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estate, Oteres CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1958 “man FIVE CENTS

of the plowing com-
Mr. Wylie Baird of
§. extends his con-
is to the Maritime Esso

PLOWING KING OF THE MARITIMES

Champion,
Cherry Valley (center,) and the
runner up, Wendell Jenkins,
Millview, (right).

Glen Morrissey

of
Standing ~be-

j

Appeasement

hind Mr. Baird is E. H. Wilson,
Consumer Sales Representative,
Imperial Oil Limited.

| WILLIS ISLAND. CHAMP

or three-sod, for ladies young

len Morrissey Captures
laritime Plowing Crown

Another of the
took the gang plow event foxyboys
under 16 years and he also had
-|the best crown, straightest fur-
.| row and best finish.

Taylors, Bert

In the tractor plowing, two-sod

\

aside. from the championships,
th two-sod tractor open was won
by Norman Sheidow, Cherry Val-
ley, who also had the best ‘crown
and straightest furrow.

The three-sod tnactor open, also
had on Wednesday, went to Wil-

Sir Winston. and Lady Churchill

‘anniversary here'Friday and gifts

every part of the world.
stood by his decision that only a

OAP d’AIL, France (Reuters); a notable speaker in her own
right, an intellectual. and an ae
lete.

Within the year they had mar
ried at St. Margaret’s, Westm.is
ter, and, in» Churchill's -words,
‘dived hhappily ever after.”
They had five children. One of
them, Marigold, died of pneumo:
nia when a child. Then came
Diana, now married to Defence
Minister Duncan Sandys.

RANDOLPH ONLY SON
Randolph, their only son, -fel-
lowed, then Sarah, the actress
and now widow of the society
photographer Anthony Beau-
champ. And finally Mary, wife
of Christopher Soames, secretary
of state for war. There are nine
grandchildren.

Lady Churchill has always re-
garded the management of ker
husband as her hardest task. She’
once laid down the rules for any-

celebrate their golden wedding

and messages of congratulation
were flooding in Thursday from

But the 83-year-old statesman

small and intimate gathering
should mark the completion of
his half-century of married’ life.
The. Churchills are at Lord
Beaverbrook’s Riviera villa Ca-
poncina, where they have been
on vacation for the last six weeks.
The Cap d’Ail post office has
had to make special arrange-
ments to deliver the tremendous
mail for its famous guest, who is
also honorary mayor of this Med-
iterranean village.

Messages have come from
Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister
Macmillan and many Common-
wealth and foreign governments.

Gifts, Telegrams Pour In
On Churchill Anniversary

4

him should she die.

Rule No. 1 was: “Feed him
well. Give him a good dinner. His
dinner is very important in his
daily routine.”

There have been no secrets be-
tween them—not even war sec-
vets. Churchill ‘often rehearsed his
important speeches before his
wife, and when he rose in the
House of Commons to deliver
them he would look up toward
her in the ladies’ gallery and she
would raise her hand in great- |
ing and encouragement.

“MOST JOYOUS EVENT”

This characteristic tribute tu
her is written in his autobio-
graphy:

“My marriage was the most
fortunate and joyous event which
happened to me in the whole of
my life. For what can be more
glorious than to be united in one’s|
walk through life with a being|
incapable of an ignoble thought?”

mi, t (
ivriaces = who might have to care for
Informed sources in Paris say
Field. Marshal Viscount Montgom-
ery has been invited to the ceie-
bration. Others, it is thought here,
may include Churchill’s publisher,
Emery Reeves, and Mrs. Reeves;

Father Gi

ives His

riding a pendulum: between tri-

Houde
Dies In
His Sleep

MONTREAL (CP) — Camillien
Houde, a rotund, unpredictable
mixture of charm, fire and fight-
ing spirit, died Thursday in his
sleep. :

He was known to the metropolis
and the world as Mr. Montreal.
He had been the city’s mayor for
18 of his 69 years.

Mr. Houde’s death was as quiet
as the last four years of his life.
He had been in retirement, out
of the public eye, since’ 1954.

He spent last evening visiting
members of his family. A son-in-
law, Jean Louis Handfield, said
the old man had been in cheerful
spirits and planned to see his doc-
tor for a check-up this morning.

Mr. Houde was a flamboyant
part of the Quebec political scene,

umph and defeat, from 1923 to

Eisenhower Pledges No
InFarEast

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi-
dent Eisenhower pledged Thurs-
day night there would be no ap-
peasement in the Far East crisis
because he said that might lead
fo a major war.

At. the same time, Eisenhower
said, ‘‘there is some hope” that
Red China will agree to negoti-
ate a cease-fire in the Formosa
Strait.

Eisenhower spoke in a major
eastern policy speech carried on
television and radio.

Eisenhower described the Far
East tensions as serious but he

said:

“IT believe that there is not
going to be any war.’
Eisenhower said the United
States would neither be ‘lured
or frightened into appeasement”
because of Red China’s massive
bombardments and threats to in-
vade Quemoy and other Nation-
alist-held islands. He added:
‘“Now I assure’ you that no
American boy will be asked by
me to fight just for Quemoy. But
those who make up our armed
forces—and I believe the Ameri-
can people as a whole—do stand
ready to defend the principle that
armed force shall not be used for

President Has
Hope For Peace

‘strongly hinted Tuesday at pos-

should be able to arrange a cease-
fire: But if these talks fail, he
said:

‘here jis still the hope that
the United Nations could exert a
peaceful influence on the situa-
tion.’’

Eisenhower hinted) that he has
some specific proposals. in mind
to offer the. Reds.
State Secretary Dulles. had
sible concessions if the Peiping
regime would halt its military
operations in the Formosa Strait.
DIPLOMATIC MEANS

‘We believe that diplomacy can
and should find a way out,” Eis-
enhower said. ‘There are meas-
ures that can be taken to. assure
that these offshore islands will
not be a thorn in the side of
peace.

Eisenhower spoke roms his,
White House’ office. He inter-
rupted his Newport, R.I., vaca-
tion for -the. special report, and
will return to Newport today. .;

The president flew from New-.
port in his personal plane, ag
went direct from the airport to
the White House for conferences
and State Secretary Dulles. .

Greta Garbo; Mrs. Reginald Fe!l-

1953. He sat in the provincial and
lowes; Mr. and Mrs, Aristotle

federal houses, but his real role

Marlene Kitson, North River,
showed she has lost none of her

liam McInnis, St. Peters, with

the best crown and finish, while - Dulles conferred with the Jap-

aggressive purposes.””

skill as she won the. crown for
\ the: third consecutive year. She
. | was tops iin all three departments | row
of crown, furrow and finish.

second place Norman McSwain,
Morell, had the straightest fur-

‘Although entries in. various

Onassis; and novelist. Somerset
Maugham, also an octogenarian.
All these have recently ex-
changed visits ‘with the Church-

FORT ERIE, Ont. (OP) —
As a fierce Lake Erie storm

Life To Save Son

pital all he could say was:
“My father... my father.”

was as mayor of Montreal.

ONE OF 10 CHILDREN
Mr. Houde was the only child

SEES HOPE IN TALKS

Eisenhower said the Red Chi-
mese-American talks which are

anese Foreign Minister, Fuii-
yama, on the Formosa crisis as
well as the general international
situation before his meeting with

|Send Confessed Boy Killer
To Hospital For Examination

By ARTHUR EVERETT
NEW YORK (AP) —A_ smil-

crime was atttibuted by. the boy
to ‘an attitude toward his par-

| GIFTS INCLUDE WINES.

Ont., perished’ in the lake af-
ter he had tied his only life-
saver to, his son and pushed
him from the doomed rig.
Blake, the 32-year-old son,
jast saw his father clinging to
a wavering stanchion.
Police were searching the
: stilleraging northeast. shores

will be. I am here to represent
Sir; Winston’s children, and Ara-
bella to represent the grandchil-

Presents already received in-
clude a bottle of cognac 119 years
old, from the Chateau de Madrid

stood. there, holding on to up-
rights with the waves break-
‘ing over us, arguing about
the ring. :
“Finally, he grabbed a
‘ piece of rope and threw the
ring over my head. Hy started
tying it on to me.
“T started to argue again

“If I’m going to be honored in
history,” he said, ‘I would pre-
fer that with the legend of Cam-

‘\illien’ helping out, people - will}.

remember my good actions and
forget the bad ones.’’. %

. Mr. Houde married ‘twice and
is survived by his second wife,
the former Mignonne Bourgie

: ss : : { , 1 rsa the president.
potato classes were not numerous | ills. 4 a \ Later hh told the whole |in a family of 10 to live beyond expected to begin in Warsaw soon

WEDNESDAY Pes quality was considered excel-| Randolph Churchill and. his whipped 14 - foot waves e 3

ie the'‘bwo events of Wedoos-|Jeat. Ax in otfier yeare the Dix-| cleht-year-old daughter Arabella| Sesinet an olshore: at ig We mre wearing life pre- itain | rare on "
day when judging-was not ..com-| ons, of For Jed.the. way: with}, artived at Nice. by_air from, Lon-|. near.here.T ay eset. 7 ns fhe. n't es] ° ritain: s eS Naito at:
pleted due to rain ending the | Howard “winning first | dom and drove'to ‘the villa, surrendéred his one ie eat fe only had the |}. "y " ‘
program the results were an-| with his Bes oul and elso taking Interviewed at the airport, Ran-| survival so ere eae {one ring. I wanted him to S| Bi ht C Ser Chin gi oie oe
nounced yesterday. The big event foe championship. Arthur Dixon dolph Churchill said: “The cele-| live. - take it and he. wanted me to |333 a year. g ese
of the Provincial Plowing Match,! (Continued on page 5 Col. 2) | bration tomorrow will be very| Clarence Montgomery. ia 57- | take it. Mr. Houde refused to ‘write his

quiet. I don’t know who the guests year-old oilman from Selkirk, “Tt ‘sounds silly, but we | memoirs. LONDON (ap) — Britain shied| Winston Churchill’s columnist-son

away Thursday night from getting
| involved in any fighting that
out between the

seed a statement through a

spokesman
‘We have m ST etiindiahk of

Randolph, wrote in Lord Beaver-
brook’s Evening Standard:

“TI was lucky enough to see the
prime minister last night and am
happily in the position to tell the
world that Britain will stand by
the United States in the Far
East.

“Some people feel that the

ing, eight year old boy who: ‘said | ents.” restaurant at Villefranche wnere| of the lake for Mr. Mont- but this time he shut me up. {who bore him the last of his|any kind. pl United States. “United States let us down over

he knifed to death his mother] ‘Generally speaking, I’d be in-|hhe often dines, 12 bottles of its gomery’s body among the ‘Just get into this and listen,’ | three ,daughters, who wnat sur- 3-8 the Far East si Suez. We ain’t going to let the

and father was sent to Bellevue|clined to say they were strict,” |best vintage from a champagne| wreckage of the $75,000 rig the said. ‘Tell your. mother not. | vive. The statement was iasued six | United States down over Quemoy
rd}Hospital Thursday for mental Braisted added. firm, flowers from the Cap d’Ail| that he had built with the to worry. This is the only way Mayor Sarto Fournier wie that | hours before President Eisenhow-|or Matsu.” ’

tests. His stark, almost inered- IBLE MOTIVE municipality, and pictures by|° savings of 40 years of hard it could be. I’m old and you’re | if the family approves Mr. Houde | er’s: address on radio and televi-| The first i was’ that

ible confession raised a’ myriad POSS , : ; many amateur painters. Also en| work. young, Don’t any of you | will be given a civic funeral and| sion to give a personal report on|the Churchill article ieee have

of questions, including the big|~- Therein appeared to. lie the|route by air is a 25-pound choco- When Blake was found | worry about me. I’m in God’s | his ved will lie in state ot city gah Far East crisis. been inspired by Macmillan.but a

one—why?

Truelove Taylor, of
g Taylors, Dundas Cen-
| the way behind the
he easily defeated three

which had taken place between
his parents and ‘himself which he
gave as a reason for his. ac-
tions,” said Staten Island District
Attorney John M. Braisted’ of the

boy, Melvin Nimer’ Jr.

“He told of certain incidents:

To reporters, Braisted said the

YWOOD. (AP) Liz:
not in love with Debbie
‘has been.”

“We have never been
t than we have in this past

“What am I supposed to
him te go- back to her
He can’t. If he did,
Stroy each other.” -
‘“T don’t want this
to break up. There are
children and a beauti-
le ahead of us.”
' ‘of the screen's most
_ young beauties, Eliza-
taylor and Debbie Rey-
tsday unloaded verbal
in Hollywood’s most
triangle story. in

Vg lagaranag the third
trio, golden-
Batic Fisher, kept silent.
Ae and Debbie announced
‘hight they’re splitting,
out and is reported
apartment,

STORY,

While , filmland was piec-
gether the background of
From words of the
and feports of close
this ‘sequence can be

we Fisher: hero-worshipped
i Todd had. a. fatherly
00 for Fisher. They spent
together, and their

went along too.
th many male friend-
© Wives were not close
‘ hee and Debbie had known
er at MGM, but they
Te different worlds. They
,@ common except their

. i ships.
ed in a plane crash last
. The Fishers rushed to the

faylor, Debbie Reynolds
load New Verbal Barrages

‘pand, Eddie escorted her around

to draw them closer together.
But the square of friendship was
reduced toa triangle.

RETURNED TO WORK

After a period of grief, Liz re-
turned to work ‘and then, to the
social scene. She dabbled with
Jong-time friend, Arthur Loew
Jr., but he bored her. She re-
newed friendship with her first
husband, Nicky Hilton.

Still bored, she decided to take
a trip to Europe./ By a stroke of
chance, perhaps, she was in New
York when Fisher was there for
talks about his television show.
As an old friend of her late hus-

town.

He also took: her to the Cat-
skills resort where he and Debbie
had wed in September, 1955. Liz
“had a divine time.” But the New
York gossips saw more in their
dates ttian friendship.

The reports got back to Debbie
in Hollywood. She was dismayed.
She and Eddie had had their
quarrels, but they had always
been resolved. She had no reason

be sabotaged by pate

FDDIE BIG HELP

But Elizabeth Taylor is one of
the most beautiful girls in the
world. And she ‘says she found
Eddie’s friendship made her feel
“happier and mtore like a human
being than. I have at any time
since Mike’s death.”

“Almighty God has blessed you
both with great talent. But. your

richest gift will come from the

joys and happiness that will flow
from this marriage.’

So spoke the judge who mat-
ried Debbie and Eddie, voicing

to believe their marriage could.

only hint of a motive, if the boy’s
shocking confession is true. ~
But is the boy a crafty, men-
‘tally twisted schemer capable of
striking down the two people in
all the world who should have
been the objects of his deepest
love? Or is he a confused child,
ready in a state of shock and
grief to draw from the recesses
of his young mind a fantasy pic-
ture of complete untruth? ©

Both the state and boy’s de-
fenders -diligently sought the an-
swer.
“T don’t think he ever raised a
finger against his mother and
father,” said his lawyer, Harris
B. Steinberg.
- The Nimer boy’s parents, Dr.
Melvin Nimer and his wife, Love
Jean, both 31, were stabbed to
death in their Staten Island home
Sept. 2. The boy said they were
slain when they came to his aid
after an intruder in a white mask
tried to choke him.
Last Saturday, Braisted said,
the boy changed his story and
told of stabbing his parents with

‘late cigar, the gift of Swedish
Countess Kalergi.

It was at a dinner party in
1908 that Winston Churchill first
met his ‘Clernmie”—the beantiful
ash - blonde Celemtnine Hozier,
28-year-old daughter of Sir Henry
and Lady Blanche Hozier.

At 38, Churchill was. already
president of the board of trade
and a cabinet minister. She was

Snow Falls .
In Quebec

MONTREAL (CP) — Snow—
about four indhes—fell Thursday
at Eon Lake im northeastern Que-
bec, about. 100. miles south of
Goose Bay, Labrador.

“It’s unusually early to have so
much snow,” the weatherman
said in Montreal, ‘‘but after all
it is September.”

It wasn’t the earliest snowfall
either. A brief flurry fell around

a kitchen knife as they slept.

and taken to Fort Erie hos-

hands.’ Then he pushed me.”

hall,

U.S. PRODUCTION UP

With a yield of not more than
7,740,00 ewt., Prince Edward Is-
Jand’s potato crop this year is
expected to be 1;280,000 ewt. less
than the record production of
1957, or a reduction of 14.2 per
cent compared with last year.
At the same time Dominion
Bureau of Statistics figures re:
leased yesterday by the Mar-
keting Board office show that

tato production in the neigh.
forts ring Province of New Bruns-
wick will also be much less than

Knob Lake in Ungava during
August.

last year —7,735,000 | ewt. as

Estimates Indicate Drop.
In Island Potato Crop

opposed to 9,200,000 ewt in 1857,
or a drop of 16 percent.

All estimates were prepared
on the basis of conditions exist-
ing on August 15.

The entire Canadian crop is
forecast at 37.7 million cwt., 14
per cent below the 1957 crop
which was 44.1 million cwt., and
four per cent below the Canad.
ian ten-year average of 39.3 mil-
lion cwt.

\

=

BLAME LOWER YIELDS

The DBS bulletin notes that
this decrease is entirely due to

TO MEET WAGE BILL

major railways announced Thurs-
day night they will seek an im-
mediate 19-per - cent boost in
freight rates to meet a potential
wage bill of $60,000,000.

The cross-the - board increase
will be sought next week in a
joint CPR-CNR application before
the board of transport commuis-
sioners in Ottawa.

The railways also said they wil}
ask for an increase of 25 cents a
ton of coal and coke freight
charges.

The increases were foreshad-
owed, last week when the rail-
ways announced they wete
neither accepting nor rejecting .a
conciliation board majority reec-
ommendation for a 14-cent hourly
increase in pay for 180,000 non-
operating workers.

d
the hope of fans of the pigtaile
movie actress and her singing-
star bridegroom.

"side. The tragedy seemed

But it didn’t work out that way.

Age are

7 HRAVENUE
» cv'gants — Don-
‘ald Gordon of é the CNR and N, R.

|

press conference eight days ago
that they couldn’t meet any wage
increase- at present until they
were assured of more revenue to
meet the added costs.

The railways had estimated the
cost’ of granting the wage in-
erease and other benefits to the
130,000 ‘‘non-op” workers at $38,-
000,000 a year. ‘if extended to
other railway employees, the cost
would reach $60,000,000 a year.

The last freight rate increase
handed the railways was in Janu-
ary, 1957, when they got an in-
terim award of 11 per cent in-
stead of 15. per cent originally
asked. The. board approved the
full 15-per-cent increase Jan. 15,
1958, but it was suspended by
order-in-council pending appeal.

Three months later, the federal
government confirmed the 11 per
cent increase as final, but re-
jec21 an extra boost—amounting
to 3.6 per cent—to bring the rate

Railways Ask Rates Hike

MONTREAL (CP) — Canada’s Crump of the CPiR—said at a

increase up to 15 per cent,

In a joint statement, the two
railway presidents said the .in-
crease is being: sought ‘‘at this
time for the sole purpose of pro-
viding sufficient additional re-
venues to meet the cost of in-
creased wages and improved
fringe benefits for all railway
employees on the basis recom-
mended by the conciliation board
jn the non-operating wage case.’

URGENT SITUATION

The railways said they have
asked the board for a hearing on
the new application as early in
October as possible “in view of

the urgency of the situation, and|

mindful of the fact that a strike
vote is being taken by the non-
operating twnions.’

The statement said it is hoped
the board will vender a fast. de-
cision.

“The railwavs have not the fi-
nancial means of meeting these

additional wage costs,” Mr.
Crump and Mr. Gordon said.
“They eannot increase their
charges until the board of trans-
port commissioners has author-
izefl them to do so.” .

- ‘fhe 19-per-cent increase will be
proposed as a “bare bones”
amount to cover the future wage
bill, but the railways indicated
they would follow it up with a
’) farther bid later. ‘

“The railways are deferring
their other revenue problems on
which. the- board’s decision is
needed at this time so that the
crucial wage issue can be speed-
ily dealt with,” the statement
said.

Observers said a second rate-
boost application could be ex-
pected later this year. It would
likely be for about 16 per cent,
| put the precise amount would de-

pend larsely on the board’s rul-

lower yields, since the estimated
Canadian acerage | for 1958 at
311,000 acres is : slightly less
than last year’s 312,100 acres,
The expected average yield.
per acre is currently placed at
121.4 ewt per acre as compared
with 141.2 ewt acre produced in
1957.

With a similar production esti-
mate to-last year, vost ge ie xg
the only potato-producing Prov

ince in which the crop is not
expected to be less than la
year.

On the other hand, the United

ber. Ist, indicate that potato
growers south of the border ex-
pect production in the fiext 12).
months to jump to 259,046,000
ewt. an increase of 12.4 per cent
more than the ‘total crop esti-
mated at the same date last

estimates. are broken down as
follows,
156,000 ewt. (57,4440,000) ;
207,000); and. Western area; 68,-
$8,418,000 ewt. (59,614,000).
all , states
duction figure
ewt.,
000° ewt.. in 1957.

early harvests) is

ewt,,

cast at September Ist. last year

of | Mainland guns, and even they

Btates estimates as of Septem-|

st no. Ey the action.
fationalist defence minis-
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
Geographically the American wry said 57,746 Communist shells

the 1957 figure shown)
in brackets: Eastern area, 67,-
Cen-
tral area, 41,0001,000 ewt. (34,-

For
harvesting in the
Autumn this gives a total pro.|
of 176,575,000.
as compared with 151,261,-

The U. S. estimate for the en-
tire year (including spring and
259,046,000
or 28,749,00 cwt. greater
than the 12-month estimate fore-

The statement. appeared in-
‘tended to dispel fears in’ Britain
that Macmillan had reached a

secret understanding with Hisea-
on.

These fears arose after Sir

spokesman at the prime minis-
ter’s residence, declared:
“Mr, Churchill's article repre-
sents Mr, pegged get
and was not authorized by the
primé minister.”

“TAIPEI (AP) — Communist ar-
tillery Thursday broke up an-
other attempt of a United States-
‘escorted: convoy to land large
supplies on beleaguered Quemoy. | -
The Chinese Nationalists called it
the most violent bombardment

AP correspondent Gene;
Kramer, who witnessed the crash-
ing bombardment, said only two
‘of the 11 Nationasist landing ships
reaches the beach of Quemoy
Island, snuggled close under the

were forced to back off before
they had unloaded more than a
small part of their cargoes. - -
Qme of the retreating ships was
seen to be smoking, possibly from
a hit.

Thirteen warships of the U.S,
Jth Fleet, dimly seen through
haze well beyond the traditional
three-mile limit, apparently took

Red Artillery Breaks Up
Supply Convoy To Quemoy

a record bombardment that lasted
omn 3:58 to 9:30 p.m. The de-
fence ministry ealiet it an all-
out attack,

Halifax Boosts
Parking Charges

HALIFAX (CP) — The lowly
nickel will be worth only half as
much in downtown parking me-
ters beginning Friday.

New meters being installed in
the shopping area will limit park-
ers to a half hour instead of the
hour now recorded on the ma-
¢hines for a nickel.

WINNIPEG BLACKS OUT

‘WINNIPEG (CP) — Most of
downtown Winnipeg was blacked
out briefly Wednesday night for
the second time in four nights -
when two. heavy underground
cables carrying electricity to the

blasted Quemoy and its beach int

area failed.

By ED SMITH
WEDGEPORT N.S. (CP)—Red-
faced international tuna tourna-
ment officials maintained they
were right in calling off Thurs-
day’s fishing in the 15th annual

relatively calm sea.

WOULD QUIT QUEMOY

WELLINGTON, N. Z. (AP)--
Prime Minister Walter Nash

render of Quemoy and Matsu to
Communist China and a neutral,

Wednesday’s blustery, bone-freez-

*

Thursday night advocated sur.

fleet of tuna boats.

ing on the 19-per-cent application,

by the UN against aggression

“

demilitarized Formosa guarante

cup match despite a rosy sunris2,
clearing skies, light winds and a

The three-day series continues
today and there were no strikes
for four competing nations in

ing opening. Wednesday night
winds at dockside here gusted to
50 miles an hour and rain slashed
heavily at a double - anchored

it was this picture and a fore-

Tuna Match Officials Guess
Wrong, Weather Turns Fine

otal second storm front moving
into the area Thursday afternoon
that prompted officials to declare
an idle day. .~

SAIL FOR PRACTICE

Undeterred, portions of the U.S.
and British teams headed out for
a little’ practice fishing late in
the morning. Chief tuna’ associa-
tion guide Israel Pothier admit-
ted condtons weren’t “too bad”
and wnked a suggestion that it
would be. ‘ironic if fish. were
caught on day:’* There were
seven boats plying nearby Sol-
dier’s Rip and the Tusket River
mouth. No tuna had been caught
by late Thursday afternoon.