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with ice conditions rapidly be- coming worse. the big question on the minds of local shipping inter- esls is. how soon can their ships clear the harbour. There was no movement anywhere around the harbor yesterday. With the CGS Saurel away all ships were held at their berths.

The Saurel which had left port at four p m. Wednesday to convoy

she arrived at that port at nine gm yesterday. She was held up for three hours at Pictou with condenser trouble. After repairs were completed she then made three cuts in the harbour there, and left for Charlottetown at ap- proximately 3.30 in the afternoon. By 930 last night she was report- ed off Point Prim. and it was est- imated that she would arrive in- side the harbor about midnight. Auangements were being made

the Brant to Pictou. reported that.

late last night to have the Saurel convoy the potato boat Seagull out early this morning. This ship com- pleted loading yesterday afternoon. At the same time that the Seagull is taken out, the.Irviug Company tanker Seekonk is expected to follow in her wake until she reach- es the Irvingbrook. The tanker is expected to be loaded by the time the Saurel is on her way in from taking the Seagull out to open water. and will then enter the har- bor again in the wake of the government ship.

The lrvingbrook was harself held last for several hours yester- day but succeeded in freeing her- self during the afternoon. and she continued to lie to off St. Peter's Island.

A third tanker of the Irving fleet. the lrvinglake, which had been undergoing repairs in Pictou, sailed from that port late Wednes-

. CANADA. nunav, DECEMBER 23. 1958

30 DEATHS IN CALIFORNIA

Local Shipping Held Up Pending Saure-I's Return

day and became fist h the ice off Pictou Island. as. also succeed- ed in freeing herself yesterday afternoon. and proceeded to Syd- ney, N.S.

The Irving Company are ing to be able to complete a third trip with the Seekonk early Saturday providing conditions permit. The ship is carrying a cargo of 400.: 000 gallons'of fuel and stove all each trip the concentration on these types of products is being made. as they receive the grant- est call from the general public at this season of the year.

The fertilizer boat. Mexico. com- pleted discharging her cargo yes- terday afternoon. Up until late last night it was not known wheth- er she would take on a cargo of potatoes. The ship has suffered damage to her heating and water systems. which has made it nec- essary for the crew to be billetted

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ashore.

Ion. Eugene Cullen. Minister of Agriculture. said yesterday on his return from Ottawa that the door has not been closed on the British deal for Canadian potatoes. in con- ferenco with officials of the Dep- artment of Trade and Commerce. Mr. Cullen was told that negotiat- ions would be carried on to see if some of the surplus Canadian crop could be diverted to the Bri- tish isles. -

The officials in making compar- ison with the l947 deal with Great Brltian pointed out that the agree-

Says Door Not Closed On Potato Deal With Britain

ment on the part of the United Kingdom to buy Canadian potatoes was part of a post war contract that had been negotiated between the governments of the counttries concerned. while in the present instance it is a matter of negotiat- tion between the importers of Great Britain and the exporters of Canada.

It was also pointed out that as long as the Old Country could get their supplies in the sterling area there would be reluctance on their part to negotiate with a country in the dollar area.

Mr. Cullen said that while these

things were pointed out to the delegation. hope was expressed that something may yet be worked out. Questioned regarding the starch support program. Mr. Cul- len said that the Potato Board manager had covered this phase of the conference thoroughly and there was little he could add to Mr. Campbell's report.

The Minister was pleased with the reception of the delegation st Ottawa. noting that they were giv- en plenty of time to present their case in which both Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick were essentially in agreement.

ay THE CANADIAN rnnss

A mow storm Thursday loosened the grip of a three-day cold snap in sections of Ontario. but contin- ued nose - nipping weather was forecast for the Prairie: and east- ern provinces. From five to eight inches of now were predicted for central and southern regions of Ontario bcfora the snowfall was due to end Thursday night. The weatherman Predicted a econd eastward-mow lng storm would dump more snow on the province Friday. Quehoc was due for some snow Friday and moderating tempera- Nfm. Ina weatherman said. But thermometer readings overnight Thursday were well below zero llH'0lIlih0llt the province.

IIILGAIY FIAM FLOODG The Bchuoatoa weather office n-

Coming Events

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Daagcloui Ilndlo lull. Hou- uor Orchestra. g enact Mounts ltd ..&1. Ian -Q-istaaan soa- otlt. . Dan. I.

Come to wane". Nona Ichool 'Concert tonight, Doc. j.

Fairviow dchool Concert. Anni Hall. Friday, Decasnhar I.

Holiday dance, It. 's Iall. Souris. Tuesday, pi Cliff Potarrs' Orchestra. ' g

The Christmas Gucci of Not- boro School will be bald h Nor- boro School Friday. Dec. 3rd.

Grand Bingo St. Andrew's Hall, Mt. Stewart. Monday. Dec. 36. p:). n games. Jackpot, 050. Door n so.

Uinioaclug car of Camp feed! Satnrdu nun. Special off-car prices. try our ecu arming service lahekvl Vernon River coop.

noon. I to Pin Crapaud Rink. Admission ten cents. Special

3 vizhznmggmant confirmed the coil-'

in March, loss. was found by I new court headed sy'suiI.

Regular school skate this sfter- of

Snow Storm Breaks Cold Wave In Parts Of Ontario

ported Thursday the weather was cloudy and cold over most of the Prairies.

periods of light snow to most re- gions. M ax im um temperatures were forecast at from zero to five- bclow except tbr 35- to 40-above in the Chinook belt of southern Alberta.

Chinook winds which have been hitting Calgary "are causing city officials a lot of worry.

They expressed concern Thurs- day over flood conditions which could develop if Chinooks re- mained in the area for any length of time. They met Wednesday to snap out plans for any flood dan- ger which might develop during the Christmas season.

WARMING UP SLIGHTLY

Continued cold weather for most of” the Maritimaa Thursday and Friday was forecast by the Hali- fax weather office. Temperatures Friday however. were expected to warm up slightly with 5. d " ” ' ' ” winds. The weatherman said the storm which hit Ontario was expected to pass south of the Maritime Fri- day. Except for anowflurrles along the windward coasts. fine weather will continue in most localities, he sa d.

cr.Asr:Wrrns: AGREEMENT

KUALA LUMPUR. Malaya (CP) A cease-fire between government forces and Communist rebels will begin Friday night over about 400 square miles of north Malaya whore "peace talks" are scheduled hztaks place. the government an- nounced Thursday. The cease-fir was the north Malayan area will apply from Friday until 10 days after the meeting Ictuall, takes P

Court Rules

GTTAWA (CPI.-r The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in effect raorsdav that tho'RChfP is a mill- my organisation oi with powers

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formar RCMP acting

Wat John Robert Cunningham to in January. 150. on four

char asof conduct unbecoming a

mom of the force.

White dismissed from the RCMP

George J. Archer of Vancouver, I. condoning the consumption of

liquor by a female juvenile: 2. occupying a hotel room with

FARMER FLASHING TOO MUCH MONEY.

WINNIPEG (CP)-A farmer from Swift Current. Sask.,

Pacific disturbances gave brief.

walked into a drug store in one I of Winnipeg's rougher districts I Wednesday and flashed a bun- . die of 81.000 bills.

"I counted over 2) of the bigger bills he was waving around," said the store owner. I-l.v Shapiro. "He admitted him- self that he had more than 541.- 000 in cold cash. I couldn't stand it."

Mr. Shapiro called the police who escorted the farmer to headquarters for a little talk. It turned out the farmer had recently sold some property back home.

He followed police sugges- tions and deposited the money with a trust company.

French Gov'i' Ponders Troops For Algeria

pAms iAPl ..- Premier Edgar- Faura and his top aides. in the middle of a hot election campaign. Thursday considered a request for 00,000 more troops to keel) Order in Algeria.

Nationalist terrorism mounted in the area. administered as part. of France, and rebel nrnpasandists spread tracts saying worse was yet to come.

The call for reinforcements was made by resideilt-ilweml J-cqueo sougceue and got favorable con- sideration Wednos(lay at a meeting including Premier Faure and the government committee to coordin- ate North African affairs.

However, Faurc decided to send his top adviser. Jacques Duhsmel, for a quick look at the Algerian situation before taking any deci-

Is Military Organization

absence from the RCMP and chief the attorney general for Canldl w

chill of Mr. Justice HCFDGN 5- Wood of. the B. C. Supreme Court.

siv steps.

R. C. M. P.

fenced to a 0100 fine and reduction in rank to constable. He annealed to the British Columbia Supreme Court which dismissed a motion to have the case taken from RCMP hands and dealt with in the civil courts.

The B. C. court of IWDPIIS "r versed the decision. ordering the civil courts to hear the case.

Supt. Archer. now on leave of

eftho Vancouver city P0"C'5- "Id to the supreme 0001" mum-ed the original de-

Mr. Justice I. C. rand of the Sn- s-Court worte in his relwlll Iudunont that the RCMP has

liner Comet III may have dam- aged one engine in in early-mor- llllll flllht in frigid temperatures hm Clrly Thursday. engineers re- Ported Thursday night.

the experimental Comet- balked on the last lap of a globe-circling tour-will be flown to Toronto be- fore making another attempt at an Atlantic crossing.

plane received a iearching all-day IIIIGY ll assrby Dorval airport. where the Comet took off early Thhgldaw flat Britain, turning back w a ra-warning sign I

paared on the instrument paanel..p.

airborne less than an hour and landed on three -nllnes without apparent difficulty. -

by I do Bavilland spokaaman- seemed to follow in. line. of . tentative diagnosis made by pilot :0” Ctmllinlhlm shortly after no craft.

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Airmen Safe After Plane Is Crash Landed

WINNIPEG (CF)-Three U. 5. Air Force officers. forced to spend a sub-zero night by their plane that crash landed in northwestern Ontario Wednesday night. walked through deep snow to safety Thurs- day.

Within hours the men were on

their way to their home base at Minneapolis. I The plane, its pilot lost in a blinding snowstorm, came down on a snow-covered clearing about seven miles northwest of Graham. Out. The pilot. Capt. H. W. Burch of Omaha, Neb.. co-pilot Capt. D. L. Stovery of East Beckley, W. Va. and chaplain. Major E. R. Veatch of Drake. N. D., escaped injury when their plane clipped several trees and dropped into the snow as darkness closed in over the isolated area.

No Action On Israel Oust-er

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (AP) Syria formally proposed a resolu- tion Thursday to expel Israel from the United Nations.

Syrian delegate Ahmed Shukalry laid it before the Security Council, which under the rules will v.-vte on it only if a member so re- quests.

The council recessed for Christ- mas wlthoui any action except an appeal by its president. Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand. for peace in the troubled land.

Shukairy said expulsion was nec- essary to punish Israel for an at- tack 11 days ago on Syrian out- posts east of the Sea of Galilee and to deter her from future at- tacks on Arab countries. ECONOMIC PENALTIES"

The resolution also would con- demn lsrael for that assault. call on the UN's 76 member nations to apply economic penalties against Israel and decide that that country should compensate Syria for all losses.

DAMAGED ENGINE

MONTREAL (CP)-Britain's jet-

De 'Havllland engineers reported

Tha statement came after the

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tho record-breaking air- The spokesman said "a fitting on

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Children of all ages from pre- school to the higher grades living at the P.E. Island Protestant Orph- anage took part in the annual Christmas concert last night. pres- ented by them for the enjoyment of friends of the young folk. Major T.E. MacNutt presided.

Floyd Hicken extended the wel- come to the large number of guests in. attendance.

The program opened with a group of four number. by pre- school children followed by Ernest Larter in a recitation. "The stuffed Dog". and Joseph MacKinnon in the solo "Jingle Bells". "Dancing Around The Christmas Tree was then staged by a junior group and Calvin Glover sang "Open Up Your Heart" and the juniors fav-

SYDNEY (CF)-A navy heli- copter lifted the pregnant widow of a drowned lightkeeper from lonely St. Paulls island. 15 miles off the northern tip of Cape Breton island. Thursday.

Mrs. Mary Gatza. 27. whose hus- band drowned when aboatswain's chair dropped into the sea Tues- day. was flown here for medical examination. She expects a baby in April.

Doctors said her condition was satisfactory. She le't later for her home in New Waterford. l4 miles from here.

50-MILE WINDS .

The helicopter from Shearwater naval air station near Halifax was set down on the rocky island by Lt.-Cmdr. G. J. Laurie of Sovlft Current. Sask. He had to cope with H)-mile-an-hour winds and slow squalls in the 45-minute flight from Sydney airport. Finding a landing spot was difficult because of hilly terrain and snow but he got down safely.

High seas made it impossible for Mrs. Gatza to leave the island by

POSSIBLE

In London. a British Overseas Airways Corporation spokesman said shortly after the incident oc- curred that a new engine may be flown from Britain for the plane.

The Comet. a flying laboratory. took off shortly after i a. m. EST with pilot John Cunningham and to other persons aboard. including co-pilot Peter Bugge. navigator Robert Chandler. and 14 passen-

ers. all but one of them Rolls-

oyce and da Hsvilland techni- cians. studying the flight charac- teristics.

Cunningham. stressing that "nothing like this happened be- fore" on the plane's record-breab ing, globe- circling demonstration night. said the fire-warning light

New Engine Icing Sent

HATFIELD. England (Reuters) The de Havilland Aircraft Com-

Eny. makers of Britain's Comet je airliner which was forced to tu back after leaving Mont-

real for London today, announced

Children At Orphanage Give Christmas Concert

Widow OI, Lightkeeper Picked Up By ,'Copter

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RHYTHM BAND PERFORMERS AT ORPHANAGE CONCERT.

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oured with another chorus "Away In A Manger. A dialogue ”A Muss At Christmas" was followed by Debbie Genge singing "The Snow- flake".

The Junior Rhythm Band was particularly effective in "Jingle Bells" and "My Gift To You recit- ed by Barbara Ann Cameron was followed by the boys chorus "Deck the Halls". concluding the first portion of the entertainment.

Following intermission. two chor uses were given; "Angels We Have Heard On High" and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" and two vocal numbers. "Me and My Teddy Bear" by Roberta Chisholm and "White Christmas" by Sylvia Grat- to. Eight juniors presented "Why

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boat. She and her husband had been there two years but planned

to leave next spring. in 1"" coo -- :2:

she sipped a cup of coffee at the airport.

CABLE BROKE

George Gatza, 29. assistant light- keeper on St. Paul's. dropped 35 feet into the sea when a cable broke as he was travelling by boatswain's chair across 100 feet of open water separating two sec- tions of the island.

He fell among rocks and was last seen clinging to ,the aerial surf carried him away. An assistant and companion in the chair, Marlin Baker of Jed- dore. N. 5.. was able to reach

Paraguay (Puiet After Crisis

ASUNCION. Paraguay (AP) -- President Alfredo Siroessner re- vealed Thursday a "command crisis" broke out Wednesday in the lat Cavalry Division but said the situation was well in hand.

Other sources said the outbreak actually was an unsuccessful re- volt against St.oessner's govern- ment. involving not only some cav- alry units but the entire Asuncion police force. Sir 's commu-

Covers Island

Prince Edward Like the Dew-

on. ,

Torrential rain continued and more was forecast. The Red. Cross said the already serious disaster situation probably would grow worse.

Elmer Hodgkinson. managing editor of the Humboldt Times at Eureka. reported the drowning toll of 30 in a short wave radio mes- sgae relayed by the naval reserve station there.

Phone communication with all

I Humbold county was cut off. High-I

ways and rail lines also were cut.

TWENTY-FIVE SWEPT AWAY Hodgkinson's message said 25 persons were seen carried away in the flood at Rio Dell, downstream from Weott.

He said several homes were swept away at Bellevue with screaming victims trapped inside. Two women and a girl were car- rled away in the north fork of the American river in Placer county as they attempted to flee the flood water. , Meanwhile the situation began to improve in western Oregon, where suddenly rising rivers drove at least 1,500 persons from their homes and left stranded hundreds of travelers, homebound for Christ- mas.

nique was the first official ack- uowledgement of the trouble.

MONTREAL ICP) - Fire whip- ped through a four-storey rooming- house building in midtown Mont- real Thursday night aud at least six persons. iucludiny four tira- men. were injured.

None was seriously hurt and there was believed to be no loss

streets. district fire chief Andre Plalsant said the fire was under control.

Plalsant estimated the damage at 5200.000.

Scores of pieces of fire-fighting equipment converged on the St. Catherine-Bleury intersection and firemen fought the blaze in sub- zero weather.

The fire raced upward through the building and broke through the roof. sending flames shooting 25 feet into the air. The back section

corner of St. Catherine and Bleury ii

The weather also turned colder.

Six Persons Iniured As Fire Hits Rooming House

At one time the flames Innat- anad a movie theatre.

Theatre manager Jean loivln said there were about 00 persons in the theatre when the fire started and all left.

NO DEATHS KNOWN

Director Raymond Para of the Montreal fire department said thfera apparently was no loss of

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"But I can't say for a cttolnty" he said. "Firemen haven't been able to search the building. It may even take days."

The injured:

Miss Mai-ie-Jeanne Gagnon. 80. suffering tom shock and smoke.

Mrs. Legis Poirier. 34, shock and smoke.

Fireman Hector Fortin, O. h- illred in fall from third floor: su- tent of injuries not known.

F'l;Eman Raymond Payette, 38.

of the roof collapsed.

shore. I-Io suffered a badly lacera- ted head. Mrs. Gatza said his con- dlton was improving.

The men were bringing home Christmas supplies from a govern- ment lighthouse tender when the accident happened.

The expected baby would be the

Gatzas' first child. They were married three years ago.

. Final Lap Ot Comet's Test Flightls Delayed

appeared IV: minutes after the plane was airborne. bound for Lon- don non-stop.

He immediately shut off the on- gine and jettisoned surplus fucl-- eroaene-in preparation for an immediate landin . STANDARD PROCEDURE

"This is what happened." sxud Cunningham. "We had begun n'.lT climb after takeoff when the tire warning signal showed. it cons:-.ts of I hell and four red lights, one for each of the -t