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37 PERISH IN MID-AIR COLLISION

ll. ll.’ Comet lei 0n Rome-Cairo Elighf Missing

IDNDON. (OP) — British Over- seas ‘Airways Corporation announ-

ced today that one of its comet believed to be carrying j is passengers and a south African j '

airliners.

crew of seven. was hours overdue in Cairo on a flight from Rome.

A BOAC spokesman said air Milea Thomas. chairman of the ' airline. immediately ordered sus- pension of all the corporation’: comet services pending further in- formation.

A search by air and sea was

immediately launched by the ItIl- iari rescue service in Rome.

The missing Comet left name at 6: 25 p. in. GMT (1:25 p. m., EST) Thursday and was due in Cairo at 9:20 p. m. GMT. It. had fuel to last until 11:23 p. m.

The Comets had been restored to service only on March 23 after the mysterious cash of one of the streamlined jetllnera off the isle of Elba in the Mediterranean last January.

The BOAC said early this morn- ing that no list of passengers and crew members aboard the plane would be issued until all next of kin have been notified.

FIVE GIT 890.000

WINDSOR-. Ont-. (CF)-A will filed for probate at the Essex county oourthousa Thursday rc- vealed that the five neices of the late W. E. Dunbar of Amherst. burg, treasurer of the Dunbar and sullivan Dredslng Company of De- troit. will each receive 890.ll9.04.

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This is a North Star. similar to the one which crashed at Moose Jaw.

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Barn Burned In Electrical Storm

During a brief but severe electrical storm which struck the West Prince area yester- day afternoon a barn belong- ing to Mr. James Stewart of Rosebank. near Elmsdalc, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in a matter of minutes. Fortunately no live stock was kept in the building which was situated a short distance from the main barn and was used mainly for the storage of hay. straw and other feed. As the barn was 26 by 35 feet the total loss in- cluding the contents was con- slderabie.

No other reports of storm damage were received.

Sharp Controversy

in legislature

Over High School For Charloifefown

The charge that the City Coun. all was foolish to allow the School Board to construct a new high school in Charlottetown was made in the Legislature yesterday 3;. toraoon by Hon. 3. Earle MacDon- Bld. Min.i.s’ter‘ of Health and Wei-. III! in discussing proposed legis- tidn to provide for the increasing 01 Doll taxes on men and the im- posing of such a. tax on women.

second reading was being given to e. bill to amend the Charlotte- town Incorporation Act when Mr. MacDonald rose to speak. Accord- ing to the bin the City Council will be empowered to increase the poll tax from five dollars to thirty dollars for men and impose a ni- teen dollar tax on women. Also according to the bill this tax will be known as an “Education Tax" rather than a poll tax.

In his remarks Mr. MacDonald. a former Mayor of the City. stat- ed that he always felt the Mayor and members of the Council were capable of running the City. How- ever he did not think that. women

Coming Events

“Warning: No Fishing on the property of Gordon Crockett, York.

"Rummage Sale. order of East- ern‘ star. Masonic Hell, satur- diiy 2:30.

"Variety Concert in St. Charles I-fall, Easter Monday night, April lath. Dance after.

"Card party every Friday, St. Peter‘: Legion Hall. Dance Sat- urday.

"Jamboree ‘and Dance Mt. ste- wart Legion. Hall. Easter Monday night. Burke Orchestra.

"Showing at Mt. Stewart Friday and llturdIy—"Womnn of The North County." Starring Ruth Husaey and Rod Cameron.

“Come to Hunter River Hall. Friday. April 9. see Kcnsingion Pllyen present. Cranberry Corn- er. Ausplcea Women"a Association.

“It's the talk of the country. What II? 10% Bhur-Gain Pig Boon-er. My sales have increased 100% in two months. Get some ‘"1’ your pigs today. Cheap at doublethe price. I. J. MacDoug- Ill. Vernon.

"We have told you that thu-e is none better-.at any price. Every M8 is the name. That is shur- Glln N5 Chick Starter. convince yourself by trying it for chicks this you. I. .1. Macbougall, Ver-. non. '

"Come and enjoy the second “mflv Rally. Sunday next. -ms D-m- Capitol Theatre. community ‘HYWI llfll-long. The singing police- Mn. Band and Songstera. Plain preaching by Cr. Capt. L. Tilcombe. T°i>Ic "A Crown Despised."

"Arriving shortly I: carlond of No 1 Harley Meal use per bu. gflold No. 1 larley and Oats cm W’ 508- Oarload oi cement.

°'"DlIte stock Asphalt shingles. fit‘ all hand. (‘let our prieea baton niyuig. Phone or write R. L. Dickie-

shouid be eligible for a poll tax.

"If the City Council so foolishly allowed the School Board to build the High school then they should find some othr means to pay for it." he stated. ,“I cannot ask necessity for the school as I'hnV said several times before. I don't say this because I have no child- ren going to schoo,l for I have plenty of uelces and nephews in the City attending school."

Mr. MacDonald stated there were many people in the City who Just could not afford to pay the $5 poll tax. “There are many men who can‘t pay the poll tax now and who never pay it," he stated. “How do they expect to collect $30?"

“Well they will collect from the Premier and myself and some more who can afford to pay it. It will mean in the end that we will have to pay forty or fifty dollars a year for school."

He stated that he didn't believe the women would feel very satis- iled over having to pay $15 tax. “If they have to pay this tax they should have a vote on election day," he stated. “’I'hcre are many women.in the City who are inter-

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U. S. Navy Says Afom Bomb Easy To Put Togefher

WASHINGTON, iAP)—The U.S. NIVY says a saboieur, even though relatively unskilled in nuclear won- pon work. could put together the parts oi an atomic bomb in a matter oi hours.

A small bomb could be asst-m. bled secretly in almost any place —-a basement. a living room, in a. truck or aboard a cabin cruiser- ihe navy says in I. circular dlstrib. "'64 '0.“-1 Personnel. The notice

‘is similar to the letter sent re-

Ct’!!!-l.V by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to local police organ- izations to aid them in keeping watch against meek bombing.

Small atomic weapons could be assembled on standard floors, the navy says. Even bigger ones weigh- ing about five tons could be put together. its circular adds, on floor space oi about 200 square feet and “except for a small chain hoist no unusual tools or equipment would be necessary" to put togeth- er the pieces smuggled into the United states separately.

The circular comments that ac- tually the basic material for all parts except the tlaslonable mater- ial could be obtained in the United siatcs—“nny number of pieces of steel or aluminum could be fabri- cated under normal purchase .ord- era without causing suspicion."

The circular adds:

"However. casting or machining oi unusual materials such as ber- yllium. nickel. uranium or tung- sten would certainly arouse auspic- ion and probably will not be at- tempted. The possibility oi estab- lishing it clandestine shop for this purpose and for mounting and moulding high cvploslvel aliould

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Expeci House To Close Saturday

The Legislature is expected to prorogue at noon-time Saturday. it was announced in the Legislature last night by Premier A. W. Matheson.

Premier Matheson and Dr. W. J. P. :\lacMillan oncluded the debate on the Budget last night after which the House went into a com- mittce of the whole on the motion oi‘ supply under the chairmanship oi Mr_ 2:. P. Foley, Liberal Fifth Prince.

The Legislature will meet this morning at eleven o'clock when the remaining bills will be given second and third readings. This will be followed by debates on the agriculture and education reports.

According to plans the estimairs will be resumed at three o'clock this afternoon and concluded to- night.

niaia’n‘Fri7i‘iiives Views On Canada

HAMILTON. (CP)——Miss Giiana- selma. David of the Christian medi- cal college hospital at Yellore. in- din, an IODE scholarship winner. told the IODE her first impression of Canada was that everyone look- ed alike.

Speaking at the 34th annual meeting of the Ontario provincial Chflplvel’. ZODE, Miss David bald it took her a long time to distin- guish dlfferenccs. She also said when she first glimpsed Halifax she thought the streets were deserted.

“Coming from India where there are 328000.000 people I could not got used to it," she said,

Her final conclusion about Can- ada wns that "people rushed loo much."

Miss David, was chosen Io take ii. post graduate course in nursing offered by the national chapter of the IODE. she is now studying hos- pital administration at the Uni- vcrsiiy of Toronto.

To Probe Red Chino Bond Soles Rumors

OTTAWA. (CPi—The external affairs department will look into "Ports of attempts to sell Red China government bonds to west coast Canadians of Chinese des- cent.

Howard Green iPC—Vancouv-r. Quadrni said Thursday in the Commons that the attempts to sell the bonds in Vancouver are accompanied by threats of retalia- tion in Red China. agunst rela- tivcs of Chinese-Canadians.

External Affairs Minister Pear- son said he will look into the mat- ter. 3

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By Cos-ley smith

SAIGON, Indo-chins. (Reuters) ——Viially-needed U. S. B-M bomb- ers and C-41 transports have ai- rived in Indo-China "in great num- bars" during the lut three days. official sources here said Thursday-

The French this weak aeni. an urgent. call to Washington for more planes to drop paratroopera and supplies over besieged Dien Blcn Phu and attack Vietmlnh rein- forcemenis marching on the north- ern fortress.

U. S. officials said the planes had arrived from the Philippines. Their American crews will return to the Philippines after handing the planes over to the French,

Meanwhile. an ominous ealna eat in around Dion lien Plus an den. Vo Nguyen Giap, the Communist commander-in-chief. awaited an estimated 20.000 reinforcements.

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HOLSTEIN or LATE SENATOR JONES MAKES LARGEST CANADIAN RECORD IN YEARLY BUTTER FAT SINCE '50

She is Abegweit Stardust. and her production is officially quoted by the Record of Performance Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa as 1317 lbs. fat from 26,172 lbs. milk, average test 5.03% butterfat. She was milked three times daily for 365 days.

Stardust was a particular fav- ourite of her owner, senator J. Walter Jones, of Charlottetown, P. E. I., who died March 31. shortly after she finished the record. but before the official announcement. Stardust carries the best blood dc- velopcd by Senator Jones during a lifetime work with Holsteins that brought him fame as an outstand- ing breeder. He was the first in- dividual in Canada honoured as a ‘Master Breeder.

only one other Canadian Hol- stein has ever beaten Stardu.st's

lng. , She is Spruceha en Farm. "triumph. ‘who gave 122 5 lbs. fat from 31.878 lbs. milk in the herd of H. L. Ouilbert, Vercheres, Que., in 1950. Triumph and stardust carry much the same bloodlines. Over the years four other cows have also exceeded Stardust's rec- ord, three of them on four-times- a-day milking, rind one on twice- a-day milking.

The first 1,300 lb. record in Can- ada was made on -ix in 1923 by Agassiz Segis Mny Echo. owned by the Dominion Experimental Farm at Agassiz, B. C. May's actual production of l.ll§5 lbs. was beaten that same year by DeKol Plus Scgls Dixie, owned by Hon. D. Rcymond, Vaudreull, Que. whose ix record of 1.38 lbs. fat stood

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Lightning Causes Damage in Oni.

TORONTO, (OP) — More than $60,000 damage from fires caused by lightning was reported in the wake of an intense olectrical storm which lashed southern Ontario Wednesday night.

Accompanied by heavy rains, lightning, thunder and high winds, the storm blew itself out early today. It was the tail end of a tornado that tore across Michigan. Winds reached about 35 miles an hour, with gusts up to 56.

The biggest loss was a $50,000 fire which destroyed it summer home at I-fawkastone near Oriliia. But lightning caused fires which destroyed a farmhouse near 0ril- lla, caused in $3,000 loss or farm equipment near Brockville and burned out barns here and there‘ in the southern part of the prov-_ ince. » Some telegraph and telephone‘ communications were disrupted.

.5. Planes For Inclo-China

nal yet another all-out assault against the French and Viet Nani- eee defenders in a bid to attain

record on three-times-i\.day milk-'

Immediate Probe Of Crash Planned

OTTAWA. (CP)~'I‘he trans- port department sald Thursday it will open an immediate in- quiry into the crash of a Trans-Canada Air Lines North Star and RCA!‘ training plane at Moose Jaw, Cask.

One official was already on the scene and three others were scheduled to leave from Ottawa by air Thursday night.

The RCAF said it also will open an inquiry at once.

Air Crash i/Eiims

MONTREAL, lCP)—Tl‘ai1.!-Can. ads Air Lines Thursday released the names of the following pas- sengers kllled in the air collision at Moose Jaw:

Rodney Adamson. member of the Commons for York West, Apt. 2. 441 Echo Drive, Ottawa, and RR 1. Port Credit, Ont.

Mrs. Rodney Adamson,

H. F. George, 30 Whitehall Ave., Toronto. Mrs. Carol Nelson, TCA employ- ee. Toronto. Mrs. Nelson's daughter. name A P. E.f. cow has completed the not given, largest. yearly butter-fat record 1,), wngon, 402 mciu-iew, To. made by a Holstein in Canada 1-onto, since 1950. reports the Holsl.ein- E. F. Cameron, 351 Ash Street, Friesian Association of Canada. Winnipeg.

A. Smart. 'I‘CA employee. Winni- P88- 0. A. Blank. 5839 Granville St:,

Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. George Swcny, Vancouver. Mr. Swcny is presid-

ent of Vancouver Iron Works. Alan Craig, TCA employee at Vancouver. ' G. H. Gllleti, 1058 Fulton Ave.. West Vancouver. Mrs. C. G. Nelson. 315 Sharon Ave., Calgary. A. Belzbcrg, 531 Alexander Cres- cent. Calgary. W. T. Reid-Hunter. area land agent for Shell Oil Co, Calgary. R. B. Baugh, Beaoonsneld, Que. Pat Reid, Imperial Co., Toronto Mrs. Pat. Reid. Toronto. _

D. Matheson. 3270 St. Zoilquc at. Montreal. ‘ Gerald Staniom 5835 Decelles

BL, Apt. 3. Montreal. J. Crosscn, TCA employee, main-

R. McLean. Bathurst, N. B. A. McVcy, Victoria.

George R. ‘Goodall, Aberdeen. Scotland '

Mrs. M. Pirle, Aberdeen. Scot- land

Mrs. A. Douglas Edwards, Aber- deen. Scotland. Miss J. l-‘inney, London, England

John Goodall, Aberdeen. scot- land.

W. I. Brook. 238 West 63rd Ave.. Vancouver.

C. G. Hutton. Heaps. Wziterouse New Westrrilnster, B. C.

Newsprint Market iOui'look ls Strong

TORONTO. (CF) — The outlook for the newsprint market appears very strong. D.W. Ambridge, the president of Abitlbi Power and Paper Co., Ltd, said Thursday at the company's annual meeting.

Replying to a shareholder's ques- tion. he added that there had been some tapering off. but nothing that caused concern. The com- pany was selling ali'the iiewsvrlnl it could make.

Present plans call for newsprint output to reach 800.000 tons yearly in the next two years.

Weston To Enter U.K. Ice Cream Trude

LONDON, (Re-utersl —- Garfield Weston. Canadian biscuit million- aire. is to enter the highly com- petitive British ice cream manu- facturing trade.

He has bought the South London factory and wholesale business of R. Marcantonio Limited, ice cream manufacturers.

Weston Control: the Neilsnn Com- paiiy of Toronto. ii major ice cream producer in Canada.

victory before the Geneva confer- ence on the Far East opens April 26.

British And from Proposed Visit To

By STANLEY PMDDLI:

LONDON. (Reuters) British and French officials Thursday night welcomed state secretary Dulles’ contemplated visit to Lon- don and Paris next week to dia- cuaa his "united action" policy against the Communist offensive in southeast Asia.

Reliable sources here said Dulles plans to arrive In London Monday for two days of talks before ao- ing on to Paris. He will fly back

Their arrival in anneotad to ain-

to Washington at the and If the

h Welcome Dulles’ London and Paris

week- only I few days before his scheduled return to Paris for an Atlantic pact meeting April 23.

Britain replied to Dullea‘ call last week for "united action" by urging further consultations be- fore any decision is made. Britain questions the wisdom of acting be- fore the Geneva conference on Korea and Indo-China. starting April 30. fearing a decision now might prejudice prospects of a Geneva settlement.

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tenance department. Vancouver.““'

TCA NORTH STAR AND HARVARD TRAINER CRASH OVER MOOSE IAW

MOOSE JAW, Sask., (CP)——Flaminz death claimed 37 lives Thursday when a westbound Trans-Canada Air Lines plane collided with an air force trainer 6,000 feet above northeastern Moose Jaw.

Thirty-six died in the crashed planes—Canada’s worst air line disaster. One woman was killed on the ground.

There were no survivors of the accident. Rodney Adamson, 51, Progressive Conservative member of Parlia- ment for York West in metropolitan Toronto, and Pat Reid. 58, famous northland bush pilot, and their wives \\'(‘l‘C among the dead.

cfaéi Vicfim Here Formerly

_ WINNIPEG. (CF) Elbert P‘ Cameron of Winnipeg, a victim of the Moose Jaw plane collision. Thursday, was en route to Drum.-I

RCAF Har- inio the air

I Witnl-sscs said the ward trainer rammed

liner, slicing off one of the pas- senger crafts wings. They hcarri a report like cnnnoii fire, then

saw the North Star drop wllh fire shooting from its tail. One said an explosion sent bodies hurtling through the air.

Killed On Ground

I‘iEliFl', Alta, to open a new 5€l'\'-]‘ ice station for North Star Oil Com-1 Tliirty-one pa5:'8llgl‘l‘S, "including many. five on company passes. alld a

A native of the United Stales..crew of four were in the North Mr. Cameron grew up at BOWdEI‘|.lSlal‘. An English pilot from a train- Alia., and taught school in Albertajing field near Moose Jaw was fly- bcfore attending the University oiling solo in the trainer.

Alberta. After graduation he joined Mrs. Marthii Hadwen died when the RCAF and was at one timelparts of the North Star ir~ll burn- chief navigation instructor at in: in a house beside Willowdalc Charlottetown. P. E. I. He recent-‘golf course. then blew up.

ly was appointed manager of North, For TCA, the accident ended Star service stations in Alberia.‘more than 3.000,000.000 passenger iSHSI{8iCI‘iEWaI"I, Manitoba and On-‘nvlcs of flying without mishap. tario. 1947.

Investigations were started im- medlately by both RCA!“ and TCA.

Twisted debris was scattered for blocks. Two of the powerful cri- gines, almost unrecognizable, were half-buried in a yard.

Within minutes a huge crowd

Billion TCA Miles wI"‘°"I mldenl %.".‘.l‘.:’:‘.‘..‘{’..::‘.i‘2...‘l.:f”“.§?..."l.l.ii‘3

MoNr1~REAL_ mp. ._ Th, Cmshlies. night from the plane and Ti-ursday D; R -I-mn5_camda M, Mrs. Hadwen‘s, were found in one. Lines plane at M0050 Jaw, Sask.. The DIE“?-5 Ill‘ Rt 10303 5- "I- ended it company record of morci‘11°3 D- In» ASTJ 5.000 feet GIJOVE than 3,000,000,000 paggnggr mllagllills south - central Saskatchewan without, an accident“ lcity. The trainer, manned by an

Since ’I‘CA's inception in l937. English airman from A NATO the company has suffered iwoltrnining field outside Moose Jaw, crashes, The ni-st. was July 24.,sirur-k the North Star's right wing. l089.*.‘nvt Armstrong. Ont. nnri ihe,Tlie iwuhaircraft foil apart and second was April 16. 1947, when nlpluiiged down. Witnesses said the

Crash Endsihree

plane disappeared on A flight tolNorth Star fall with its tail burn-

Vlctoria. ,ing. some said an explosion was A total of 17 passengers werclhcard before it struck and the

killed as a result of the two'four-engined plane disintegrated:

crashes. others that the fuselage was intag‘. Since the Victoria crash. said when it hit.

TCA. the company has flown 3,- 528,903,480 passenger miles and has carried more than 6,000,000. passengers.

Canada Not In On U. S. lnviiaiion ,0‘

OTTAWA. iCP‘ — The Unltedl Two other houses caught fire but states has not invited Canada to,wgrg not destroyed, join in a declaration of policy on‘ Four noun; after the crash, only the Indo-Chma situation. Externalviotims positively identified were Affairs Minister Pearson said on m, Nm-ih sun Cre“'_Cfip[3in 1_ H, ThUF5dfll'- _ iBell, first officer D. W. Guthrie.

H9 “'35 l'!‘1>l.\'1Il$ 111 lllfi CP°n"‘iSi.€‘\\‘fli‘CI Lou Periner and stew- mon-! to Donald F‘lEmil‘-If 1 C— ardess M. L. Quinncy. all of Van- Toronio Egliiitoiii who risked about, couvgr_ C8Y28(f1lfit';l§0S1l-‘On TICRMGIHR are-I The Trans-Cniiada Air Lines at POT! - -DTODOSI 10 W3?“ 0m'lMont.renl began issuing a list of munlsi. China about aggression in pnggenggr msuaiilu, Ind”-Chlllfl~ I Moose Jaw win in