Sherbrooke daily record, 30 juin 1948, mercredi 30 juin 1948

[" THE PAPER OF THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS WEATHER COOLER C4othly tad*y, »ho' tn* thu mn.T rhuJêduv.cU'^r K art)\u2014K i n g Abdullah of Trant-Jordan and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia \"reached complete agreement on national and patriotic objec tivei\" at their firet meeting in 25 yeart, according to a joint communique from the Icing» itsued by the Arab League today.The two king» were \"doing their be»t to en»ure for the Arab» their complete independence,\" the communique \u2022cid.* * * Haifa.June 30-JT\u2014The lait BritUh troop» left the soil of troubled Palettine to-d'ay, ending 31 year» of Bri.:i»h military occupation of the Holy Land.In «trict military order, the few remaining soldier» withdrew behind barbed wire barricade» to troop»hip» and landing craft.Lt.-Cen.Gordon H.A.MacMillan, Britain\u2019» la«t military commander in Palettine, wa» the ia»t BritUh »oldier to leare Pale»tine, in the evacuation which began May 15.About 2,500 troop» in all were in the l»»t group to be evacuated.e \u2022 e Halifax, June 30.\u2014CP\u2014 The liner Continental docked here today from Antwerp with 321 pa»»engers, including 300 displaced persona from Germany.They will settle In Canada.Among passenger» w a » John Boettiger, son-in-law of the late President Roosevelt, who Is returning from a tour of Europe.* * * Berlin.June 30.\u2014 (Æ) \u2014One tired old barrage balloon raised a false scare today that the Russians were putting up a new obstacle to the aerial food ferry route into Soviet-blockaded Berlin.Excited United States air force officials, suspecting a threat to the air lifeline to Berlin, found a supposed mass of obstacles was just an old balloon that has flown a long time in the corridor between Berlin and the British zone.* * « Ottawa, June 30.\u2014(CP)\u2014 Atlantic coast flag officer.Rear Admiral Cuthbert R.H.Taylor, R.C.N., will retire in the spring of 1919, Defence Minister Claxton announced today.Rear Admiral Taylor will be succeeded by Rear Admiral E.R.Mainguy, R.C.N., Oct.1 when Admiral Taylor goes on retirement leave.* », * Columbia, S.C., June 30.\u2014(AP)\u2014There is a \u2018\u2018good chance\" Gen.Dwight Eisenhower will be the Democratic nominee for President, Governor Strom Thurmond of South Carolina predicted yesterday.* * * Sydney, Australia, June 30.\u2014 (C.P.)-Four persons were killed and 50 injured early today when a passenger train jumped the track near Harden, New South Wales, and ploughed into an embankment.It was Australia\u2019s third rail disaster of the month.Yugoslav Communists Deny Red Accusations, Promise To Co-Operate With Soviet Rail Dispute Is Studied By Mediators Government Board Seeks to Avert Threatened Walkout.Rift With Cominform Lessens\u2014Party Program Looks to Future Union of Yugoslavia.Bulgaria and Albania.Belgrade.June Î0.\u2014 (CP)\u2014The Yugoslav Cominform rift and ideological differences\" lessened today when the Yugoslav Communist party announced it would do everything pos jsible to strengthen co-operation with the Soviet Union and other ; \"people\u2019s democracies.\" 1 he party's program, to be presented by the central committee to its fifth congress July 21, made it clear that to J ugoslavia the Cominform controversy was than a permanent clash.\t+ Though the program did not di 1 Montreal, June 30.\u2014A government-appointed mediation board , resumed sittings today in Mont-1 real in another attempt to avert a I threatened rail strike that wouldirectly mention the criticism of tie up the Canadian railroads from | Yugoslavia by the international coast to coast,\tI Communist information burean The board, reconstituted from \u2014-\u2014.\u2014 - the conciliation board which firs', dealt with the question, opened its hearings only one day after! Frank H.Hall, chairman of the negotiating committee of the 18 international brotherhoods involved, set July 15 as the strike dead-; line.Hall, in a note to the railways yesterday, said if the union's demands go unmet, a strike wiil he called at 6 a.m, regional time, July 15.A copy of the note was sent to Prime Minister King, La-; bor Minister Mitchell and Mr.Justice J.C.A.Caurron, chairman of the mediation board which met today.The railways answered Hall's note, saying they were ready to join in negotiations for a seven-cent increase as recommended by the board in majority reports.The unions flatly refused this, finding in the spring but Cana-, dian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, representing 2S.OO'3 rail workers, agreed to accept the board\u2019s minority reports of a -0-: cent increase.The international : unions, representing 122,000 work-ers, did not say if they would accept the 20-cent boost.The trouble has been simmerinr since last November when the unions made their demands for a 35-cent-an-hour increase.At thatjMonday, time, the railways refused grant an increase.In the event negotiations fail is beliezed government seizure the railways' is a possibility.\u201cThursday, a ' family quarrel\" rather Cool Weather Tomorrow.Maybe.Cooler weather, with some cloud, ne*»,\ti.' the weatherman\u2019» prodWtion for the Dominion l'a> holiday, WhiU the h «> a t wav