CARRIED MINE VICTIMS
Page 12 The Guardian ifound In Grand Central Terminal-i
y . The "bomb" was found in a tele- Fnday, Jan. 4, 1957 lPlt0Ilc booth in a subway passage
;at Grand Central. Police said the lman was in the adjoining booib.
NOW lS Transporting Mod Bomber l..:;:i:s.i:i.”.;::.:'--".3:ssastsst U.N.Police ForcesTo Egypt
OTTAWA tCPt Canadian Navy as 1956 ended was embarking on one of its most un- usual iobs-carrying t-MODS and equipment to the United Nations Middle East Emergency Force.
Its aircraft carrier Magnificent was poised. as it had been for al- most two months, at Halifax ready to sail for Egypt with an- other batch of Canadian military personnel and equipment as part of Canada's contribution to the
UN force. The Maggie was ex-y pected to leave by the end of they year.
Otherwise. I966 was a )ear 0 quiet activity for the navy. But it had its moments of pride, too.
The RCN destroyer escort St. Laurent participated in the royal escort for the Queen when she made I state visit to Sweden last summer.
HELICOPTERS HELP Navy helicopters played a rolel
of mercy during the November.” '"'
ered to the navy and more were to follow niunthly. REPLACEMENTS
These tvio types of aircraft re- place the propeller - driven Sea Fury fighter and the anti-suliina- rine Avenger planes flying viith the Xlaciiificent
The decision to use the Mag- nificent as a transport for Cana- dian troops was made while the Maggie was on a trip to the UK. to pick up stores and equipment for the Bonaventure.
That was in early Novcniber.
1'The Maggie hastened to llalifax
to prepare to carry the 1st Bat- talion. Queen's Own Rifles. as the main componcnt of Canada's UN contribution But aft er being moved to the Atlantic port from their Calgary base. the Qucenls ,0wn were turned down by Egypt through thc UN l So while thc Quct-n's ()un moved back to t' algary. the
L The Royallplanes. the 'l'rai'kcr. were tlt'llk'- Maggie uaitcd for a new assign-
.mcnt. it finally came early this :munth when the government In- lnouuced the carrier will move I batch of about 450 additional ad- ministrative and service military personnel to Egypt about the end lot this month.
lDEW LINI-I WORK
l The nai'y's arctic patrol vessel Labrador this year spent its third summer in the Arctic carrying out surveys and assisting in sea- horne supply of the DEW tdislant early warningv line.
Other ships of the fleet visited more than 60 foreign ports during training 1- r u i s e s for officers. cadets anti men.
The RUN also had three frigates on loan to the Norwegian navy, the translcr being made at Hali- fax early in I956.
Ships in the reserve fleet at Sydney. NS. include one cruiser.
.thrce frigates. 22 coastal escorts and 12 auxiliary ships.
phone numbers of public ofticials.' Vtncluding that of Mayor Robert Wagner's residence.
The six-inch piece of pipe. in I lwttite sock. was similar to the
Suspect Held By N.Y. Police
' j he thought the device was a "dud" i the subway shuttle train between required to prepare a concert such bombs planted over the years by: l l l
the city's elusive Mad Iomhar. when the pipe was discovered.
dumber. Police however
IIATPIOIIUCIII
,mdlMooiIow look Scliooi
no first abattolra. or itotlic police roped off the usage. it in a steel mosh basket, p t n .i.ugm,er.noug for stun, The man taken into cirstody idea-,thelr steel masks and bullet Kohl . Cong." tabllahed at Paria cin 131.3
tified himself as Morris Ruben 8'1, clothing. and took it in a steel A very ideasant evening was! dinhurgh in 1851. a "pipe maker." He claimed he : mesh truck to a wnteuiront lot forlspent and a goodly sum of money had just telephoned police to reportlfurther examination. reamed on Thursday. Dec- 20th. the discovery of the pipe in the A transit . trolman discovend when the teacher and pupils of very grateful to all who helped in ' next booth. the piece of pipe during a routine Meadow Bank School staged their any way. Special mention must be
A bomb squad detective said afginspection of telephone boouulgnnuat Christmas concert. lmIde of Andrew Goal. Itorekecp- ter I preliminary examination thatlalong the passageway leading to Few realize the time and workler, for his very generous treat of fruit. also Mr. and Mrs. James G. You who worked so in
and not the work of the Mad Grand Central and Times Square. as this. and the management in
NEW YORK tAPl-A man what police said had 92 dimes and pri- vate telephone numbers of rnaiw lo! the cityls leading officials in his pockets wu picked up Sunday just after another pipe "bomb" was
Niree Airmen Are Rescued
KAPUSKASJNG. Ont. tCP)-- yFive men marooned in aub-zero weather by the side of I wrecked plane. three of them for more than 36 hours. were brought out of dense bdsh to safety Saturday. y The men were led by I rescue ground party, which had hacked and sawed a three-mile trial to lthem, to a frozen lake where a ski uipped plane flew them to hospital in South Porcupine. about
i65 miles southeast of here.
mine disaster at Springhill. N.S.l
They flew more than 50 missions in three days carrying injured miners, doctors and medical sup- plies.
In a review of its activities dur- lng the year, the navy said today it held its strength at a little more than 19.000 officers and men "with recruits making up the loss of personnel completing service."
There were G3 major warships In commission-the Magnificent,
a training cruiser. an Arctic pa- trol ship. 15 destroyer escorts, to frigates. six coastal escorts and
nine coastal minesweepers.
Also in service were a number of auxiliary craft ranging from a l0.000 - ton technical apprentice to small harbor
training craft vessels.
Three Royal Navy submarines were based in Halifax, one with 50
per cent of its crew Canadians. HEAVY PROGRAM
More than Sl2.50tl,000 of construction was ashore for
submarine escort vessels were , , . V commissioned during the year d9llV9"Y 0' Wllslnllllal 5"V'f'l m'l' to years ago. bringing to four the number now "3'1V Nd 3'” l0Vl"'”'f'l "ll-”'l'"5-. Aiirnrc declares: "ljntil the
in service out of Halifax. more are on order.
The navy also expected to re-land '3”k5 carrier l ""'W: '" Bonaventure shortly after the new "Wm-
In I
eelva its new aircraft
year. Nearing completion commissioned Jan. 17. Many of the aircraft which will fly from the Bonaventure. first Canadian aircraft carrier to be equipped to handle Jet planes. were delivered in 1956. The navy did not specify the number. Banshee jet fighter: have been operating from the naval air sta-
early in the year. In the fall. the first of the new Canadian-built. twin - engined anti - submarine
unrlh completed training and oper- ational faclities. Three more anti-
Ten
to send troops into the
chance of a positive policy for tlii convulsive area."
world aualts on ansvii-ix" The Daily Tclctgraph
say
trine into practice?"
"Let us assume," on Thiirstlay the Prcsiilcnt issuc a solemn 'lt.'-inrls uf.' uarniiig t the Soviet Notion What happt-n
and sufficient trainin service and
lthe United States has no treat lc
relationships with any lllidd
Eastern state that would provide? it with I justification or excuse
for physical intervention." NOTES DELUSION
The Sunday Times also points
out the "delusion" of thinking tho British Interests could he
Nations.
"British and American intcreslsu
French newspapcrs. The London News (lhronirle tLihcrall says: "Anicrica has
woken up to the hlitltllc East. a United Nation's force is in hcing on the spot, and at last there is H
The 864 qiieslinn, to uhii-h thc
i('onscrva- tivei. "is exactly how does Presi- dent Eiscnhower intend to put doc-'
it xziys, "that
and Moscow announces that it in-y A,Mm.am ltends to supply niodcrn oircrnft
"Having scrtipiiloiisly rcfrninctl, 39"-H9 llllllyard. it is due to be from joining the Baghdad llad'lSlll'Z ('anal.and that to attain those sharply contracts with comments ends the help of France and Great from Indian newspapers. which ex- to them. they will not succeed. in spite ofgplan. Most of them interpret tlicir doctrine and their dollars, in lIifW'l0rlfIE the balance in the Mid-
left tibia near Dartmouth. N.S.. since wholly lo the U S. or the United
FEATURED ALL THIS MONTH AT HOLlllANlS SUMMERSIDE
"Eiseriliower Doctrinef' In The Middle East Is Discussed
LONDON Iltcutcrst - Presi- scrvative newspaper says. "It is mi” Thursday mg!"- tlent Etseniiowcrs rcportcd plans still a greater delusion to look toi hlitltilclthe United Nations as it to sumo.-,a"El East raises a measure of praise.iii(iepcntlent supranational entity.iR('AF pa” in Tuesday's leading British and l It is never more than the sum of .d"”W9d l” , fits parts--and Britain is not one wr"'k351,e.w”5 3'9h"?d by ""Ch of the least parts in-the reckon- 913"” F”d”Y- Supph" WT" 93''
ing."
erall says the US.
5 the LVN. stability in the Middle East.
5 thc United States which. fortun paper says.
SHARP ('IIlTICISM
S (I p
5 that thc "Eisenhower
Fl the trouble.
lsysteni guaranteeing to all (tom of navigation through
Yl fin-iiain is lndispensobl
filP East." The Socialist party organ,
ericzin plans.
incri to make it known that hls1will lay more emphasis on eco- I . lgovi-rnnicnt has made up its mind inomlc assistance than on military differ in many ways." the Con- to prevent the Middle East falling intervention.
1 Three of the men-James Jobbs.
The llancliester Guardian 4Lll:r yTWO INJURED should givel strong and consistent support to lto hospital at South Porcupine for
in its efforts to achieve treatment of cuts. Hobbs also suf-
'"lIcre a lead ought to come from ytwo broken ankles.
an-ly. now appears to be moving; 'toward a more active policy.” the llowed to go to his home in Tim-
Slizirp criticism of IClSUflll0VtPr'5i plnn comcs from the Conservative. nris pzipcr Aurore which saysl , y . doctrine" i if, the day aftcr this wtirning haslvas Ewing off In 3 less favorable lW5Y ""0 lh!-' m3l'00l'l9d mell- bccn issucd. thc Syi'iziiis rcqiicstlgmn pm" me --Truman doctrinev-I
make up their mind that they must attack the root of induce the Arabs to "ptlralel mnke pcacc with Israel. set up
beginning to bear fruit-on this iplan" free ANXIETY IN INDIA the The Anglo - French altitude
I.e- . says observers in New Delhi could I Popiilnirc. limvcvr-i'. hails the Am- ”l72lscnhower." it says. ”is now thoroughly dctenn- - is still hoped here that
lit, of South Porcupine. 0nt.. l.lames Pengelly. 26. and Stanley Kramer, 31, of Timmins-were crew members of a twin-engined amphibian plane which crashed no la 35-mile flight from here to Tim- The other two, Sgt. Jack Glyden LAC Percy Llggena. were - rescue men who the scene after the
achutcd.
Hobbs and Pengelly were taken
fered broken ribs and Pengelly preliminary -iexamination showed.
Kramer was uninjured and al-
mins.
. Hobbs and Pengelly were pulled along the rough trail to the lake inn spccial rescue toboggans by the RCA? men and Edward 0lNeilI and Noble McQuatt. who cut their
l under Soviet domination. Thus op- eration Suez. which was keenly criticized by the Americans. is
the the move as bringing the "cold war" in an intense form to the area. The British - owned Statesman
press anxiety and dismay at s
During 1956. The Royal Canadian Navy acquired new ships, new air- craft and new weapons and its warships visited new places. Naval activity rangcd from the (Jzinndian Arctic to the Caribbean, from Eur- ope to the Far East. The Arctic patrol ship Labrador, on her third annual voyage north, again was involved in re-supply of DEW Line stations and explored little-known
not conceal their dismay over the Eisenhower plan. but adds that it the plan-
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se THE R.C.Nl. SAll.ED NIANY SEAS -
borne jet fighters. FZH-3 Banshecs was former. and the first of the new twin-engine. anti-submarine CS 2F-I Tracker aircraft was delivered to the R.C.N. Naval helicopter. as- time. There were training cruises slsted in the alrllft to the Mid- to Europe and to Japan. Three Canada Line, carried outa number more ultra-modern destroyer cry of acaLuc missions and joined in
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regions of the eastern Arctic.
In the Caribbean area. 18 war- ships from the Atlantic and Paci- fic commands combined for the outside Canadian waters in peace
the first Canadian warship to past through the famous Tower Bridle in London. TOP RIGHT Canad- ian anllors gather coconuts on shore leave in the Caribbean. DOT- TOM RIGIIT Frogrnen from H.M
activities: TOP LEFT ll.M.C.S. AI- slnlbolne. one of four St. Laurent class destroyer escorts now in ser- vice. BOTTOM LEFT New guns
are tested on board the destroyer escort Algonquin. TOP CENTRE An anti-submarine hellcopte lands C.S. Labrador DTOPIN '9 WW9,
corts of the .St. Laurent i-lass ioln- anti-submarine exercises. on the trial platform on board the an uncharted harbor in the fill ed the fleet. The above layout illustrates frigate " cklngham. BOTTOM N
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