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GM announced in February. that it would establish Canada's first automatic transmission plant at Windsor and concen- Metro Subway Strike Threat which would tie u; on the city's manager of tionol Hod Carriers' Building and Common Laborers' Union based|of America (CLC), said meet- ings would be held Friday with cars and trucks/ieaders of Local 506 to discuss for today but for the|joint action following rejection § members engaged in almost to city building re-jevery phase of construction in ports, the nine acreddition to'Metropolitan Toronto. trate all engine manufacturing at The McKinnon Industries in St. Catharines, another General Motors company which manu- factures V-8 engines and a wide variety of other automotive components, The first automatic transmis- sion is expected to be produced at Windsor in August. Four- and six-cylinder engines form- erly manufactured at Windsor action' at st, Catharines over the will be phased into production year, ited of Toronto. Allward and © Gouinlock, also of Toronto are © Fire Damages Toronto Hotel -|ing and boycotting of ships of Losses In Fires Higher For 1962 BOSTON (CP)--The loss from major fires in Canada in 1962 was $1,500,000 higher than in 1961, the National Fire Protec- tion Association reported today. The 1962 loss total from the year's 55 largest fire outbreaks was $29,350,000, compared with $27,780,000 from 47 large fires in 1961, Forest fire losses were down substantially but indus- trial, church and institutional losses exceed $250,000. Estimates announced by the Dominion Fire Commissioner State there were about 83,250 fires of all sizes in Canada dur- ing 1962, destroying about $122,- 240,000 worth of property. Large-loss fires in the United States last year numbered 312, with a loss total of about $204,- 800,000. This was a drop of 71 in the number of major fires, and a decrease of nearly $74,- 000,000 in dollar costs from the previous year. INDUSTRY HIT HARD Canadian industry recorded a sharp increase in losses from major fires, the NFPA report said. There were 16 large-loss fires in industrial installations in 1962; compared with seven Canada had two major church fires last year, the $1,550,000 de- struction of the Roman Catholic Church at Baie St. Paul, Que., Dec. 21, and the $420,000 loss of: the St. Paul Street United Church at St. Catharines, Jan. 22. In 1961 there was only one gad church fire, costing $251,- The cost of major hotel fires more than doubled. In 1962, Ca- nadian hotel property worth $1,- 672,000 was destroyed in three fires, while two fires the pre- vious year cost $774,000. continue our fight."" dian affiliate headed by Hal Banks, will hold meetings here next week and it appears likely the Great Lakes shipping dis- pute will be a major issue in the deliberations. terview that the Canadian La- bor Congress, which ousted the Canadian SIU because of union raiding, is "scabbing" by sup- Union which has a_ contract with Upper Lakes shipping. Ship Boycotts Will Continue Despite Court WASHINGTON (CP)--Picket- Upper Lakes Shipping Limited of Toronto will continue no mat- ter what the courts decide, Peter McGavin, executive sec- retary of the AFL-CIO Mari- time Department, said today. Asked what his department and the Seafarers International Union will do if a Chicago court orders an end to a boycott! of the company's freighter, the Shaw, McGavin said: "It doesn't matter what the court says. We know our rights, we'll The SIU, including its Cana- McGavin charged in an in- porting the Canadian Maritime Bloor Street in midtown Toronto and resulted in extensive water and smoke damage to the ground floor. tracted a crowd of about 200 onlookers injured 17 firemen, The two-alarm blaze that at- none seriously. The establishment, owned by the Winco Corporation of Tor- onto, contained two dining lounges, two beer parlors and a ballroom but had been closed House Guest Of Macmillan LONDON (CP)--Prime Minis- ter Pearson, accompanied by his wife, today lunched at Ad- miralty House as guests of Prime Minister Macmillan and Lady Dorothy. The two leaders, both of whom like transacting affairs of state in a relaxed atmosphere, had already had a curtain-rais- ing meeting Wednesday, a few hours after Pearson's arrival by air from Canada. Pearson told reporters on ar- rival that the purpose of his derstanding between himself and Macmillan "in respect of our interests and problems." In a reference to agreements with the United States reached by his predecessor, John Dief- visit was to establish a basic un-| FLOOD-THREATENED AREAS enbaker, Pearson said "'my gov- ernment has to discharge any commitments that have been undertaken for Canada." If these commitments required the acceptance of nuclear war- heads, Pearson added, "we shall have to accept the ammunition until the commitment is changed by agreement." " At his Dorchester Hotei suite Pearson today. received a visit from Harold Wilson, leader of Britain's Labor party. He also found time for several old friends from his days as ex- ternal affairs minister and op- Sir Harold' Caccia, ler Brit- ish ambassador in W. Sir Saville Garner, ' Sir' Sav 'was erly United Kingdom high commis- sioner in Ottawa. Pearson also had @ brief talk with Jo Grimond, leader of the British Liberal party. Grimond had previously seen Pearson during an Ottawa visit in Feb- ruary. Just after breakfast Pearson talked with J. L. Gray, presi- dent of Atomic Energy of Can- ada Limited, who currently is touring Europe seeking long- ----|adaged bond ef Ser ecte Underseere| John Raymond for about an hour when the fire broke out. term contracts for the Crown uranium-selling agency. CHINESE SHIP SINKS Warships Said Spotted In Area TOKYO (Reuters)--The Jap- anese Broadcasting Corporation said in a television newscast to- day its reporters saw two uni- dentified warships in a_ flight over the area where the crew of a Communist Chinese freighter claimed it was torpe- doed Wednesday. The Japanese maritime safety board commented that neither Japan nor the United States had any warships in the area at that time. Churchill Won't Run In Next U.K. Election LONDON (CP)--It was on al dy February day in 1901 that/liament prepared him for 'wo inston Churchill, 25, made his|grand climaxes--the two world maiden speech before the House|wars against Germany. In the of Commons. |second he rose to his most shin- The member whom the Con-|ing hour. servative followed on that day) was a Liberal, described byjperil and defeat, found in him Churchill's long years in Par- The British people, facing Order of Merit around his neck. At the entrance hall he was carefully guided to a wheelchair to be used to take him up to the main gallery in the eleva- tor. He made a gesture as though to rise and said: "I'll walk." But one of the officials The 9,482-ton Yue Jin sank off South Korea, reporting it was attacked by an unidentified ves- sel in the East China Sea. position leader. They included a 'are inv eler, 'wrote Wedn had vestigated, neutrality act." No FBI Comment On Cuba Rebels WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. government agents may be in- vestigating a report of Cuban refugee arsenals in Miami, But, if so, they are doing it in secrecy and silence, Official spokesmen in Wash- on refuse to say whether estigating or, in fact, have the duty to investi- gate the report. ip a ; as esday that he spent four days with Cu- ban Freedom Fighters in Miami last month and had seen Cuban exiles loading grenades in an apartment and had noticed a 100-pound bomb in a backyard shed. The Traveler, said Ray- mond, in future articles should describe Cuban arsenals in Miami The stories provoked a round of "no comments" in Washing- ton. The FBI said '"'we can't have any comment on that at all." The customs bureau said it would have no jurisdiction in the matter. unless some attempt was made to export arms, JOB FOR JUSTICE The state department said: "We're not in the law enforce- ment business. That's the job of the justice department." The justice department said it would have nothing to say about the specific case except: "We investigate, and have in- violations of the The Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) showed pic- tures on a television newscast of two warships steaming in open waters. It identified the two vessels as the ones spotted by its reporters in a flight over the area. NHK said the two warships were steaming in a circle about half a mile from the spot where the Chinese Communist freighter sank. The warships appeared to be. cruisers, it added, and one of them bore the number 205. However, it added, the reporters aboard the plane could not spot any further identification. NHK said its reporters saw oil and debris from the Chinese Daley Retires From Ontario Legislature TORONTO (CP) -- Premier Robarts today announced the resignation of Charles Daley, veteran member of the Ontario legislature and former provin- cial labor minister. Mr. Daley, 72, will remain as chairman of the Niagara Parks Commission and member of the International Bridge Commis- freighter on the water. sion and the Parks Integration In Hong Kong, the Communist Chinese - language newspaper New Evening Post suggested "trouble - makers, possibly Americans," sank the Yue Jin on its way to a south Japanese port. Board, the premier told a press conference. Mr. Daley was provincial la- bor minister from 1943, when first elected as member for Lin- coln riding, until 1961, He was When asked if the justice de- partment, in general, would in- vestigate caches of arms in Miami, a spokesman replied: "We can't answer any -hypo- thetical questions." In his articles, Raymond.said the Cuban Freedom Fighters were the same Eo. flew 'The announcement of the raid was made at a meeting of the AntiCommunist Liaison Com- mittee. Edward Hunter, chairman of the .committee, told reporters later that the FBI agents began questioning committee mem- bers after the announcement was made. Become Panicky - of the Hay River on Great Slave Lake, was halted Wednesday by darkness, Today's airlift was stalled be- cause of difficulty in getting two Bases In To Be Evacuated ALGIERS, Algeria (Reuters) France will evacuate the Sahara' bases at which it carries out nuclear testing in "the last months of 1964," the Algerian information ministry announced! here today. The announcement of the French decision was read out before Algerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and the French sec- retary of state for Algerian af- fairs, Jean de Broglie. The communique said Ben Bella and de Broglie reviewed Franco-Algeria military ques- tions in talks Wednesday and discussed the use of - bases France kept in Algeria 'under the Evian peace agreements which ended the Algerian war. The French test base in the Hoggar Mountain range of the Sahara was last used in March for an underground test that brought Algerian protests and a call from Ben Bella for Sahara changes in the Evian agree- ment. France expects to have a nu- : clear test centre in the Pacific Ocean at Mururoa Atoll, 1,250 miles southeast of Tahiti, ready by 1966, The announcement also said French forces would be with- drawn from the Constantine|{rom area in eastern Algeria before fi the end of this year. The Evian agreements origi- nally called for France to evac- uate the Sahara test base by July 1, 1965. The announcement said the evacuation now - will take place during the last months of next year and "'this time limit could eventually be moved foward." It also said one-fifth of French aid to Algeria would be used to compensate French settlers whose property has been taken 523 : i : _* elated ; i z il i A z zt8tA it anil ! ie £85 : 5 : i + | i : ? aol 35 z Hl Rg z was conducted a First evacuees to reach Fort -- said flood damage was avy. F « Ey! wrapped wouldn't believe how you haven't seen it." "Everything has Houses are pulled are ruined. Telephone poles down, There are boats boats -- floating 100 streets : B ° < e a 3 f aT a EES "T was never so sca life. I saw the wat into my house Tues: heh We a to a dupl er ground, There was around .it but the water: come in. There was no heat ul over by the Algerian govern- ment, no electricity." minister without portfolio under the Robarts administration from 1961, until October, 1962. Mr. Robarts said the Lincoln] | |member's term of office as la-| ; bor minister was. a record 'for the year before: Costs rose by $3,636,500, to a tetal of $7,952,- 500. This was well below the dis- astrous year of 1960, when the loss total was $17,314,000. Major fires cost Canadian Stores an additional $1,000,000 Churchill as a "rising young|a symbol of their refusal to sur- Welshman" -- David Lloyd)render. George. | Chuchill seems to have re- The Boer War was the topic|covered from his accident last} Sir Winston smiled his agree- of the day--Churchill had won| July when he fell while vaca-|ment and remained in the chair fame in that conflict--and nojtioning in the south of France|as it was wheeled to the ele- one could has been greatly enfee-| vator. said: "I'm afraid you will have to keep in the chair to go up in the elevator." Powers' Wife last year. There were seven fires in 1962 with losses total- ling $3,758,500, compared with! six fires and $2,731,500 damages) in 1961. Three major school fires in 1962 destroyed $1,013,000 worth of property, compared with a loss of $1,575,000 in two fires the previous year. RGENCY PHONE NUMBERS POLICE 725-1133 FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 CITY F HOSPITAL 723-2211 men were | country in far more terrible struggles. -- that these two|but he | stined to lead their| bled. | Wednesday night he sipped| champagne at the annual ban-| Sir Winston, 88, announced|quet of the Royal Academy in| Wednesday he will not contest) London. | 4 another election because of the} Sir Winston, whose paintings|\W@" VII, George V, Edward weight of years and an injury|have been shown in Royal Aca-| Vi, George VI and Queen Eliz- he suffered in a fall in 1962.|demy exhibitions, arrived in his|* eth II, Self-styled "child of the House|car 10 minutes before the ban- of & letler t@ ble Woodford said quet got under way. Ss in a letter to Woodford con-! A guard of honor presented stituents: "I need not tell you|arms as he slowly climbed the with what sadness I take this|steps leading to Burlington step." House. His chauffeur and body- It was a practical step. Sir|guard helped him up the steps. Winston has spoken in the Com- A crowd gathered in the UNDER SIX MONARCHS The former prime minister served under six British mon- archs--Queen Victoria, King Ed- During the intervals between cabinet jobs, Churchill served as a soldier, was a prolific writer ranging ffom fiction to momentous chronicles of his- tory, painted well enough to give.a one-man exhibition, and held a card in the bricklayer's mons only once--a 14-word ack-|courtyard applauded the elder) Union: nowledgment of congratulations|statesman. on his 85th birthday--since he) nowledgement. He wore the blue clining resigned as prime minister in April, 1955. He smiled in ack-| ribbon of the Order of the Gar-| ter and the medallion of the! He has lived--even in his de- years -- always with gusto, His enjoyment of brandy} and good cigars are legendary. | Selling Story ig: portfolio in any government MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP)! The divorced wife of Francis) Gary Powers, former U.S. re-} n Canada. The premier said he had ac- cepted Mr. Daley's resignation, effective today, 'with regret." connaissance pilot, is selling her| Mr. Daley told the' conference life story under an arrangement] en asked to comment on his which it was reported could net|"", years in office: her as much as $250,000. | enty years is a long time The proiect was announced|!f you look ahead, but it's not Wednesday by Mrs. Powe: her lawyer, Robert H. Green;| and W. W. Diehl, a writer-pho-|Speculative the possibility of a. general elec- tographer from Detroit. 28; |S0 long wien you iook back." Premier Robarts reports squelshed regarding Diehl said the contract in-|tion in June by saying: cluded serial, book and movie "I have reached no positive rights. decision as to when an election Diehl said a_ serial entitled|will be held. The Ordeal of Barbara Powers! "This is the answer I have! CHEERED BY Soviet Premier Nikita would be run under Barbara's|been giving you for a year and| Khrushchev and his bearded byline in a news tabloid issued|a half but the situation remains| guest, Cuban Prime Minister by Allied Publications, Chicago.|the Fidel Castro, join hands on the Lenin Mausoleum in Red Square Wednesday as they respond to cheers of crowds during May Day celebrations. t Photo, from Tass. --(AP Wirephote via cable from London) ,