisional Signals. Lt-Col. F. J. Storey com.- manding, will send some 10 of- ficers and 45 other ranks for a period of training at Barryfield, Ont.

The special troop train will leave here sometime early Saturday morning.

The following are the officers attending the various camps:

17th. Reece Regiment; Major J. A. MacDonald, Cardigan: Captain F. J. MacNeill, Smmmerside; Capt. R. D. McGillivafy; Capt. Archie Vickerson: Lt. ‘H. O'Han-ley; Lt. G. J’. Foster; 2 /Lt. W. A. Henry; 2/Lt. John Rogers and 2-Lt. Tan- ton MacNelll, Summerslde.

5th. Divisional Signals: Major Keith Johnston, Capt. D. D. R055. Cant. S. C. Thompson, Capt. '1‘. D. Cobb, Capt. E. McCarcy, Lt. R. G. Dumont, 2/Lt's. B. Champion. R. Hennessey, R. H. Jewel and W. L. MacKinnon.

28th. L.A.A. Regiment: Lt-Col. G.G.K. Peake, Major H. G. Wil- liams. Major C.D. Ives, Cant. Dan- ny McCormack. Capt. A. E. Far- dueson, Capt. wiston Smith. Lt- Lorne Ives, Lt. R. Manning, Lt. J. Lacey. Lt. F. MacDonald. Lt- l Macliflllan and four officers from a Stellarton, N-S. Battery-

lmpcrtance 0f Soil Conservation Is Emphasizeil

AMHERST, N. S., July 22—Im- portsnce of soil conservation on the North Airnerican continent and particularly in the Mari- times. was emphasized today by Dr. H. H. Bennett. chief of the United States Soil Conservation Bureau, to embers of the Can- adian Institute of Agriculture's Maritime Division. They are meeting at nearby Nappan Ex- perimental Farm.

Dr. Bennett referred to serious losses from erosion in the Mari- times and said New "Brunswick suflered a vital loss through mil- lions of tons of top soil being carried out to sea by the St. John River and other large streams. He said the same problem was confronting Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia farmers in cer- taln areas. Reasons for carrying out soil conservation in the Mari- tlmes and methods of checking losses were suggested by Dr. Ben- nett. _

W. W. Baird, farm director, was chairman. Among those attending were W.R. Shaw, P.1!l.1'.’s Deputy Agriculture Minister; Hon. W. A. MaoKenzie. Nova Scotia's Agri- culture Minister; Percy Black (PC-Cumberland); M. J. Kauf- man. MLA; Smith Hilton, Fred- ericton, and Kenneth Cox, Trum. N. S. ’

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Big Planes Left, ll. S. Base Yesterday

WASHINGTON. July lib-MP)- Three B-29s from the Air Force base at Tuscon. Arizona. have tak- en cff on a round-world flight. the United States Air Force announ- cedtonight.

This will be the first globe- circling flight for 3-295.

The air force planned such a project more than a year ago, bu‘- the proposal was turned down by the State Department at that time. There were reports that the United States did not want to amuse Russia then by any display of air power.

Today's announcement said the flight now under way has the "con- currence of the State Department."

The announcement described the flight-which will go eastward by way of the Azores, Africa. Asia. Japan and Alaska-as a "routine long-distance training" operation.

It has used the some langlllil recently to deuribe missions of 1329s going to England and Ger- many.

The three Superfortresses from the Strategic Air Oommandks 43rd Bomb Group left Davis-Monthan base early today. refueled at Mac- dlll Base. ‘ramps. Florida, and took off again at 5:33 p.m. EDT. the second stop will be at Lagens Field. the Azores. early tomorrow morn

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Liberal Candidate Elected In Sask.

REGINA. July 22—-E1ection of Lorne Blanchard, Liberal candi- date in the far Northern Sask- atchewan constituency of Cumber- land. was indicated today over Joseph Johnson, C.C.F. and Jos- eph Buote, Independent.

lvk. Johnson represented the constituency in the last legislat- ure. Mr. Blanchard! election raises to 19-the number of Lib- erals in the SZ-seat Legislature.

The C.C.F. holds 31 seats. One i-a held by a Liberal-Progressive Conservative candidate.

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Subscriptions Delivered 00.00. .00; other Provinces I U. S. 01.00.

iRCfCFCllti-iiill Results In Close Vote

Outpost: Sly; Strong Support To iinlcn lllltli

Canada. (By Dave McIntosh) ST. JOHN'S. Nfld.. July B-<

(Friday)—(CP)--Victory for 0on4 federation with Canada in yesten “Y's Newfoundland referendum seemed probable early today when counting closed until 9am. ADT. with returns nearing completion and finals listed for eight districts.

Cadet Major Joseph Gallant. 17.

son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gallant of Charlottetown, who has been selected as one of tile five cadets from the Maritime provinces to attend the model cadet camp at Banff next month.

Finnish Premier Resigns Post

(By The Associated Press)" HELSINKI, July 22—Fir1land'l political leaders prepared for the formation of a new government tonight following the resignation of Premier lvliauno Pekkala. Pekkala. a member of the Social Union Party. resigned today after a 28-month term as prime minis- ter. The reason for his resigna- tion was not immediately given.

Mexico Decides To llevalue The Peso

MEXICO CITY, July 22 -(.A'P) —Mexico decided today to cheaper: the peso. She has lost a long fig-ht to keep it at 4.5 to the United States dollar or about 20 cents, where it has been pegged sinoe 1940. (In Washington United States officials said they expect

the new peso will be pegged at 15. or 17 cents.)

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA. July 22—Agricult.u.re Minister Gardiner, who already has announced his candidacy for the Liberal leadership, made pub- lic today his personal program for stepping up Canadian develop- ment should he achieve the prime ministership of Canada.

The Government should, he said in an interview, be "pushing a- head" with development of nat- ural resources "as rapidly as pos- sible."

"We should not be leaving so many development projects on the shelf, as we have been do- ing, as a backlog for a possible trade and employment recession here or elsewhere in the world."

He then outlined a 10-point pro- gram which includes the follow- ing points:

1. More aggressive development of Canada's natural resources. with Government aid if necessary.

2. less centralization of indus- try in Ontario and Quebec and more equitable distribution of in-

Gardiner Outlines Suggested Program

dustry throughout other parts of

UITAWA. July fl-(OM-Land area seeded to wheat in Canada this year was estimated today by the Bureau of Statistics at 24,073.- 000 acres. compared with an eati- mated 24.200300 acres sown las‘.

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Tho total includes 20319.1(. acres of spring wheat. against A3.- 04 100 last year. and 044-000 acres of ll wheat against 112.300.

Acreage in oats this year totals ll,100.900 against 11.040000. barley 0,037,900 against 7.405100 and flntseed 1.937.000 against 1,571.- S00. Spring wheat acreage on the Prairie Provinces follows. with last year's totals in brackets: Meni- toba 2,071,000 (3,497,000); Saskat-

Reveal Grain Crop Acreage In Canada

the Dominion through a $150,000,- 000 program for the harnessing of water power sources and the greater utilization of iron and coal deposits. .

3. An aggressive immigration policy which would double the country's population by 1963.

4. Continuation of social secur- ity policies, including a. contrib- utory old age pension plan at 05 years of age and a. national health insurance scheme.

5. Dominion Government ex- pendlture on a system of national highzva-ys to complete construc- tion at an early date of a mod- ern highway from coast to coast.

0. Development of Canada's fishing industry on inland fresh water lakes.

"I. The‘ building of a greater number of ships following ex- pansion of Canada's steel produc- tion.

8. A foreign policy nf_ integrat- ing trade, defence and other pol- icies more closely with Britain and other Commonwealth coun- tries. ‘

chewan 14,389,000 (14,21‘.0.000); M- berta 0,259,000 (6,934,000).

Rye acreage comes to 2.052.000 against 1,150,400 a year use and includes 1,505,000 acres of fall n‘! and 4m3o0 of spring rye. Prairie sunmerfalinu' stands at 19,400,000. compared with 19,040.00“ in 1947.

Other crop acreages follow, with 1947 totals in brackets:

Dry peas 04.000 (01,100): dry beans 07.000 (96300): 5119mm"?- 1122000 i2iio,40o\; mixed grains 1.394.600 (l.l.'i0.4ll0): shelled corn 200.000 1178.260): potatoes 009,100 (4973001; field roots 109,800 i113.‘ 700): hay and clover 10,033,500 (10.w1.700); alfalfa 1.177.000 (l.- 135,100); fodder com 476.0% (475,-