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VASTPITRAINING SCHEME SET UP F 0R JET

Britain To Spend $100 Million In Canada For Foods

Island Produce Still

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Nfld. Longshoremen Refuse To Load Coastal Steamers

sT. JOHN'S. Nflct. Oct. 2i- iReutersl—Ne\vfoundLand's 10-day- c-‘d rail strike has cut off food other essential supplies from ail parts of the Island, and only irnnll freigihters are moving, it " reported here tonight.

The Longshoremens Union has lclilFEfl to handle freight for t.he roaval steamers servicing ports on

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Potato Movements To U. S. Normal

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2l—-(AP)- C R. Paterson. agricultural coun- sailor of the Canadian Embassy. \illll today that. Canadian shipment rf potatoes to the United States is no more than normal.

Paterson issued a statement be- cause, he said, reports have. cir- i-iilated that Canadian potatoes are flooding the. United States mar- kets. Actually. Paterson said, the t-iilk of Cannrllr-iii potatoes reaching lllf‘ ilnited States are certified sccil potatoes.

ewfoundland

The effect. of the present New- foundland Railways strike on Prince Edward Island agricultural exports to Newfoundland i: being felt with respect to the export- ation of certain products but is not at all serious, Mr. W. E. Ag- new. Provincial trade agent, said yesterday. _

Newfoundland eflastal towns, Mr. Agnew satd, are not suffering from lack of food because of tihe strike since they are accessible to water shipments. Seldom have Char- lottetown dock worker; been as busy loading farm produce for Saint John's and other Newfound- land ports as they have been for the past. few iveeks. And from other Island ports, including Sum- merside, Victoria, Montague. and Murray Harbour, shipments of farm produce to Newfoundland have been made frequently within

Plans For Year Ending Next June Revealed

By SYDNEY GAMPIILL

Reuters Financial Editor IDNDON, Oct. 3l—(R.eubcrs)- During t.he year which ends next Julie, Britain will spend more than $400,000,000 of her Marshall Plan funds to buy Canadian grain. meat, bacon, cheese, minerals and timber, it was announced tonight. Her aim will be to boost ex-

OTTAWA. Oct. 2l—(OiP)— Plans of the United Kingdom to spend more tlianl $400,000,000 of her Marshall Plan funds for Canadian goods in the year ending next June were greeted cheerfully in Government quar- ters there tonight.

"Actually, it's no more than she spent for Canadian goods last year," a source said, "but.

the last month. , Mr. Agnew said thcre ls not doubt. that t.he railway strike has curtailed the quantity of island produce which. but for the sti-tke, would have been shipped t.o New- foundland during the last l2 days. For instance. towns and villages in the interior which depend upon the service of the Railway for their.food imports. are now ‘ne- ginningvto feel t.he effect of (he strike. "We can ship tihcm the potatoes. turnips. carrots, butter. eggs, and other farm produce they need so badly.“ Mr. Agnew said. “but the trouble is thatwhen our boats arrive in St. John's. fhe stevedores will not, transit any of the cargoes for transportation on the Railway to the interior."

Shipment to Botwood

Coming Events

"Hope ‘Rireijflbazaar and chick- en supper. Oct. 26 and 27-

"Dance. Cole's Workshop, New London tonight. Door prize.

“Dance in-Summerfleld Hall. Friday October 22nd. Good music.

“Dance, Flat River Hall, Oct. 22nd. Eldon Legion.

"Masquerade (lance. Wlllfilflfi Station Ilnll Tuesday. Oct. 26th. Eastern Rhythm Boys Orchestra-

"Dance in Blooming Roint School. Fridarv night. October find. Lunches served.

"Now in stock, Fishnieal, Oll- cake. Bran and Shorts. Dillon 6s Spillett.

"Resorts October 29th for .\las- querade Dali e in St. Peter's Legion Hail. Good prizes and good music.

"Pantry Sale by North‘ Milton

W I. at. Rogers Hardware Saturn

(ia_\'. 2.3" P. M.

“Reserve \Vednesd:r_v, Novem- ber 17th for Tryon Baptist. Bazaar and Supper.

"Come to Emerald Hall. Friday. lthougli still confined to bed, Prime ‘

night. October 22nd, for Bingo and Dance and other amusements. Good music and lunch.

"Unloading car bran, shorts and ell cake; also buying good usel- ltsas. paylnitop price. Boston and McRae Shure Gain Feed Service. Wlnsloe. Phone 2214-3.

"Masquerade Dance. Vernon River Hall, Wednesday. October Tllh. Millview Orchestra. A ,‘ C. W. 1...

"Bis Dfillbl! Blll this week end It MacDonald Bros, Theatre. E-llukh- with Laurel and Hardy in rcllllmps at Oxford“ and thrill with Allen Todd ln "Captain Bnuttorf". Two grand features.

"Superior quality barley meal_ blues wheat, bagged oats ln Itratlht or assorted carloads. also lll Brains In bulk. Telegraph or write for delivered prices. The

Atlas Grain Company. Montreal, Que.

"Pictures at Morell every ‘Ines- llRY- Friday and Saturday. Show

R30 P. M. Corning Friday andiSat- Victor Mature. Ethel Barrymore. ln "Moss Rose." This is a 2on1 oeiitiiiy mi It's good.

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Picture. Don't miss it.

Announcements See Page S Bel. 4

That is why a. local firm with an order of l0 carloads of pota- toes for the Neu-foundland inter- ior. has arranged for a. boat. to carry the potatoes tn Botwood, ‘Mr. Agnew said. Since that port and surrounding area is serviced ‘Iby a railway owned by the Anglo- iNewfoundlanci Pulp and Paper i Company, it is hoped no difficulty will be experienced ili having t.he cargo transferred at Botwood for t.he interior.

Pressed hay is the only island farm product. which cannot now be shipped to Newfoundland in any quantity. Because of its bulk and relatively light. weight, steam- ship companies are reluctant. to have it comprise t.he main part. of

the Government. is nevertheless satisfied "

ports to the western hemisphere to Zlg times. the pre-war level. Her overall export volume is ex- pected to be 131 per cent of pre- war.

Imports from the western-hem- isphere dollar area. will be held to 51.842.000.000 compared with $2,- '.ZB9.000.0D0 in 1947.

Britain plans to export 19.000.- 000 tons of coal in the same l2 months about twice as much as in the preceding year.

Textile export-s will be expanded considerably.

There trill be no significant im- provement. in Britain's consump- tion of food and consumer goods. Tobacco consumption will be cut by five per cent.

These and other British plans for the year ending next Julie were revealed as the program t.he Government submitted to the re- cent Paris meeting of the Organ- ization i For European Economic (Jo-operation.

The program explains how Brit- ain proposes. with the agreed ain- ount of American aid under the European Recovery Program. ulti- mately to close her. dollar gap cc-tnpletelv.

Where Money Will Go

Here is how Britain proposes to spend her E.R.P. dollars:

Canadian bread grains, $300.-

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LONDON, Oct. 2i _iCPi ~Al- lnllnlster Mackenzie King had a ‘busy day of interviews, the most important being a visit, from the King.

The King remained 45 roinutae and had tea with the Prime i- ister ln his hotel suite.

Mr. King said later he had "a most pleasant chat." with I-Iis Majesty, who_came to the hotel without ceremony.

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21- (AP) - President Truman today authoriz- ed Gen. Lucius Clay, United States commander in Germany, to add up to 66 additional C-54 transPOTl planes for service connected with the Berlin air lift.

The transports will be provided by the Air Force as they are call- ed for Gen. Clay to keep blockaded Berlin supplied, a White House official said.

The official said he. understood that. more than 200 of (he larltl transports already are in the alr- llft service. either in directly pro- visioning the Russtan-blockaded city or in supporting assignments.

Clay visited the White House this morning. Later ln the day he attended a session of the National Security Council. The Council la made up of the secretaries of state. defence, army, navy and air, and other Government lenders.

Earlier, Clay told reporters he

Capt. Carl Burke of tine Macri- _

Iiis Company ls now operating two '

Body 0f Mlsslng Hunters Notlound

‘(By The Canadian Press) CAMPBELLTON, N.B.. Oct. 2i- iThe bodies of two young Camp- hcilton meii believed to have been drowned after they left on a bunting trip last Friday remained unlocated tonight despite contin- ued search. ‘Illieir overturned can- oe. with its outboard motor torn away, was found"the _next clay at Battery Point. on the Quebec side of the Restigouche River. It is believed that the craft carrying Russell caiitin and William Fir- lotte. struck a rock.

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OTTAWA. Oct. 21-(0Pi-'I'tie St. Laurents must be lucky, tribal/s all. They have found an apart- ment ln the Capital. The Prime lVlinister-designate and his wife soon will move into a larger suite in the centre town Roxborough

living.

U. S. Prepares To Add More Planes To Air Lift

had "no evidence" of troop activi- ties in Eastern Germany that in- dicate Russian preparation for war. He also said: '

1. The Russians have a "Com- munist-lndoculnated police force" of 200.000 to 300.000 men tn the eastern zone of Germany. Similar Allied forces are “very small."

2. He cut the life sentence of Ilse Koch, widow of the comman- der of Bilchenwald concentration camp, to four years‘ imprisonment. because he believed the trial record did not warrant. the stiffer penalty,

3. The air lift has succeeded and can be maintained as long u "is necessary for our statelmen to find a solution" to the Berlin blockade.

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tonight after a speech In New York Ill the Alfred E. Smith memo iol dinner.

Apartments where they have been‘

He said he did not anticipate any, Russian violence in the air corrin

Clay was to fly back to Berlin‘

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Nfld. Freight Piles ll|i At North Sydney

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S., Oct. 21 -— (CP) -_ Eleven members of the Canadian National Express office here have been laid off ln"a 50 per cent Mlfflptlrflfy‘ staff reduction brought. on hy the Newfoundland] railway strike, it was learned to- day.

There was work for only 16 stevedores today whereas at. least 50 usually are employed to handle cargoes for the Newfoundland ferry-freighter Cabot strait.

Freight of all descriptions con- signed for Newfoundland contin- ued to pile up on the docks.

The Cabot Strait normally con- nects with the Newfoundland Railway at its western terminus at Port. aux Basques. It has been tied up at Si. John's u-itil the strike by 2.520 workers for pay increases is settled.

Ottawa Moves To llontrol. Imports 0f ll. S. Steel

orrawa. Oct. 2l—(C‘Pl.r-Tll9 lGOVCYIIMCIIl. moved today to con- trol imports of American-made structural iron and steel by re- quiring that importers obtain per- mits for all shipments coming a- cross the line beginning next. Mon- i day. '

‘The restriction stems from Can- ada's undertaking to reduce iher ‘imports of iron and steel from the United States and covers lronand ‘steel angles, bEH-‘IIS. channels, coi- ‘umn, girders. joists. tees and zees “an used chiefly in the construc- tlon of large buildings and heavy manufacturing.

The announcement. was made by acting Prime Minister Hone. Steel from other countries will not. be affected.

Mr. l-lowe said arrangements are under way to issue permits‘ for | the importation during the rest of ‘this year of specific lonna e of steel “where a manufactur r or limportcr has a standard pattern. of lmportatlons."

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Permits also will be issued for specific or spot. shipments from. ,the U. S. on an individual basis. l l Under the new restriction, ini-l port. permits issued under thci iEmergenov-Exchange Conservation Act. will be honored.

i Structural steel or iron in tran- ‘sit. by Oct. 15 will not. be affected i by the order. l

Informed sources said the im- lport restrictions are being invoked ,because Canada's coiisumptlo of lstructural material appears t be iliigher than its use of other cat- , egorles of steel. , l "lf it looks as though other; types are going to increase," said this source. "we can put them‘ iznder control at e momcntfs no- i tice."

Today's development follows an! announcement by Mr. Howe Mon- day that Canada has agreed tot make an IB-per-cent. voluntary l reduction in her imports of iron and steel from the U. S. This means that the Dominion wlitilm- l it its imports ‘to 200,000 tons dur- l ing t-he last three months of this l

year.

To Expand Industry At the same time. be said the Government ls studying plans t-o expand Canada's steel industry.

Reinforcements As Riots Spread

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(By Robert C. Wilson)

PARIS. Oct. 2l—(AP) ~ Some French Cabinet Ministers were re- ported to be urging Premier Henri Qileuille to declare martial law in the riot-torn coal fields where more than 1T0 police and soldiers were injured today in battles with strikers.

Reports tonight said the Minis- ters felt the Premier should not only declare a state of siege in the coal fields but send more troops there arid call up reserve-s.

Police reinforremeiils wore flown into Grand-Combo in Southern France where 6,000 miners, their wives and friends hurled scrap iron, sticks and stone and routed a smaller number of soldiers and militarizcd police today. A total of I50 soldiers and polii-i- were in- lured. 20 of them severely

(Reuters News Agency reported a security guard died from injur- ies during a skirmish at the Cam- befort. mine at St. Etienne, in South-Central France. Strikers had fought ulisuccessftilly lfl stop troops from taking over the mineJ

In Bethune. Northern France, a

Jewish Forces Continue Advance

TEL AVIV, Oct. 2l—-(AP)—.lew- ish forces swept into Beersheba, cradle of the modern Arab world. and occupied the town after a sev- en-hour battle today, a spokesman announced.

While Israel awaited notice that Egypt will guarantee to quit fighting, the Egyptians’ five- month-old invasion of Palestine ap- pears in danger of crumbling into isolated pockets of resistance against a‘ determined Jewish of- fcnsive.

News In Brief

PARIS, Oct. Z1 -iAP\-— United Nations mediator for estlne tonight set. a deadline noon tomorrow GMT (8 a.m. for Israel and Egypt to fighting in Southern Palestine.

NORANDA, Que, lCPJ~WBITIIIIBS that situation is alarming and the Rouyn-Noranda mining area of Northwest Quebec faces prospects of rationing before Christmas were sounded today.

LONDON. Oct. 21 —(CP> _.‘ Lord Nelson's signal "England ex-

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mob of 5.000 strikers surrounded a prison and forced authorities to re-j lease seven arrested strikers and kidnapped the sub-prefect. Police using tcar gas, ltllfl an infantry bat- talion rescued him. Twenty police-, men apd 15 slrikcrs were hurt. The l stih-prefcct, was unhurt althouglil he refused strikers‘ demands that‘ he carry a red flag.

An official spokesman dcclined to give details about the number of police sent by air. The pro-Com. munlsi newspaper Ce Snir said‘ that 500 had been sent to Si, Etienne in 2G planes.

While refusing to divulge how many police had been flown south, interior Ministry officials.wu-r-ilitndI those already dispatched with hav- ing saved some mitics from flood-i tng.

In the troubled Si. Eticnnc arcm, where there aro 8.000 police and soldiers and 25,000 strikers, the po-l lice are ltoltllng l4 pits and protect. ing them from damage. ,

As all this violence flared. the]

railroad workers for a 24-hour na- tional strlkc. The balloting will take about a week. ‘

Communists ordered a vote among

400.000 Arab Refugees Face ' Tough Winter

‘Square today as Britain celebrat-

pccts" fluttered over Trafalgar

ed Trafalgar Day with the biggesti naval shoiv since the First World‘

“War. The Duke of Gloucester, on

behalf of the King, unveilgrl twp memorial busts of Admirals of the Fleet Jellicoe and Beatty. ,

MORE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES

POLAND SPRING. Me, Oct. 2i (CPI-The Central Vermont-Can-i

ladian National-Grand Trunk sys- item has added 16 diesel locomot-

ives since Jan l and the Called- ian Pacific now has enough dies- els on order steam locomotives between Wells

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Farmers Llvlng Index lldvano_es

OTTAWA, Oct. 21—(CP) - The farmers cost-of-living index advan- ced six points between April and August this year. The Bureau of Statistics reported today that in- creases in equipment and material prices, farm wage rates and farm family living costs boosted its com- posite index of commodities and services used by farmers to 189.2 for August, compared with 165.6 in August, 194T. Exclusive of living costs, the composite index rose 6.1 points between April and August.

Await Moscow's Decision 0n New Berlin Proposals

PARIS. Oct. 2l—(AP>—Russla's Andrei Vishinsky tonight was re- ported to have advanced some. ob- jections lo the new plan of the six "neutral" Security Council ‘members for settling the Berlin

Informed quarters said, however. Vlshinsky still is awaiting formal instructions from Moscow as to its final attitude on the compromise formula submitted to the four big powers last night.

The Soviet. Deputy Foreign Min- ister conferred for about an hour irl the Soviet Embassy with Argen- tine delegate Juna Bramuglia, who is presiding over the Security Council's Berlin discussions.

CHILD KILLED

WOODSTOOK- N. 3.. Oct. 21- fCPi-Tthe first. fatality caused by an automobile here in more than i

llhree rears occurred today “lien lflet. planes have been made avail-

three-lcar-old Clarence Kimball‘ walked in front. of a car driven:

' lit’ H-Gi lllllmflll- D941". NB» Tl" lfacillttes is well advanced.

mhlld had been following hill father across a street. No inquest l Wlll be held.

OTTAWA, Oct. 21--(CP)—Trade Nlinister l-lowe tonight spiked rum- ors bouncing around the country that automobile tire rationing is being considered by the Govern- ment. "Thcrds no truth to that," in an interview. “Canada has plcnty of rubber and plenty of

River, Vt., and Montreal, it wast automobile tlrel. We're not making

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plans for rationing.“

Diamonds Recovered

PRESTWICK, Scotland, Oct. 21

(CPJ - Police said tonight a $40,000 shipment of diamonds had been recovered from t.he wreck- one of a Netherlands airliner which crashed in an early-morning fog killing 30 nf the 40 persons aboard.

The diamonds were in a tin can.

(Their fJ-Vtléfslllp coilld not, be ‘traced immediately because of de- structinn 0f the burned plane's

, cargo records.

From Plane Wreckage

_ l It. pulled up to circle again. The lcontrol tower heard a short radio message from the pilot: "I have hit. something: going on fire, climbing away."

Then t.he big plane burst into iflame, fell and skidded like a fiery .comet, across t.he Scottish pasture ‘spewing out its dead and fatally

injured. Thirty-four persons were killed instantly, five died in hospital.

lOnly one, William Henrik Phillip. la passenger frcm Sassenhcim,

i Among the victims were:

l Kevin J. O'Brien, so, the plane's loo-pilot, a native of Dublin who ‘was carrying a Canadian passport.

(B, J0hn hump“ l The New York-bound KLM.

Bnvuouri-l, Lebanon. on. 21.. allelic tore through a hish-voltaaeifinnand survm... (API- The countries ringing tlie'll°“"’l' lllle Wlllll’ ‘lllflllpllni! R ' eastern shores of the ltleditcrrati-illlllflllll "Kl (‘YR-Shell in!" l 00"" nan are preparing for the raimvilt-“Flllle- season which precedes winter hare. l Tlll‘ lfll-IT-Pllfllllftl Dlflllt’. Rh But the Arab world has iiovcr fac- i American-tnarle Lockheed Con-

cd an ziutuniii or winter with such heavy heart.

The gencrnl feeling of depression is caused by (HD1100 Arab rcfilgoes wandering through Palcstiiie, Lo- hanon. 'l‘raiis-.lordan. Syria and Iraq. Sixty (lays after the coun- lrics of the norld tiiidertook to

help them, the plighi“of the re-i fugees is. if anything. worse than i

before.

Gifts arriving here from 1T don- or countries hnve reached only a small percentage of the homeless, those who happen to he \vltltin easy distrincc from thc uii- loading wharves.

Hundreds of thousands of others have seen no sign of the much- advertised aid.

The promised transportation has _ not arrived to take away tons of‘

dried milk, fish and other goods unloaded on Bc_vroiith's docks three weeks ago .

If’ it is chill liere by the seashore ‘

it la colder in Amman. capital of

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