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TOWN COUNCIL OF MONTAGUE DENOUNCES CHAN GE-BACK

the Guardian, Fin Cents. V Morning Daily founded 18811

I9 Lose Lives In Siellarton Mine Explosion

0tiawa Delegation Repudiated

By" Kingis Coun

New Weight To Rumors Of Royal Romance

IDNDON. Jan. 14 ---(Reuters)- The Earl of Dalkeith returned a visit to Princess Margaret at Sandringham today and added weight to humors that a royal wedding may be in sight.

Buckingham Palace officials didn't altogether douse the pos- slbllliy with their usual cold-wat- er comments.

Instead of denying any possibil- liy that the Princess found her man, palace spokesmen offered a mild "no comment," practically an outright confirmation to eager Britons,

The Earl. who spent the after- noon hunting with the King, was mentioned off and on as a possible husband for the 21-year-old Prin-

ly Trade Board

The following telegram was forwarded yesterday to the Postmaster General by the King's County Board of Trade in protest against the change in mail delivery to the oldtlmo afternoon train service:

"Hon. Edouard Rinfret "Postmaster General, "Ottawa.

"We ask that you do not suspend mail and ex ress truck service from on- tague, Georgetown, Cardi- gan route. Further infor- mation being forwarded air- mail. Mr. Kickham's com- mittee had no mandate from the above districts to have this much improved service discontinued.

"King's County Board of Trade

(signed) "0. A. Shaw.

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"Secretary."

Coal Shortage Is Being

Remedied As Quickly As Possible Says Mr. Howe

Mr. J. Watson MacNaught, M. P.. Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Fisheries, yesterday rrnied that he had received a. reply rrom Rt. Hon. C.-D. Howe, Minister of Trade and Commerce. regarding the coal shortage on Prince Ed- vard Island. In his reply Mr. I-lows said that the Dominion Coal Board was doing everything possible to remedy the situation and will have stocks of coal moving forward as soon as possible.

When contacted yesterday by The Guardian representative. the two

Coming Events "Don't ...r.TT:...... to the

Stable". Fort Augustus Hall, Wed. Jan. loth. 8.30.

"Farmers. ask about the shut Gain Feed Finance Plan. For part- .culars contact your local feed mill.

"Whist and Dance in Belfast Hall. Friday. January 18th. In aid Eldon W. I. Lunches,

"Hear Major Andrew Mackae torture on Korea at Wlnlioe station Hall tonight.

"Come in and talk over our Frrlna. finance plan for feeding xnur hogs and poultry. Dillon & Spillett.

"For Snaprhofs that will not fade mail your Films and Nega tlves to Garnhura .Photo Studios Charlottetown.

"Enjoy big Dance St. Mary's Parish Hall, souris, Wednesday. January 16th. Chaisson's Orchestra. Canteen service.

"Dancing every Friday night. South Rustico. weather and roads Permitting. Canteen. The Char- ioftctonlana' Orchestra.

"Dance and cardiparty, Malpe- cue Hall Tuesday, Jan., 15th. weather, permitting. Sponsored by Mnlpeque Farm Forum.

"Dance in St. Mary's Parish Hall. sourls. Wednesday. January lath. chalsson's Orchestra. Can- teen service.

f'i-lockey tonight. Hunter River

Rlhk. South Rurtlco Rangers vs. Cavendish Bombers. Canteen ser- vice. Skate after.

"Hockey. Wlliahire Rink. to- night. ifarisvilie Maple Leaf: vl. Wiltshlre Monarchs. Skate al-

I. canteen service.

,l"strathslbyn District Lodge 311 meet in nradalbanc Tuesday. ,r"hm1lry lath. ll P. M. lf stormy.

urrday. January 11th, It the lime hour.

"Dance. Modern and old Time. gllnsloe Hall. Wednesday. 18th. J11; 3113!; lgave M:-dkcl-b Square 0.00 Roch; ;re.l'ln0.fIl0I' y 17. O. 0.

"AI we are only setting two 3f:l'b'l' "ll hind. it would be ad- :..::.:. -2:. '::r:..'"""':t

ry a M""l' d0"V0ry to place their

luxge summerside coal dealers who were responslblle for bringing the shortage to the attention of the public. indicated that neither had any soft cool on hand although cne dealer had recently received two or three cars which had quick- ly been cleaned up but they hoped that this situation would be some- what improved in a couple of ueeks. They indicated that the pub- lic could cooperate during the shortage by taking substitute coals for the furnace and leaving kit- chrn range coal for that class of trade.

one of the dealers too): strong oblcction to a. Canadian Press story from Sydney, N. S.. datelined Jan- uary 9th which quoted a producer as saying that coal was available during October and November but Island dealers. the story said. re- fused to handle it at that time. The article went on to say that "when coal was available there were no takers" and other mark- ets had been sought.

One Island dealer stated that there was not a particle of truth in the Sydney story and that his company could get practically no

(Continued on page 8 col. 2)

N. B. Woman Severely Burned

WOODSTOCK, NB. Jan. lt- (CP) Mrs. Robert Wright. severely burned in a fire at her home on the River Road three miles below Woodstock. was on the danger list in hospital to- night. Her husband suffered minor bums and their four-year- old son Darrell, was burned on the hands.

An exploslo occurred when Mrs. Wright. starting a fire, mis- took gasollne for kerosene oil and threw the gasoline into the stove. She was showered with flaming liquid and her clothing burned off in seconds. The house and its contents were destroyed.

NEW YORK. Jan. 14 --(AP) - A fog-shrouded airliner. groping by radar for a landing. undershot Ll. Guardla Field today and crashed in shallow waters of the East River. All on aboard were rav- ed.

The radar screen at the airport. used to talk the Northeast. Airline plane down. last. the twin-engined image moments before the Bos- ton-New York airl-inc hit the wet- or.

Had the plane come in from al- most any other direction it would have cruherin thickly-populated Queens.

1 only two passengers were ser- iously injured. surface ships ply- ing the river quickly hove to for rsseue operations.

The 33 passengers and three crew members on the Oonvair trans- .port were from New England. most of then from: uesocnuretu,

tu t mate, Lee cieltricr.

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All toot? Recovered Early Today

STELLARTON. N. 5.. Jan. 15 - (Tuesday) - (CP) - The bodies of all 19 victims of yesterday's ex- plosion at the McGregor Mine here were taken from the pit early this morning. Seared and broken by the blast. the bodies were difficult to identify.

Draegermen, fearless aces of the coal caverns. braved the death gas and srnoulderlng tunnels to bring out the dead. The crews found that the men died in their tracks as they worked to seal off the danger they knew was there.

only part of the working force -about loomen.-wasbelow ground when the blast came. The others had been called out after they "smelled" the gas. Those below were sealing off the danger area with concrete-bound hardwood,

All the victims were more than 23 years old and residents of this Pictou County industrial area. Death was instantaneous.

The dead:

Robert Davidson. Stellarion.

Sam Campbell, Westvlile.

Leonard Whcatlcy, Mount William.

Joe Nearing, stellarton. son of Dominique Nearing. former Unlted Mine workers, District 26. board member.

John Mailman. Stollarton. Alybert. Moss, steilarion. Arthur Moss, brother of Al-

bert

Winston Sample. son of Alec Sample, superintendent of Acadia Mines. which operated the McGr-egor pit.

Brenton White, Westvllle.

It. If. MacNutt, Stellarton,

William McLeod. New Glas-

gow. .

David Russell. Westvllie.

Ed Arthrcli, stellgrton. son of underground mnnager of the mine,

Ed Maocallum. stellarton.

Robert Cunningham. West.- ville.

Tom Cnrpenkr. Stellarlon.

min Nicholson. slellarton.

Jimmy Wright. sicllarton,

Archie llayman, Westville.

Injured, in hospital:

James llawboldt, New Glas- gow, a former marathon run- ner. He was hit on the hip by a flying rock.

Bill Seweli. Slellarton. bad- ly burned about the face. Injured, released from hospital

after treatment:

Fraser Lorlmer. Stellarton, .A former town councillor. he made the first report on the explosion. He was operator of a pump below ground and suffered minor injur- ies in the blast.

As darkness fell eerie lights played over the pitiful scene at he pitlhead. dotted at the fringes by the helmet lights of miners talking quietly among them- selves.

Spolted Fire-Smell

The death toll would have been higher except that alert un- derground men spotted the "fire- smell" early today. A large part of the force was taken to the sur- face before the blast occurred.

The bodies were all badly burn- ed. particularly on the unprotect- ed faces and arms. which were charred black.

The shock shook loose tons of coal from the mine roof in some places and likely some of the missing miners will have to be dug out.

"What is it like below?" one

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Air Liner Crashes But All 36 Aboard Saved

-ticularly the five women. several of the pssengerr were suffering from face cuts."

The plane came down about i.- ooo feet off Rlkera island. midway between Queen's and the Bronx and a short distance from the towering spires of midtown Man- hattan. It crashed at 9:10 a. m,

The plane landed in about nine feet of water. The pilot apparently not it down under the impression he was over the runway.

It settled rapidly. until only the tip of the port wing stuck out of the river. which in about a half- mile wide at that point.

A passenger. Donald E. Mc- nrlane. 23. of Nccdham. Msss., described the crash:

"The first thing I knew some- thing fell on me. The guy beside me grabbed the emergency exit.

"Everybody who could dived out the door and then t e water came melting in, I was the water. I fikurld. about 15 minutes before r tug boat came alongside of me

P550116 19 9

OTTAWA. Jan. 14 - (OP) - Prxme Minister Churchill tonight declared that the North Atlantic Alliance is the "surest guarantee" of victory should Western hopes for peace be blasted by Sovlet aggres- slon.

All could see for themselves, he said, the strange clouds that move and gather on the horizons. as in

J .

But this time "we are all united from the beginning."

"We all mean to stand by each nihcr, here. in Canada, in the U. S.. in Britain. in Western Eur- ope. all of us. are united to defend the cause of freedom with all our strength and by that strength we hope to preserve unbroken the peace which is our heart's desire."

Dcplorcs War Clouds

In a speech prepared for delivery before a state dinner climaxing his five-day visit to this capital. the 77-year-old British statesman de- p;ored the fact that peace still is not "untroubled" six years after tire ending of the war.

That. he said, is "certainly not what we had hoped to find after all our enemies had surrendered unconditionally and the great world instrument of the United Nations had been set up to make sure that the wars were ended."

But now the West had the North Atlantic Treaty. which was "the surest guarantee not only of the prevention of war but of victory. snould our hopes be blasted."

Atlantic Alliance

Best Peace Guarantee, Churchill Declares

Prime Minister Churchill

Mayor Reviews Civic Problem C Of Snow Removal

The tremendous difficulties fac- ed by the streets department since the onset of winter were stressed by His Worship, Mlayor .l.D. Stewart at the regular monthly meeting of the City Council last- night.

speaking as Chairman of the streets Committee he said that after each of the three stomlsl since Dec. 15th. it was necessary to use all the snow fighting equip-l merit the City has, and in addition; a big D-8 tractor and bulldozer; had to be hired to cope with last Friday's storm. The cost to the City for snow removal since Dec. 16th has been approximately, 55.600.

The Mayor said he was pleased to state that traffic was rolling again on Saturday after coming to almost a complete standstill on Frlcay, and he felt that the men of the street department were worthy of praise for the way in which they cleared the streets. ' "At the present time we are still engaged in snow removal and through the kindness of the Prov- lclal Govern-ment who loaned is their psyloaders. and with the hir- ing of three extra trucks, we are making good progress." he said. The Mayor stated his belief ihrt

vacacy of a United Europe and the inclusion of German arms in an European army.

He said he long has been an ad- vocate of both ideas apd promised that Britain will do all in her power to help them to success.

But that, he went on. "does not mean that Great Britain will be- come a unit in federated Europe. nor that her army. already in line upon. the continent and to grow steadily, will be merged in such a

Mr. Churchill repeated his ad-

”K0rean Armistice Talks In Danger Of Collapse

By William C. Barnard

MUNSAN. Korea, Jan. l6-tTue- sday)-(AP)-Korean truce talks deicrlorated Monday to a. level of bitter name-calling with the Com- munists. accusing an Allied ne- gotiatcr of eggaging in deceit and "9. big lie" in urging a prisoner ex- change favorable to both sides.

Rear-Admiral R..E. Libby. Unl- ted Nations negotiator, demanded Communists prove the charge or "retract your ill-considered re- marks."

"I do not know whether I've been personally called a liar. but i got a strong inference." the Ad- mlrnl snapped.

He said he would study the re- cord to make sure.

"As a representative of the Uni- ted Nations command. I shall not sit here and listen to unfounded charges that the U.N. command is making a deceitful proposal und

its engaging

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in lies." Libby told Maj.-Gen. Lee Sang Cho, North Korean delegate who hurled the "lie" charge.

"When you are prepared to con- tinue these meetings as equals on the basis of decency and common courtesy. and when you are pre- pared either to quit making un- substantiated charges or to sub- stantiate your charges with facts then we can proceed with some hope of making progress." Libby

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Major Canadian Mine Disasiers

(Canadian Press)

The mine disaster at Slellarton. N. S.. is Canada's worst since 29 miners were killed in 1941 at Nordegg. Altn.. when an explosion occurred in Brazeau Colllerics. 200 miles southwest of Edmonton.

Other major mine disasters in Canada: 1873-60 killed at Drummond Col-

liery. N. S.

1880-44 killed at Albion Mine. Siellnrton.

1887-147 killed in No. 1 Mine, Nannlmo. B. C.

1&9-60 killed by gas explosion

at Wellington. B.C. 1891-125 dead at Sprlnghill. NS. 1903-125 killed by gas explosion

at. Coal Creek. B.C. 1917-65 killed at New Waterford.

N. S.

1918--88 killed nt Siellnrlon. N.S.

1930-45 killed at Bake Burn, 8. C.

Biggest Ship 1

said.

Both sides were scheduled to re- sume the discussions in Panmun- Jom at 1-1 a.-m. today (9 p.m. EST Monday).

During lvliandayis meeting. Maj.- Gen Claude Ferenbaugh told the Reds that if they would agree that there be no development of mil- itary airflelds during an armistice "the whole world will breathe easier."

Still Found in Canadian Area

In Korea

By Bill noes Canaoan Press staff writer

WITH THE CANADIANB IN KOREA. Jon. M -(OP)- A still nae been discovered in them thar Korean hills.

And nothing can be done about it under the Canadian army de- fence act. The act. prescribes no penalty for soldier. producing their own hooch.

The corporal in whose five- gallon water can mesh-"acroung- ed groceries": raisins. oranges. prunes. sugar and water- was

found admitted freely that is was -

his. it was for his buddies and not for sale.

ms crew was always were good Icidierl.

8l'l(IiIO authorities. fearful that still: will become the vague among Canadian troops in Korea. are try- ing to frame a'mlnor charge under the old "prejudicial conduct" blanket charge.

The eorporsrs technique appor- nti was virtually. undetectable. A or whose sleeping bag was two feet from the mash didnt know it was there. He moaned:

"But I guess I should have

sober and

A who he ped in the rescue. said: "I-'vw0odr, -um aim. rif-

and rescued me.” Q I ,.... .

known when I heard the can Bur- !” "".9i'4.LiI':.-.1. o-

Churchill, Canadian Cabinet In IAgreemen.t On World Problems

By George I Kitchen

OTTAWA. Jan. 14 --(CP) - Prlme Minister Churchill today gave the Canadian Government his personal assesrment. of the crucial tension endangering the free world. .

He dealt particularly with the North Atlantic Alliance. the great defence bulwork against any Communist drive into Western Europe.

No decisions were reached. but both sides found they had a "corn- plete understanding" on all prob- lems.

Accompanied by his key miniat-

srs. the '17-year-old British Prime

Minister conferred with Prime Minister st. Laurent and the full Canadian cabinet for an hour and is minutes this morning, Canadian chiefs of staff attended. I

Communique Issued

This brief. non-committal communique was issued later:

"The discussion ranged over the world situation, with par- ticular emphasis on the North Atlantic Alliance.

"It was not the purpose of the meeting to reach any spec- iflc decisions or agreements.

"It provided an opportunity for a valuable exchange of views in which complete un- derstanding was found to exist between the members of the two cabinets".

The meeting. held in the coun- cll chamber of the Canadian cabinet, was the nearest approach

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Ever Built In Canada Planned

QUEBEC. Jan. ii-(CP) - The largest ship ever built in Canada will come down the slipways at nearby Lauzon next year.

Construction of the 28.000-ton tanker for Andros Shipping Co.. Ltd.. of Montreal. will start in the spring or early Slimmer. 59' pending on the availability of steel. Building will take from 12 to 18 months.

The builders. Davie Shipbuild- ing and Repairing C0,, Ltd.. said today the 7,000 tons of steel need- ed and most of the equipment will come from Canada. Turbine: and engines. however. will come from United States manufacturers. No announcement was made con- cerning s second tanker to be built by Davie.

The cost was not made known by the builders whose launching ways at Lauzon. across the St. Lawrence River from here. will have to be strengthened and lengthened for the huge tanker.

Although the ship's length at one foot, seven inches, is shorter than some vessels built in Can- ada. its tonnage is the greatest. I Davie official said. The tanker will measure 84 feetuacross and 44 feet. in depth with a load drlught. of 3 feet.

ly HOWARD W. BLAKESLEI1 Associated Press science Editor

NEW vonk. Jan. 14 - (AP) -- There are three vlrules which cause polio. and long search has uncovered no others. the National Foundation for infantile Paralysis announced today.

it is the result of the largest research job undertaken with March of Dimes money. The study

covered three years and wal world wide. .- 'I'oday'I announcement is a

milestone in polio because the trials of a vaccine have 5031! waiting for this study to be corn- pleted.

Research Reveals Three Viruses Cause Of Polio

Registers Strong Protest in Wire To Postmaster General

Vigorous protest against

mail

the change in the eastern

truck service was expressed at the regular monthly

meeting of the Town Council of Montague last night and was embodied in a strongly worded resolution and tele- gram to the Postmaster General, repudiating the Kickham

ldelegation to Ottawa and urging

truck service operating."

him to "Keep the mail

Following is the text of the resolution:

"Whereas, we the Town

Council of Montague, as-

sembled in our regular monthly meeting, learned that a.

change has been ordered affecting our town and that the slow train delivery system

benefit to our may have been made

in the mail delivery service in future we are to return to

in place of the improved

truck delivery system inaugurated last October. "And whereas, we considered 'systcm which

the new truck delivery

greatly speeded up first class mail, of much town, and whereas, those complaints which against the new system were of a

minor nature and could have been adjusted and many of

them overcome by t or expense, "Therefore be it resolved, of Montague. slow train del very system continue.

he Postal Department with little effort

that we, the Town Council

Protest against this backward move to tho and ask that the new truck delivery

"Further be it resolved that this resolution be for- warded to the Honourable Edouard Rinfret, Postmaster,