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An impressive ceremony was conducted in front of the South African War Monument in Queen square Sunday afternoon as local survivors and members of the Canadian Legion gathered to hon- or the memory of Roland Taylor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- dent Eisenhower and State Sec- retary Dulles conferred 1-ate Sat- urday on Russia's proposal for an April foreign ministers meeting was reported they found itlnadequate. 5

, fxmav tell Soviet Ambassa- talls at the White House Monday morning that the Moscow plan of flotation for a summit meet- Nfléterthis year is a step in he right direction but does not safe: enough. The state depart- lmnttannocinced the U/S. would tonsiilt with its Atlantic Allies on the soviet proposition but refused 81!! further comment.

The Pfoposal was put forward I’? Foreign Nhnister Andrei Gro- myko in a note sent to the U.S. tovernment hrougli Ambassador I'I9W91Yn '1Ih mpson in Moscow. ltoffers a wide range of possiben. Iilf‘-5_ as I'll the number of foreign mlmsters who would attend a “mug. from four to around 30.

But the latest note like earlier gifts from’ Premier Bulgvanin to

Iienhow r bars from the “Ma Dracti ally everything the at’“I°iI States wants to talk about put .5\1min1-t conference. This ap- . 93 Particularly to such issues lack Prnanreunification and the M 0f political freedom in So-

°*I°m1l!ated Eastern Europe.

I0 ACTUAL PLANNING

nT‘II°II§h the text of the Soviet been made pulblic it

WT JOHN. N.B. (CP) —- m1m€>Ministe r Diefenbaker :w.°‘I';"& three - day campaign mIt:3.m the Maritimes Saturday mm: bid for a new election 0, Ie_ March 31 on the claim

I”°mlses fulfilled. ' before an audience of 1,150 male; Progressive Conserva- ia 91‘ gave. a hint of a new said ff for the Maritimes. He ing ad1dS_t._governiri_ent is consider- tance llonal freight rates assis- mal d 1‘ the area to spur indus- gfelffipment. ho 2 15 enbaker’s main appeal saI§°‘f;-l Was based on what he of M .been the carrying out had, Iimes to the Maritimes

They‘in:I{ last Year’s election.

aid “ded greater federal fis-

-ny an.dhelp for power expan-

used subsidies on Maritime

«n th I0 produce that power. how of °"d1I_1ary affairs of life, ISked_ y°“ Judge People?" he

I) * . Way y°“ Judge them on_t-he Lies? iy “a_N_‘y out their prom- ,_1 5 POIIIJICS any different? lied and at the record. We prom- we Performed."

PRE NHMIER GIVES ASSIST

Iisist glfifeflbaker received an ‘ P-IEIIIICI‘ lm ‘ ‘WV Brunswick’s “lo ga‘ {ugh ’ John Flemming,

-9 prime niiiiistcr “has

in ggree f°1‘ this province than long» 5111311 since Confedera-

:'mkhTaIl'“‘Mefi§h‘»il'<oV" Whéii lie’

and Alfred Riggs, who gave their lives in the South American Cam- paign. From left to right: Rev. Mr. Christie, who conducted the service; ‘Harry Hyde, South African War veteran, who laid the wreath; F. P. Smith, Cana-

wa.s learned that the proposed purpose of theforeign ministers meeting would. be to decide on the time, place, participants and agenda of 9. summit conference but not go into actual issues such. as disarmament and easing of tensions. . 11,; ~ . .. . Efsenlio'vver‘“and’ other Western leaders such as‘ prime minister Macmillan and French Premier Galillard insist that a summit con- ference must be carefully pre- pared so that its success is as- sured in advance. »

Gromyko told Ambassador Thompson the Soviet government would not publish its note imme- diately. Eisenhower decided’ to ekep it secret here and therefore ordered that no comment which might disclose its content offi-

dian Legion Representative; Color Party, Ernie Fardy, (fore-

ground) Harry Mortimer; and Bugler David Mills, who sounded “Last Post" and “Revelle”. Col. W. C., Cook of Charlottetown,

Yanks Find New Summit Talks Agenda Inadequate

cially should be made. He‘ is try- ing to get negotiations with Russia more into secret diplo- matic cih-ann-els.

Authoritative information avail- able here said the Soviet note called for foreign ministers meet- ing. in April '1V’1?i°1H1.91:-Id IJBIEE to-.

gether anywhere-‘from four min-

isters to 29 or 30. The exact num- ber was left open to negotiation but the basic group suggested was the 15 NATO.countries and the eight Warsaw Pact (Eastern European) members.

U.S. authorities, though ‘om. cially silent by the presidential order were fa-scin-ated by Rus- sia’s sudden reversal of policy in accepting the foreign ministers conference idea.

Tur'kisI1 Ferry Sinking Death , ToII May Be Close To’ 400

IZMIT, Turkey (AP) -- Navy planes and . boats searched Sun- day for more victims of one of the Middle East's worst maritime disasters, the sinking of the ferry Uskuda-r.

Newspapers said the toll may reach 350 or 400 lives. Rescue workers said 220 bodies had been recovered. At least 40 persons es- caped. Most of those aboard were

young students going 1101119 ‘M

It was Mr. Fleming who nomi- natfil Mr. Diefenbaker for_ the Conservative leadership at the party’s national convention in December, 1956. ' _

Despite a blizzard and_diff}Cl1l11't travel conditions, the Saint to 11 high 5 chool au_ditoriutm_ W835 crowded for the pri-me m»m1s_~ter s speech. network of Pmvaée radio stations carried his W01‘ 5 throughout the P1'0V1n°°-_ . i

He is to speak at C-hi-coutim,

., tod ~ .

Q1111? Nev:/iy Br-unvsvw-ick_ Conservat- tives captured o1r1et_Libet1;1lc(sx:Elle in 15.5: yea.r’s eec ion ' out with a 5-5 tie with the Lib- erals in the 10 constituencies at stake. -

Mr. Diefenbaker’s reference to consideration of new freight rate aid for the Maritimes involved the Maritime‘ Freight Rfites Act’ 3 1927 statute under WI’1lC‘.I1 rates on goods moving between ta“ Maritimes and central Calla 3

were set at a below-average level. . He said the government IS

studying the DOSSIPIIIIY °f br°ad' cning the basis of aid and chang- ing the present ‘formula to re- move discrimin-ations.

FORGOTTEN LAND

As he had done in 9aI’1I€f weecilcs 1,, 1,000-plus‘ FIUCIICIILCS at Cliai‘lottcto\\'ii and S.Yd11e¥~ Mr“

Dlefenbaker charged the f°m:‘er Liberal government with having

forgotten the Maritimes through

the holidays.

The Usk-udar sank in a sudden

storm Saturday shortly after clearing the harbor of this naval base port 50 miles east of Istan- bul. . When Capt. Meh-met Aschi, 52, guided the 30 - year - old ferry of this por_t at 1230 p.m. there was a rising southwest wind —- called “Loodos.” Ten to 15 min- utes later the wind picked up and the sea became turbulent.

P. M. Hints-New Freight

Assistance For‘ Maritimes

22 years of power at Ottawa.

He also suggested that a Lib- eral government, if returned would make a poor job Of the Commonwealth trade and eco- nomic conference which his SOV- ernment has arranged to meet next September in Montreal.

He replied to Liberal criticism of the purchasing trade mission sent to Britain last fall.

He said one of Canada’s most serious losses since 1945 had been the loss of the British mar- ket. The trade -mission’s purpose was to build up purchases of British products which otherwise would be imported "from the United States. In that way Britain would have dollars to buy Cana- dian goods. ~

CAN KEEP IN STEP

Mr. Diefenbak-er said that gov- ernment aid to Maritime power development and provision of special fiscal grants had made it possible for the Maritimes to keep step with the other prov- inces. _

The government now could move on—if elected—with its pro- gram of national development.

He also criticized one aspect of last year’s preliminary report by the royal commrission of Can- ada’s economic prospects.

“Mr. Gordon said his solution to the problem in the Maritimes was that the rest of Canada pay your rail fares out if you couldn’t

make good in the Maritimes.”

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HO-NO-R DEAD IN scum AFRICAN WAR

another South African veteran also attended the service. Feb.

.27 was the 58th anniversary of the battle of Paardeberg which virtually ended the South African War.

Yemen Joins Union 01'' Egypt And Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria (vRerutens)—— The Red Sea kingdom of the Ye- men Sunday joined the United Arab Republic of Egypt: and Syria. ,

The merger was announced here by the republics president, Abdul Gamal Nasser of Egypt, who is on a visit to Syria, and Crown 9 Prince Mohammad! Al -B3d~P'<'6lf-—.Il}le.-¥3£l‘!.el1. " 1-,’ .. z »

The crown prince said the fed- eration agreement would be signed “as soon as the cabinet of the United Arab Republic is formed.” ,

He added: “our agreement cov- ered political, economic, educa- tional and military aspects.“ The army of the enlarged federation 'W0l(ll:Id be under one command», he sat .

Candles Are In Heavy Demand

ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. —— (CP) — One wholesale firm said Sunday night it sold $900 worth of candles from Saturday night to noon Sun- day as a result of the City’s pow- er failure. '

‘A retailer said he‘ sold 49 tons of coal during the ‘same period to householders left without heat. Two of the largest department stores in the city sold all their oil lamps and stoves.

BUDDHIST AREA Thailand, formerly Siam, has more than 19,000 Buddhist mon- asteries.

StJohns,

Nfld. Blacked

Out By Severe Ice Storm

Serious Wire Damage In West Prince From Ice

A freezing drizzle Friday even- ing and most of Saturday dis- rupted electric power and tele- graph communications in West Prince County during the week- end. F 01 l o v? i ii g intermittent power failures during Friday night, a heavy weight of ice on the lines caused a complete in- terruption Saturday afternoon and further breakdowns Sunday. Brokeii crossarms between Alber- ton and Elmsdale were the cause of the trouble Saturday night. As far as could be learned no poles were down but communication with rural areas was impossible and accurate information could not b e gleaned.

Power has been restored to many areas with the exception of Miminegash but due to the fact that roads have not been reopen- ed to traffic in Bloomfield, Plus- ville and Howlan following last

.week’s heavy snow storm com-

munication is still not possible to these areas and consequently no report has been received.

TELEPHONE LINES OUT

All long distance telephone cir- cuits west of Coleman and many local lines were knocked out o! action Friday night. These in- clude‘ 13 rural lines in the Alber- ton district and rural lines in the Tignish area. These will be re- stored, it is expected, sometime tomorrow according to informa- tion from Mr. Earl Smith, main- tenance foreman of the Island Telephone Company’: office in. Summerside.

The heavy snow has interfei-red

No Violence

As U. K.

LONDON (Reuters) —- British Communists in their _biggest showing since the war, Saturday marched on four United States Air Force bases in protest against American rocket and air bases.

The Ccmmiini-sts also held anti-. I-I-bomfb demonstrations in sev- eral towns. Outside of some ripped banners, fruit throwing by teenagers and one scuffle, no violence was reported.

Few US. Air Force men saw

the demonstrators as they were warned to keep away from the areas. The Communists aimed at the American bases at Ruislip, near London; Bu-rtwonwood, El- vington and Weathcrfield. , The biggest march was by nearly 4,000 persons past the gates of Ruislip base. They were escorted by dozens of policemen and led by a. guitar-playing, group and a pipe ba-nd. '

After the parade, John Golland, Communist party general secre- tary, addressed the demonstra- tors. A deputation handed in a petition to be forwarded -to Presi- dent Eisenlhower demanding the recall of American forces in

Britain.

with quick restoration of lines in many areas, mainly on secondary roads, although it was reported last evening that it was imposs- ible to drive through to Tignish due to yesterday’s drifting. As well, the heavy sleet clinging to the wires make repair work doubly difficult.

Three telephone repair trucks from Summerside and four from Charlottetown are on the job with about 25 repairmen and work is going ahead as fast as possible, with many of the facilities ex- pected to be restored today.

The Canadian National Tele- graph lines were restored from Summerside to O’Leary and offi- cia1s'of the company were hope- ful service would be restored to ' Alberton by tonight.

It was reported linemen found no poles broken but there were some seven breaks in wires from Summerside to O’Leary and Al- berton as the ice was heavier in that area.

Linemen said that yesterday

there were three or more inches

of ice clinging to the wire.

Greeted Pope

VATICAN CITY (AP) —- The cheers of 10,000 pilgrims, tourists

sary. It is his 82nd birthday and

the throne of St. Peter.

The cheers welling up from St. Peter’s_square brought the frail but still energetic and active head

ment shortly after noon. 1

During the day. unmarked by any unusual activities by the pon- tiff, telegrams a r 1' iv e d from many parts of the world. Among the first received were telegrams from Premier Adone Zoli and West - German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

IN GOOD HEALTH

The pontiff appeared to be in good health as he completed the 19th of a poutlficate that is gen- erally rated here as among the most‘ strenuous and demanding in the ‘years ‘ ' of 'hl§-'- tory. His private physician de- scribes the pon-tifvf’s condition as good.

The major celebration for the pon.tiff’s double anniversary, as in past years, will be held March 12, anniversary of his coronation.

The main observance of the

and’Roma.ns greeted the Pope , Sunday on -this double a.nniver- '

19 years ago he -was elected to i

of the Roman Catholic Church to I the window of his Vatican apart-

Cheers of I0,000 Pilgrims On Birthday

POPE rius XII

Pope's birthday Sunday‘ which he did not attend — was held at Rome’: Lateran Athen- eum. Hi-gih prelates of the church and the diplomatic corps accred- ited to the Vatican convened to

hear an address on the pontiff’s life and works. ’

SAINT JOHN —(CP)—Freez- ing rain and roaring winds over the weekend played havoc with train schedules, clogged roads, snapped off telephone poles and weighted utility wires to the ground in one of the worst -storms ofthe winter season.

The New Brunswick Telephone Company reported the worst damage since the $2,000,000,dam- age hail and sleet storm January 1956. In Central New Brunswick wire breaks occurred in 65 spots in a 59-mile stretch between

knocked out long distance service

The Dresden station, the Unit- ed States’ largest all-nuclear’ power plant, takes shape on the Illinois waterway 50 miles south- west of _Chicago. The steel sp-

NUCLEAR Po«wER”I=LANi RISES

house the boiling water reactor asseiiibly which will supply power for the turbines to be hous- ed in the buildings alongside.

here. 190 feet in diameter, will The $45,000,000 plant, 2. Common-

wealth Edison cnmpany project, is scheduled to be completed by mid-1960. It will produce 180,000 kilowatts of power when operat- ing.(AP Wirephoto)

Moncton and Kouchibouguac and .

N.B. Reports Severe Storm ‘

to Richibucto, Butouché and Ford’s Mills.

Mobile radio equipment was brought into play and service re- stored on a temporary basis be- tween Moncton and Buctouche. In the Ford’s Mills area, 10 tele- phone poles were down. A com- pany spokesman said 500 tele- phones w ere out of service in the Petitcodiac, Shediac, Moncton Buchouche and Richibucto areas.

It is expected two days.will be needed to completely restore communications in these areas.

In the north of the Province high winds filled roads as fast as they could be plowed. Wet snow mixed with freezing rain made driving conditions treacherous.

CNR officials at Campbellton reported Quebec-New Brunswick train schedulesthree hours be- hind. The RCAF Chatham Air St ition reported 14.5 inches of snow fell over the weekend.

ST. JOHN’S, Nfld., (CP) — The most spectacular and destructive sleet storm in Newfoundland his- tory hit this city of 70,000 during the weekend and left it a dark- ened, ta-ngled mass of smashed poles and strewn power lines.

Power!’ officials said it will be at least two weeks before electric- ity is full restored.

Only one-eighth of this old sea- port was» receiving a precarious power supply Sunday night as‘a 35-mile-an-hour wind added its fury to inches of clinging ice piled up by freezing rain. A

Ice - loaded wires cracked off, poles were smashed down, radio towers were destroyed.

Few homes had electricity and only fireplaces and gas and coal stoves provided heat.

NO SERIOUS INJURIES I

Up until Sunday night there were no serious injuries reported.

General Man-ager'V. A. Ains- worth of the Newfoundland Light and Power Company said it will be “at least two weeks” before full power is restored to the St. John’s area.

Power stations are turning out enough electricity {or all, but there are no transmission. wires to carry it. A string of poles go- ing to nearby Bell Island “was just a row of stubs."

Wires were strewn across the highways, front p o r c h e s and lawns. Poles were snapped off everywhere.

The weatherman gave no hope for today. Freezing rain and high

OnIy One-EigIitI1iOf City \ Of 70,000 Has Power

tions improve, one official said, it is almost useless to make re- pairsi The lines are knocked out almost as fast as they are re- placed.

PENINSULACUT OFF

The whole Avalon Peninsula was cut off Saturday night and not a single light burned in St. John’s. Residents huddled in front of fireplaces and cooked. when possible. over gasoline stoves. ‘

Officials at the power station on the south side of the harbor had only two hours sleep since Friday when trouble first devel- oped. ~

Beds were set up among elec- trical equipment for tired lines- men. Mr. Ainsworth said there were no injuries to linesmen working with dangerous wires ex- cept for a few minbr cuts due to falling ice. _

Many stores on Water Street, the main business section, opened to seel groceries, ca-mp stoves, candles and other necessities.

Residents were kept informed of developments by loudspeaker

streets givzin-g newscasts and weather reports.

The newsroom staff, under Jim’ Thorns, also distributed 10,000 mimeographed n e w s bulletins around the city six times Sunday;

The CBC lost its 300-foot tower Saturday a ii 41 VOCM’s went crashing down under tons of ice several hours later. CBC was still

winds are forecast. Until condi-

off the air early Sunday night.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

The field of candidates for the March 31 Dominion election reached 730 today, according to a compilation by The Canadian Press. _ Indications are the final total will see about 825 contesting the 265 House of Commons seats, lowestnumber since 1940 when there were 672 candidates for 245 seats.

Analysis of nominations so far indlcates a smaller field than in the 1957 election last June 10 when 962 were named for 265 seats. The record was 954 for 245 seats in 1945.

Norninastions close today at 2 pm. local standard time in 21 large, scattered constituencies where they are held four weeks ahead of voting to allow time for delivery of ballots and other elec- tion material. Nominations close Monday, March 17, in the other 242 constituencies, two of which elect two members apiece.

The Progressive Conservatives and the Liberals lead the nom- inating pace, both aiming at con] tes-ting all 265 seats.

Two party leaders are among today’s field: Prime Minister Diefenbaker who faces Liberal and CCF opposition in Prince Al- bert; and Solon Low, Social Credit, who is opposed by Pro- gressive Conservative, Liberal

and OCF candidates in Peace

730 Candidates In FieId.,,..Now- y

River.

EX-CABINET MINISTER.

One candidate is a former nib- eral cabinet minister, J . W. Pick- ersgi-ll in Bonavlsta - Twillingate. Another is a former Liberal par- liamentary assistant, Mr. Beni- dickson in Kenora.-Rainy P’-Ier.

In three of the 21 constluencies members of the last House, all Liberals, are not seeking re-elec-

tion. T. G. W. Asbnbouriie has re-

tired in Grand Falls-White Bay- Labr-ador, Leonard T. Stick in Trinity - Conception and Joseph Dechene i-n Athaibavska.

Following are the 21 constitu- encies with nominations today:

Newfoundland: Bon-avista-Twi1- lingate, Burin - Burgeo, Grand Falls - White Bay - Labrador, Huiiiber - St. George's, Trinity Conception. ,

Quebec: Ch-arpleau, Saguenay.

Ontario: Cochraiie, K e n o r a- Rainy River, Port Arthur.

Manitoba: Churchill.

Saskatchewan: Mac k e n z 1 e, ‘Meadow Lake, Prince Albert.

Albertar Athabaska, Jasper- Edson, Peace River.

B riti s h Columbia: Caribou, Skeen-a.