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Cold Wave Grips Florida

NEW YORK (AP) - A record ohill .gripped Florida Tuesday gauging millions of dollars of crop damage in the winter playground. no relief is expected before the first of next week.

So many Miamlans turned on electric ovens and heaters against the cold that transformers were overloaded and power was knocked out in some sections of the-city. The shortage of electricity shrunk pictures on television sets.

A gigantic ocean storm wns blamed. Two thousand miles in diameter. it was centred off the mid-Atlantic coast about 250 miles

Five P.E.I. Cab' Tour Storm Area In Prince

Five Cabinet ministers in the P.E.l. Government made a tour

of Prince County yesterday to wlt- 800

ness first hand the.tragic destruct- ion done by the icy weekend storm that lashed Prince County of other parts of the province. The ministers Hon Douglad Mac- Kinnon Minister of Pur.'ic Works. Industry and Natural Resources. Hon. B. Earle MacDonald. Prov- incial Secretary and Treasurer, Hon. T. George MacKay. Minister of Highways, Hon. Eugene Cullen Minister of Agriculture and Hon. M.L. Bonnell, Minister of Health travelled as far West. as 0'Leary Investigating the damage. They said they were shocked by the appalling destruction. The minist- ers stated it was impossible to visualize such extensive damage and counted only 116 power poles that remain standing between

at sea. Although it lacked the fury of a hurricane, it was described as three times as big as one.

WARM Am GOES NORTH

The stormts circular motion acted like a revolving door. Cold northern air was in an deposited in the deep south. In re- verse, mild southern air was driven into the north.

High tides lashed the northeast coast with more than hurricane force. Gale force winds and per- sistent ra-ins that began Sunday in the northeast caused minor floods from New Jersey to Maine. An ice Jam burst a dam at Papperll,

met Ministers

distance of nearly 40 miles, where normally there should be around

They noted that crews are doing all they possibl can but work is being impeded, somewhat. from Mlscouche Westward. due to the progressively increasing amounts of snow encountered. . At Summerside the Cabinet Min- isters conferred with Mayor Henry Wedge who informed them that the bigger problem is securing poles. He said that six carloads of poles are available in Ontario and the ministers promised that the government will dc everything possible to expedite the shipment of these poles to Summerside. Mr. Mat-Kay stressed that if any emergency arose due to a short- a e of oil, current weight restrict- in s on the highways wolud not

Realys Corner and 0'Leary, a

Charlottetown - Phone Link Last Night

The first telephone circuit in operation '. Charlottetown and Summerside, put in operation lastifvenllngh broke ge long o te Teep oneem oyeesw c they have . malhtined since, late last week when prpaticallycyostv thing on poles p

was laid H317 "' . l.-"fr ti -Manager of the

Mr. D.M. .Gas5. Prince Edward Island-Telephone Co. Ltd.. in a late report last night said that the circuit was of a temporary nature and could be used foremergehcy calls r t Charlottetown and Summerslde Maintenance .crews were concen- trated on this circuit via Borden.' with a view to completing one working circuit at the earliest possible moment in view of the gravity of the situation in the .E,E...mE..,,..E............

Shipyards Are , Opposed To U.K. Coastal Vessels

OTTAWA, (CP) -C nadian ship- yards would be th. a oned by the continued unrestricted use of Brit- lsh vessels in Canada's coastal trade, the royal, commission on coastal shipping was told Tuesday.

The Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association, rep- resentlng the major shipyards. made the submission on the sec- ond last day of public hearings be- fore the three-man commission

An opposing view was advanced by the Shipping Federation of Can- ada. whose members include up erators of British ships. which con tended revenues picked up by British ships in trade between Canadian ports could help them reduce charges on Canadals export cargoes.

For the shipbuilding up. To- ronto economfat GllbcrTro.7 '

impede shipments to the Prince County area. .

Summerside

western capital and vicinity.

'10 OTHER PIIOVINCES -

Mr. Gass also expected to have an extra radio link between the city and New Glasgow. N.S. this

, I g n. and lghopcful that such

'- my also -an

. "I1, - .' WWHIE , w Summsrlids. and Mlncton N.B. via the Egmont. my radio link. "The latter is by no can a foregone conclusion, but T are working on it with reas. c ax pectatlon." Mr. Gass said. iommunlcation with all main line points east of Charlottetown are ted to be in operation this morning. This, however. ro- fers exclusively to main highway plolnts and does not include spur IIES.

WESTERN HOSPITAL

Mr. Gordon Milligan. General Manage of the Maritime Electric Co.. reported last evening that power and light had been restored to the Western Hospital at Alber- ton. The heavy ew unit from Fredericton. N.B.. were concentra- ted on this special effort during the day and will continue in the area for some time.

Another step forward in over coming the storm effects was ex- perieuce by the power company maintenance men when they con- nected the New Glasgow Cream- ery with power through Hunter River. This crew will continue working through to Rusllco.

The pole line loss between Hunt- er River and Fredericton is very high and will require more time to restore as the crews advance westward into the more densely damaged area.

Maintenance crews continued to fan out and make repairs to in- .stallatlons throughout the city

Masanegut no serious damage was

Gordon E. Dunn. chief storm forecaster in the Miami weather bureau. said such a winter storm of this size and intensity occurs

One result of the freak storm was that Portland, Maine. with a low of 44 degrees was warmer than downtown Miami where a re- cord Jan. 10 low of 42 degrees was recorded. It was as low as 31- below fftitzing-in some Florida farm areas. ,

The weather bureau at Atlantic City, N.J.. reported-tides there at tit feet above normal.

40 Crews Aiding In Restoring Wire Services In;N. B.

SAINT JOHN. . N. B., (CF)- Forty crews gathered from throughout the province are work- ing with local crews in wire-d.ls- rupted areas of Westmorland. Al- bert and Kent counties, the New Brunswick Telephone Company reported Tuesday.

The men have been working around the clock to ephone wires and replace poles. broken by ice loads and fallen trees and branches.

Moncton was hardest hit with 1.000 telephones Shcdlac had only 50 working out of 987. Port Elgln was third wltti 440 silent. The list lnc1v'led' Sackvllle 250, Buctouche 150. Do! cihester 100, Memramcook 100 Hlllsboro 100 and Albert 60.

At least 150 poles were down between Moncton and Amherst. 40 between Moncton and Shedlac and 3) between Moncton and Buctouche, Conditions were nob mal above Newcastle.

The Red Cross disaster service mobile canteen at Saint Joblf went to Moncton to help in feed- ing workers.

Give Report On Time born V. Plot .5.-.'. ”. ........:.-- ,-'1” 'i uoivooii: (AP)-.7 The cofoolal ofnco Tuesday reportod ovldenca that Chinese Nationalists bribed a Hong Kong airport cleaner to puts time bomb aboard a plane carrying Communist officials to the 1955 Bandung conference. Fifteen persons, including some top Chinese Beds and Communist newspaper men. were killed when the Air India plane fell into the sea while approaching Indonesia. -The Colonial Office statement folbwed a long investigation of the crash by Hong Kong officials- It identified the airport cleaner

only once every five or 10 years. pr

repair tel- i

out of order .

Eden Grapples I With Plans To Cut Living Costs

DONDON (Reuters)-Prime Min- ister Eden Tuesday began develop- ing his plans for a government attack on high living costs which many Conservatives believe to be the main challenge to their party's

estlge.

They hoped that these plans, due to be discussed by the cabinet to- day. will boost the governments stock higher than before the recent outcry that it was showing inde-

cmsns, -JANUARY, 11 1956 Throne Speechitkgvutiines Plans

Covers Prince Edward island Like the Dew

PRICE 5c

Gov't Is To Aid Clearing

Slums, Improving Homes

clsion in the handling of some of the nation's affairs.

Also on the cabinet program are the conclusions formulated here last week at (p conference of Brit- ain's envoys tom the Middle East under the chairmanship of Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd These will form the essential background of talks which Eden is to have with 'President Eisenhower in Wallllllb lion later this month. I

CRITICISM onors

This week has seen a swift drop in the criticism earlier directed at Eden and his ministers by news- .napers of all political colors. The ntlack reached its climax last week. A ' Eden, who returned from his of- -ficial country residence, Chequers, Buckiughamshire, called in Harold Macmillan, the chancellor of the 'exchequer. for a long. preliminary dilscusslon on the economic situa- on.

Macmillan is being asked to give priority to concrete proposals for reducing living costs.

A general statement on the gov- ernment's plans is likely soon after parliament reassembles Jan. 24, but a broad outline of them is ex- pected from Eden when he speaks at Bradford a week from today or ln a political television brogdcast he has arranged for Jan. 21. Both provide an opportunity for him-if he wishes-to hit back at critics.

Cyprils Garrison To Be Ekeintorchpd

. LONDON,

I ' n th tan-I won :5 aiidmiifwerellnes the weekend ice storm. Conditions throughout the whole Prince Conn improving conditions.

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. g I g . olnce. ' . . , .- The reinforcements-the lst -

3rd battalions of .th Par-ac”

Regiment and the headquarters .

the ltlth Brigade Group-wpillyfly

from Britain Thursday.

am American Anus lieoch German Army

BONN. (AP)--The first Ameri- can weapons wsra -delivaredlto the new West German Army Tuesday. The arrival of three

Adenacur Planning I-loldcly Next Month

BONN, (Reuters) - Chancellor Konrad Adcoauer. 8). will go to the Canary islands next month for a vacation. it was announced Tuesday. The holiday is intended to restore Aden.-auer's strength. sapped by an illness last fall. Date of his departure was not known but was expected to be in the middle of the month.

NEW FORCES CHIEF

CAPETOWN (Reuters) - Maj.- Gen. H. B. Klopper. who was of- ficar commanding the Tobruk gar- rison at the time of its surrender, to Rommell in June, 1912, has been named South Africals new chief of general staff. the defence minstry

the immediate vicinity. -

as Chow Tse Ming, and said be huge U. S. Army trailers at the now is in Formosa. nearby Andernach training camp . d the ” t-”- 31.000.000.- 000 arms aid program. The first

arms deliv ed included ' '. rifles. bazooka rocket launchers. Halt machine-gun a field sila- nals equipment.

FORTIEII IN LONDON LONDON (CP)-Laval For-tier. Canada's deputy minister of im- migration and cltlsenshlp. N-rived Tuesady for a week's visit. He will meet immirgation and transport of- ficials. Fortier sailed from Mont- real on the liner Queen Mary. which docked at So"”'ampton a ay late. d

0LDE8'l'- TWINS

STOCKHOLM (CP)-Two stock- ilolm women who will celebrate their 100 th birthday on April I are claimed here the world's oldest twins. 10 years older than twins in

announced Monday night.

Nine Bridges Threatened

said the extremely low costs of United Kingdom ships would cut down the use of Canadian yards if they were given free entry after the opening of the St. Lawrence- seaway.

He "lsagreed with arguments of some Atlantic seaboard organiza- tions that the seaboard area be

left open to. U. K. shipping to hold "1

cargo rates down while the inland water routes are restricted as a means of protecting Canadian op- erators. .

-This could doom to "notion Qllpyardsln the unrestricted area. he said

.oMr. ilackson said utihemsssarttz n's proposals on man freight 1.-liar-ges "tor the

tar a long time to else.”

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parts of New Brunswick there WlsI lrldgowater on the province's the Lahsvc river hsesday night little changsia general conditions south shore.

that water-head Tusaday and it was climbing steadily. Offlclalsprcdictsd

at the water racing:

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improved conditions in Summit!”- gle and Mayor Henry Wedse. who like so many others, has worked relentlessly. 8816 last CV91? lng that power has been restored to almost 20 per cent of the town. Almost 500 Kilowatts Were being used at noon yesterday for the 21.5 restored circuits represent- ing about Min of normal PN- duction and all repair work at the power plant is being done 9 enable the system to carry I capacity load when all eight cir- cuits are fully retored.

Through the efforts of the prov-. cacl government, the Mayor stat- ed that two electrlcal genera plants have been obtained. One these is being used to supply pow- er to the Bag factory. two hotels and a dry-cleaning plant. The other has been connect J with a pumping station at the North and of town to .Isslst in bolstering the water pressure. Capacity has now been-Wlilod. with 500-600 gallons per"”ni nute. hing pumped for town use:

Mayor Wedge said the major problem is that oftobtalning poles but stated that six carloads of these are available in Ontario and that Premier Matheaon has mov- ed to have delivery speeded up by means of fast freight. Twenty coils of wire arrived in Summersidc yesterday by express and ulI8l18Efnel'll8 have been made to bring in more by truck

transfer to speed up the difficult

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New Brunswick Electric Powa Commission raised its damage ea- timate to 8300.000 from an earlier 8200.000.

3.000 POLES DOWN

More than who poles .-ame crashing down in the three prov lnces during the weekend. On one 00-mile atretch in Prlncl Edward Island every pole came down.

Hundreds of people were still without alectri and heat Tues- day as power remained in curled tangles. Repair emu con- tinued to work around the clock and some centres have had serv- ices. restored. But power officials latdit would be months before all repairs are completed.

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The line to Prince County Hoa- ital had not been completed last venlng but it was expectd to ve power restored there by this .- mag. The 295 circuits restored are the extreme eastern circuit. which services a dairy, bakery. and cannery; the Southern clrcult supplying power to business houses on the South side of Water Street from East St. to Queen St., and the Central circuit which takes care of electrical needs at the Federal Building. the old Prince County Hospital. a dairy and a publishing company as well as the homes in these areas. Practically the whole area south of Church Street and east of St. Stephen Street is now being supplied with electrical power.

CALI. TN UNITES

Yesterday the firm of M. F. Schurman Co.. Ltd.. announced that all the available auxiliary elec- trical generatlng units have been called in from outside points to be used as an emergency measure during the present desperate heat- ing sltuatlon in Summerside. These units have been mounted on trucks and equipped with extended lea din wires and men. The trucks can be driven to homes equipped with oil burning furnaces and the units are then connected with the fur- nace until the temperature in the home is up to normal.

These units are presently being used to capacity "24 hours a day but can be diverted from some of their present duties in case of em- ergencies. in the event of severe cold weather, only those homes which have no method of heating will be serviced to help alleviate the suffering as of as many as possible. if such a service is re- quired one should contact Mr. Ewen Nicholson. Chairman of the Red Cross Disaster Committee.

The M. F. Schurman Co.. Ltd. has also supplied man and tnicks to help clean up the debris around Summerslde and their new mill. which was completed a short tlrnc ago. has been taken over by the

ummerside Electric Light Depart- ment for the sorting of wire. trans- formers and other equipment.

SALVAGE EQUIPMENT

Crews have been organized ,in almost every nn-al area to salvage all the electrical pment pos- sible and work on project is underway as not it. Cape Egmont and Belmont ad will commence today in the lfalpeqns and Dara- ley areas. Much of this work b being done by local residents.

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assistance to residents through. the facilities of his organisation when he was in Summersid: yesterday. The local radio station expects to return to the air today with an auxiliary power unit, one of three brought in from Saint John by Mr. J.K. Curran, The station's hour's of operation will be from 7:10 a.m. to 10 pm: and although the coverageserved will be smal- ler than normally. Summerside and surrounding districts will re- ceive the usual strong signal. have moved out of their own

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homeaiatld into those of friends or ”

relatives who have coal heated fur- naces. Mr. Norman Pritchard in- formed the Guardian yesterday that he could bring in 40 or 50 oil burning heaters from Moncton to help alternate the heating prob- lem it residents requested them. Residents have been warned of the danger of live wires. now that circuits are being hooked up and to contact a town electrician if the need arises. but not to handle any of the wires. 5

Three-Day Isolation Ended For Residents Of Amherst

AMHERST. N.S. day isolation caused by sleet and

(C)-A three dents lived camp style.

They cooked their meals in the

freezing rain has ended for this places or hung pots pioneer-style

town.

Electricity has been restored in about 90 per ccnt of the homes. A precarious telephone circuit rigged through a maze of downed poles has give n the town its first contact with the outside world since Satur- day.

Fifty families Tuesday moved-

back into cold homes. abandoned when a Saturday power failure shut off electric ranges and oil burners.

Dick Andres. news editor of '.heI

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Amherst Daily News, told The Canadian Press in the first Icic- phone call made from the town Tuesday that thousands of resi-

I inside coal and wood furnaces.

Mr. Andres said that contrary to earlier reports the newspaper did not miss a day of publication. Power facilities were available long enough to start presses roll- ing Sunday snd were restored to the paper Monday. Local stories and photographs were supple- mented by Canadlan Press dis- patches brought ln by truck and train from Moncton.

During the height of the storm Saturday night police cleared the streets and introduced a curfew to keep residents safe from splintered poles and dangling power linm.