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RUSSIA BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH, AUSTRALIA OVER PETROV CASE

._

PRIGIIIIOV

Former NFIJ. Gov’! OFFicerI

in Moscow at present. Hill heads

By IICHABD K. KABISCHKI

MOSCOW. (AP)—Eussia. Friday aroke off diplomatic relations with Australia over the Vladimir Petrov 3350.

In a note handed to Australian gnarge d'Affairea Brian Hill here, Russia announced recall of her am- bassador in Australia. Nikolai I.

Generaiev, and demanded that Austraua. recall all of its diplo-

natic representatives from Moscow.

Under diplomatic protocol. Aus- tralia is left with no choice. It must recall its envoys immediately There is no Australian ambassador

the representatives here.

The note, given by soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Hill. asked that the Austra- lians arrest Petrov as a awindier and embezzler.

It also accused the Australian government of kidnapping Mrs Petrov.

The announcement of the note over the Moscow radio was the first mention to the public of the Petrov case. Nothing on it has appeared thus far in the Soviet press.

CONFERENCE CALLED AT OTTAWA RE INTERPROVINCIAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

OTTAWA (CP) — A federal- provincial conference opens here Monday with the aim of working out a national solution to the con- irnversial problem of how highway traffic crossing provincial borders is to be controlled.

Two provincial premierl, two federal ministers and around a dozen provincial highways min- isters are expected to take part in the three-day meeting.

Objective of the session. called by the federal government, is to devise a means of having the provinces control inter-provincial

Coming Events

"Watch for Wheetley Rivet Play coming soon.

0-fiummgge Sale, Central Christ- ian Hail, saturday. 2-30-

"Notice — Orient Hotel. tot-la. opening May 1st.

-omunmage Sale. Baptist Church Hall, Saturday. April 21th, 2 p. m.

"l-liunmage sale. Trinity Church basement today. 2.30 p. m.

--special Meeting of Derry bod‘, Monday, April 20th. All members please attend.

"Pownnl Ladies Aid Pantry Sale on Saturday, at 5. A. MacDonald's, at l p. m.

Vic-

"Dance Morell hall. Monday. modern, old time 0 to 12.30. Burns Orchestra.

‘"11: stock. Barb Wire, Asphalt Shingles. Also Bulk Oats. W. I. Bowman, Hunter Riva-.

“Cleaning Grain md 'I‘imot.hy seed for the rest of the season. Elmer Mu.-Donald, 0rapaud..

"Annual Meeting of the CHI)- -.u¢ 1-mil Co., will be held on Mon- day, April ma. at 8 p. in.

“Cleaning grain commencing April 23rd until further notice. Walter Mallett. York.

"In Stock 10-8-5 gallon milk c-.a.ne, milk strainers and filter dials. Dillon ah Sbillett.

"Dance, llort Augustus Hall. waaneaagy, April zath. Burke‘: orchestra.

"salvation Army Bean supper. Timly. April 27th. 5 till 0.30. Ticket: 80 cents.

"Variety concert in St. Mar- garet's Hall, Monday. April E- 8:30.

"lhow Fredericton p.m. ‘The Yearling". News of the Day."

"Reserve Wednesday. July 1th 'or the Murray Harbour Tea Party ind boat races.

"Caponize at 4 to 5 weeks for I-aaler flock management. Eric .\iacPhail, New Haven.

"New Dominion W. I. presents .t'a one act play with additional specialties in Afton Hall, Wednee- day, April ziith.

"Robert Vickeraon will be haul- ing cream to wiliahire Creamery starting April 29th. each Thursday i.ntil further notice.

“Mauve Thursday. April zetn. if!‘ the big Newman Club Dance At the lnliaway. Music by the Downtowners. Dancing no to 11.80.

"-!n'Stock Moa.Ie‘s Prince Mangle ‘cede. 'I‘ui-nip Seeds and all kinds

tonight. 8 Also latest

ll Timothy and Clover Seeds. Jillon A Bpillett.

“Don't miss the variety eon- -‘rt at Covehead Community

"All. Thursday. April 20. Dance after. Sponsored by the ball team. halo of lunches.

"Wanted at once. number oi

Rood thrifty piga weighing over its ihfl. each. Paying e4o.oo per pair. Wellington MacNeili at Don. Bun- iain Bell’! Wharf.

“Ail farmers and fisherman in- terested in a co-op in Murray Harbour attend meeting in hall Tuesday. April ff, 8 pm. special 1-Maker. Reid Sangater. also films.

"Showing at Mt. Stewart I-‘rldey Ind Saturday at 3.80. Perilous Jour- '".v starring Vera luilaton and “Wid Brian. A boat. load of Maidens sells for California in the 31." of the Gold Rush.

"Auto and Farm luppliea, DI Great George street. sales and Ser- Vlce. Complete line of De Laval

WINYI. Separators. Water Prea- '"P0 lntean. Automobile Parts. WI. Oreeaeg, etc. ’

and international highway trans- port, a field which the Privy Coun- cil recently ruled as being under federal jurisdiction.

The conference results from the February decision of the Privy Council. That court upheld a long- standing contention of the federal government that it holds power over trans-border traffic. thuogh this never has been exercised.

RELUCTANT TAKE CONTROL

Once the decision came down, after a long court fight, the fed- eral government announced it was reluctant to move in on highway control and proposed the federal-

Premier A. W. Maths-son and Hon. W. E. Darby, Attor- ney General, leave today for Ottawa to attend the high- way conference called for next week. During their absence I-ion. William Hughes, Provin- cial Secretary. will act as Premier and Attorney Gen- eral.

provincial talks with a view to reaching a “common understand- ing" on the contentious question. This new federal view was in conflict with a finding of the Tur- geon royal commission on trans- portation, which in 1951 recom- mended that the fedcral govern- ment take over trans-border con- (Continued on page 2, Col. 5)

Observe Birthday Of Shakespeare

S'f'R.ATl"0R.D - ON - AVON. Eng. (AP)—!‘rom 58 countries of the world they came Friday to this birthplace of William Shakespeare to Join the 14,000 townsfolk cele-

the bard‘s birth.

Representatives of so diplomatic corps walked through sunlit streets of the borough that itself is a memorial to the poet and then gathered in the Bhakespeare Mem- orial theatre.

There at a public luncheon the Earl of Crawford and Baicarres proposed the "immortal memory to the dramatist "who must have been the most tolerant of all mm for he better undaaiood the human heart, its greatness and its small- neu. that all the massed armies of modern psychiatry."

The numbe of overseas guests

bled for a birthday celebration.

In London—near the site of the Globe theatre of Shakespeare's day-—Dame Sybil Thorndike. the great lady of England’: stage, un- veiled a new memorial window in Bouthwark Cathedral. The Shake- speare window depicts a number of the dramstist'a characters.

Italy Has Goddess- Gas Turbine Cor

TURIN, Italy. (R.euiers)—A gear- iese automobile, powered by a gas turbine engine, was put on display at an international auto show here Friday by the Fiat Motor Car Com- pany. Its makers claim the car has a top speed of 155 miles an hour. "New Haven Jamboree. North River Hall, Tuesday night. April 27.

"Orders for Leghorn or New Hampshire X White Leghorn cross bred chicks should be placed now as we expect to complete hatching for season last of May. Raynor‘: Chick Hatchery. Mt Her- hert.

"Evangelist Hilly Graham's outstanding Christian film "Oil Town, U. S. A." will be shown in the Roiiaway Club, Charlottetown. Monday. April 26. Murray River public hail. Tuesday, April 7! Yea’: Theatre. Montague. Wed- mgaay, April 2!. Each night at 8 pm. Come early to get a seat.

--Buying Pigs at. rredericioii Monday. Tuesday. Brookneid l I. in. Milton lo. York 1 p. in. nedford I. Tracadle 210. Mt. Stewart I, Pis- quid 3.00. Fort Augustus 4. Water- vale 4.00. Vernon River I. Pownal 5.30. Wednesday, New Glasgow 0 a. in. Wheatley River 10, Hoiina Corner II. New Haven 1 p. in. Don- ahaw 1.30. Desable 2. Kelly's Cross 3, lam-raid 4. Clifton ll, Remains- tm sso, if roads are passable for cars. Paying 342.00 a fill!‘ I01’ I004 pigs over 42 Ilsa. each. $28.00 for pigs over 20 ill, extra for lnbetween. win buy any size. also a number of cows and bulls for slaughtering are wanted. Knud Jorgensen. Fred-

brating the 290th anniversary of,

here was the largest ever nssem-I

tion Service, The Hague;

Mr. J. A. U. M. van Grevcnstcin.I Director of the Netherlands Emivl grntion Service, The l-lauge, ac-‘ companied by Embassy officials} from Ottawa and a representative of the Canaiiiaii Immigration De- partment, Halifax, arrived in Char- lottetown yesterday afternoon to‘

the interest. of his department. Mr. van Grevcnstein arrived in

that time has conferred with Dutch people and immigration of- ficials at Montreal, Winnipeg. Cal- 351')’- pert and Vancouver. arriving back in Ottawa for Easter. |

After a very successful snrics oft meetings with Canadian immigra-i tion officials at Ottawa, Mr. Gre-'

(Continued on page 5. Col. 6)

Charges Fly H As McCarthy

WASHINGTON

hours - long country-wide TV audience. invest- igating senntors decided Friday to Isubpoeno all records of telephone calls in the McCarthy-army row, ‘and make public those deemed [pertinent to the hot dispute. ‘ But Senator Joseph McCarthy (Rep.-Wis.) blocked for the time being the, reading of an almost word-fnr-ivord transcript of one call in which McCarthy allegedly sug- gested wot-k~end leaves for Pie. G. David Schine "for the purpose of taking care of Dave's girl friends."

Army Secretary Robert Stevens testified under oath at the first of the day's two televised sessions that McCarthy made this sugges- tion to him in a telephone conver- sation monitored and taken down in shorthand by 21 Stevens aide last Nov. 7.

Angrily, McCarthy cried it was "indecent and dishonest" for Stev- ens to record a conversation willi- out the knowledge (if the person at the other end of the line.

Then the subcommittee, Mc- Carthy and the army officials‘ law- yer argued all afternoon whether the record of the Stevens-McCarthy talk, and other conversations re- lating tn the dispute. should be admitted in evidence.

After two days of often stormy going the hearings recessed until Monday.

t‘APi—After an

Prince George, Prince Ru-‘..smCide..

Hearing Continues-

argumcnt before 3‘

Netherlands Representatives Pleased With Prospects Of Countrymen Here

Left to rlght—Mi'. J. A. U. M. van Greven stein, Director of the Netherlands _ Mr. V. E. Chisholm, Canadian Immigration official, Halifax;

Dr. A. S. Tuinman, Netlicrlands Agricultiiral and Emigration Attache. Ottawa, and his assistant, Mr. J. Athmer Ottawa.

Siiuaiion Al French As More Serious As

IIANOI, Iiido-China (Rt:-utersl—

V - 151 ~ Cuimmiinisi. Victminli shock troopsi tnmmnie '1 mu“ m Gout V I m have driven to within 650 yards of hills. lthe Dion Bicn Phu fortress‘ com- fought back with fixed bayoncts Canaan on March 25”,” and ‘mce rnand post in ct desperate di‘lV8hi;: and hand grenades.

wipe out the landing arcs paratrnnpors nniv arriving in Indo- China from France.

Wave after wave of Vietminh commandos swarmed n\'ci' a key western outpost and captured the northern half of the l0l‘|l‘€‘5S' shell-racked nirstrip.

If the Frcnclt retreat continues. tho Communists may be able in thwart air-drops of 820 crack par- atroupers rushed to Indo-China in six U. S. Giobemasicrs.

This morning the first giant U. S. plane landed at Saigon with 200 reinforcements. and the other five planes are due soon.

The French high command. an- .nnuncing the rebel advances. de- scribed the situation at Dien Bien Phu as “more serious."

HAND-T0-HAND FIGHTING

The bloody hand-to-hand fighting began Thursday afternoon and con- tinued untii dawn along the west- ern dcicnccs of the fortress.

The Vietminh attackers wiggled through trenches in rice paddies. then sprang to their feet and charged at the French union soi- diers, firing tommy-guns from the hip.

Eight hundred rebels defied heavy French machine-gun and mortar fire and charged forward with knives, grenades and tommy-

Motlier Saves Self- Children From Gas

MONTREAL <CP) —- A mother who fought of! unconsciousness long enough to dial "0" for opera- inr on her telephone succeeded in saving her two children and her- sclf from asphyxiation carly Fri- day. -

Mrs. Sarah Bcrcovitz. 42. and her children -- Irene, 15. and Ian, 0 — were overcome by carbon monox- ;ide fumes escaping from a water

heater.

Before she was overcome Mrs. ;B(‘l'L‘0\’Il7. managed to l'(‘.’|('Il the ‘telephone. The operator informed Iiyriro-Qiir-hcc ri a crew was sent to the home to administer oxy- gen tn the victims. All three re

[cove-red.

-‘I . Emigra-

Barier‘s Film Lab.

Fortress Described Reds Gaiii Ground

1 guns, They slipped behind fortified w h e r e French defenders

Several hundred French - led

J°ie;.ii.°-i°=i.°r.:..:‘i'".5~2i..s~.;'a.i;*'°=> I AINT . . . — r. re a manis iv 5 - ' a lli Valdmanis

hustled into Saint John under an RCMP escort

Friday

night en route to Newfoundland where he will face charges of extorting “hundreds of thousands of dollars" from firms

he dealt with as a Newfoundl

and government officer.

The one-time Latvian cabinet minister was routed from

bed at 2 am. Friday in the

New Bi'uns\\'ick southwest

coast resort of St. Andrew's by an RCMP officcr.

The policeman carried a

sonal order of Premier Joseph Smallivood of Newfoundland I

warrant issued at tho pPi‘-

charging Valdmanis with extortion involving, the premier said. “many hundreds of thousands of dollars."

Valdmanis resigned as chairman '7'

of the Newfoundland and Labradnri Corporation, controlled by Newfoundland government. Feb. I and drew Mr. Smailwood's praise as a man the stature of whom Newfoundland "will not soon again see." 1

PLANE GIIOUNDED

Valdmanis said in his letter of‘ resignation that he intended taking; I post which would keep him larg- ely on “the mainland of Canada and in the United States." Hal dropped from sight after that and first word of his whereabouts came Friday when he was ab- ruptly arrested.

The former boss of Newfound- land's complex economic develop- mcnt program was whisked from his brother's home at St. Andrews! to Saint John in secrecy. I

He and his police escort turned]

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New Probe Iii Woman's Deaih

WELI.A.\'D, Uni fCl"i- A wit- ness it-siificd Friday that a 25- year-old man accused in a false

pretence: case told her he had “committed the perfect crime" by tipping a canoe last summer and allowing his wife to rirnwii

The testimony came from Sylvia Davies, who brought the false pre- tenses complaint against Bruce MacLean. She said she became engaged to MacLean following the drowning of his 20-year-old wife, Elizabeth Doreen. near here Aug. 22, 1953.

Mrs. MacLesn's death was ruled accidental at the timc.

But Friday crown attorney '1‘. F. i

iConvicied Gov'i lShou|d Resign

ST .l0l»{N‘S. Nfld ¢cpi_M,i. colm Hoiiett, leader of the Pro- gressive Conservative Opposition party. released a statement Fri- ‘(iay on the arrest of Dr. Alfred ‘A. Valdmanis. former director of f‘(‘Un(>f'niC development in New- foundland. charged with extortion. it read:

"We are not‘ entirely taken by _Sili'Di‘lSe al the turn of events fol-

Iu\\'lilg the Smallwood-Valdmanis $20.00u_0ou escapade of the past 31/; years.

“The c h a r g e I made by the RCMP are serious—in fact so ser- ious are they that the resignation of the whole Smallvvood Liberal cabinet must automatically follow I conviction.

"Before the bar of public opinion however. the real defendant must undoubtedly be Premier Small- wood and his entire cabinet. After all 520000.000 in this tenth prov- ‘ince “'38 a large amount of money _t0 he placed at the disposal of arr iabsolute stranger. and the expend- iturc of this amount of the tax

up shortly after at Saint John aii‘,Foresiall said a full invcstigationipfl-V8” m°"°y “'53- ii’ '11 mien"

pnr} but the plane they had been scheduled to board for St. John's] was gruondod by bad weather.

Valdmanis was taken to the Saint John county jail and locked up. The next scheduled flight to} the Newfoundland capital is noonl today.

Valdmanis was given only 20 mi- mites to dress when the mounted policeman i-ouscd him from sleep at St. Andrews. He and his guards; spent only 15 minutes at the air-, port here late in the afternoon a-ndl‘ left when the flight was cancelled.

The Latvian appeared dejected

troops were completely surrounded by 2.000 Vietminh soldiers at the northwestern strongpoint. Other French troops slashed in (Continued on page 2, Col. bl

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{Covered Bridge in N. B. Burns

RED BANK. N. R. rCPi—— The bridge New Brunswick res- idents claimed the second long- est covered span in the world coilapeed—a smoking mass of embnrs—-into the Miramichi river Friday afternoon.

The 1.038-foot span survived nearly 50 years of gaies and floods but could withstand only one hour of rsvaging fire. It collapsed into the river at 5 o'- clock after‘ flames had eaten away the supporting timbers.

Connecting Sunny Corner and Red Bank. the span was 244 feet short of Ihe world's long- est. bridge at Hartland, N. B. Built in 1908, it was one of New ‘ Brunswick's 300 covered bridges and 10.000 other spans.

Nash-Hudson I Join Forces

DETROIT IAF) Nash-Keivh inator 'cni'porai.ion and Hudson Mo-I tor Car Company, have formally, joined forces in an all-out battle," for a bigger share of a tight auto-i mobile market.

The two so-called independents vvcre merged by directors of both companies into what will be known as American Motors Corporation. The combination will make the new company the industry's fourth largest p'roducer. topped only by

when he walked into the airport- lunch room. He sat with chlni cupped in hand and stared ahead.i not talking to escorting RCMP‘ Corporals C. T. Clark of the New-" fnundlisnd "B" division and J. M.i Pelltier of New Brunswick.

Valdmanis was neatly dressed inl I grey topcnat and wore a flaw- less white shirt.

STARTED INVESTIGATION I

Premier Smaliwond said at St. John's in a prepared statement: “Up to the time I asked Vald- manis for his resignation a few weeks ago. I had no reason to aus- pect him of personal dishonesty. "Soon after his resignation. hnw- iConiinued on page 2 Col. 4|

British Ready For Against Man Mau

By Ronald Batchelor

NAIROBI, Kenya, (CPI-Nearly ii,000 Britiah and African troops and police moved into position in Nairobi Friday night to begin the biggest roundup of Man Mail sus- pects since the termrist campaign started out it! months ago.

Before dawn. 5,000 troops and every available policeman in the area will swing into action to rid the capital of siuipecied Mau Mai: supporters.

Authorities hope to screen be-

tween 30.000 and 40,000 Kikuv l. I-imbu and Mom iribesmen Andi expect to detain about 6,000 in

special camps.

since the failure of the govern- ment's program t.o obtain largo- scala surrenders of Man Mai: members, officials have said thiv, will resort to get-tough measures to end the emergency.

CHECK Nil AIMS

the big three of General Motors. Ford and Chrysler.

Shareholders of (hr iwn romp:-, niea earlier had approved the merger. enabling American Motors to start business May I

The anii-white organizaiioii is-

believed to have filtered couriers.) supplies. and recruits from ihO' city to gangs in the forest and mountain strongholds. Numerous

Former Concert.- Slnger Passes

NORWALK. Conn. (AP) -- Mrs. Dora Houde Maynard. 78. formerly a concert singer in Montreal. died Friday in Nnrwalk hospital after a long illness.

Before her marriage in the late Dr. Albert C. Maynard. a iuirgcnn. she was a soloist at the cathedral church of Notre Dame de Saint Louis at Montreal.

Mrs. Maynard was born in Low- ell. Mass. She had lived also in

istv-rs Friday night warned Soviet communism still aims at world domination and continues to build up military strength.

situation on the eve of the Geneva conference on Korea and indo- China, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization council called for maintaining vigilance and unity in the face of the Soviet threat.

The council also adopted a Cana- dian resolution calling for closer liaison on political matters among NATO members.

Introduced by External Affairs Minister 1.. B. Pearson. the resolu-

ericton.

gitlideford. Me., and Providence.

tion urged members to keep each other informed "on international

In a one-day survey of the world,

Lfltissja Still Aims Al: Conquest

PARIS (CF) - —NATO foreign iiiin- pdlitical developments" of concern that to other members or to NATO as

a whole.

Dutch Foreign Minister .1. W. Beyen, who told a press conference about the Pearson resolution. de- scribed it as a pledge to consult with other NATO countries "on all aspects of major problems" and to develop the 14-country council into

a means for political co-operation.

Reporters asked Beyen if Pear-

ann's resolution would conflict with rm!" "H" “I” new not” burl"

the declared U.S. policy of "instant retaliation" against Communist ag- gression. Beyen said it would not.

Pearson recently expressed oppo- sition to any such move being undertaken by the US. without. first consulting U.S. Allies.

Ne7Ban|i Notes in September