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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1952

Sudden Rain Saves N.S. Settlement From Fire

Liner Gripsholm Picks

Up 45 From

Burning

Freighter; Four Missing

NEW YORK, July 20 - (AP) - The luxury liner Gripsbolm turned mercy ship Saturday and snatched from death 45 of 49 persons fleeing s freighter fire 65 miles off the eastern tip of Long Island.

The 5,000-ton freighter, the Black Gull, valued at 31,000,000 to 31.500,- 000, carried nine passengers, a crew of 40 and a rich cargo, includ- ing volatile chemicals.

A Gripsholm lifeboat, churning through the tossing waters of the Atlantic before dawn, plucked :31 officers and crew members from the bow of the flaming freighter.

They were clustered together. ready to leap into the sea as the chemically-fed inferno roared rc- lentlessly toward them.

Another 24 crew members and passengers, six of them women, had jammed into the Black Gull's last lifeboat and pulled away from the burning vessel.

The other lifeboat had been lost.

The four missing crew members leaped 35 feet off the stern of the Black Bull.

Coast Guard cutters and planes found no trace of them. but kept up the search.

Wreckage Taken In Tow

The still-smoldering wreckage of the Black Gull was taken under tow today by a big ocean-going salvage tug.

The Coast Guard estimated it would take the tug about two day: to tow the freighter into New York harbor. Smoke still drifted from the Black Gull.

Today, the wreckage of the Black Gull wallowed on a bright, cairn sea, her shell plating glowing cherry red amidships from the fire.

The Coast Guard cutter Yeatorl'

reported that attempts to douse the fires were abandoned.

In New York, a representative of the ship's owners, Sigurd-I-feriuh sen and Co., said the salvage firm was working on a "no-cure. no-pay contract."

Forty four of the 45 survivors were transferred from the Grips- holm to the Coast Guard cutter Maoxinac and were brought to Staten Island here Saturday night. Eight went to a hospital.

The 45th man, third officer Nils Vsren, was burned so badly he was kept aboard the Sweden-bound

Coming Events

"Sandy's Drive-In Theatre. shows Tuesday and Friday's 9 p.m.

"Reserve Wednlsday, July 23, for parish picnic at Brae.

"Picnic, St. Brigid's, Lot ll, laturday, July 26.

"Dance, Lorne Valley,

every Tuesday. Burke's Orchestra.

"Dance Alberry Plains

Hall, Tuesday, July 22.

Refreshments.

"Dance Morell Wednesday. Mod- srn. old-time. Burns orchestra.

"Bonshaw July 21st at 6.30 p.m., softball, Long Creek Wildcats vs. Bonshaw Bears.

"Mail your films and nega- livu to Garnhum Studios, Char- lottetown.

"Kinkora Hall, Tuesday, 21nd. A real good show, YOUTIC iokiss."

"Dance in vsmon River Monday. July 21st. Rollie Kenzie's Orchestra.

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"Regatta. boat races. etc.. North Rustlco Wednesday, July 23rd, 2 P. M. Lobster supper and dance.

"Campbell's show, Canoe Cove, Wednesday "No Man Of our OWH". starring Barbara Stsnwyck and John Lund.

"Danes Holy Name Hall, st. 79 Bay. Wednesday night. July lard. Ciiaord Psten' Orchestra. In aid of street lights.

-- i "come to the Ice Cream social Mount Albion Hail, Wednesday. July an-a. sponsor... by the Mount Albion women's Institute. "Nsulsr dance at the Bonahsw inn Tuesday night. dancing 9.30 - :3A30- Rollie Msoxsnsisb orches-

"'a.sguiae weekly dunes in st

Mary: l-loll. so is. very Wed- "Mu. omiinrona 3 oi-cinema canteen ssrvios.

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arving has 6 to I pm.

Barn Ai Palmer Road Damaged In Eiecirical Storm

A barn belonging to John Ready, Palmer Road, was struck by lightning Saturday evening

- after eight o'clock and badly damaged by the resulting fire. With the assistance of neigh- bors the blaze was brought un- der control. Damage was quite extensive and included a num- ber of hens smothered by the smoke.

The electrical storm was ac- companied by heavy llail which did considerable damage to hay and corn crops in the Palmer Road and Ebbsfleet areas. Gripsholm for medical treatment.

One of the surviving passengers. Thomas Davis Lecson, told a. story that combined heroism with the frantic flight from the flames.

stewardess Was Heroine meson, a. Briton accompanied by his wife, said a blonde stewardess known only as Suzanne was the Black Guii's heroine.

She calmly went about the ship, arousing passengers and helping them into lifebcits and the one life-boat, he said. .

Leeson said persons in the life- boat found the heat from the burn- ing ship so intense they had to crawl into the water to keep cool.

They clambered back into the small boat when they drewlway .from the licking flames.

The six-year-old Black Gull car- ried cargo .valued at sl,500,i)0(7 by her charterers, the Black Diamond Steamship Line. A chief part of her cargo, which included castor oil and machinery, was 500 tons.of naphthalene in metal drums. Naph. thalene is used in making dyes and explosives.

She was one day out of New York for Bremen with her cargo when she burst into flames. Her skipper. among those rescued, was F. A. Anderson of Norway. Although chartered to the Black Diamond Line, she was of Norwegian build and registry and most of her crew were Norwegians.

Iranian Nationalists Threaten Violence

TE1-IRAN. iiuiy 20-(AP)--The die-hard nationalists of Moham- med Mossadcgh 'filled ibe tense air of this riot-ridden. capital to- day with threats to assassinate his succesor, Premier Ahmed Qavam.

Sporadic clashes continued throughout the counlry as an aftermath of Saiurdayis national- ist violence against the new Pre- mier, who has promised to strive for a settlement of of ihis coun- try's crippling oil feud with Bri- tain.

Extremist supporters of the un- comprising Mossadegh fcnr Qllv- am will make concessions in the oil dispute which would bring British authorities back inio con- trol of the nationalized industry which once' produced .'i0.000,000 ions of oil a year and was the country's biggest 0 money earncr. It was Mossadegh's nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Com- pany's installations in Iran that brought a virtual shut-down of the industry.

1000 AcTes Burned Over In Digby Area

DIGiBY. N.S.. July 20-(CP)- Only a token force of firefighters today stood watch over the still- giowing embers of a 1,000-acre forest blaze, which for ll. time threatened the farming commun- ity of Lansdowne, 10 miles from this Bay of nlndy fishing town. The fire-born in a lightning flash Monday-was beaten Satur- day by a sudden, unexpected down- pour and the continuous efforts of more than 1.000 stubborn firefight- ers, 400 of them naval volunteers from Cornwallis naval base nearby.

Heavy winds today sent men rushing again to the fire scene but by noon they slackened and a. token force was left to guard the perimeter.

Within Mile of Settlement

The fire, which burned a 1,000- acre swath across a three-mile frollt, Friday crept to within a mile of Lansdowne, a community of 40 homes. In the flickering ligllt of lanterns residents worked feverishly to erect fire barriers be- fore their frame dwellings while volunteer firefighters toiled with bulldozers and shovels on the fire front.

A morning breeze Saturday turn- ed the flames southward toward the prosperous cherry growing centre of Bear River. When the rain came the flames were a scant four miles away.

District Fire Ranger A.V. Banks said: "I still can't figure where the rain came from. There wasn't a sigll...then it was pouring."

The fire began Monday when lightning struck a tree in the woods near Lansdowne, tinder dry from weeks of drought. The flames, believed quelled Tuesday. mush- roomed again Thursday and the red glow and smoke pail were vis- ible at Saint John, N. 13., more than 40 miles across the Bay of Fundy.

Light equipment was rushed to the scene and bulldozers smashed roads through the brush and em- bers for heavy pumpe D flown from Halifax.

Three hundred volunteers from Cornwallis joined those already at the scene Friday night and more arrived Saturday.

Stick To Homes

Lansdowne residents stuck to their homes even at the height of the fire. only a few packgd be. longings in readiness for a dash to safety.

A 31,500-dollar summer home and several logging huts were de- stroyed but there were no injuries.

The burned area included both cut-over land and standing tlmber.:

The Prince Edward Island Reg-

iment (17ih Reece) took an- nual summel: training at the Re- serve Force camp at Camp Utopia, N. B.. exercising in their tanks by doing manoeuvres and firing.

Eastern Canada Suffers Nine "Bombing" Raids

ST. HUBERT, Que.. July 20 - (OP) - Eastern Canada suffered nine bombing raids in the first 24 hours of the mock-war involving more than 000 R.C.A.F. and Un- lied States Air Force planes, head- quarters of the R.C.A.F. Air De- fence Command announced today.

The week-long operations, called Exercise Signpost, are designed to test the vulnerability of Eastern Canada and the United States to long-range bombing attacks.

R. C.A. F. officials said the first raid came 45 miiltites after the ex- erclsc officially opened, as twin- engined Miichells entered the East- ern Cannda. defence System. The right foliowlllg bombing runs were spaced throughout the day.

A security blanket covered all other aspects of this exercise which Air Vice-Marshal A. L. James, of- ficer commanding the R.C.A.F. Air Dcfcnce Command, says he wants to "resemble wartime condi- tions."

OTTAVVA. July 20-(GP)--A Federal election in 1953 could con- fllct with two provincial election campaigns.

Nova Scotls and Manitoba, with governments elected in 1949, may decide to go to the polls at or about the same time as the Fed- eral Government.

The Federal Government has until Aug. 25, 1954, to fix the date for the next election. However, there has been speculation that the election will be held some time next year, probably in the fall. In unofficial circles, Monday, Oct. 5. 1953, is mentioned as a possible date.

M. .1. Caldwell, C. C. F. leader. said recently he believes the elec- tion date will be fixed for either

BASKATOON. July M -(OP)- Ths Saskatchewan C. C. 1". has asked that an impartial committee be set up to investigate charges that germ warfare has been used in Korea.

The provincial convention here lriday also passed a resolution condemning the production and use of all bacteriological, chemical. napalm hydrogen, and atomic wea-

The resolution said those who used or planned to use such wes- pons were "war criminals." Contained in the same resolution was a request to the Federal Gov- ernment to urge all nations to sign the Geneva Protocol prohibiting the use of baoterioiogiccai warfare. scientists were called upon to re- frain from "activities rel g to pespu-stioa of such instru is of snnihiiirstlon."

The war weapons resolution was

- 14 "foreign policy" motions

Sask. CCF Asks Probe- Of Germ Warfare Claims

passed by the convention.

other resolutions favored contin- uation of Korean truce negotia- tions by political instead of roll- itary representatives of the par- ticipating powers. The recent bombing of North Korean power plants on the Yalu River by U. N. planes was condemned.

The delegates advocated admis- sion of the l'”' Communist Government to the United Nations and urged that plans to re-arm Western Germany be scrapped.

one motion favored reduction of defence , " in favor of ex- penditures for "useful government services."

The national C. C. 1''. Party was requested to set up a "peace policy" committee with provincial asocistions participating. The committee would study all foreign policy matters and help to form a definite C. 0. 1". platform on for-

Speculate On Federal Election Late Next Year

late June or early October, 1953.

No precedent will be set if Nova Scotln and Manitoba decide to hold elections about the same time. in 1949, three Provinces-British Columbia, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia-held elections within a few weeks of the Federal election.

Forthcoming elections ill New Brunswick and Alberta will bring to five the number of provincial legislatures elected this year. Three were elected in 1951.

Sllskatclicwall voted June ll: British Columbia .lune i2, and Quebec July 16. Alberta. has an election set for Aug. 5 and New Brunswick for Sept. 22. Ontario. Prince Edward island and New- foundland elected new Legislatures last year.

The situation in British Colum- bia is such that a new election may be called at any time. ln.the recent election. the Social credit elected 10 members, the C.C.I-". I8, Liberals 6, Progressive Conserva- tives 4 and Labor 1.

Ill other Provinces, the govern- ments are solidly entrenched.

In Quebec. Premier Duplessis' Union Nationale Government was

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iiain Brings li.B.i Fires Ilniier control

FREDERIGION, July 20 --- (CF) - Drenching rain Saturday enabled crews to control all forest fires in New Brunswick and more rain fell tonight. A few fire areas r ' under patrol.

The index of fire hazard, which reached the peak of 10 recently, was down to four or five in most districts tonight and zero at some points.

Lightning accompanied the rain. Any fires thus set would show sf-

sign alfsitl.

ter several days of fine wsatnm

Here two of the squadron wait for movement orders, left Sergeant William Callahan and right, Major F. J. McNeill, Sumnlerside.

(Canadian Army Photo). ,

Vigorous Training Completed Biidanugniis Atgiilopia

Eight reserve force units and a brigade headquarters together representing the four Atlantic Provinces headed home Saturday after what was termed "the best camp training since before the Second World War". Every unit of citizen soldiers was loud in ils praise of the work carried out at Camp Utopia. N. B. and de- scribed the organization done by the Active Force as near perfect.

By Monday hundreds of fanned civilians with a squarer set lo their sllouiders will be back at their normal peacetime jobs a lot wiser and better able to act for the nation in any emergency. Al- though it was realized that ii would be hard for many to get away there was a strong feeling that the annual summer iraininlz should be increased to 10 days or iwo weeks from the current week.

All units had done good irnin-

ing and none was judged the best but on ihe last camp par- ade compliments were paid to

the Royal Newfoundland Regi- ment for illeir zeal and enthus- iasm. Made up mainly of inexperi- enced youths under a sprinkling of seasoned officers and N.C.0.'s they had bent every effort to show that the Old Colony was to be reckoned with.

A feature of file ramp was the

alarm In U. K. Labor Pariy Forecast

LONDON, July 20A(Rt-uiersl-- The scale of British rearmamcnl will be illc key issue in n 'long- awaiiod lost of sirengtil between the Bevnniic left wing and the Allies old guard at ihe Lrlbrlr Parly's annual convention next September.

Draft rcsnilliions published in-

day show 60 backing demands bv Ancurln Bevan, fiery it-arlcr of file left wing. for a reduction of the arms program. These resoiu-I ilnns indicate Bevan has a bi)! following in the political side of the Labor movement, represent- ing a serious challenge to party leader Clement Atilr-e, who hands the moderate wing. . The Labor Pariy was prepared for a bitter struggle over arms at its convention last fall but Ail- lee decided on it general elec- tion and the program--including many resolutions demanding nrms cuts-was scrapped so members could prepare for the electoral battle.

Bevaniies claim that since then their arms policy and their calls for A foreign policy more Indep- endent of the United States have gained greatly increased support.

Soldier Drowned Near Aldsrshof, N. S.

KEN'I'VIl.fL.E, N. 3., Jilly 20 -

Pte. waiter Eggeit, is, of London, 0nt., A ember of the 48th High- landers stationed at Aldsrshot

military camp, drowned Saturday in sunken Lake, 14 miles from here The body was recovered.

Tile victim was in a group of 30 soldiers taken to the lake for an outing. Reportedly a good swimmer be drowned when he jumped from a boat to recover a pair of oars dropped overboard.

A coroner's jury said the deatll

was accidental.

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Five Possibilities

CHICAGO. July 20 -(OP)- Democrats on the eve of their con- vention to pick a presidential can- are in the deepest state of uncertainty that has pla- gued them since 1032.

There are five leading possibil- ities but no outstanding or accept- ed logical choice and the source of of the party's inspiration since 1932i --the White House-is silent.

The convention city is quiet as a Sunday in Podunk Centre com- pared with Chicago a fortnight ago today on the eve of the Re- publican convention.

And it is hotter-9-i in the shade and possibly more.

A cool wave is promised for Mon- day and undecided Democrats are ,hoping also for a nod ircm Presi-

among those who want to be can- didates-or wllom certain groups want.

Meanwhile the delegates and al- ternates, some 3,300 of them, are in the usual plse-convention brawl about seating with contesting slat- es from Texas and Mississippi.

Divided on States liigiilts

They are divided over the plat- form plank on states rights which boils down to a choice between the liberal Democrat groups headed

ident Truman to indicate his choice 3

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DEiii0CiiATS IN UNCERTAINTY ON EVE or CONVENTION

Palmer Road Boy Is . Killed Instantly In Fall From Motor Truck

Paul Doucette, l.'i, of Palmer Road North, was instantly killed last evening about six o'clock when he fell from a gravel truck driven by his uncle, Mr. Leo O'Meara, of Aiberton. Apparently the truck had slowed down on meeting a herd of cattle, and the young lad, who was riding in the back ill company with another boy, was thrown out of the truck and fell under the large dual wheels which passed over him killing hinl instantly.

He was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Doucetie of Palmer Road North, and is survived by three sis- ters and three brothers. The ac- cidellt occurred about one half mile from the Palmer rtoad Church.

A lury was sworn in by Dr. W.A. Shea, coroner, Alberton, alld site: vielvlng the remains the inquest adjourned until Wednesday at P. M. the Alberton Court House.

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Tile jurors are: George F. Knox,,

foreman, Erviiig W. Mo er, Ei- ward Bernard, Leo J. A senauit, William G, Profit, Frederick J. Dou- cetle and Edmund J. DesRoches.

Tile accident was investigated by the Aibel-ion detachment of the R. C. M. P.

Legiondr-y. Wife Dies in .Oi'i'nyvn

by Truman and his friends favor- ing federal guarantee of equal, treatment for Negroes and the, deep south demand for a conscrv-ll ative rights plank which will leave, this touchy subject up to the statesw and brought out Dixiecrats He defied them their support but it is questionable

Trum"ei0i'4l - fl Eilrii-l.” Five Lseeking Nomination

The five men still courtillg the nomination openly and avidly arel Vice-President Alben Barkley, Mu- tual Securiy Director Averell Har- rima, and Senators Richard Rus- sell of Georgia, Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and Robert Kerr of Ok- lahoma. A dozen-odd lesser lights, favorite sons alld dark horses, were receptive but not paticularly hope-i ful.

There was even some talk thati in the end it will have to be Tru-j man for an attempt at another, term. But that came largely from, administration wheelhorscs who, might. be suspected of wishful, thinl.-ling because their jobs are at: stake. Truman, in Washington, was, keeping in close touch with all the frantic manoeuvcring.

A member of the Truman offlc-, ial family told a reporter that the, President at the moment is con-1 cerned with seeing that the party, platform is constructed aionz lines, he wants-including a strog civil, right plan.

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Thep party split on this in 194ii'C5lJl. John Hundevad. the so-called chief who opposed Truman. publication of the Canadian Le- and won without gion.

”Chief Of Clan Fraser

OTTAWA, July 20 -(CP)- Mrs. Gladys Stewart Hundevad. Canadian short-story and article writer died at her home Saturday. She had been ill for some time. Mrs, I-lunricvad was the wife of editor-in- Legionary, official

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By Jack Brayiey

ANTIGONISH, 'N. S.. July 20- (CP)- A tall, kilted highland man with a bonnie face and a broad smile capped ills tour of Scottish Canada tonight with a degree from a university where half the faculty can speak the Gaelic.