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U. s. FREIGHTER ON FIRE 540 MILES on ST. JOHN’S, NFLD.

New Threat To U. K. Wage Pegging Policy

Federal Health Dept.

Discounts U.

‘K. Theory

On Vaccine-Polio Cases

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0'l'I‘AWA. April 10 — (CP) _. Canadian medical authorities to- day dlscounted Commonwealth suggestions that infantile paralysis may have roots in a combined diphtheria-whooping cough vac. cine.

Dr. D. G. W. Cameron. Federal Deputy Minister of Health. and a group of Toronto doctors indicat- ed they needed a lot more con- vincing evidence before they could accept the findings of, United Kingdom and Australian doctors.

Opposition grew out of action taken in London and Melbourne. following publication of a British Medical Association warning that the combined diphtheria-whooping cough injection, given to children to prevent diphtheria. may have caused severe cases of infantile paralysis.

The London County Council immediatdly banned use of the combined vaccine in clinics where infantile paralysis was most pre- vaient.

In Melbourne. Bertram P. Mc- Closttey of the Vtctoi-is.l-lealth Dc- parunenfn left for Britain to con- fer with the Health Ministry on the finding. The British Associa- tion's announcement was taken as confirming Dr. McCloskoy's :0- search in this field.

Dr. Kevin Brennan. senior Vic- toria health official. described the

NAMES muss — Sen. Joseph lllocsrthsi (ll-. Wis.). testifying

the lonaio Foreign ne- lations Sub-committee which is investigating his charges of Com- munists in the State Department. accused one woman of being af- filiated with 28 Communist from groups. The woman, Dorothy xen- yon. a former New York Judge. $lfll‘D:I.l.Cll'flI] was an “unmitigat- I .

discovery as "of the utmost im- 0''

portsnce."

“It has opened a major new field of pollomyelltls investigation in ’every country of the world." be said.

Canadianv doctors discounted that possibinw. »Dr.~carnss-on. in a statement. said on the basis "greater experience." Canada could not accept the British and Aus- tralia suggestions “wlkiout much more convincing evidence."

Dr. Alan Brown. medical sup- erintendent of the Toronto Hos- pital for Sic! Children. said "there's nothing to it. We've been using the vaccine for years. We never had any case! of polio." '

Three Arguments

ur. Cameron set out three argu- ments against the British Medical Association conclusions.

In the first place. he said. “whooping cough‘ vaccine and diphtheria toxold do not contain any living virus which could cause any infectious disease. such as poliomyelitls."

in the second place. many thousands of inoculations for dipbthsria and whooping ‘cough have been distributed in Canada. without ill etfects.

Dr. Cameron's third point is di- rected at the method of the Brit- ish findings.

“From the fact that the British snort refers to the prevalence of polio at the time of the inocula- tions. it is apparent that they feel that the giving of the inocula- iions may have precipitated an aitadt of polio in a child who sl-

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Senator Mccaglfliy Mystery Witness

WIASHINGHDN. April 10 '—(AP) —-Senator Joseph MoCa.i-thy (Rep. Wis.) today asked Senate spy hunters to subpoena. g mystery witness who will swear, he said, that Owen Lattimorc is or was a member of the Ccmmunlst network in the United States.

Thrcre is speculation that the witness is Louis F. Budenz, for- mer managing editor of the Com-

ber of the ]"o0'dham University faculty.

Budens could not be reached in New York for comment. After 10 years in the Red Pas-ty. he re- nounced Comm mean in 1945 to to- enter the Roman Catholic Church.

Lattimore. 49-year-old Johns Hopkins University professor and occasional State Department con- sultant on Far East affairs. has testified under oath that he was never a Communist. He has de- nounced McCarthy as a. con- tanvptlble liar for making the ac- cusation, -

Announce 4-Cent Tass Price lncreeso

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TORONTO. April 10 -—(O1-’)-- A four-cent-a.-pound increase in the wholesale price of tea was an- nounced today by the salads Tea Oonmany of C ‘is, Ltd‘. '

EDMUNDSTON. N.S.. April 10 —(CP) — l-‘ire today destroyed the Roman Catholic Church of

at the Sacred Heart at Green River,

10 miles south of Edmundston in Northwestern New Brunswick. Rev. A. J. Lynch estimated the loss at 8100.000 and said it would cost $200,000 to rebuild the church at present prices.

The fire boosted losses kom

‘flasnarln New Brunswick to

$800,000 in two days. A quarter- mlllion-dollsr blaze at Moncton gutted a business and apsrtsrient block lisatsr lxrifldsyd

The oil started in the basement the furnace had been stoked in preparation for the wedding of Elie Cyr. Hamlin. Mia. and Miss Yvonne Ploui-de. Green River.

rather Lynch had just com- pleted the caresaony was startle to II! o nup mass altar boy suddenly‘ left. ‘flit’ boy returned in a few min- utes and reported the basement aflrs. Ifatbar much said he had heard a crackling in the furnace pipes but thought it was caused toy be cold weather.

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35o.ooo ébris llepudiaie T.ll.(‘. Wage Policy

By ROBERT D. BROWN

LONDON. April 10 — (Reuters) —Delegates representing 350,000 store clerks and distribution workers today .struck the blow that may destroy the wage-peg- glng policy which the Labor Gov- ernment considers essential to Britain's economic recovery.

The Trades Union Congress, em- bracing Britain's 8.000.000 organiz- ed workers. supports peggiiig of wages on the basis of a decision at its national conference last January. But the clerks. at their annual conference in the York- shire resort of Bridlington. repudi- ated the action of their executive council in voting for the pegging policy.

Without the clerk's executive support. the T.U.C. leaders would have failed to get a mandate for pursuing a policy of wage res- traint.

T.U.C. leaders must also face the fact. that more than half the '8.000,000 members and four of the six largeit unions are demanding raises in defiance of the official

policy.

Sir Stafford Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchequer. preparing his budget for presentation to Parlia- meat, due April 18, has the task of seeking to dam the spreading feeling that wages must be permit- ted to rise.

T.U.C. leaders have given him a full explanation of their grow- ing difficulties in restraining their members, and have told him that the only alternative to concessions to benefit lower-rpaid workers must be more vigorous action to bring down prices and industrial profits. '“'¢ ’ --

Most commentaiuis here fore- cast that Sir Stafford will con- trive to ease the lot of the lower- pald workers — reductions in beer and tobacco taxes is a popular guess — without departing from the general idea of another aus- terity budget. \

Surlaced Sub ls lleporletlétghied

SAN FRANCISCO April 10 — (AP) -— A surfaced subma iue was reported sighted today about 52 miles west of San Francisco.

The pilot of a— military trans- port plane reported to navy head- quarters he saw the undersea craft at 9.30 a.m.

Vice-Admiral George D. Mur- ray, commander of the Western Sea Frontier. ordered an investiga- tion of the report. '

No United States submarines were reported in the area.

Two submarine sightings were reported Sunday. the Navy said.

A submarine seen by an air lines pilot ofif Avalon. Catalina Island. April 0. was found to be a United States craft t.he Navy said. .

DAYDBEAMING HELPS

Doctors say that short periods of relaxation, spaced through the day, are Just as helpful and important

as time spent in bed. .

Fire Destroys Catholic Church N. B. Centre

at the time. The 04-year-old par- ish priest saved the blessed sacra- ment and two white chasubles. Everything else in the building was lost.

Built of wood in 1020 and fin- ished with veneer brick in 1938. the church cost 075.000. its furn- ishings included 12 statues and three altars. The building was 113 feet, long and 00 feet wide. with a sscrisiy 40 by 80.

The roof of the parish hall. built in 1010, suffersdabout 01.000 damage. Sunday services will be held in the hall. after the roof is repaired. until the church i re- built. Green River pariah con- tains I0 Roman Catholic fam- tiles. and, more than l.li0 people attended the Easter Sunday masses at the church.

l'lrs departments of uninha- aton. St. Basile. Green River and Van Bursa, Ms. worked four hours before the flames subsided. Water had to be pumped from a

ond half a mile away. Brick cas- ng hemmed in the fire until the clause. windows were broken. some by heat and some by the firemen.

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Opinion Is Divided On Civil Defence Program

(By DOIIKIILHDW)

OTTAWA. April 10 —(CP)—A top-level difference of opinion on when Canada should start to train civil defence squads to cope with air raids in any new war is re- ported rellably in defence circles.

Maj.-Gen. F. F. Worthington. co- ordinator of civil defence at De- fence Headquarters. ls believed to be pressing for a swift start on training people to meet in an or- ganized way the horrors of atomic assault.

Canads..he thinks. can't start too soon; she may have little time to waste. The air raids squads should take their place with the reserve units of the three forces. Organiz- ation of the groups to fight fires. clear streets. handle crowds. care for the wounded should be launch- ed now.

On the other hand is the view of Defence Minister Ciaxton. the man who appointed Gen Worthing- ton last year. He is understood to hold it would be unwise to train large numbers of people. to set ii civil-defence organization in mo- tion now because it would be PF?‘ mature.

Break In Gangway On Carrier Magnificent Gives Visitors Thrill

Only Daughter Of Gen. Franco ls Married

MADRID. April 10 —- (AP) - With skyrocket: bursting over- head. 23-year-old Carmen Franco, only child of Spain's General- lssimo, was married today amid 17th-century royal splendor to a young Madrid physician.

The bridegroom. Q. is Cristobal Martinez Y Bordiu. Marques of Villaverde. The couple received a fortune in gifts. including a solid-gold tea set from King Ab- duliah of Hashemite Jordan.

The ceremony was performed by the Roman Catholic Primate of Spain. Enrique Cardinal Pia Y Deniel, in the royal chapel of Pardo Palace, 10 miles outside Madrid.

The cream7 of Spain's official- dom, including the entire cabinet and the chiefs of all diplomatic missions in Madrid, were among the 800 guests. Among those at- tending were the Unlted States and British Charges D’Affaires and their wives.

Many of the guests had to re- main outside in the courtyard of the 17th-century chapel.

The willowy brunette‘ bride, wearing a white faille dress de- signed by Balenciaga. entered the church on the arm of Franco. who \vore the uniform of a captain- general in the Spanish Navy.

Two footmeh. also in ancient livery. carried the hem of Carmen's five-yard-long veil.

Her white gown contrasted with the brldegroom's uniform of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. He

_ were red trousers with gold stripe,

and a tight. cream-colored tunic with a large red cross in the cen- tre of the chest.

After the wedding. the party returned to the palace for a banquet in the main ballroom. Tomorrow they .lesve to board Franco's yacht for a month‘: honeymoon cruise in the Canary and Balearic Islands.

Duke of Windsor lo Kc.-spit: llanch

M005! JAW. Blah. April 10 - (OP) - The man who once ruled the world's largest empire said to- fight he will keep his Alberta

ch because "it is the only land I've ever owned."

The Duke of Windsor. who as King ldward VIII ruled the Brit- ish Empire for part of a year un- til he abdicated in 1000 to marry a commoner. issued «the ststansut 2 an informal press conference.

is private car. bound for Calgary and his ll? ranch. stopped for so hour between a.

The Duke a a his Duchess. the

ar_ Mrs. Wallis Simpson. talked at f from the platform of thslr oanwhantbeywerateldthstmere than 1.000 as were waiting in and about a station to greet them they left and values through the

His fear is that after a couple of years such an organization would begin to wither away be- cause lnterest would wane. In this way interest in a vital group might be at its lowest ebb just at the time it actually is needed.

The organization should come in time. he feels. but like the build- up of the forces themselves. it is a matter of timing. of Judging when they actually may be needed.

Gen. Worthington has rounded off a sort of master plan of civil defence and is currently in the process of explaining it to provin- clnl premiers. It has been approv- ed by the Government but has not been made public.

It is believed to establish a standard type of procedure that could be fitted into any locality or region. It would make use of such organizations as police and fire departments. the Red Cross Society. St. John's Ambulance. hos- pitals. and other existing groups.

Gen. Worthington has visited Quebec City. Toronto. Fredericton and Halifax and will visit the other Provincial capital: during the next six weeks.

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NEW YORK. April 10 — (CP) — A gangway loaded with sight- seers boarding the Royal Cana- dian Navy light aircraft carrier Mgnificent broke today. .

One person was slightly injur- ed but none of ~tlie screaming visitors fell into the Hudson River. where three R.C.N. vessels. on the first official visit of any Canadian navy ship to a United States port. are berthed.

About 50 persons were irooping from a pier up the gangway when it split near the left side and twisted part way over. The sight- seers held onto the rope sides of the gangway and managed to keep from toppling into the water.

Women's stockings were torn

and clothing was ripped. But the only person police reported as needing medical attention was Joseph Beyer of Brooklyn. He was treated for shock. ’ Vislto s were permitted to board the shi soon. after the accident. when a new gangway was erected from the pier to the vessel which is on a five-day courtesy visit.

Earlier the commanding officers of the three R.C.N. ships were re- ceived at city hall by Vincent R. Impellitteri, city council presi- dent, filling in for Mayor William O'Dwyer, who was busy following his return from a 10-day Florida vacation.

Among those present at the ceremony were Commodore Ken- neth F. Adams of the Magnificent. Lt.-Cmdr. F. C. Frewer of the destroyer Micmac. Lt.-Cmdr. J. P. T. Dawson of the frigate Swansea and the Canadian consul-general. Kenneth A. Greene.

The ships are open to the pub- lic every day for inspection. The squadron expects to leave for Halifax Wednesday.

Commodore Adams was host at a luncheon aboard his ship to a group of naval and consular of- ficials. After the luncheon. Im- pellltteri toured the light aircraft carrier.

At Lake Success. N.Y.. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz of the United States told 150 Cana- dian officers and ratings from the visiting warships not to undersell the United Nations.

Nimitz said the comparatively- small United States expenditures through the U.N. go farther to- wards preventing war than the billions spent for defence.

A wartime United States com- mandcr in the Pacific. Nimitz now is a high United Nations official. appointed to administer a plebis- cite ln Kashmir to determine whe- ther that state will adhere to la- dia or Pakistan.

Predict Higher Beef - Prices (in West coast

VANCOUVER. April 10-(CF)- Mest packers said today beef is going to be higher priced and harder to get than any time in history if current big sales to the United Stltes continue.

A combination of U. 8. buying and bad roads In Alberta. source of most of British Columbia's beef.

. Jamaica yesterday.

Coast (hard Craft Reported Standing By

NEW YORK. April 10 — (AP) -—Fire broke out today in a hold of the United States Lines freigh- ter American Producer at sea 5E miles southeast of Newfoundland. A crew of about 50 is aboard.

The United States Coast Guard later said its cutter lngham was alongside and that the blaze was under control.

The cutter McCullough was pro- ceeding to the scene to relieve the Ingham. which interrupted its Atlantic weather patrol when the 8,228-ton freighter radioed for aid.

The Coast Guard said the Am- erican Producer was putting in to Halifax under cutter escort.

Neither ship or crew is in dan- ger. the US. Lines said.

The Coast Guard here said the Inghnm put a crew aboard to help fight the flames, smouldering in a cargo of fibre in the American Producer's no. 3 hold.

The fire was hard to gel: at, the Coast Guard said, and steam was beating used in an attempt to s.mo‘.h- er t.

The American Producer is equip- ped with modern fire-fighting equipment.

The U.S. Lines said it believed the fire was undei control by nightfall and that the vessel prob- ably could make port safely on her Le Havre-New York run.

24 Men Lost

Earlier during the Easter week- end three American ships were lost with a death toll of at least 24. Eighteen of the men were from New Bedford. Mass.

The ships included the 63-foot dragger William Landry. broken to bits while awaiting help only three-quarters of a mile oitf Nan- tucket, Man. the 64-foot scalloper Four Sisters. last reported buck- ing .a.atorm off the New England coast, and the tugboat Lorraine. which sank oiif Virginia.

All three were victims of a wild storm which lashed the At- lantic seaboard. Six men were lost from the Lorraine, 10 from the Four Sisters and eight from the Landry. Of all the three the only crew member to' survive was the captain of the tug.

Strikes Mine

ROVITERDAM. April 10 -— (GP) -— A Dutch shipping agency says it has picked up an 808 from a British ship which struck a mine in the North Sea.

The ship was zdentifled as tu- ’l,l82-ton Fort Nisqually. Lloyd's register says the Fort Ntsqually is controlled by the British Ministry of Transport. on charter from the Dominion of Canada.

A Dutch tug, the Holland. was reported en route to the stricken British ship, whose position was given as 12 miles north of the is- land of Terschelltng.

There were no futher details

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Four Are Rescued From Plane Downed ‘At Sea

KINGSTON. Jamaica. April 10 -—-(CP) The United States des- troyer Brownson today landed four survivors of the Caribbean International Airwa ya plane which ‘crash-landed 15 miles off They were the only persons aboard the plane. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Banting of London. England. and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Brennan of Vir- ginia were aboard the amphibian craft when the engines went dead.

Banting. co-director of the com-

Snowstorm, Dust Storm Reported From The U. S.

CHICAGO. April 10 -— (AP) - A snows‘ ... today whipped north- ern plains states. and high winds stirred up a huge dust storm in Kansas. But a warm Gulf breese blew a batch of day-late Easter warmth into a wide area around Qiicago.

West and South-Central Kansas were bathed in huge dust clouds. The wind-borne dust was reported as high as 10.000 feet over the rain-starved wheat lands.

The intense storm in the north- ern plsins smacked south Dakota, Northern Iowa and southwestern Minnesota with wet snow. ice and high winds. Much of Minnesota

has almost halted shigmanu. _

consideration of legislation

Says Jury Trials Are Out Of Date I

— One of Canada's leading crimin-

listronomers Watch Phenomena on Mars

OSAKA. Japan, April 10- (AP) — Japanese astronomers report new observations of strange cloud formations on the planet Mars. caused pos- sibly by a “terrific explosion."

Tsuneo Saelti's discovery of the phenomena Jan. 26 set off a world-wide watch of the nearby planet. Now Tsuguo Ebizawa tells of observations he started March 3.

Saeki joined him in the watch and reported that clouds originally grey turned dirty yellow in two days, bluish white in another four days and dirty white but without hrilliancy after a week.

Saeki said the clouds were similar to those he saw in January.