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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 217, 1951

Vote Counting Slow In Newfoundland Election

Five Killed, 12 Injured When Truck Sideswipes Quebec Bus In Snowstorm

ST. HYACINTHE, Que.. Nov. 26 - iCP) -- Five persons were kill- ed today and at least 12 others in- jured when a heavy truck side- gwiprd a bus in a blinding snow- 5iOl'fTl.

Dr-ad are:

Mrs. Paul Fcrland. 31. of Di-ummondvilic. Que.

Georges Liguori Delcourt, 48. of Drummondvillo.

Mrs. Aurore Demers. 44, of Drummondvilie.

Jacqueline Leclalre. 21. of Si. Germain de Grantham. Que.

Jenn Jacques Peloquin. 21, of St. Germain de Grantham.

The 27-pascnger bus was en route from Driimmondviiie to Mon- trcal when the accident occurred gto nearby Ste. Helene de Bsgot st. Hyacinihe is some 40 miles east of Montreal.

Police said the box of the three- ton dump truck hit the bus and crashed through 10 windows on the left-hand side.

The dead and injured were those sl"ing toward the front on that side.

The box of the truck was ripped off The truck spun around but rrinniilcd on the highway. The bus ; tied off the highway down a five-foot embankment into a ditch.

Witnesses reported glass and other wreckage strewn for 80 feet along the highway.

Coming Events

"Dance. Ilkirest Hill I-laii. Wed-

nesday. November 20th. Turners

Orchestra. . "Dance - Regular dance at

Fcnner Stewart's barn tonight.

Door prize. bus as usual.

"Ford party and lunch. l-lope River Credit Union Hall. Wednes- tlny. Nov. 28th.

"Don't miss last Dance of sea- son. Tuesday night. November 27th. in Stanley Bridge Rink Hall.

"For Snapshots that will not fade mail your Films and Negw tives to Garnhum Photo Studio: Charlottetown.

;'CH.rd Party in Hamilton rrall. Nova-n1bel' 27th at 8 o'clock. Lunch. Prizes. Aid of Institute.

"Sadie llawkins Dance. Fort Augustus Hall on Wednesday. Nov- ember 28th.

"Farmers, ask about the Sin.-r

Giln Feed Finance Plan. For particulars contact your local iced mill.

"Dance at Gordon Lodge every Pfldii.i'. Musir; by Roblchnud. Danc-

li tn 1. Roads and weather per-g mltting. "Reserve Tuesday evening.

Nov. 27th. for an "All-Star" con- cert in Hunter River Hall. spon- sored by C.VV.L.

"Notice to ratepayers, New Lon- din school: Taxes are now due. No discount after December 1st. Fnrl Corr. Secretary.

"licnr Douglas Mucharinnc. itirslilcnt P.E.i.. C.C.F. Party Fiicnk over CFCY Tursdoy. No-

vnnibor 27th at 8.25 pm.

,"Bu.v1ng Dressed Geese and liucks Thursday. Grade A birds -should be dry plucked and dressed at least 12 hours before market- ;n:. R. L. Dickieson. New Glasgow.

"Don't miss Dance. Wednesday. November 23th. Winsloa Station iinll. Sponsored by Milton Hockey --luh. Music by Doiron Brothers Tirrhrstra.

"Dance in st. Mary's Parish Hall. Souris. Wednesday. Novem- lifr nth. c'halmon's Orchestra. canteen service. Last Dance before Advent.

"Don't miss the Shut Gain Amateur Cavalcade in Vernon mver Hall. Thursday. December

13th. Contestants 4 to 10 years. Send entries to Mrs. Norman Mc- Millan.

"Free show. Cockshutt pre- Rents--The Long Furrow. A new "M different natural colour all- :"l"irl movie. plus added short Irniures and comedies also read- .."” by J. R. Compton. At Tciover Club" Hall. Grafton st.

"Willy. Nov. 27th. 8 p.m. No Idfnissloll. Door prises. Children "N" 13 ylars must be accom- panied by parents. Iigned Weeks

PREFI-IRS PRICE CONTROL T0 RETAIL PRICE FIXING

The special parliamentary com- mittee investigpting problem of retail price-fixing, now meeting in Ottawa, was given laborts opinion of resale price maintenance when Eugene Forsey. submitted a 4.000.- word brief on behalf of 360,000- member Canadian Congress of Labor. Mr. Forsey. seen above. maintained that the C. C. L. is - pposed to practice of resale price maintenance only to the extent that it may injure the public. He added. however. that the Congress prefers to concentrate on price' controls which it believes more effective in dealing with living costs.

Fishdman Safe Afier Two Days Of Hardsiih

HALIFAX. Nov. 28 -((JP)- Fred Myra, 39-year-old fisherman from nearby East Dover, arrived here tonight and told a. story of bitter hardship while his small boat drifted two days and nights on the stormy Atlantic.

Myra guided his 30-foot cape Island boat into Rose Bay today and ended an intense search by planes and surface craft.

Three cigarettes. four matches and a mouthful of water were his only comforts. When night came his burned on oil-soaked cap on an car to attract attention. When this failed "I got my oars out-and rowed until dawn to keep away frost-bite."

Ihrly today. he stripped down his engine carefully, Then he re- assembled it. It started without much trouble. .

while heading for shore his boat nearly capsized. Said Myra: "Another half hour and I'm sure l'woi.-1 never have made it. The

liberal ETecied In Only Seal lieporiini

By Canadian Press staff Writer

8I'. JOHN'S. Nild., Nov. 2-3 - (OP)-Esrly returns from New- foundland's general election today showed re-election of Health Min- isier J. R. Chaiker in the Liberal stronghold of Harbor Grace.

It was the fifth seat won by Premier Joseph Smsllwood's Lib- eral Party-four candidates hav- ing got acciamations.

Harbor Grace-the first district to report returns in Newfound- land's first provincial election in May. 1949, was the first and only constituency to report returns to- night.

Under a 1913 election act, count- ing could not begin until all bai- lot boxes from a district were col- lectcd at a single point. This is a formidable task in Newfoundiand's rugged terrain and deeply indent- ed coastline.

Mr. Chslker's re-election was reported when it became apparent he was increasing the ratio of his majority over the 1949 polling. when he won the seat with an edge of nearly 900 Votes. His op- ponent today was R. F. Parsons. a Progressive Conservative.

The last count was 1.335 to 480.

Liberals went to the polls with four seats already secure by ac- ciamation but found opposition in all other ridings.

Counting officials for St. John's East and West. both- dual rldings. said the vote appeared to be heav- ier than in the last election.

To Resume Today

They started counting tonight and will resume at ii A. M. N. s.'r. tomorrow. , Hw-

One 'retui-ning officer. in Plac- entia-St. Mary's. reported that a storm would delay returns in his district because it would make col- lection of boxes from three polls. one on an island. difficult.

Another storm which struck Nova Scotia tonight with gusts up to 65 miles an hour was expected to sweep across Newfoundland and may further delay final results.

A boat collecting returns in 1949 got stuck in heavy ice and the final result was delayed for a month. Election officials, however. expect ii better showing this time.

The weather today as the voters

coast and clear and cool in th

Plan Trans-Canada Highway Conference

OTTAWA. Nov. 25--(CF)-Fed eral and provincial officials con- nected with the Trans-Canada Highway will hold a technical meeting here Nov. 28-30. the Re- sourccs Department announced to- day. The meeting will be at- tended by 2'1 provincial delegates. including deputy ministers and senior technical officers. from the eight provinces which have sign- ed the Trans-Canada Highway agreement. Quebec and Nova Scotia. which have not signed. have been invited to send observ-

wind was getting stronger all the time."

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Canadians To Maintain

Identity In

By DOUGLAS HOW

worn 'fil-IE CANADIANS IN GERMANY. Nov. D6--(CP)-Can- adt:i'a 2'ith Brigade has joined the British Army of the Rhine-the so-called B. A. O. R.-but orders from Ottawa and London are that it is to maintain its identity as a separate Canadian fonnation un- der this army's command.

Brig. Geoffrey Walsh's forma- tion has been assigned an inde- pendent role within an army grad- ually building up into a powerful armored striking force under Gen. Sir John Harding. who led the 'rth Armored Division's leg- endary Desert Rats at El Ala-

lt is classed as an independ t brigade group and it has been placed directly under Harding's commend nil-ier than in the sub- ordinste lat Corps which embrac- es the three British divisions in Northwest Germany.

It may from time V to timfi be

uoed with I British division grtraining purposes but there is ho intention of integrating it with s' division in the way the lath nrgsda has been made port of the Commonwealth Division in Korea.

Walsh has been given a consid- enble demos of autonomy to or onta his brigade as a Canadian

Ur"! Equipment.

would operate it one of his first

Rhine Army

steps. for instance. was to read 8. A03. orders and decide which orders he wanted to apply to the will Brigade.

As one minor example. B.A.O. R. has ruled that sergeants and up may wear civilian clothes off duty. This is not likely to apply to the Canadians for some time.

BA.0.R. is. in effect. the peace- time extension of the 21st Army Group. the wartime force that embraced the Second British and First Canadian Armies. It was re-named at the and of the war.

it now has s dual character. it is both an occupa ion force and a defence force but the Canad- ians have joined it at s time when the occupation- functions have dwindled to s point where 90.9 per cent of its time is spent training to fight.

A fourth British division in coming into Germany this winter. it will give Harding three British armored divisions. including the new version of the Desert Rats. and one British division. Their manpower is a mixture of regu- lar. and men called up for two years' compulsory training.

The British area also embraces Belgian. Norwegian and Danish units. The Belgians in Germany outnumber the Canadians consid- erabiy. the Norwegians snd Danes don't.

turned out was cloudy on the wesg

OTTAWA. Nov. 5-(CP)-Orr position and Government mem- bers today in the Commons criticized the release. however temporary. of German General Kurt Meyer from the German prison where he is serving a life sentence for war crimes against Canadian troops in the Second World War.

George Drew. servative lender. there should be "no intermed- iate stage" of punishment for Meyer. Either he was guilty or not.

George Crulckshank (L-Fraser Valley) said that as a veteran of the First World War he thought it is a "blot" on Canadian law that "this rat" should be permit- ted to spend a week-end with his wife while 19 Canadian mothers mourned the death of their sons

Progressive Con- protested that

House Members Critical Of Kurt Meyeris Release

Ralph Campney. parliamentary assistant to Defence Minister Ciaxton. said that when Meyer was transferred from a Canadian prison to the German prison some weeks ago it was under- stood that he would come under the same rules governing others in the German prison.

Making Inquiries

The department. he added. is inquirying as to the rules applied in the German prison.

Mr. Drew. raising the question. quoted a. Canadian Press dispatch which said CP reporter Douglas How. visiting the home of Mey- er's mother at Offlenbcn. Ger- many. found Meyer there playing with his children.

Meyer said he was there under a system which allows war pris- oners to go home on leave from time to time.

at the hands of Meyer's troops.

More Tariff

WASHINGTON. Nov. 28 - (AP) - Atlantic fishermen asserted to- day foreign producers of fresh and frozen groundfish fillets will "usurp" the entire American mar- ket unless tariff relief is forthcom- ing. .

O.R. Strackbein, chairman of the National Labor-management Council on foreign trade policy. outlining the case for the American producers at a. tariff commission hearing. said:

"The competitive advantage lies with Canada. Iceland and Norway

3 "and should these countries he as- sured that our tariff or customs treatment of fresh and frozen fil- lets remain unchanged. it would be purely a matter of time until our fishennen are driven from the

seas and our processing plants closed."

The foreign producers, he said. enjoy the competitive ad- vantage of lower wages. infer- ior working conditions and. in some cases. government subsid- ies.

Strackbein related that dofnestic

lxon pounds in 1930 to 138 million pounds in 1950 - an increase of

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g But. he said, during that same period imports jumped from 9.400.- 000 pounds to 6-1000.000 pounds, an increase of 588 per cent.

Etrackbein suggested that the same period imports jumped from 9.400.000 pounds to 64.900000 pounds. an increase of 583 per cent. '

Strackbein suggested that the "only appropriate remedy” lies in the imposition of a "flexible but absolute quota" on imports. as authorized under the Trade Ag- reements Extension Act of 1951.

"We suggest." he said, "that this quota be set as a percentage of ac- tual consumption in this country.

"We suggest further that the actual percentage rate to be es- tablished be the same as the per- centage relationship between im- ports and actual domestic con- sumpiion during the three preced- ing years." .

such a proposal he said. would have a two-fold effect.

"Imports could no ionizer fright- en the domestic producers into a panick. retreat upon the appear- ance o a buyer's market or the development of a surplus . . . . do- mestic producers could plan ahead with greater confidence and as- surance."

He also urged that the commis-

Maclionalii Denies Election Rumors

HALIFAX. r Nov. 26-tCP)-Pre- mier Macdonaid tonight denied a Sydney report that he intended to call a provincial election next June. '

The Sydney Post-record today quoted a "reliable source" as say- ing ”Thc Liberals feel their strength has ebbed since 1949 and that the construction of a per- manentgrrosslng at the Csnso Strait and the old age pension scheme would provide active cam- paign material."

The newspaper further quoted the source as saying that the elec- tion would be held shortly after construction began on the 823.- 000.000 Cans project.

Premier sedonaid said "the reliable source is not so reliable after all." He said he would deal with the question of rumors of an election Friday at the annual

U. S. Fishermen Urge

production climbed from 99.4 mil-

Protection

sion increase the duty rate from the present We cents a pound to 2-.5 cents.

Similar pleas for -relief came from Rep. William H. Bates (Rep. Mass), Mayor John J. Burke. Jr.. of Gloucester. Mass. and Francis W. Sargent. director of the Mass- achusetts Conservation Depart- ment's Division of Marin: Fisher- ies. r

Canadian opposition

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Savage Ellie: Rage Along Most of Front

MUNSAN, Korea. Nov. If - (Tuesday) - (OP) - United Na- tions and Communist negotiators Monday night initislied an agreed cease-fire line across Korea, marking up their first big success in 4 1-2 months of hard bar- gaining.

In a tent covered with the win- ter's first snow. staff officers drew it thin red line across two 14-foot maps-one for the Allies one for the Communists-- and then penned their initials.

The sub-committee will meet again today to approve the agree- ment and an hour later the full cease-fire delegations will meet to ratify it.

The first item of the agenda to be settled. it will be the cen-

T-i'i':'c:TitiFiE?dTofr-age 5 CEI.-0).. Gale Damages

Phone. Power lines In N.S.

HALIFAX. Nov. 26--(CF)-Ilaiii and strong winds slashed most of Nova Scotla today. causing power failures in many centres and disruption of telephone and telegraph services.

At Halifax. where the winds reached gale velocity. power fail- ures left many homes in tempor- ary darkness. phones were put out of commis- sion in the suburbs.

The brunt of the storm centred along the coast between Halifax and Cape '

Breton. where it is expected to peter out tomorrow.

UITAWA. NOV. 26 -(CPi- Rep- resentatives of the Fisheries Council of Canada are in Wash- ington today tb oppose before the United States Tariff Commission an application by New England interests for increased tariff pro- tection against imports of Call- odian fish. council officials said.

The council said the main com- plaint against imports appeared to be coming from organized labor in the U. S.

The council representatives in Washington today would "refute claims of injury to the U. 5. do- mestic industry" as a result of fish imports. officials said. and in addition would be supported by distributors of fishery products in the U. S. who will claim that a strong market for these products could not be satisfied without supplies from Canada and other countries.

"Canada has voiced strong pro-

tests to the U. S. over the barring of cheese and some other agri- cultural products." the statement by the council said. "Any inter- ference with the trado agreements covering fishery items would be a more serious matter and would undoubtedly lead to retaliatory measures being taken by this country." The U. S. is the biggest market for Canada's fish exports and the item under investigation" Zroundfish fillets--accounts for about 810,000,000 a year, with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland the chief suppliers.

Niecebf-Queen Is Now Working Girl

LONDON. Nov. Another British" came a working girl rlcln Bowes-Lynn. l9. II niece of Queen Elizabeth. Patricia turned up for work for the first time in her life today behind a ladies" ready-to-wear counter in a Lon- don department store. She is the latest in the steady stream of aristocracy forced back to work by high post-war inxcs.

Halifax Receives 5250.000 Grant

HALIFAX. Nov. 20 - (OP) - 1-lalifsx has received a 1951 grant of more than 8250.000 in lieu of taxes on federally owned property; city officials announced today.

In addition to the grant. a 054.- 122 increase over 1051. the city also received 020.090 for fire protection under a previous agreement with the public works and defence de- partlnents.

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QUEBEC. Nov. 20 -(CPi- The R..CM.P. during the week-end seized 0.300 United states cigar- eil. an automobile. no pounds of sliced U. a. tobacco and three radios. The goods allegedly were brought 1nto,Osnsda illegally. New Zesland. Nov. 8 -(Reuurl - Sidney 1-fol- land. New zealsnd prime minister announced today he will parson-

Telegraph communications were disrupted to Cape Breton. The

More Than 25 Injured By Explosion, Fire,

In Montreal

MONTREAL. Nov. )0 More than 25 persons were injur- ed today when an

Building

and helped three persons to es-

-(CP)- cape.

As they reached the door tht

explosion. explosion threw them to the side-

swiftly following an outbreak ofiwalk and debris piled upon them.

fire. ripped open the front of a mid-town building and blew some of the injured to the sidewalk. I

Pedestrians were knocked downl by the blast and showered with debris. i

Ambulances took 24 persons to i

hospitals. some were released after treatment for burns. cuts and shock.

An estimated dozen or more;

were treated at a drug store and doctors' offices nearby. some had- minor hurts. Others. including? i1)'Si.El'iCai women. were among those taken to hospital. A Prcg-; nant woman was injured and' taken to hospital.

In Printing Show

The blast occurred in the Koch printing)-stationery shop on Bleury Street just off st. Cather- ine stree. other establishments are housed in the building. an old structure a few feet from one of the city's busiest intersections.

The two upper stories were gut- ted by fire and collaped to the ground floor. occupied by the Koch firm.

Early tonight firemen were able to remove some of the debris from the front of the building. Al- though the interior had not been

50016 200 mesisearched rumors that two persons rnay

have been trapped lacked conirmation. There were no re- ports of missing persons.

Cause of the fire was not estab- llishecl. The explosion was believ- i

ed set off by the buildup of smoke and fumes or when the fire reached an oil stove.

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By CRAIG ARMSTRONG

CHICAGO. Nov. 26 - (CPI - Flve grain kings were named at the international grain and hay show today with Canadian farm- ers carrying off crowns in cats. barley and rye.

The Canadian kings were Gor- don Mayer of Elmworth, Alta., oats: Albert Kessei of Rosetown. Sask.. rye: and Harry V. Holt of Peace River. Alia.. barley.