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- cr1An1o1frE17owt-VCANADA. WEDNESDAY. ocroass. 26. 1955

Covers Prince Island Like the Dew

Potato, Fiddling And Step Dancing Kings Declared

champions Fred and Frank Cofflnlatep dancing were Aeneas Mac-

Anihony Perry of Tignlsh. Man- of Rollo Bay exhibited Xatahdins. Eachern. Percy Drew and Daniel

tgng Weafherbie. Charlottetown. Danny Mccormack. Souris and

The potato king was presented Birt.

with a trophy from the Dept. ofv The Prize winners in the potato ition were:

John C. MacBeth. Forest Hills

were crowned step dancing, fid- dnng and potato kings of P. E. .t the finals championships held bpfgre a packed hall in P. W. C. Auditorium last night.

George Weatherbie. Charlotte- town. was second and Emmett and William Chalsson. Souris. tied for third in the fiddling contest. In the men's step dancing Charles Walk- er, Johnson's River. was second ind Gabriel Finnan of Summer- side was third. Following Miss Weatherbie in the ladies dancing were Myrtle Perry. Kinkora in second place and Sheila Guathier, Souris. third. I

Mr. MacBeth took the potato! crown with 30 beautifully formedl Canso potatoes and the reserve

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len. Minister of Agriculture. and Mr. Cullen congratulated the wins nets and commended the Alpha Y's Men's Club for the fine work they are doing in the promotion of Island potatoes. l The other winners in the potato iclasslfications were presented with prizes by the president of the Alpha Club-. Mr. Clarence Walker.

Appearing on the program was Henry B. MacLean who gave a fine demonstration of blackboard writ- ing and baffled the audience with a slick performance of slight of hand.

Mr. master evening.

The judges for the fiddling and

George Andrew acted as of ceremonies during the

Agriculture by Hon. Eugene Cul-.8-Xhlb

Grean,Mountains: I - James A- MacDonald. Hunter River.

Cobblers: 1 - Clayton Steven- son. North River: 2 - James A. MacDonald. Hunter River; 3 - John D. MacDonald. Mount Stewart.

Sebagos: 1 - Clarence Burke, Souris RR-1: 2 -- Harold Yeo and Son, Union Road; 3 A John C. MacBeth. Forest Hills.

Datahdins: 1 - Fred and Frank Coffin. Rollo Bay: 2 - Eldon Mac- Kenzle. Rollo Bay; 3-Louis Jenkins, Annandale.

Other Varities: 1- John C. Mac- l"

Beth. Forest Hills tcansosl; 2 ,- Geo. A. Campbell, Rollo Bay (Net- ted Gem); 3 Louis Jenkins, Annandale tCansos).

Suggests Margaret Hasn't Yet Made Up Her Mind

OTTAWA tCP)-Princess Mar-t garet is still undecided about marrying Group Capt. Peter Town- send. '

That's the latest word reaching the Canadian government through informal and confidential reports front London, lnformants.disciosed Tuesday.

They intimated the government

marry Group Capt. Townsend there will likely have to be legisla- tion in the Canadian Parliament

Princess Margaret is third in line in succession to the throne. Undoubtedly she would have to re- nounca succession rights if she be- came betrothed to the divorced commoner. Since the queen of Brit- ain also is the queen of Canada. Canadian legislation would also

would express no opposition if the have to be brought before Parlia- ls-yesr-old princess, third in line ment to remove the princess'

to the throne, should decide to marry the handsome. 40-year-old British air attache. l

it was understood the confiden-l that reports on the state of thel much-publicized romance origin- ated with the United Kingdom gov- ernment. How they were transmit left was not made clear. Presum- shly they were handled through ffanads House. the London office

of Canada's high commissioner to Britain, Norman Robertson.

so FORMAL REPORT "

informants said the Canadian government does not expect to re- news a formal direct communic lion from the U.l(. administration until Princess Margaret makes her decision.

g-if Princess Margaret decides to

Coming Events.

Bingo Hops River Thursday night.

"Regular Dance. Mt. Ryan Hall. every Thursday.

Lot its hall Masquerade dance ursdsy. Oct. 27. good prizes.

Canadian succession rights.

Canadian Support For London Hostel

LONDON (Reuters) Rev. James Butterworth, founder of the bomb-damaged teen-agers' centre "Clubland" in south London. re- turned from I lecture tour of American and Canadian R o t a ry Clubs with about 380,009 for the rebuilding of his hostel. Canadian Governor-General Vincent Massey is sending a stone from the Lauren- tian hills to be incorporated in the new building.

BRIGHTON, England (CP)-I-Iat- ters in this Sussex town seem to be trying to brighten up British

They are market- ing scsrlet. yellow and g r e e n bowler hats.

Eisenhower Tdtes First Few Steps

DENVER fAPl - President Ei- senhower walked Tuesday for the first tl.me since his heart attack Sept. 24.

' And the first newspaper man to "get close to the president since his lillness reported that "he looked just about the same to me"-not 'llke a man who has spent a month in bed. He said Elsenhowe 's color was "good" and his voice firm.

It was only a step or twoist a time that the president took, back and forth from his hospital bed to an easy chair. But it was the begin- ning of a program. set by his doc- tors. which is expected to result in his walking to an east-bound plane in perhaps another fortnight.

Eisenhower had reached the stage in his recovery where photo- graphers were invited to make the first clt:e-illil: shot of the president since h ess. with a lone rep- reseititlitet'of the i'Whlte House press corps standing by.

LITTLE CHANGE

The pool reporter. Garnett D. Ilorner of the Washington Evening Star. told his colleagues:

"He looked just about the same to me. The only thing I noticed was that his hands were a little thin, but that would be explained by his losing four pounds of weight."

Ma Treasure At

OAK ISLAND, N. 5. (CF)-

y Know Today If Any

Texas oil-driller George J. Greene says he'll know Wednesday or Thursday whether there's buried treasure on Oak island.

He's nearing the end of a four- week try to find the legendary treasure of pirate Captain Kidd, object of search on this Nova Scotia south shore island for more

Coke sale Simpson-Sears Fri- 9l'.' 2 p.m. Oyster Bed Bridge

lllr-rt-vi-. Thursday Oct. Eranaud Annual United Church to! Turkey Supper-

Come to the hot chicken sup-

?" at Augustine Cove School Wnvsday. Oct. at).

Masquerade dance and card laltv in Bonshnw Hall. Thurs- lal. October 27. in aid of school.

-.-lnnunl chicken supper and bez-

it St Mary's Hall. 30lu'll. Oct.

lranlrl 27. Bigger than H

Masquerade dance West Royugy cavity." he said. "The drills just drop the IN-oot level in one hole be- fore we found bottom."

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than a century.

ing for a concrete vault- So far all he'd

diamond drills and found plat- forms of oak every 10 feet to the Ill-foot level.

W01"-.Fun DRILL iso FEET

through oak again.

of this platform and still haven't found the end of it."

Greene said Tuesday he's look-

found is osken timber. He has sunk four holes using

"Bglow that there's nothing but t through. We went to

Tuesday the drill was cutting "We've chomped through 14 feet

Oak Island

a group of Corpus Christi. Tex., businessmen, is working at the

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Greene.

WATER NO PROBLEM

"Parties before this one were driven off by rising water. but wa- ter doesnit bother an oil man. We just sink equagel and it shuts off the flooding." Aquagel is s chem- ical compound which solidifies soft mud.

"Personally. I don't think Cap- tain Kidd was ever here. If there's any treasure there it is probably Peruvian stuff brought here by the Spaniards.

"There no sense in sinking many more holes- We've covered the ground pretty well. Of course.

still might hit something in the next couple of days that would make me stay a while longer. The

Mr. John C. MacBeth (third from left) is seen above receiving the Dept. of Agriculture Trophy from the Minister of Agriculture,

1955. Mr. MacBeth's

P. E. I. POTATO gKlNG IS CROWNED

Hon. Eugene Cullen, as the Prince the large number on exhibit at Edward Island Potato King ofgP.W.C. last evening. Pictured with 30 CansoslMr. Cullen and Mr. MscBeth arc were judged to be the finest amouglMr. Clarence Walker. President of

PRICES:

May Extend Visit Later

LONDON, (Reuters)-The Queen and the Duke of

Edinburgh will visit Nigeria from the end of January until the middle of February next year, it was announced

the Alpha Y's Men Club (extreme leftl and Mr. Arthur Duvar. Chair- man of the show fextreme rightl.

tlsh sovereign.

The announcement added that the Queen hopes togvisit other Brit- lsh territories in ii est Africa later.

The journcy. in both directions, will probably be made by El?- Thcre are two international air- ports in Nigeria. at I--was and Kano. .

No detailed program for the visit has yet been fixed but the Queen

OTTAWA I.CP) - The capital mites a gloomy view of prospects for the Big Four foreign ministers conference starting Thursday at Geneva-

Informants said Tuesday they see little hope of the Russians ac- cepting German reunification even with the West offering to enter a

Burials Film Lab' mutual security arrangement with

Ministers Visit Nfld. Fish Plant

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld. ICPI - Fed- eral Works Minister Winlers and Immigration Minister Plckersgili

CREW SIGHTED

M.C.A.

left Gander Tuesday to inspect an experimental fish plant at Valley-

"money pit", one of the many dug previous treasure hunters. It's so called because layers of timber. cocoanlit fibres and three links of a gold watch chain were found

ere. "All I've found is wood." says

Missing Fishing Ketch ls Located

United States fishing kelch Tsep- ing has search and rescue reported Tues- day night.

after the U5. coast guard advis- ed the boat hd been found. No lurthr detils were fiven.

win Brooks of Manchester. Mass.. aboard had been reported miss- ing in the mouth of the Bay of

field on the northwest coast. They were also scheduled to look over a federal dredging Job at Twillin- gate.

They planned to be back in Gender today and are due in St. John's tonight or early Thursday. They are travelling by helicopter.

Tell of Tragic "End To Forty

WOODSTOCK. N. B. tCP)eThc story of ll party ending in tragedy was told here Tuesday when Rob- ert Bnnnnr, 27. of Upper Gage- town, went on trial in the Carle-

murdcring James Collins. 50.

The crown alleges that Collins was killed Aug. 16 by a blow on the herd at his home seven miles from Woodstoc'. Seventeen wit- nesses were expected to be called by the prosecution. Mr. Justice W. Arthur I. Anglin is presiding over the trial. Harry W. Hickman and In D. D'Arcy appeared for the crown and E. C. Atkinson and F- E. Atkinson for the accused. The three witnesses heard Tues- day were Mr. and Mrs. E. Habbs and Percy Trecartln. They told of drinking parties at the homes of Trecartln and Collins. Bonnar had come to the Trecartln house with a cut on his head. Later they heard Mrs. Collins scr t E, and found the body of Collins on a floor of his nearby home.

HALIFAX. tCP)-- The missing

been located. RCA F

Search aircraft were rec:lled

The ltetch. with I9-yearold Ed-

Greene's expedition, financed by

ill! Oct. 3. Mr. G. R. Oopnl. 9.8:; as native of main will T.

game's not over yet."

Archbishop Opposes Any hange In Divorce Laws

in which it can give a clear testi- mony to our lord's standard for their sakes."

IARLY CALL

Funttv.

Missionary IKVIOO Crapaud Geoffrey Fisher. frowned u movq Townsend made his call at (liar- "imunlty Hall Wednesday. to alter the Church of lIglaad's ence Rouse. Margaret's London l 30 at I o'clock. Speaker attitude towards diverse. home. earlier than usual as the Ill! Rev. J. bofthoule. -retired The 8-year-old prtncesr ru- princess fitted in her daily meet- lslonary of llsewotla. mend romance with Townsend. In- in; with him at no p.m.-between noeentorntw is n divorce and n crush of royal engagements father two children. has stlrmi- brought about by the state visit fated In all controversy about the of the president of Portugal. Town-

church's rigid stand against the l'e- lend stayed for two hours. ' niari-Ian of divorced persons aaa Allin. as on all Townsend 3 four has a orthodox ehiirehmai. ous visits to Clarence House The told the last 10 days, Queenyllfother : Elisabeth was absent. She was be- 'l0OnntOnnge Isgreceived at a dairy show by few minutes." the Marquess of Ahergaveniiy. who tn& 3 a pmmlat has leaned Townsend his London a. . W for his three-week my g ' of am Meanwhile. aovsvever Hm mm is lured .1 but as crowded not sum Inc was of the House of i puma oeaiinm . hoping to lieu ” m RI! PHD! Minister

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Labor member Marcus Lipton had put forward a question naking Eden if he would amend the Royal Marriages Act of 1772. which puts mags in the way of any marriage NW!!! royalty and n commoner.

NOT REACHED But the question was not reached nhd Lipton withdrew it. hoping to bring it up later in the week. Bitterness is creeping into the "ill?! tale nuance" atmosphere built up ova the last two years by

some British newlpn . Rev. Doltlla Mum. a Scot- tish EIIHQII mlnlate rwho

preached from his Edinburgh pul- pit against the marriage last Sun- day. ceirie under strong fire from

several n . n.. "””E:... m Ind deplolrih

ton circuit court on a charge of

HALIFAX (CP)-A C-46 freight aircraft made a forced landing in the nothern Quebec wilderness Tuesday blit spokesmen for the owners, Maritime Central Airways, said the crew had been spotted. and apparently were not injured.

He said the tour-engined craft had landed on Muskeg between Knob Lake. Labrador and Fort Chlmo, Quebec. after it ran out of fuel. The aircraft and its crewman were sighted from the air by two company planes and would be

Plane Forced Down

picked up Wednesday.

The freighter. on a 200 mile flight from Fort Chimo. Que. to Knob Lake, Labrador turned back when poor weather made it im- possible to land. Relayed reports received hcre by RCAF search rescuc centre said the pilot elected to "fly back towards Fort Chlmo. although he knew he didnt have enough fuel to make it.

The pilot's name and the number aboard the craft were not immedi- ately known.

corporal found Moscow an eye opener-main streets wider than Winnipeg's Portage avenue. tall apartment buildings, a stadium that would make a fine setting for the Grey Cup game an an ex- hibition park that dwarfs the fsmed "Ex" in Toronto.

Cpl. Bruce D. Nolan of Lon- don. OnI.. is a commuiiit-ations and radar technician aboard the RCAF aircraft that took Exter- nal Affairs Minister Pearson to Moscow and the Far East.

The 26-ycarold airman promis- ed 412 squadron at Ruckliffe. Ont., before his departure. that

R.C.A.F. Corporal Findsi Moscow An Eye-Opener

MONTREAL. (CP)- An RCAF,

he would write his impressions. Air transport command at near- by Lachine released the letter Tuesday.

Cpl. Nolan wrote that "Moscow is magnificent. the people are

'friendly and we are being treat-

d like kings."

AST SIZE

His first impression of the city was its vast size-the wide streets. apartment buildings of 10, 12 and I5 storeys. the uni- versity building where 7.000 stu- dents can be accommodated. The main lobby and the grand

the U. S. S. R. and its major satel- lites.

Find New Store

On Wrong Site

WINNIPEG. '(CP)- After six week's work in putting it up. con- struction workers now are busy tearing down a huge new super- market here.

Three walls were up and the steel girders were in place. Then someone discovered part of it was being built on the wrong lot. An official of Industrial Lease- holds Ltd. of Toronto said it was a "s2o,00o error."

Seek Crew Of 829 After Crash

KENDAL, England. (AP)- A United Staten Air Force B-29 crew of 10 crashed on land near here after sending a distress sig- nal while over the Irish sea, po- lice reported early today.

"We believe all me-Jnbers of the crew bailed out of the air- cr aft. before it crashed." a spokesman for the Westmoreland county police said. "We are or- ganizing a search for them now."

The SOS from the plane indi- cated the crew members were para:-liuting from the craft over

They added. however. that 13 l5 difficult to be positive about the conference's outcome and recalled how the Russlansagreed suddenly this year to withdrawal from Aus- trla. Canada has been mentioned I! a member of a 15-country mutual security pact together with Brit- ain, the United States, France, Italy, Belgium, a reunited Ger- many. The Netherlands. and Lux- embourg on the NATO side and Russia. Czechoslovakia. Poland, Hungary. Bulgaria and Romania. NOT COMMITTED

Canada is not committed to participate in any such pact. hr ing put forward to sound out the Russians. The ll!IW!'l8lIl P011138 In the natin-e of the guarantees in- volved and the fact that the U. 8. would be a member of any such

at Buckingham Palace Tuesday night. . It will be the first visit to Nigeria by a reigning Bri-

and duke plan to spend three or four days at Lagos. the capital. and some time in each of the regions of the colony.

The last royal visit to Nigeria was in April, 1925 when the Duke of Windsor. the Prince of Wales. spent several days there during a tour of British West African colonies.

,Ottawa Has Gloomy View Of Geneva Conference

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If a European security pact could be worked out and Canada did become a member. Canadian participation would have to be rat- ified by Parliament.

A European security agreement presumably would involve not only a non-aggression pact but also a zone for armaments inspection by both sides and for some thinning out of armed forces.

"We'll see if the Russians back up their smiles with something concrete," one informant said.

In any case, the Geneva meet- ing is looked upon here as. ll nothing else. the first of a series of conferences. Agreement to keep talking should help to keep tem- peratures down.

one of the chief objectives of External Affairs Minister Pearson during his recent visit to Russia was to try to convince the Soviet! that a lted Germany tied to I European as c urity agreemeii would be a better guarantee of safety for Russia than in Germany left to wheel freely in the cenixl of Europe-

Some officials here said they be- lieve Mr. Pearson made some headway with the Russians. lid probably not enough to make For sign Minister Moloto agree I

auangement.

Faulty Wiring ls Blamed For Fire

NEW WATERFORD. N. 8.. (AP)-Faulty wiring has been

blamed for a fire Tuesday morn- ing which destroyed a two-storey dwelling in adjacent Scotchtown and left a family. of five home-

lhe lrish sea. But the coastguard station at Formhy. England. said later it was believed that all of them bailed out over land.

The police spokesman said the pilot armarenllv had been able to regain control of the crippled plane and Fly on over land after the radio message was sent

Geneva to n reunified Germany.

COSTLY IOUVENTI.

WINNIPEG (CP)-A men was fined S25 and costs in provincial police court for theft of n 81.8 sugar pourer from a Tr cafe. He told the magistrate: til had the impulse to take something as a souvenir."

i”.f:'...”3t :i.';ii.”iif.t...”:.i' Pmanfs ' to rescue a few furnishings be- NEVER fora flames drove them back. A JOKE ELEVEN aimcrs THAT WAKES FREDERICTON (CP) - Eleven 135- BABY

briefs will be presented to the Gordon royal commission in the next three days as it holds its final

staircase of the Sovietska hotel Continued on page 2, Col. 3

The crash occurred just before midnight.