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As Strike Slows Capital

four-hour neitle tntween pilich ‘Today several bombs exploded

and packing workers which|in the capital. four army tanks and Government political cars were used to di _ the| believe the outbreak of labor

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DIES AFTER FALL

KENTVHLE, NS., — (CP) — Mrs. Frank Carter, 64, of Kent- ville died in hospital here Satur- day night here Saturday night three days after she fell down a stairway at her home and

sitdown strikers:

fire’ to a fifth.

_ Mr. Heeney had been engaged | preparing the plan for reor-

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Treasures

Are Shipped

OTTAWA (CP) — Guarded by the RCMP, two trunks of Polish treasures valued at millions of dollars were quietly moved out of here Sunday night, en route by train to New York for ship-

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DELEGATION HEAD?

MOSCOW (AP)—Reports are circulating here that Mao Tse- tung will lead the Chinese dele gatiin to the Soviet Communist

fractured here skull.

party congress opening Jan. 27.

Fire Puts St. John’s Plant Out Of Production For Year

ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. — (CP) — Officials said Sunday it will be at least a year before the fire- ravaged plant of Atlantic Hard- boards Lid., here can resume production. About 100 men are out of work.

The factory, one of several new industries promoted by the Newfoundland Government, was destroyed in’a spectacular fire that burned for 12 hours. Friday might and early Saturday. Dam- age is estimated by the manage- ment at about $1,000,000.

The fire is believed to have etarted in the drying room of the sprawling plant on Topsail Road six miles west of. the city. The exact cause has not been determined.

The flames spread fast through

the wooden structures, filled

with inflammable material. All available firemen and apparatus could not stop them.

Exploding glue barrels stored near the main building endang- ered fire fighters for a time but no one was injured.

Firemen ‘said they were ham- pered by frozen water mains. They had to use water pumped through the ice of. a nearby pond.

Atlantic Hardboards Ltd., be- gan operations about five years ago. The factory turned out hard- wood flooring, wallboard and a building board called “fibrply’’.|

New machinery to speed pro- duction had been installed re- cently. Nothing was saved.

A nearby office building was scorGhed but firemen were able to save it.

unrest” by Skirmishes later flared up be-|Peron supporters, aided by Com- tween police and workers, who} munists and nationalists, to coin- stormed four district offices of|cide with the absence of Presid- the government party and set ent Frondizi, who left Sunday on

an official visit to the U-S.

Heeney Going Back To Old Job In Washington

_ OTTAWA (OP)—Arnold Heeney .

MR. HEENEY

dm Washington from 1953 to 1957. He takes up his new appointment early in February.

In returning to the American capital, he succeeds Norman Robertson, who came to Ottawa last October to take over the post of external affairs undersecre- tary, the top permanent position in the department.

There re reports that top Canadian inessmen, such a3 Henry rden of Toronto and

Montreal, had been approached

about the Washington’ job, but had turned it down. It is one of the most important posts in the Canadian diplomatic service and

jis seldom left unfilled for any

jength of time:

Robber Holds Up N.B. Man

SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP)—The in New

local store.

Held up at gun point was Jos- eph Cohen, 44.

Meanwhile, the RCMP manhunt for two masked gunmen who made off with $600 in cash and a’quantity ‘of narcotics after tying up Dr. J.B. Hamilton and his wife and ransacking their Doak- town, N.B. home enters its ninth day today.’ The robbers were des- cribed as about six feet tall, heavy set, one with a French ac- cent.

Mr. Cohen told city detectiv« he was confronted by a cocked revolvér in the hand-of a slim youth of about 20. He was report- ed wering dark clothes and un- masked.

The youth asked for packages of cigaretts and cigars before poking a gun at Mr. Cohen's, sto- mach and demanding that he “hand over the cash.’’ the pre prietor ‘complied.

An investigtion is under way,

but late Sunday night no clues were reported.

Crippled Aircraft Lands After Five-Hour Ordeal

KANSAS CITY (AP)—A crip- pled Trans-World Airlines plane skidded to safety on a foamy run-

way late Saturday to end a five-,

hour ordeal for 27 passengers and five crew members.

The Constellation’s landing gear and braking systems were gone and the pilot was having trouble with one of the four engines.

{We were all laughitig until moments before the landing—then everyone began to pray,'',. said Mrs. Margaret ~ 0’ Dowd of St. Louis, a passenger. i

There was no panic.

_ members went unhurriedly abou the business of making in-flight repairs. :

“| think we were ans

Crew |

mostly for the pilot,” said Mrs. O'Dowd, and other passengers who filed calmly from emergency exits after the belly landing echoed her sentiments.

Capt. Norman E. Schaeffer of

feet of the 12,000-foot runway to bring the big plane to a gliding

stop. “I've made a lot harder wheel landings,"’ he remarked afterward. —

ONE WHEEL DOWN Schaeffer first discovered the about 1 a:m. when he ui get only one wheel down at St. Louis on a flight from Wa ‘h- ington. Instead of attempting a

Kansas City needed only 2,000

landing there, he continued to

Kansas City. TWA officials and Schaeffer then decided to bring the flight -in at nearby Olathe

nicipal ‘airport.

One wheel was down and locked the. other was retracted and the smaller nose wheel was half way down. For: a time it was feared Schaeffer might have to attempt a one - wheel landing —- a ma- nocuvre far more dangerous than a belly landing.

While Schaeffer circled above Kansas City, he and other crew

Af vat. plans were made for @ belly landine

by Prime Minister Diefenbaker |

naval air station rather than mu-} ©

members managed to retract the} | downed wheel—with the aid-of a} penny

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BERLIN 3 tos

wermany pledged Sum there will be no blockade . * west Berlin pro-

vided the Western Allies respect East German sovereignty.

The sovereignty reference ap- peared to be a warning that the

| United States, Britain and France |must reverse their policy and

agree to East German controls over th¢r West Berlin suppiy

“At the same time we ener- getically reject the claims of en- emy propagandists that the trans- fer of these controls to us will lead to any kind of blockade of West Berlin,” Ulbricht said.

NO INTERRUPTION :

The party chief cited the fact that civilian traffic to West Ber- lin. now goes through East Ger-

tion. ~

Ulbricht asserted that East German control over traffic would not aggravate the Berlin crisis “under the presumption, naturally, that the representa- tives of the United States, Britain and France properly respect the sovereignty of the German Dem- ocratic Republic.”

The East Germans claim their sdévereignty will extend to check- ing Western military traffic once the Russians go through with their announced plan of ending the four-power occupation of Ber- lin next May.

Ulbricht did not elaborate on a warning issued Friday by one of his propaganda aides, Gerhard Eisler, that the air corridors to West Berlin might be blocked if

German controls. 18 Accidental Deaths Reported

,By THE CANADIAN PRESS

At least 18 persons, half of them in Ontario, died in weekend acidents, a Canadian Press sur- vey showed Sunday night.

At 11 p.m. AST there were four traffic deaths reported in British Columbia, three people were killed in a Saskatchewan plane crash and Quebec and Nova Scotia reported single traffic fatalities.

In Ontario there were four traf- fie. deaths, four people were asphyxiated by fumes-from a de- fective muffler in a parked car and a 27-year-old father was shot and killed when his four-year-old son pulled the trigger of a rifle

(in the family car.

man controls without interrup-} |

the Allies refused to bow te East)

the town of Grandby, Que.

QUEEN OF CENTENARY

Miss Suzan Black celebrated oe this year, has

her 100th birthday Jan. eeclee

hometown, is honoring her in a/| home after learning of the honor. specia) way. The town, celebrat-

Centenarion of the eee She relaxes at her

(CP Phote)

released sometime this year. Officials of Public Works De-. ee enc study_has been largely comp)

Causeway Report Expected Soon

OTTAWA, (SpecixJ> =A final re« ; ducted by the Public Works De- port of the study undertaken into! partment -late in 1957. The rock the feasibility of the proposed | Prince Edward Island-New Bruns-, suitable-for-fill_ forthe project. wick causeway is expected to be/

| giations,

sampled was from the Cape Tor- mmentine area and it was ma tee

PM Writes Premiers This Week

OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker is writing to provincial premiers this week to propose federal-provincial discus- sions on tax - sharing arrange- ments, it was learned Sunday

possible that the prime minister has in mind negotiation of a new agreement for federal-provincial sharing of income tax revenue te replace existing arrangements.

A well-informed source said the letter is expected to suggest that provincial treasurers meet with Finance Minister ‘Fleming to es- tablish a committee of officials t> work on fiscal and economic matters of concern to both levels of government.

It was learned that letters con- taining the - government's pro- Posals regarding the committee meetings were originally due to be put in the mail Wednesday night or Thursday.

But at latest report they were still in the prime minister’s office and were not expected to be in the mail before today or Tuesday.

Mr. Diefenbaker is to table a copy of his letter to the premiers in the Commons within a few days.

REDS OPEN UP

By D’ARCY O’DONNELL Canadian Press Staff Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica (CP)— Canadian and Jamaican business- men agreed Saturday that re- moval of currency restrictions, better transportation and better communications are among things meeded to increase the flow of trade between the two countries. The conclusion was reached at the end of two days of discussions between members of the 37-man Canadian economic mission and representatives of the Jamaican Chamber of Commerce.

The mission, sponsored by the Canadian chamber of commerce, arrived here Thursday to start a ee ee Indies and British Guiana to ro or to increase trade with bean area.

Plan prebie Of = Sydney Crash

SYDNEY (CP)—Ernest Savard

| of Moncton, transport department

regional superintendent of air re- arrived here Sunday to

take charge of an investigation into the crash of a single-engined Plane that took the life of pilot a Lehmann of Chicago Fri-

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HAVE HOME WILL TRAVEL

Thirty students of the National, Two Eskimos, Jasper Pitkaver, Defense College. made a-three-| and Kowatkuk, demons'ra day tour of Fort Churchill Man., sors to build an ies m 35! ab ig water activities at the wes. G..m Cavain C. R.j

ian-U.S. tes ims base bi Lieyd, RAF of Brampion, Eng-

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manche aircraft crashed in dense

dents said they heard the plane’s engine stalled at .about 4:15 p.m. as Lehmann lined up in the fog over the outer airport markers. Transport department officials said the aircraft hit the ground with a “terrific’’ impact and Leh- mann was killed instantly. A preliminary report on the accident will be filed with the department’s

’ || regional headquarters in

land. and Air Commeadere 7. R ' .

or mer of the Directing

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today. An inquest will open here Fri- day.

GUEST SLEEPS THROUGH FIRE

_DETROIT (AP)—Harry Part-

and showered. The water was

for an elevator. Nothing hap- pened, so he started to walk down.

Three floors down he met an employee and complained about the elevator service. The em- ployee said there had been a fire.

Partrite walked across the street to the Statler Hotel to

Meanwhile, his brother - in- law, Herman Matthias, had been frantically checking hos- pitals.

They met in lobby .

““My God, am I glad to see you,”’ exclaimed Matthias.

Partrite told his story.

Matthias, whose face had been grim, burst into laughter,

the Statler

ange . Indies Trad

Slow Ship Turn-Around Is Also Limiting Factor

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are particularly affected by quota restrictions.

TRANSPORT COMMITTEE >

The meeting accepted m recommendations of a transpo tion committee headed by W. S. Case of Saint John, N'S., Ray Bentley of Kingston. ; It suggested efforts be made have all first class letter mail t tween Canada and Jamaica 6 ried by air. It also urged tigation ‘to. find, ways to handling by mail of shipping de uments travelling between E ern Canada and Jamaica.

committee’s report “‘

the slow rate of turn row! of ships in Jamaica.” It said thi “seriously affected trade betwe the two countries.” : The committee blamed the uation on low productivity labor and congestion on wha and in sheds. “The two factors are di connected with freight

and cost of imports am

the cost of living to

Jamaicans and the feels the situation must be The committee also suggest the tourist trade would benefit airlines would provide 30-day e cursion fares all year round #f more lower-cost hotel accor modations were provided in maica.

REFRIGERATED SPACE The Jamaicans earlier plained of lack of refrig

Omri

investigated Trans-Canada Airlines and it found thet such e service was, yet a good economic p ekenenp Se Se 0

‘|dian and Jamaican deleg

said the meetings and re changes of opinion were mutual beneficial and perhaps shoul a come an annual event.

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Invasion ls

, | Scoffed At By Castro

HAVANA (AP) — Rebel chie tain Fidel Castro derided Sunday reports that supporters of ousted

‘| dictator Fulgencio Batista would

try to invade Cuba from Batista’ refuge in the Dominican Repub lic. .

Castro spoke as Cubu’s revola tionary - tribunals prepared start Monday at La Cabana fo tress war-crimes trials of Batista henchmen.

Castro said any attempt to im vade Cuba would be crushed and he would be glad to d Batista the ships to bring to Cuba his force of 10,000 men—the num- ber mentioned in the reports. .Castro came back to Havana from a weekend tour of Cuba’s six provinces. While in Pinar del Rio he was treated at a hospital briefly for a cold and fever.

THREE PERSONS SUCCUMB

By A.F. MAHAN, Jr.

DETROIT (AP) — Fire racing through the. Tuller Hotel in De- troit’s midtown Grand Circns Park killed three persons Satur- day, but scores saved their lives by crawling on hands and knees threugh smoke-choked corridors.

Fourteen were overcome or in- jured among the 14-storey, 9800- ré6om hotel's 444 guests. Some were still in sérious condition Sun- day, but all are expected to re- cover.

The blaze started in a hat shop off the lobby into which it broke, racing along. carpets ont wall

on, |

Panclling The lobby was a Meroe ruins and the second floor was co! ~ched Flames galloped. up

elev ator Yhafts and smoke poured

through ventilators clouds. . DIE IN ELEVATOR

It was in an elevator that three men died—the hotel’s assistant manager and tavo of its engineers.

When firemen reached the scene a score of persons were hanging out windows, some screaming for help and threaten- ing to jump. Mary were brought down aerial ladders.: None jumped.

Most—some of them clad only in night clothes and some elderly permanent guests — made their way down fire escapes in the 12- decree cold. Some were hyster-

in _ stifling

haustion. Nearby hotels gave ‘them haven.

Those whe died were John P.

ical, some near collapse from ex- |

.

Scores Craw! Through Smoke To Save Lives In Hotel Fire

McDermott, 47, an assistant mat ager, and John Henderson, 60, and George Washburn, 65, both hotel engineers. A small fire ex- tinguisher was found on the ele- vator floor with their bodies. Ap- parently stalled, the elevator was found at the first floor level, is doors jammed.

SAVING FACTOR

The fact that the fire broke out in mid-morning and not at night probably kept the death toll ‘down.

Fire Marshal Joseph H. Adler estimated the damage at $1,000,- 000.

The original seven-storey hotel was built in 1906, when itvwas re ferred to' as the grand dame of Grand Circus Park. Other storeys and an annex were added is 1917.