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Serious Ticup In Rocky Point Service

A combination of warm weather and the repair of the Rocky Point ferry Fair-view have resulted in on almost complete disruption of trans- portation between the City and south Shore areas during the past few days. --

Wlth the ferry tied up at Prln Street Wharf undergoing repairs, all ordinary means of transporta- tion to Rocky Point havd been cut off. The harbour ice had cracked up and partially dissolved by yes- lerday making it impossible for either an ice boat or a motor boat to cross.

Road conditions. as naturally ex- pected. were reported to be nearlv impassable. Wheeled traffic in most places was confined to wagons. Sev- eral men made the 20 mile trip to their homes Saturday evening by taking a truck toicornwall and

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Mail service was entirely disrupt- ed for three days. Finally on Sat- urday the old ice boat was returned to service and the mail service re- stored for the day.

All telephone communication with the Rocky Point and Fairview areas are disconnected. on attempting to put a pgione cell through to Rocky Point, Guardian representative -was told that the line was com- pletely out of order.

The community also suffers a lack of immediate medical service. The nearest doctor is in Bonshaw about 20 miles away.

The ferry captain. Jerry Dou- cette. said the Fairview would be out at least a week. The boat has been idle since Frlday..Feb. 16. fi.rst on account of illness among the crew and then for engine repairs, an annual procedure.

Canadians Find Red . Chinese Tough Fighters

(By Bill Boss)

ON THE CENTRAL FRONT. KOREA. Feb. 25-(CPi- A com- pany of Princess Patrlcias. which saw the Canudians' bloodiest aci- ion of the Korean Clmpililii '9 date. has revised its estimation of Chinese as fights;-s.

The company. led by Mai. Jack George of Edmonton. withdrew after bitter fighting with a Chin- use force entrenched in virtually- Impregnnble pobitions on hill 4X9. above Sogu.

Chinese Aggressive

”Thoy'r.q' scaiiy 'sgg:-essivsf ma- Pic. Vic Mahood of Vancouver.

"And certainly not stupid." add- ed'Pie. Al Lynch of St. Cathar- lncs. Ont.

Both were mcmbe .- of the pin- inon led by Lleut. John Deegun of Vancouver. which was tempor- arily pinncdsdown after making the first contact with the enemy strong points Friday.

Weary after ihe full-scale act- ion which extricated Deegan's nistoon but determined to even up the losses suffered in the two- riay action. George said his men had advanced within 10 yards but couldn't dislodge the enemy.

"We were crawling on our hel- lies through briar and humble llndcrbrush which their machine- Run fire out off at waist-level." he shill.

Cpl. Josvph Fnyent of Sintaluta Sask.. sold the Canadians were unable to use grenades because of the thickness of the brambles. which afforded perfect conceal- mt-nt for the Chinese.

George sal a bazooka foam un- dor L. Cpl. 4orman lltlchardeon of Vancouver knocked out a ma- chine-gun nest during the attack. Pic. Lloyd Peters of Hepburn. Sask.. fired the weapon. loaded by Ptr. Arland Leila at Hamilton.

Earns Acxo.-inlm

.'i stretcher-boarer. Pie. John Miles of Toronto. earned the com- lJan.V's acclaim by ignoring haz- ards to attend the wounded.

"He had no regard for his own

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Mild Weather Guts Lumber Production

HALJZFAX. Feb. 25 .'((;p) g A mild winter has seriously affected the lumbering industry through. out the Maritime: and lumber dealers here estimate the product. ion has been cut from 25 to 15 percent. a survey indicated today.

In Nova Scotlo. officials in charge of lumbering trades said the situation was "bsd" but their ,utlsaatss-varied-wid'ely. .

A ltuiiber wholeeshlr here nil"

unless there was some cold weath- er to facilitate operations in the woods the price for rough sawn lumber would soar "sky high." Officials said only a heavy frost; would prevent a lumber shortage.

Plan More Money For Farm Loans

O'.l'I'AWA. Feb. 25 -(OP) - The Government plans to increase its ceiling on farm improvement loan: by 01.30.000.000. officials ma Saturday. A notice on the Com- mons order paper. disclosed that the Government plans to extend the Farm Improvemem Loans Act for another three years.

The act allows the banks to crit- er the short and intermediate-

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term lending field. to grant loans to farmers on livestock. imple-

ments. land and other farm sec- urity. Previously. the Government .

promised to guarantee all loans up to 'a total of s2.'lo.ooo.ooo. ceiling-will be increased to 3380,- 000.000. so far banks have extend- ed about 0100-000.000 in loans un- der this legislation.

To Query Africa. On Atomic Bombs

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LONDON. Feb. 25 -(AP) - Prime Minister Attiee will be ask- ed Tuesday to tell the House of Commons whether Britain has the know-how to-make' atomic bombs. The question was set down Saturday by a Conservative mem- ber. The Government has an- nouneed that British atomic plants are now roduclng pluton- ium. the fissiona is material used in the A-bum. But there has

Moscow-files Military Strength In lengthy Note

sia declared Saturday night her readiness to negotiate her differ- ences with Britain. after indicat- ins that she has lame 2.500.000 men under arms.

In a lengthy note to Britain. Russia made a point of citing her military strength to reinforce her assertion that she is not men- acing world peace.

The latest Soviet statement in a long series of exchanges be- tween the two Governments said that the Russian armed forces are numerically the same as in 1939, before the outbreak of the Second World.Wur.

On the other hand. she asserted that the combined forces of Sri- tain. the United States and France are more than 5.000.000-

or more than twice as big as hers. This indication that Russian

counts only about 2,500,000 men in her navy.' air force and army was the nearest in several years that she has come to offering any figures.

Below Western Estimate It was noted here that this is

army that have been published in the U. S. and the Western world in general.

The 4.500-word note. delivered in Moscow Saturday night to the British Ambassador. Sir David Kelly. began with another blui- at Britain as carrying out a "policy of aggression. a policy 01' unleashing war." Then it Wound

up with an offer to enter into negotiations. "endeavouring to use all possibilities for improve-

ment, of relations with Great Bri- um-el R . s -

in London. A Foreign-' Ofiico spokesman said Russia's nose raises hopes that the Soviet Un- ion will reply favorably to the western suggestion for talks pre- liminary to a big-four session in Paris next month.

The note was under the Foreign Office.

lhree iiivers Group Wins Drama Allard

QUEBEC. Fob. 3'5 - (CP) - Les Compsgnons De Notre Dame. a Three Rivers. Que.. drama group, Saturday night won the top award of the Eastern Quebec Regional Drama Festival for their product- ion of "Ma Petite Ville" (Our Town).

Adjudlcator iiobert Newton an- nounced the winner of the Quebec

study at

15 Art Theatre Trophy for the best

French play at the end of the three-day festival.

Thieves Gel 56.000 From Jewelry Store

TORONTO. !"eb. 25 -(CP)- Ti-lieves who sledgehammered a hole through a wall Saturday fled from the east-central jewelry store of Gunning Brothers. Ltd. with gold and Jewelry valued at between 05.000 and 86.000.

Dl.'I'R.Ol'I'. libb. 25 -(AP) - The automotive industry mourned today the death of one of its out- standing men, Pred M. Zeder. vice-chairman of the Chrysler Corporation board of directors. zeder died at Miami. Fla. Satur-

been no definite indication of any attempt 'to construct a bomb.

day of a heart attack. He was 04.

U. S.- Scientist Wants Full Probe Of llSaucers”

By John). SCITUATI, Meal. ' . IL- (AP)-.A former united States Air lions scientist today brushed as-

and usldd vsstigation or what he said an! be milrhitlil , tisl 0 - O , .n&.t,Alltii0n! 0. who

riatisn" to press a study of the mysterious gmenomena. '

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"In over we investigations we have rude so far we have yet to final one eonorete bit of evidence to our up these reports of flying saucers."

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Canadians Suffer First. Casualties In Assault On Dug-In Red Troops

far below figures on the Sovlet'

Aussies Join

By John Coliess WITH 3 COMMON- WEALTH UNITS. Korea, Feb. 25 -(Reuters)-Australians Saturday Joined Canadian troops in battles for the ridges northeast of Chip- yang.

Fighting side by side for the first time in Korea, they scaled the steep. slippery sides of high ridges overlooking a valley up which the unit was advancing.

They met heavy fire from the top. where an estimated two t- talions of Chinese-u to 2; men-were dug in deepy and had stubbornly held off for two days Canadian attempts to dislodge them.

The Canadians pulled back Sat- urday morning to allow the air force to plaster the hill with napalm bombs to burn off the low scrub hiding the Chinese troops.

They then. went up the hill again behind a smoke screen put down by New zealand gunners while fighter bombers hit the BDHIIY.

Lleut. Bob Whittaker of Saint John. N. 8.. a platoon comm nder. had a glove torn off his hand by burst Friday. when

Canadians

In Assault On Ridges

Canadians and Chinese within yards of each other.

Whittaker said later:

”They let us get within 14. yards of them and then opened up. We could not charge because of the steepness of the ground and thickness of the scrub. It was like fighting in the jungle.

"My platoon had to pull back. But what worried us most was hearing the Chinese chattering and laughing as we withdrew."

Pie. Rey Henry of (38 Powcher street). Rockdale. N. S.. an R. C. A. 1''. Veteran of the Second World war. had a lucky escape when a bullet glanced from another soldier's rifle, grazing him above the left eye. He had it dresed at an aid post and went back to duty.

He was once a flight-lieutenant but "they could not take me back in the air force because I was over 30," Henry explained.

"50 I enlisted in the army in August last year but I would rather be up in the air than down here.

"This business of days without sleep and digging yourself into frozen ground is no Joke."

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By Bill Bola '

ON THE CENTRAL FRONT. Korea. Feb. N -(OP) - The -Princess Pai.ricia's Canadian Light Infantry have suffered their first casualties of the Korean campaign.

(Boss's cable announcing the casualties. filed at 8 p. en. Friday and received Sunday. apparently was delayed by censorship.)

The casualties. which occurred when two Canadian companies hit firmly-dug-in Chinese positions. were surprisingly light in view of the enemy's perfect deployment commanding mountain approaches and the ground covered by the Canadians in their assault.

In one day's fighting. the com- panies. commanded by Major Jack George and Stutt of Edmonton and Calgary. all but captured a 1.- 500-foot mountain held by at least one enemy battalion.

Canadians Make Gains

..Stuttla company. the head of the United Nations advance in this sector. is blasting enemy in- stallations on Hill -119. above Sogu. Attacking up the east slope of the bill. they have driven wlthln yards of the summit and hold more commanding positions than the Chinese on the west. George. attacking on stutt's left. ran into tougher opposition Fri- dly. ' He took his first objective, I ridged crest halfway to the slun- mit. but a patrol under Lleut. John Deegan of Vancouver then en-v countered virtually-inaccessible en- emy positiom behind rock ledges.

Pinned Down For Time

Temporarily pinned down. Dee- gan managed to extricate his men and the company launched an at- tack under terrific supporting fire. Battalion mortars under Ca-pt. Lloyd Hill of Kentvllle. N. 3.. lobbed 300 bombs in a prelimin- ary "softening-up" operation.

"But they merely sat tight while it lasted." said Lleut. Bob Whitaker of Saint John. N. H. "Then they came out as we sp- proacbed and let us within ii) yards range before opening up.

"They had all approaches cover- ed and we had tolwitbdraw. As we pulled up. they lot up to laugh at us. then ducked in again."

Under a diversionary attack by stuti. George withdrew his men Friday night.

The Patriclas' commander, Lt.- Coi. J. 1!. Stone. than regrouped his faces. will George's com- pany trading places with that oomminded by llsior Vince Lilley

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Fire Destroys Sudbury Hotel

SUDBURY. Feb. 25 -((:P) ---A spectacular fire early Saturday destroyed the 58-room Frontenac Hotel. leaving the three-storey building in downtown sudbury e. charred. water-logged and black- ened ruin.

There were no deaths and the only person hurt was a fireman who suffered a slight hand in- iury.

Hotel owner Charles Davis said he cannot estimate the damage until he consults building con- tractors.

'Simon Kingsley. the manager. when asked at the peak of the fire if the damage would reach seooooo. repiied:"'l'hat wouldn't be for wrong."

All available firemen-2s out of 3:0-battled with lolines of hose and an aerial ladder one of the most spectacular blazes in the city's history.

.Veis Paylriiiuie

South African

Three of this Province's nine surviving Boer War veterans were present at a brief service yester- day noon at the South African monument in Queen Square.

The sun shone briefly as a small crowd gathered to pay homage to those who had lost

their lives in that war of fifty-one years ago, and to watch as two of the veterans laid a wreath on the monument. C. H. l-line and John Lawlor were the men who placed the wreath, and the other

Boer .War veteran present was Captain E. MacDonald. also of Charlottetown.

Rev. J. T. Ibbott was in charge of the service and led in prayer and gave a brief address. During the service Mr. H. R. Vessey. Pre-

sident of the Charlottetown Branch of the Canadian Legion read from Laurence Binyon's

poem. "For the Fallen". and bug- ler Frank Smith sounded the "Last Post" and "Reveille."

News In Brief

OTTAWA, Feb. 5 - (CF) - Trade Minister Howe Saturday an- nounced fuimaiiion of a new petroleum division in his depart- ment, to give Canada's expanding defence program top priority on available oil supplies.

VVASBING-'I'0N. Feb. 26 -(AP) -High officials said Saturday the United states is going ahead rapidly with arrangements for the lndependenc of Western Ger- many and Japan despite violent protests from Russia.

PRAGUE. Feb. 25 - (AP) -

- President Klement Goitwald said

publicly today that the Communist Party -has found within its ranks a plot dating back five years and aimed at lining up Czechoslovakia with the West. He said it was engineered by the missing Vlado Clemcniis and others.

LONDON. Feb. 25 -(AP) -All the furore touched off by Winston Churchill's pride in the Royal Navy will not prevent I. top com- mand in the North Atlantic Al- liance from going to United states Admiral William M. Fechteler, informed sources said Saturday.

OTTAWA. Feb. 25 - (CP) - The Liberal Party's policy-making body will hold its annual get-to- gether here beginning Monday. For three days. the 235 members of the National Liberal Federation's advisory council will inset: in iahe capital to hear reporu, deal with internal party business and draft resolutions for presentation to the Government.

Destroyer Micmac Ends First Week Of Exercises

By Herb Hill

HALIFAX, Feb. 25 - (CP) - The first week of month-long ex- erclses by the destroyer Micmac. to give anti-submarine seamen practical experience and to whip a crew into top condition. was cilmaxed this week-end.

It was part of an exercise that showed the confidence of Lt.-Cmdr. Frederick C. Frewer in his Micmac and crew. A party of reporters watched the dropping of depth charges on an "enemy" lurking below the surface and jumped as the "pum-pum-pum" of the Bofors drove off "attacking airplanes."

The exercises were carried out about 14 miles off this war base in an area designated for navel manoeuvers.

Lleut. J. Gaut:hievr,of Montreal said "if four fish had been fired one or more would have hit. This day's work will be helpful in many ways." 7

More. Powerful "Enemy"

The sleek Micmac cleared port early Saturday to hunt down and destroy a more powerful enemy ship-a rotide plsuy;.diby the mine- ew ewe .

Uom e'eriy afternoon Micmac boiled along at about as knots. changing course and speed. doing

, everything -to make the work or

the crew more, difficult as they plotted the course sndvdetermiaed the speed of tin Llewellyn by radar. Fog and drizzle kept vis- lblliiy below three miles.

larly afternoon. when wind and rain had increased. the Captain de- eided to attack. Decks were clear- ed and torpedo tubes prepared aboard the knife-plowed destroy-

.g or. Al floo yards the "fish" were

the Micmac vbeled off. ' . v it! put distance be- we and a heavier-gunned

This wdsk a class of seasoned -

navy vetlswns will compare charts

of the planned cou.rse.of the tor- pedoes and the actual course.

With the firing of the fish the war game ended and the tor- pedoes. each valued at about 315.- 000. were, retrieved.

They were fitted with a dummy warhead equipped with a bottle of compressed air that blew out water, used for ballast. as it lost speed and began to sink. '

The red-colored torpedo heads and flares. released when they surfaced, were quickly sidited and a motor launch picked one up.

Handling the 355-foot destroyer as you would drive a car, Lt.- Cmdr. Frewer brought his ship alongside the other bobbing tor-' pedo and the crew gaffed it and pulled it aboard like a tune. The tin fish weighed 3,000 pounds.

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U. S. 1(YPl-l CORPS READ- QUARTERS. Korea. Feb. 3 - (Mionciay)-(AP)- Lt.-Gen. Edward M. Almond said today his 10th corps troops had turned the corn- munlst retreat on the Central Korean front into a rout.

Almond said his troops. in the central sector of the U. 5. Eighth Army front. have killedovr wound- ed 64.000 Canmunist soldiers since Jan. 4. '

The General said his troops had ruined the combat effectiveness of two North Korean corps and had destroyed the best part of two Chinese divisions at Chipyong before routing the North Korean

3rd and 4th Corps north of Chechon. Almond said the Communist

armies that tried to take the sup- ply hub of Ohechon last week were turned back in "virtual rout."

He added that large numbers of Reds escaped from the i-ioengsong- song-Pyongchang-C n e c h o n tri- angle before his men could snap a pincer on them in the mud of three days of rain and thaw.

Counter-Attlcks Fall

TOKYO. Feb. 26-(Monday) United Nations forces. their ad- vance mired in the mud of Ko. rea. heat off four F nlst counter-attacks Sunday along the 60-mile-wide mountain front.

Chinese Communists hurled a column of grenade-tossing ban- zsi-shoutlng infantry at the South Koreans attacking west of l-ioensong. a no-man's land 55 miles east of Seoul. Farther east, American forces repulsed three other Red attacks.