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Two men are seen peering
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into the Little Tignish River
at a spot on the bridge from
which a car late Sunday afternoon crashed through the steel railing and overturned in-
to five or six feet of water below, resulting in llnwlin Gavin, Walter Gavin, Daniel Harper and Edmund Arsenault.
the
drowning of
its four occupants, Three of the four
Tiiznish fishermen were married and in addition to their wives, are survived by a total
of seventeen children.
INCREASE NOTED IN u. s. POTATO CROP ESTIMATE roii SEPTEMBER
The US. Government report on
potatoes was issued at noon yes-
tcrday estimating the crop at 345.- 930,000 bushels as of October 1st.
This report is slightly higher than ihe one for September lat, 345,- 515.00q bushels. This report would indicate no immediate improve- ment in the US. potato market.
The 1953 United States crop was .17.”l.fif)0,000 and the 1952 crop 349.- nnrtoflfl bushels.
Potato Marketing Board officials
mic that the October lat esti- Iilnlr comrs somewhat as I lur- wisr inasmuch as it was anticipat- Ni that the State of Maine pro- duction would result in a sub-
stantial overall decrease. It is quite certain states re-
rridcnt that reived favorable tinns during the
growing condi- monih of Sept.
which offset unfavorable weather in the State of Maine due to con- tinued rain and the two hurri- canes. Carol and Edna.
A fuller report covering the var- ious States will be received and published for the growers benefit in the near future. Meanwhile Island producers are strongly ad- vised to use all haste possible in the harvesting of their crop, com; mcnsurate with proper handling, to reduce unncceqsar bruising and
proof storage.
Information on the latest U3. potato crop estimate was also re- ceived yesterday from the As- sociated Shlppers. Ltd. Officials of this organization state that tho US. market for potatoes as of Fri-
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mBI,ame NY Coffee Exchange
: WASHINGTON (AP!-The fed- rrai trade commission charged Monday that "unlawful restraint of Isnde” by the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange "contributed in and promoted" a sharp boost in toffee prices early this year.
The Pro made the charge in a .-ompiaint based on its study of the 'coffee trade following a rise n average retail coffee prices from 31 cents a pound in December, 1953 to 81.13 a pound in April. 1954.
The United States is the largest -nffee-consuming market in the world and imports half of its cof- ice from Brazil. The complaint
Coming Events "Dance Fortune Hall, Tuesday. Oct. 12.
"Dance at Gordon Lodge every Friday night.
"Dance Vernon Tuesday, Oct. 12
River h it I 1,
"Buying and cleaning timothy daily. Mccuigan & Boyle.
"Regular Dance Crapaud Rink. Wednesday night.
."Dancs South Rustlco Hall every Thursday night. music Rol- lls MacKensls's Orchestra.
"Oliver Mot-Leod will be haul- lnil cream to Wiitshlrs factory on .lfnndl.vs only.
"Anyons wishing to sell clover seed standing contact us for prices. E. J. Macbougall, Vernon.
"Annual chicken sufpe bazaar, St. Mary's Hal, Oct. 20 and 21st. -
"Re Danes, Stanley Bridge Rink every Tuuday night. Millie. Rollie Macxensirs orch- H II.
r and Souris.
"Jamboree in cherry Valley Hill. Prldsy. October llttm (Good 5Decialtiss). Lunches served. spon- sored by lsmscllffe W. 1.
"Hot chicken supper. bingo, etc. New Parish Hall. North Rusilco. :Vcdnssdsy. Oct. Nth. Suppers 5
..m.
"Hot turkey dinner and bssaar Where? New Glasgow hail Wed- "ndllicvuilng. Films will be shown;
"Rca'si-vs Oct. ls. Heai-if Ma- moriai Hall. En llsh night with
dealt only with trading of Brazilian coffee.
The U. 8. price increase was matched or surpassed by rises in Canada and presumably any ac- tion which would have the effect oi lowering prices in the .Unlted States would eventually be re- flected in Canada."
FORCED ON PUBLIC
The FTC announcement said trading contracts had been used in the operations of the coffee ex- change which "contributed to and promoted substantial increases in the prices which the consuming public had been required to pay for coffee."
The complaint clfsrged there was an unlawful "agreement. under- standing and planned common course of action" among the ex- change. its members and clearing association to restrict and restrain futures trading in coffee and also the "actual buying and selling of coffee itself." Futures trading con- sists of contracting to buy or sell a product at some future time. Speaking for the exchange. its vice-president Leon Israel said: "We deny the latest charges of the FTC as we have denied other unfair and inaccurate charges against the exchange in the past. rarthermors we welcome any fair and impartial investigation of the trading practices on the exchange."
SENATE INQUIRY
Israel said he hoped a canoe investigation. which opens today. and other inquiries "will go into this matter thoroughly ,so that we can refute the rm allegations in detail."
The complaint named the coffee exchange. four of its officers, eight of its memb firms and the New York Coffee and sugar Clearing
to get the tubers ii to siite.'iir'osi--
(Photo by Wotton) .
SOS May Be from Missing Plane
VANCOUVER (CP)-An 505 radio distress signal was pick- ed up Monday by an aircraft criss-crossing the Vancouver island wilderness in the hunt for a missing RCAF Expedi- tor with four men aboard.
An air force official said the distress call could have been sent on a "Gibson girl" radio carried by the Expeditor. which vanished on a routine flight Sunday.
Seven aircraft. including we
search Monday in the Mount Arrowsmiih area where the twin-engined craft Is believed to have crashed. g
A number of ground parties, including loggers from nearby camps." also pressed into the area.
Association Inc. The FTC said the coffee exchange includes about 300 member firms. and that. about ion of them make up the membership of the clearing association.
FTC gave the exchange and
others 'named 20 days to reply, and set Dec. 14 as a tentative hearing date, in New York city. . Under the trade laws. if the commission mics after the hear- ings that the complaint was justi- fied. the FTC would order the ex- change and others named to dis- continue practices alleged in the complaint. If such an order were not obeyed. those ignoring it would be subject to fines of 05.000 for each violation. with each day of operation subject to being cou- strued as a separate violaiio .
in Car Collision
BATHURST, M3. (GP) - Abel Boiidreau. 22, of East Bathurst. died in hospital here Monday as s result of g two-car head-on colli- sion near Jscquet river Sunday afternoon.
Clarence Roblchaud, Dalhousie. ;and Arthur Simard, West Bathurst. suffered severe injuries. William Leblanc. Dalhousle. llsorwas in iiospltal. Jack Power and Arthur Thibodeau of Bsthurat escaped with scratches and shock. The cars were driven by Boudreau and Roblchaud.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1954'
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ll Drowned When Car Goes
OH Bridge Near
A tragic accident by drowning late Sunday afternoon claimed the lives of two brothers, their brother-in-law, and
a fourth man, all of Tlgnish.
Dead are I-lowlie Gavin, 36; Walter Gavin 41; Daniel Harper, 35; and Edmund Arsenault, about 45. Three of the men are married and have a total of seventeen children.
The tragedy occurred two miles southeast of Tignish
about 5.30 Sunday afternoon
as the four men were pro-
ceeding towards Aiberton in the 1949 Ford coach owned by
Daniel Harper.
-In crossing a small bridge over the Little Tignish River Just south of St. Felix School the car plunged through the steel rail. ing on tne right hand side and overturned on its hood in water about five or six feet deep. trap- ping all four occupants inside the two-door vehicle.
Ernest DesR.oche.s. a young lad who lived nearby, happened to be in the vicinity and saw the car go over the bridge. Clarence Giilis another nearby resident. heard the crash and on learning what had happened called it doctor. clergy, and R.C.M.P.
CAR REMOVED
The car was towed from the shallow river by 9. tractor operated by Alfred Perry. but before rescue could be effected the men had been beneath the water so long that there could be no hope of their recovery by means of artificial respiration.
Daniel iiarper. a son of Mrs. and the late James Harper. is sur- vived by his wife, the former Thelma Gavin. and by five child- ren. ages 2 months to 6 years.
The two Gavin brothers were sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Gavin of Sea. Cow .Pond. I-lowlie is survived by his wife. the former Dora Harper. sister of Daiilel Harper. and by six child- ren. ages 1 to '1 years.
Walter Gavin was unmarried and lived with his brother Gerald on the homestead at Sea Cow Pond.
Edmund Arsenaull: was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ar- senault. with his wife -and fam- ily .l-is resided at, Tlguish. R,-UIL
I-lia wife is the armor Mary Peters. daughter of Mrs. and the late Joe Peters of Tlgnlsh Shore. Their six children ranks in age from about 15 to 23. and are
"S-iiii”i?C?iiiiiiFi?s"'
LONDON, (AP)-Chiefs of that 4,000-strong tugmen's union meii Monday night with leaders of striking dockworkers to discuss the possibility of a sympathy walkout which could choke off the flow of fuel to London's power stations.
More than 25,000 dock workers now are in the second we.ek of s strike that has made idle 113 ships in the vast Thames docking area.
Newspapers speculated Monday. night that the government may intervene with troops if the tug- men decide to join the strike. Coal for the city's power stations is largely'wal,erborne and lighter- ed ashore from barges.
II. S. Defence Sec' Causes Siorm
DETROIT (AP)-Defence Secre-, tnry Wilson caused a storm here Monday when he said at a press conference that while he had "a lot of sympathy" for the jobless in surplus labor areas he always "liked bird dogs better than ken- nel-fed dogs."
C10 and United Auto Work:-rsy president We i te r Reuther de-1 mended in a telegram to Presi- dent Eisenhower that Wilson ”pub- llcly retract” the statement or "be asked to retire from public life."
The labor leader's ire was aroused by Wilson's comment to reporters' questions about unem- ployment. The cabinet officlsl said with a grin:
"The bird dogs like to get out and hunt around for their food. but the kennel dogs just sit on their
Stella, Elvina. Milda, Adrian, Re- ginald. and Camilla.
INQUIIST BEGINS
A coronor's jury was empannel- led and an inquest will be con- ducted in Tlgnish Parish Hall at 7 D-n'L on Monday. October lath. by acting-coroner Howard Clark of Alberton.
Members of the jury are: Em- mett A'l-lcarn. (foreman), Tignish; Joseph M. Arsenault, Alberton; Amile Chaisson, Alma; Frank Pet- ers, St. Roch; William Gaudet, Tignlsh; Walter Christopher, Tig- nlcm.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed noon.
Hazel Tiifeaiehs Land Areas
MIAMI. Fla. (AP)-Winds in- creased over Haiti, eastern Jam- aica and extreme eastern Cuba late Monday as hurricane Hazel pushed north-northeastward in the Caribbean.
Winds would reach hurricane force over western Haiti and ex- treme eastern Cuba during the night, the Miami weather bureau
said. The eighth tropical storm of the-
season was about 200 miles west southwest of Port au Prince, Haiti. and about 700 miles south-soulh- east of Miami at 5 p.m. EST
ITOLI -HOUSE BANGKOK. Thailand. (APP-Vlsai
Wangtal was charged here today-
with stealing a neighbor's housedle is accused of dismantling board by board the home of Mrs. Yip iMulo thongnio during her absence. Police said they found the reassembled house on Vsal's property.
yesterday after- sl '.
Ti
gnish
N. B. Has Firsi Hunting faialiiy
SAINT JOHN, NB. (GP)--A Thanksgiving Day hunting acci- dent at Upper Golden Grove took the life of Joseph A. Hunt, 27. of Hickey Road. He was eating lunch in the woods with his father-in-lnw. Gerald i A Coyle. when shot in the head. RCMP said it was be- lieved the bullet was fired by Ervin J. Morneau, 34. of Up- per Golden Grove. who sum-
I moned police and medical aid. An inquest. will be held.
French Premier Appears Assured 0f
Vote of Confidence
By HAROLD KING
PARIS (Reuters) -- Overwhelm- ing support from France's power- ful Socialist party Monday vir- lually guaranteed that Premier Pierre Mendes-France will win a decision victory in the assembly today when he demands a free hand to close a West German re- armament deal.
A triumph in the scheduled vote of confidence will authorize the French leader to wind up nine- power negotiations on the rearma- ment plan in Paris Oct. 20.
It will also leave him free to make the agreement final without handcuflng restrictions w h i c h might have forced nine - power negotiators to start all over again.
Socialist leaders, who decided to back Mendes-France Monday aficr a weekend of soul-searching. still were expected to urge the premier in ask for more guarantees against revived German militarism and for more European union provisions
MANY DISSATISFIED
Many Socialists are dissatisfied with these features of the plan reached at London early this month for bringing a rearmed, sovereign West Germany info the North Atlantic and Brussels Treaty Organizations.
They took the steam out of these,
On London Paci
ing in to Mondcs-France's blunt take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum in the assembly last Friday. l Mendcs-France has been ex- pected to win the confidence vote even if the Socialists abstained. lBut he wanted more than a nar- lrow margin of victory to back him iin the renewed negotiations next iweek with Britain. Canada. the United Slates. West Germany, Italy. Belgium, The Netherlands ,and Luxembourg. This conference ,will settle the final form of the rearmament agreement to be re- ferred to national parliaments for approval.
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Top Beautification Award
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Pictured above is the home of J. W. Waugh and Son, New Annan. winner of top provin .cial award for Home Improvement in Rural Beautification So
cietyls competition for 1954 Photo by Meyers Studios.
Rural Beautification Prize Winners Announced
Prize winners in the ninth an- nual competition of the Prince Ed-l ward Island Rural Beautification! Society were announced yesterday by President l.ieut. Col. E. W. John- stone and the Board of Directors.
A Prince County competitor again carries off the highest award for home improvement in the Prov- ince, the Hon. J. A. Bernard- Trophy going to Mr. J. W. Waugh and Son of -New Annan. The Waughs also win the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Silver Cup donated for top Prince County competitor and the-R. T. Holman Ltd. award of Sl25.0(l.
Other county winners are Mr. George C. Macliean. New will.- shire. who receives the Lieut. Col. E. W. Johnstone Silver Cup for Queens and the R. T. Holman Ltd. award of sl25,and Mr. Thomas Corooran. Baldwin's Road, winner of the Senator .l. A. MacDonald Silver Cup and R. T. Holman Ltd. award of M2500.
About 100 entries in the home improvement contest were judged. fairly evenly divided - among the three counties. The quality of ent- ries amongithe top winners was high and competition keen. The Waughs. father 6.: son, of New An- him did an excellent Job of im- provemcnt. House. barns and fences were completely repainted in attractive colours. An extensive layout of barns and outbuildngs now presents a unified appearance. Road frontage is particularly nent
By ALTON L. BLAKESLI-IE
BUFFALO. NY. (AP)--The U.S. Public Health Cancer Association vritcd Monday to advise the public to stop smoking cigarcis in order to reduce the incidence of lung cancer.
The resolution said there now is sufficient evidence of a reiaiion'- ship between smoking cigareis and lung cancer.
It urged American youth to "ponder Won the question of whether the risk involved (in ciga-
Wquests. however. 173' decldlnil lfllret smoking) is worth the pleasure
hsunches nnd yelp."
DELUGE REPORTED WORST IN 69 YEARS
By WILLIAM J. CONWAY CHICAGO (AP)-Relentless rain beat down again Monday on Chl- cago-already staggered by its worst 4 ' , in 09 years. A week-
Siiip Damaged By Miss In Noni: Sea
THE HAGUE (Reuters)-A fire which raged aboard the 3.099-ton Norwegian steamer Folga after she struck ll mine in the North sea Monday was extinguished late Monday night with the help of the Russian sh p Tsrtu.
The l'olgs's second officer was killed when the mine exploded but the captain and the rest of the crew are sets. The ten tun Ebro and Gosree. wi the sur- vivors aboard. are expected to tow the rain to The Hook of Holland
Wt! Lena use we and other artists.
end downpour that measured more than half a foot caused damage estimated at Qli'I.000,000 in the city alone.
More than 700 persons. most of them in the suburbs. fled flooded homes. but only one death was re- ported.
Transportation was scrambled. Industrial plants curtailed or sus- pended operations. and 18.500 em- ployees were idle.
The rain held off during the morning, and thousands joined in tho tremendous mop-up task. But in the afternoon the rain rcsumsd. The (1.5. weather bureau. which failed to forecast the crippling rain
of Saturday and Sunday. said there
at dawn today.
would be showers and thunder- showers again th is afternoon. Showers also are likely for Wed- nesday.
RECORD RAINFALI.
During the weekend the rain was measured at 6.21 inches on the of- flcisl gauge at the Midway air- port. At Blue Island. a suburb south of Chicago. it measured 9.75 inches.
It raised the October rainfall to 10V; inches. a record for the month. And it already is the wettest month in Chicago since August. llab. when 11.28 inches were recorded.
Flood waters knocked out two. generating plants of the Common- wealth Edison Compsny. As a re- sult of the electric power short- age 11 large industrial plants closed or reduced operations and 18.5w workers went home to pump out basements or drain their lawns.
support him in any case. thus giv-lgaincd."
The utility company asked 250 large users nf electric current-in northern Illinois to cut down their use of power by 50 per cent. A spokesman for the firm said serv- ice may not be restored to full normal volume for two weeks. FLOOD! NEWSPAPER
The overflow from the Chicago river flooded the basements of the Chicago post office and the Chi- cngo Daily News building.
The big Union station also was inundated. Four raiiroa s operate out of the Union station-Pcnnsyb vanla. Burlington. Milwaukee. and Gulf. Mobile and Ohio. Trains were diverted to other terminals or loaded and discharged their pas- senger. at outlying stations.
Eight firemen operating gasoline pumps at the union station were overcome by fumes.
The one death reported was that
Chicago Has Heavy Loss In Flood
of Patrick McNichols. 51, found dead in his inundated basement apartment on the weist side.
Senator Paul Douglas (Dem. Till telegraphed to President Eisen- hower a request to provide emer- gency funds for disaster relief in (he Chicago area. - PUMP WATER
A fire boat and two fire engines were put to work drawing water from two flnnded basements in the Chicago Daily News building on the Chicago river.
The newspaper was published despliethe flood. It was prlntgd on the presses of the Chicago Tri- bune. '
More fnrroniial rains pounded the Calumet region of Indiana 'Monday. They raised the threat of ldlsaslrous floods that already had lrnuted hundreds from their homes.
U. S. Cancer Ass'n Votes To Advise Public To Slop Smoking Cigareis l
The resolution. offered by Dr Marion 1.. Levin. assisiiiiit New York slate lieaiih l'OnlfTllFVlOn('f. was passed by a l3-tn-3 mic.
Dr. Levin said that. to his know-' ledge, the association is the first
Dr. Levin said that the evidence from many types of studies "leads undoubtedly to the conclusion that I major factor in lung cancer is cignrets."
”Cignret smoking is not the only cause." and development of lung cancer may require other causa- tive factors as well, he said.
Dr. Levin said the risk of getting lung cancer was about 10 times greater for the person who smokes a pack of clgarets or better daily.
The panel participants agreed that studies should continue about the possible roles offalr pollution. occupations. or other factors in the
development of lung cancer.
and imposing. The winner for Queen's County. Mr. ,George Mac- Lean, did a remarkable single-
handed improvement to his home. House and buildings were pleasing- ly painted, new fences erected and painted. and roadside frontage amazingly improved by a new rock and flower garden, and well plan- ned drlvcway and lawns. Mr. Thomas Corcoran, King's County winner. did an excellent job of remodelling his farmstead, remov- ing some old buildings. grading and. seeding the area. putting up new fences. repainting house and barns and effecting major repairs.
DIPFICULT DECISION
The outstanding home compet- ition presented some difficult de- cisions for the judges. In Queen's County the homes of Sen. .1. P. Mcfntyre, savage Harbour. Regin- ald Haslam, Springfield and Eldon Darrach. Clyde River were of out-s standing excellence and left lit-
tle room for choice. Sen. Mclntyrul (Continued on Page 5 col. 4)
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EVEN rfi-is WEA'THERMANi guesses moi-i-its OCCAS:0NAl.l-Y
public cancer group in specifically. -I-ORON-I-0 (Cl-qgminimum am, advise the public against smokinglmaximum mmpm.atu,.es. cigareis. ' PANEL mscrssiox .Dm,.sm ..... H x"'”'?,;"
The association is cnmposodivanmmcr 5, 56 principally of public health nffi-.ViC.mia M 55 cers a nd professional personsllgdmnnmn . g3 5? working to cnmbai. cancer. calgan, - H 34 54
The resolution followed a panel Rpzimi 31 M riisciissmn by six physicians andiwinnuwa 47 M statisticians, who said they thoii'giill.-I-m.nnm SR 73 cigarcis lwere a ”ma.lor factor intone.” V " 47 an causing ung cancor." - i
Their viewpoint goes a bit Q: -yond previous studies and Stale-lFred(.'I.iCgm.1”. 44 51 moms, which have mentioned onlvilsr John ' 43 .” an association or relation-i ' ' ship rather than casual effect be-'1.N,I:1r;fc;:3n ' ' ' ' " tween smoking and lung cancer.'i(vha"n""nwn ' l ' ' ' ' "l u u Other medical and scientific re'lSl)rd'19y 44 kg searchers .hnve said that theywarmnmh . U H M doubted cigsrets were in bIH"1('.lg' ynhm H M H or that the evidence was not con- i ' ' I I ' ' ' ' ' I ' I " clusive. l HALIFAX rCPi-The wi-aiher
office here says rain over most of the Marltimcs will move out of the western regions by dawn today and out of the eastern regions by noon ,and be followed by warmer air land mostly cloudy weather. How- icver. widely scattered showers are expected to develop during the day.
Regional forecasts:
Prince Edward Island. lowersl. John river valley. eastern New Brunswick counties: Cloudy with widely scattered showers: wann- er; southwest winds I5: law-Ilgfs st Moncton M and I5. Fredericton I2 and GI: Saint John I0 and E. and Charlottetown (1 and I.