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The Guardian. Ilsa Coats Morning Daily Founded 1881.

EATH AS RCAF PLANE CRASH LANDS

New Years Message From Lieut. Governor Prowse

The following New Year's moss- aga has been received for pub- lication from His Honour Lieu- tenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse:

"As the year 1953 passes into history, may I take this oppor- tunity of wishing all, citizens of Prince Edward Island a most prosperous and happy New Year. May the year ahead bring to Canada ever greater achievement and progress and may our Island Province ever continue to prosper

within the framework of our great Dominion. i "Let us pray that the efforts

for peace put forth by the United Nations will prevail and that Peace on Earth. good will to- wards men will become a reality in the truest sense oi'the word in 1954.

”May our hearts and minds be with our beloved Queen at this time. as she continues on her globe-encircling tour of our sis- tar Dominlons and countries of the Commonwealth. May her visit serve to bind these countries of the British Commonwealth ever closer together and may the ex- ample of our Family of Nations serve to stimulate similar har- monious accord and good will in

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Lt.-Gov. T. W. L. Prowse

they came. "As we cross over into the year

1954, may we look forward to a

the hearts of other world powers. year of achievement and con- "May we continue to receive tinued prosperity and may our the bounetous blesaln a lavishly Province, our Dominion and our

British Commonwealth of Nations continue to lead in the efforts of all Christian Nations to bring peace to our troubled world."

Two-Headed Boy is Improving

INDIANAPOLIS. (AP)--"General improvement" was reported Wed- nesday in the condition of the two-headed boy born Dec. l2 to

bestowed on our Prov ace in the past by a benevolent Providence. and may we ever gratefully re- member the source from whence

BACK ON .103

TliMM1lN8. Ont. (OP)--About I50 men reported for work at lfollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Wednes- day. the first of the mlnes' 1.500 employees to return rules they went on strike more than three months ago. The strike ended ear- lier. this week after the company and the United Steelworkers of America CIO-COL signed a con-

tract baud on settlement nroixis- Mrs. Cecil Hartley at Washing- als by the Ontario government. go". Ind.

A Riley hospital spokesman said oxygen treatment was being dis- continued experimentally to see if it could be dispensed with. The hospital also said the color of the left head had improved and that it now is taking as much formula as the right head.

The hospital has received no

Coming" Events

"Auction and dance in Vernon hall, Thursday. Dec. 31.

"Reserve January 14th variety concert Victoria Hall.

...... word from the parents as to

"Legion dancs Belfast Hall, whether they wish to take the Thursday. Dec. 31st. a child home, the hospital said. The --- parents live in a modest farm

"Dance in Milllflew Hull. Frldly. home near Petersburg. in south-

Janusry ilth.

"Midnight dance. Cardigan hall, dancing 12 to 3. Auaplcss C. Y. C. Turner's Orchestra.

western Indiana.

llepori -Two Killed In Crash

M000! JAW. Basic. (OP)-Two persons were reported killed wad- ncaday in the crash oi an RCA? aircraft at Tilney, 12 miles south of here.

Air Force officials withheld identity oi the crash victims pond- ing notification of next-of-kin.

The plane was believed to have been on a routine training flight from No. 2 Flying Training school here. Cause of the crash was not

"Canadian Degion Dance at st. Peters. December list. Modern and old time dances.

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"Big New Years live Danes in Momll Hall, Thursday, December am. Good music. ,

"Dance. lonshaw institute Hall. 0 t. December slat. Poois's re a.

"M-G-M Movies, I-lall.,' Thursday. Shows I and lo.

hederioton December am.

. lied forces in central Europe. - was on; of two main NATO com-

Generallempler To Assume Post Next Oclober 2f

LONDON, (Reuters) - Gen. sir Gerald Temple . high commis- sioner ln Malaya for the last two years, will take over a key Atlan- tic pact post in Europe next Octo- ber, it was announced Wednesday night.

The 55-year-old general, whose brilliant combat record in the Sc-

. cond World War was cut short by

a flying piano. will succeed Gen.

1 air Richard Gala as commander

oi the northern anmy group of Al- It

mands under French Marshal Ai- phomse Juin, commander of Allied land, sea and air forces in cen- tral Europe.

Tompl has become one of Bri- tain's top administrative officers slncg the ironic incident of the flying piano on the Italian front in 1944. An army truck loaded with a grand piano struck a mine di- rectly behind i.emipler's jeep. The plano landed on his back. crushing his spine.

After a "miraculous" recovery. he headed Britain's first military government in Germany after the Second World War and played it key role in the post-war recon- struction of the shattered country.

Prime Minister Ohurchili.3a17v pointed him high commissione in Malaya, February, 10.52.

Little Time Lost

organizing the jungle warfare a- gainst the Communit terrorists. His predecessor. Sir Henry Gur- ney, had been ambushed and mur- dered by the rebels.

"Strong man" methods in the-. years of Templer'a leadership have turned the tide against the rebels. Large areas of Malaya. once in- fested with the terrorists, have been cleared and freed of military control. '

In the last few weeks. however, there have been signs of a. re- newed tsrrorlst campaign. can- tured Communist documents re- veal orders for a new offensive.

Perhaps. for this reason, Tem- pler's tenn in Malaya. due to ex- pire in February, has been ex- tended until J-une. the colonial of- fice announced. He will be suc- ceeded-thm by sir Donald Mac- gillivray, his deputy high commis- uloner.

Upon taking up his new post in Europe, Templar also will serve, as his predecessor did. as com- mander-in-ohlef of British forces in Gennany.

Says llesisiance ii Movement Growing,

COPENHAGEN, (CIP) - Three Poles granted political asylum in Denmark said today that present life in Communist Poland is like it was under the Nazi occupation, and the resistance movement is growing.

"If all Poles had the chance of escaping. Poland would be empty in a few months." one of them

qshaw. ”'T' mu. deuvrrnined.

Mid.

Pride!- "Tho Man In the Whit! Itlit." Don't miss thin picture.

!l'Our store will be closed for k taking irbm New Year's January 5th. store open

at " i. '1' is day evening. R. L. gblcltiason.

row: Glasgow.

7'-Join 3... friends i. he bi 3' ' ' I orrrsws, (OP)-Demands for no-

Eghnv '' .mt' tion to ease clla-iblng unemploy- , ogm..' amd". taint-most of it sesame! but some mu. p not-are piling on the federal gov-

eminent.

Labor organisations and some business groups-joined Wednesday by the United Ohurch of Canada- are pointing to fall-winter Jobii-ll 9; fburea which one labor chief claims are the highest for a sim- ilsr period in Canadian history.

Others do not go so far but sug- geet- that Canada. is heading for the most unianployment since the war. 'lIie post-war top was in late winter of i080. when Si-1.000 were out of work. mIn.y:ar-end messages to the pub- , e unausploysnmt theme was

uniiorseored

POMlt.Iansous!i Incident of new omgrsaa of

.gYear'sl: Day, the next

The Guardian

, Saturday, Jan-

nary .2. 1954. I W

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.uauaeat.aM secretary - treasurer of the Oanadlsn Congress of labor.

Gov't Receives Demands To Ease Unemployment

Both three largest of central la-

bor bodies have i-aomuy called on W

the government for such measures It Hilllled lmempiyansnt insur- ance and the use of a so - called ”ahelf" of public projects which the government is suposed to be saving up for a rainy day,

Tlieir complaints have dealt lam. ifically with regional patches of un- employment in industries such as textiles. farm immemenia. railways rubber footwear, coal in the Mari- timea. Iadisa' dunes and hats. There have been layoffs in all of these trades. One textile firm in Renfrew. Ont... was disclosed Wed- M-Odly to have I gone into bank-

ruptcy.

officials of the United Automo- bile workera (mo-00!.) have ar- rang a meeting with cabinet niemberr fdrieerly in the new year on the farm implement slump. which they consider a possible in-

Templer lost little time in re- ”

New Leader For Nato Northern Army QGroup

P.E.I. Junior

Mr. Umui IAughlin of Sher- brooke was elected president of the P. 13:. Island Junior Farmer's Fed- eration at their annual meeting held at Tracadie yesterday in con- nection with a short course there.

Mr. Laughlin, who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laughlin was president of the Sherbroolse 4 H Cali clubiin 1948 and illlii and was one of the group winning a. trip to the Maritime Winter Fair in the former year. Following this suc- cess Mr. Laughlin was one of the top judges oi dairy cattle and took part in the national contest at the Royal Winter Fair n Toronto.

Farmers

Federation Meeting

In 1952 he was a member of the sherbrooke debatng team which won the Simmons and MacFarlane

il.C.A.F. Biiiciais Term Escape A "Miracle"

RCAF North Star transport plane ripped off a wing and cartwheeicd into wreckage while landing at international airport

trophy, emblematic of the Pro- Vancouver vmcml Championship. Wednesday but all 51 persons Mr. Laughlin has also been a aboard escaped serious injury.

Director of the Junior Farrners

Federation for the past two years.

The organization is interim be- tween the 4 1-! Clubs and the Federation of Agriculture.

Other officers elected at Trac- adle were George

treasurer, Miss Martina Bear River, past president.

C. MacDonald. St. Georges, vice president, Morris Deacon, Charlottetown, secretary- Hughes,

Air force officials said it was it "miracle" no one was killed. Cause of the crash was not known, The 43 passengers Mild eight crew members scram-bled through broken windows and a gaping hole in the fuselage. Eight women and two small children were among the survivors.

The four-engined plane from 426 Transport Squadron at Dorval. Que.

Progress in l

and Natural

on the fishing industry for the past year finds the picture very en- couraging. Our biggest expansion wok place in the off-shore fishing. as will be seen from the increased landing at souris. The Island drag- gers were responsible for landing 5,470,065 lbs at souris during the ast season. In view of the fact that four of the boats started to fish late in the season. this will be seen as a very good showing.

The model of dragger presently used in the Island fisheries is now coming into general use in Eastern Canada. During the past year a model of this hull was built for Newfoundland. , a considerable number were built-in new Bruns- wick and the model'ls under study in Nova. Bootla and Qudbecf

During the -past season, the De- partment through the Fishermenzs Loan Board continued its work in assisting inshore fishermen in the purchase of boats and engines.

Lobster landing continues to form the backbone of the inshore land- ings .The disastrous storm in May struck fishermen very severely but financaliy the picture was not as bleak as might be expected. Al- though the landing was down over 1.3 million pounds. its value had increased nearly 5200,000.00.

In order to assist fishermen to recover from the severe losses due to the spring storms. a special ses- sion of the Legislature passed leg- islation to provide loanslfor re- placement oi traps and gear.

Forestry I)lvlslcn,.

Activities of the Forestry Div?- ion continued to expand duri g the past year. In early spring ap- proximately fifteen acrea of waste- land were planted with species of trees suitable to the locality. About six acres were planted to red pine and white spruce in Ashton, while nine acres in ions. were planted with red and white pine, Norway and white spruce. Approximately 20,000 plants were used with a six foot spacing between each plant.

The majority ofi abandoned farms that have been taken over by i.he government have no visible bound- aries. Ifaomeuas isiobsmads of these lands. a boundary has to be established around each separating it from adjacent property. This fall approximately eight miles of such line has been cut.

Thu fall, as an experiment, ap- proximately twsnty-elght thousand. two-year-old red pine seedlings were transplanted in rows. The ms were set two inches from each other. while the rows were placed it inches, apart. The exper- iment was tried in order to test the survival between fall and spring transplanting.

Al this was a fairly good year for red pine cones, about ten bushels of cones were gathered. These some have been dried and most of the seed extraclnd. Aa red pine seed sells for sixteen dollars a pound, not only will the price of such aeed be low. but such seed will suit our cilmaia and soil con- ditions a lot better than seed im- puted from areas outside of Prince Edward Island,

A number of wcodlot owners. in- teruiad in improving their wood- lots have been ad. Advice was given on dtffaren methods of cut- tlng so as to better the quality of trace, their growth and in- suit-I proper regeneration after the cu .

dicator.of a general slip in basic.- lnllneil. .

5-;

The Fisheries Division repoi-tug.

ndustry And Natural Resources Reviewed

By I-ion. Eugene Cullen Provincial Minister of Industry

Resources.

lot management or People are beginning

needs but .what is much more im portsnt, in maintaining our presen

Farm Improvement Service The services rendered

son. Requests were received

caused postponement

vice.

The policy of pasl

at McInni.s' on the which following

this pond,

hunting licenses this year. Town Planning

the area adjacent

(Continued on page 15. coil 3)

To Enter Home Producisliarllei

MINNEAPOLIS.

(AP)

is: Toronto.

pany's grocery products line. Bel to be on a. Dominion-rwlde basis.

appliances. formula feeds,

Each year, more people are be-

su. ,

coming interesled in either wood- ln planting.

to realize that, the woodlot is a necessity not only in supplying their immedate

water table level and soil fertility.

by the Farm Improvement Service Division of the Department by providing. at nominal rental rates. tractors, bull- dozers and other equipment for stumping, clearing, grading excava- tion oi cellars,movlng buildings, etc. continued to expand. The machin- ery comprising of four units start- ed to work on May lat and worked continuously throughout the sea- in such volume that-the Department was unable to meet the demand. Due to weather conditions and the matter of transporting machinery from one location to another some delay was experienced which neces- sitated delays and in some cases of certain jobs. This is a major problem and it is to be hoped in some way to improve the service in this regard and render a more satisfactory ser-

yrars in creating additional public angling areas in the Province was contin- ued during the past year. A new pond was provided on the Brudenell River and known as .Mellish's Pond. New Perth. Another was provided Souris Line Road. This is localed on the stream emptying into Big Pond. In ad-

dition Bianchard's dam at Lillie Tignish was rebuilt and a new ”- design of 3, wutegme WM used. The court came to the conclus-

further improve- ments this coming year should also serve the purpose as a fish ladder. A fish ladder was installed at Jay's Pond. Pisquld. which we expect will allow the sea trout to ascend into

A considerable decrease has been noled in the sale of non-resident

The Town Planning Division con- tinued its programme of mapping ” to Charlotte- town. In this area during the past year 115 building permits were is- sued with an estimated value of

-General Mills Inc., Wednesday announced plans to enter the home products market in Canada through in Cans. dlan subsidiary with hsadquamrs

Prealdent Charles H. Bell said a DOCKIIO food! plant will be con- stmcted immediately on a Mi-ncra tract in the Toronto area. Opera- tions will begin with the com-

said, with distribution ultimately

The firm manufactures flour. cake mlxu. breakfast cereals and also such varied products as home indus- trial chemicals and cellulose mon-

was on a regular flight from Van- couver to Montreal via Edmonton when it ran into icing conditions and ne engine failed.

rlndod Upside Dwn

The plane came to rest upside down at the Edge of A 10-foot ditch partly filled with water. The pas- sengers and crew were strapped to their seats by safety belts and were hanging upside down when the fuselage slid to a stop in a

VANCOUVER. (CF)-A disabled N

pool of gasoline.

Flames which shot out from the sheared-off engine were doused by firemen before they could spread.

It was the second crash of an RGAF North Star in the last three days. A North Star on route from Japan to Mcaiord Field. Wash. crashed Sunday wvhile landing at Bhemya in the Aleutiafns. The eight persons aboard were unhurt.

The plnne -attempted llhe. land- ing as a light rain was failing and mist hung over the nlrporf.

It was the first major crash in the 24 years the Sl.000,000 airport has been in operation. C

Couri Holds Crew Blameless

WASHINGTON, (AP)-The US. Navy Wednesday said officially it found no one to blame for the ex- plosion aboard the aircraft car- rier Leyte in Boston Oct. 16 which killed 3'1 men. It said. too, that sabotage had no part.

In releasing the findings of a court of inquiry, the Navy said that' the as military personnel and five civilians met their death through "no intent, fault, negli- gence or inefficiency of any per- son in naval service or connected therewith."

The court also ruled out sabo- tage as a. possible cause. It speci- fically held the ship's captain, Capt. Thomas A. Ahroon, blame-

I.

ion that "someone. unknown and dead" injected air under high pressure into a small tube that contained oil. It was assumed that this generated such intense heat that the oil in the tube

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Whim-

Edinburgh today part company for the first time since their royal tour begun. The Duke will attend services for victims New Zealant'l's disastrous Christ- mas Eve train wreck. Accompanied by Prime Minister Sidney Holland, the Duke will go in Wellinizton. where services art- being held for the 136 persons now believed to have died in thr-

Tangiwae rail disaster. He will return here in the afternoon. Elizabeth will carry on the

day's program alone, with a civic rec:-ptirin and a visit to New Zea!-

of!

Duke Flies To Wellington For Funeral Service Of ew Zealanlljrain Victims

HAMILTON, N. 2., (Reuters) - land's

famous Waitomo caves. swarms of glow-worms brighten subterranean blackness.

She and her husband have been together constantly since their Comnionu-calth inur began at the start of this month.

Formal Dinner

A formal dinner and the cheers of thousands of celebrating New Zesland youngsters greeted the

royal couple on their arrival here

Wednesday night. Resplendcnt in a blue satin ave- nlng dress with sparkling dia-

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The following New Year's mes-'

sage to the people of Prince Ed- ward Island has been received from Premier A. W. Matheson: "In the year 1353 Nature fav- oured the farmlands of Prince Edward Island and our primary producers harvested in. beautiful crop of quality products. The growing season was wetter than average and this extra moisture helped to nurture the plants push- ing their way through our rich. red soil. The countryside retained its fresh green look right up until December and flowers in the gar- dens bloomed well into the Fall. "Milk production was above av- erage and the future of the dairy industry in this predomin.s.ni,ly agricultural province is good. An