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All, Shucks Colder, Light Snow 6 a.m., 26, 2 28 Low tonight 26, high tomorrow 36 Low yesterday 29, high 36 Sun sets 6:27, rises tomorrow 7.00 JFDKTAIL See Weather Page 9 Churches Pages 12, 13 Theatres, Amusements 20, 21 tax atm The Canadian Press Associated Press United Press Reuters Associated Press Wirephoto VOL- 74, NO. 5 52 PAGES WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1955 Authorized as Second Class Mall Poet Office Department. Ottawa FIVE CENTS rzi IziEJ 9 M.P. Claims Tax Deal 'Fishy Property Damage Heavy as Tornado Rips U.S. Town Top NATO Nations To See Atom Tests In Nevada Desert U.S.

Invitation Restricts Activity to Non-Sccret Data WASHINGTON (UP) Representatives of principal North Atlaritic Treaty nations are being invited to witness some of this countrys atomic tests in Nevada and study the effects of nuclear explosions. But authoritative sources declared today that none of the foreign visitors will be given access to any restricted data on design and manufacture of nuclear weapons. U.S. law forbids it. Manitoba Member Hits Big Rebates Four Companies Split $2 Million, C.C.F.-er Reveals Jordan Says Five Die in Raid Situation Tense As Feelings Grow In Border Area By Windsor Star Wire Services GAZA Egyptian and Jordanian authorities today accused Israeli troops of carrying out two attacks along the tense border area.

Military sources at Amman, Jordan, charged that five Arabs were killed by Israeli troops after a raid across the border. Earlier, the Egyptian military governor of Gaza accused Israel of firing artillery at an Egyptian outpost last night. I Arab Legion sources said that 20 Israeli soldiers kidnaped the I Jordanians and killed them after carrying them into Israeli territory. A sixth man was re- 1 leased after also being taken 1 across the border, they said. All six were members of a Bedouin tribe camping in the East Hebron area west of the Dead Sea.

The freed man said the killings were revenge for the killing of three Israeli, one a girl, in that area recently. They said the Israeli penetrated about seven miles inside Jordan territory in their kidnaping raid. Among those who will witness one of this spring's Nevada shots is Sir William -Penney, Great Britain's top nuclear weapons expert. The defence department already had announced that 60 Canadian officers and men will participate in radiological exercises in connection with the Nevada tests. It was learned that the department also invited the British and some of the other leading NATO allies to send representatives to Nevada.

It has not, however, issued a detailed announcement on the subject. Dispatches from London indicate that Penney hopes to broad-'en the scope of his visit to take U.S., Cliiang Mull Shared Command Move Designed To Co-ordinate Formosa Defence Formosa (UP) Admiral Robert Carney, chief of naval operations. I my 1 1 rt West's auto, above, was demolished when the storm WTecked his garage. Associated Press Wirephoto) By MAURICE JEFFERIES Of The Star's Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA An opposition member Friday used such words as fishy, shady and suspicious in describing the circumstances under which the government rebated corporation income taxes of nearly $2,000,000 to four Canadian companies. F.

S. ZapILtny, C.C.F., Dauphin, demanded that the government produce its correspondence with the companies. This was the only way in which we can satisfy our minds that everything was above board and at arms length. The companies named and the amount of the rebates, totaling $1,994,728.11, are: The Aluminum Company of Canada. Limited, the Gatineau Power Company, the Saguenay Power Company, Limited, $576,598.15, and the Bell Tele- phone Company, $371,659.68.

The Manitoba MP. said that i evidence shows the government! made a deal with the companies ESPANOLA (CP) Three per-after the Exchequer Court of Sons, one a widely known North-Canada had ruled they were not ern Ontario hockey referee, died entitled to any rebate. I as a result of a car-truck crash The income tax case disclosure here last night, came during a Commons debate! on a private member's bill to remove the secrecy provision inj connection with Income a Appeal Board hearings of cases involving corporations. The introduced by Stanley Knowles, A tornado skipped through border community injuring three persons and George Nummela. Callander hotel owner, died at Sudbury this morning, llis wife, Mrs.

Toni Nummela, 36, and another woman, Mrs. Margaret Bennett, 33, of North Bay, died at the of the accident. Mitchellville, on the Kentucky-Tennessee north of Nashville last night, deltroying several buildings. Guy in exchange of information on, i. weapons production as well as said today the United States weapons effects.

jand Nationalist China were The new atomic law permits enng establishing a co-operative arrangements with joint Chinese American friendly nations for exchange of command in Formosa to information on peaceful applica- cope with Communist ag-' tions of atomic energy and with allies on military and civilian 'effects of nuclear weapons, But it still forbids disclosure Sce TOP NATO-Pafe 2 Carney made the statement at the airport before taking off for Honolulu after nearly a week of military discussions Skipping Twisters Slam Two States The sources also said Israelis opened machine-gun and mortar fire on a Jordan home guard patrol near Adana village, but they reported no casualties. They said 18 three-inch mortar shells were fired at the patrol. Jordan has lodged two com plaints with the mixed armistice commission and askod for an emergency meeting. United Nations investigating teams have left for the scene of the incidents. Abdullah Rifatt Egyptian military governor, re- ported the earlier incident along the Gaza border.

He said Israeli i artillery opened up during the 1 night on the Egyptian outpost of Deir El Ballah near the scene of last Mondays clashes in which 38 Egyptians and eight Israeli died. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UP) Skipping tornadoes hit along the Kentucky Tennessee line Friday night, causing several injuries and extensive property damage. A new tornado alert for 13 central Tennessee counties was removed at 9:30 a.m. Mom Shot, Son Charged GUELPH, (CP) Police said Mrs.

Margaret Lester, 54, was struck over the left eye with a long, spiked instrument and shot behind the right ear at her home early today. The woman still was unconscious this forenoon. Her condition was reported critical. Police arrested her son, Llojd, 21, on a charge of attempted murder. He appeared in court today and was remanded without plea until Monday.

Joseph Lester, 63, the womans husband, returned home from watching television at a friend's place about 10 p.m. and found his wife lying injured on a bed. Police said she had wound in her face Hi inches deep and her jaw was broken. The son w'as arrested about three hours later. Officers said found him standing on Wil- ison street opposite his home.

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) A new threat to flood-ravaged districts in New South Wales is today developing as a No casualties were reported cyclone, centred 500 miles the 300,000 residents of the east of Brisbane, moves southwest at about 10 knots. Gaza strip bordering Israel were A rural area 40 miles north of here took the worst beating of the twisters shortly before midnight. At Mitchellville, a town of 300 population just south of the Kentucky line, the elementary school was demolished and the town hall and a filling station were damaged. Power lines were cut down and trees in the Herman Witt, Louisville and Nashville Railroad emplove at the L. and N.

camp near the Tennessee border, saw the twister dip down and demolish a filling station. I heard a noise which I first thought was an exhaust fan and I started to investigate, he said. As I opened the back door, I saw a funnel-shaped cloud and heard the roar as It hit. Reward Up For Diary DETROIT, (UP) A S1.000 reward was offered today for return of Walt Whitmans 'diary, which was stolen from a collection of the poet's works on display at the Detroit Public Library. The reward was posted by Detroit oil See EGYPT Page 2 Double Duty For Officers executive Charles E.

Feinberg, who said the diary was demolished and irreplaceable. The diary wasand barns were damaged in that valued at between $10,000 and area. uprooted area. Two stores in the business section were damaged heavily. A filling station six miles south of Franklin, was several homes C.C.F., Winnipeg North Centre, would also enable cabinet ministers to Lament any corporations, from tax returns.

communicate to Par-! information about1 which is obtained Debate on the bill was adjourned at the end of the hour allotted to private members bills, and there was no immediate reply by the government. Mr. Zaplitny outlined the cases from information he received' from the auditor-generals report! and sessional papers: In 1946 the Province of Quebec imposed a provincial education tax on corporations. Between 1946 and 1952 the National Revenue Department wouldn't allow the companies I to deduct the Quebec tax from 1 their federal returns. The companies appealed to the 1 VANCOUVER (CP) Traffic officers turned from writing tickets to capturing gunmen Friday night as a rash of armed holdups warnings to people living in the New South Wales Monday.

Both Brisbane andSydney weather bureaus issued urgent spread over the city. One traffic cruising alone in his patrol car, was re-J sponsible for the capture of three armed men who fired one shot high-level between U. S. military officials and Nationalist leaders. He did not elaborate.

Carney said no firm decision was reached on increasing aid to the Nationalists and building up the Chinese navy and air force, but gave his personal hope that things should be speeded up. Carney took off by plane in a heavy overcast that cut down all but routine Nationalist air patrols over the Chinese Communists invasion coast opposite Formosa. No new Communist activity was reported following Fridays sneak attack against Kaoteng Island, three miles north of Matsu, where 40 gunboats and junks were beaten off by Nationalist artillery in a 20-minute fighL Light sporadic artillery fire was reported unofficially at Que-moy Island, but the defence ministry did not issue a communique. Liner Launched But Britain would like to see all the Arab states associate themselves sooner or later with Western-sponsored defence planning, they add. The U.S.

also strongly supports the scheme it was State Secre- tary John Foster Dulles who first advocated basing Middle Eastern 'defence on the northern tier scene A. F. (Red) Bennett, North Bay service station owner, was taken to hospital in this pulp niill town 50 miles west of Sud- burv for X-ray examination. The party was returning from Sault Me. Marie, Ont where Numella had refereed the first two games in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association senior semi-final between Sault Greyhounds and North Bay Trappers.

Mrs. Bennett as driving the station wagon which crashed into the rear of a three-ton dump truck operated by Ovila Lamothe, 21. of Baldwin Township in the Espanola area. organized two jears ago for the two young Quigley brothers who fell into the Don River and were drowned. Their bodies Red Festival Attracts Queen BRUSSELS, (UP) Dowager Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, grandmother of King Baudouin, has accepted an invitation to attend a music festival in Commun- Before I could get to the front IfL Poland her secretary aid tool the building, the storm swept away the Groves station across the street.

It was ls clvfortl Slorv Mav Star Monroe mr Income Tax Appeal Board, which- HOLLYViGOD, (Ap) h.e ture because the diary has not decided in favor of the company. Mary llfe story hits been thoroughly studied. Then the federal government 6 Ravine' reward wil1 be paid for took an appeal to the Exchequer': sweetheart1 V5 safe return, Feinberg said. Court Of Canada, which reversed! hersi. uYget- ting the diary back than in the arrest of the person responsible.

the board's decision ruling thTTliss" mSSSwouM the companies could not deduct more acceptable in toe jrole. police search and destroy the diary. He said the loss would be a great blow to American litera Aussies Gird For Cyclone Brisbane and Sydney weather bureaus said that if it keeps its present course it should hit the Queensland coast between Rockhampton and Brisbane tomorrow afternoon. Continuing on its course, the cyclone would reach Northwestern cyclones path. The bureaus said, however.

there still is a possibility the cyclone might harmlessly swing out to sea. known to be agreeable, and Britain hopes that ultimately Iranian public opinion may enable the government of Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi to join in as well. Eden is conferring today with President Camille Chamoun of Lebanon, and members of the 1 Lebanese government. He will $25,000.

Feinberg said his biggest worry was that the thief might become panicky during the brother nearby, and Mrs. Turner Jwas in St. Thomas with her mother when the fire broke i Meanwhile, the New South Wales flood areas slowly are" recovering from the state's greatest first passenger vessel built in Ger-deluge. Imany since the war, was launched Latest casualty report by Friday. It is the first of ney police said at least 20 people 'three liners to be constructed The trio of armed men entered are known to be dead and 28 still! here under the German-Israeli a used-car lot, fired a shot into are missing and believed drowned, restitution agreement, the floor of the office, and snarled: We mean business! Salesman George Tait waited until the men left the office, then jumped into a car and chased them for eight blocks before losing them in traffic.

Constable Wally Vine picked up the trail a few blocks farther on after hearing the description of the car and men on his radio, and arrested all three at gunpoint Preliminary reports from for- In another case. Traffic Offi- secretary Sir Anthony Eden, detlls regional defence inte- in anomer uw, irdiwi xmh viitin MiHrllp Fast in- gration in preparation for a visit Derek Brooks captured a inow visiting me iuiauie nasi, a dicate considerable enthusiasm in Ankara later this month. 'Pakistan and Iraq for early inte-1 Authoritative sources here say the downtown district and de- of their separate pacts 1116 Middle East defence manded money. jwith Turkey into a single defence ahead regardless of the 'program. The man offered the gunman The Turkish government is a nickel, then punched him in HAMBURG, Germany, (AP) A 10.000-ton passenger ship, the attitude of hostile Arab countries like Egypt, or uncommitted ones like Lebanon.

Police said they went later to a farm four miles from Guelph and seized a rifle. TT II DO 711 DOBS Aimed at U.S. The 79-year-old dowager queen has a widely-known love of music. The queen's secretary said she 'accepted an invitation to attend the fifth international competition of Chopin music in Warsaw between March 14 and 18. LONDON, Eng (UP) Russia declared today that the United States as well as Britain is within the range of military retaliation with hydrogen bombs.

A Moscow Radio broadcast heard here quoted Maj. Gen. r. Isayev as sajing in an article published in the Soviet publication New Times that the Soviet Union also is well ahead of the United States in pro duction of hydrogen weapons. See MANITOBA Page 2 Mass Search for Judy To Scour Cabbasretown TORONTO (CP) The entire Cabbagetown area of East-Central Toronto will be combed tomorrow in a mass police-led search for the body of Judy Carter, 8, missing eight days.

Inspector Sam Johnston said Bov Scouts firemen off-duty tions of the city and elsewhere, policemen and civilian Volunteers PoliCe checked them all. the area for any trace of the The search Sunday is expected to surpass the hunt mountaineer who led an Italian expedition on Mount. Api last Total Net Paid Circulation FEBRUARY. 1955 75,834 DAILY AVERAGE 48,843 in Greater Windsor THE WINDSOR STAR I summer during which three companions died, has been gnen permission by the Nepal government to try again, this time on Mount Gangapurna. Motor JTessel Docks With Captain Dead missing girl.

Police, who previously expressed belief the girl, dead or alive, might be in the west-central Bathurst district, now believe some trace of the child may be found in the area surrounding her east-end home. They made a thorough the nose. The suspect was arrested by Constable Brooks shortly after and was charged with robbery with violence. 4 't .1 jntlle Subscriber Is it ever permis sible for a young woman to ask a man she has never met to call at her home? Editor Yes; if she asks him to (call for the laundry. SAINT JOHN, N.B., (CP) The motor vessel Erholm sailed into harbor Friday with her flag Scores of citizens have offered fluttering wanly at half mast search of the Bathurst street dis- their assistance.

Members of the and her master lying dead in his trict Friday, paying special Toronto Firefighters Association cabin. tion to loading platforms under aso wdl take part. Capt. Einar Nils Emanuel Sod- which a body might be Judy disappeared February 25 erman. 47, of Gothenburg, Swe-Scores of reports have come in after leaving school for the day den, died in his sleep.

The Er-from persons who saw little girls and stopping to read comic books holm came here from New York resembling Judy in various sec-jwith two playmates. Ito load cargo for Europe. were found at the mouth of the rier. report early next week to Sir, Powers and initial French reser-Winston Churchill on his Middle ivations now have been overcome. Eastern talks, and will examine Jit is authoritatively understood..

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