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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1953

New

Queen Speaks To Commonwealth From New Zealand

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) - The Queen Friday urged the 540,000,000 uihaibitants of the British Common- iiealth to pray that the Coimnonp ueatl'l'5 "ideal of brotherhood" will soon embrace the entire world.

in her annual Christmas Day hi-osideast. this year transmitted irom Auckland, she said: "We are i-elebratlng the birth of the Prince of Peace, who preached the broth erhood of man . . .

"In pursuit of that supreme ideal. the Commonwealth is moving stea- (lily towards greater harmony be- tween its many creeds. colors and races. despite the imperfections by l'.l1lCh, like every human institution it .s beset."

”May that brotherhood be fur- ihcrcd by all our thoughts and needs from year to year.” she add- od. ”To all my peoples throughout the Commonwealth I commend that Christmas hope and prayer.”

Speed Rebroadcast

The Queen was speaking from me sitting room of Government llsusc here, where she is staying on her tour of New zeaiand. seated before it mahogany table in the Iii-ight ohintzy room in the New zealand summer, she addressed an rstimated radio audience of 150.- 000.000 here and round the world. licr speech was scheduled for re- in-oudcast later in the day for the bflleilti of persons asleep on thc uIl1Pi' side of the world as she spoke. ,

She read her speech shortly ai- lrr ri traditional Christmas dinner -roast turkey and plum pudding -with her husband. the Duke of Edinburgh.

Her voice came at the tail-end of a '15-minute broadcast of greet- ings from all over the Common- uealth. from colorful Queen salote wt Tonga in the south Pacific to Sir Edmund Hillary. New Zealandie ca-conqueror of Everest, speaking from London.

It was the first time the broad- cast has been made from outside Britain since King George V in- ;iuqurated it 2.1 years ago.

In a lighter vein. the Queen com- pared her own reign with that of the first Elizabeth of England. com- menting that sho "did not feel at .-ll like" Elizabeth 1.

"Ruled as Despot"

She said her "great Tudor for- hoar" was "blessed with neither husband nor children . . . ruled as a despot and was never able to leave her native shores."

But. said Elizabeth II. "there is at least one very significant re-

semblance between her age and llllfle. . WI! great

"For her kingdom . . - (Continued on page 5, col. 2)

Coming Events

"Box social and Dance in the Credit Union Hall, summerfiald, Wednesday, December 30th.

"Bingo .. Dance, at. James Church. Georgetown. Monday. Dec- rmber 38th.

"Dance Monday. December Nth in community hall in Newton -vhool. Good music.

"Last dance of the at Stanley Bridge rink Tuesday, Dec.

"Variety Concert and Dance at lot at Hall. December 20th, I o'clock.

"Anyone wanting a new sleigh. contact Vernon Doyle. New Glu- ROW.

"Reserve Monday. him. for Var- gtlyl Concert and Dance in lot 06 fl .

"Annual Meetiri. Derry S. o. 8. December nth. All mem- bers please attend.

"showing at Mt. Stewart Pride! and Saturday. Ma and Pa Kettle in Paris. Matinee Christmas after-

Army. Air Force Plan Exercise In Norlhliiebec

OTTAWA. (OP)-The arm and air force are making plans or an exercise involving about 700 troops, including paratroops. in northeast- ern Quebec.

Date for the manoeuvres has not yet been set but it probably will take place in February or March during a cold snap. The army will supply the troops and the air force. transport planes and fight- er aircraft.

An army official laid choice of the hortheastem Quebec area. has no particular significance; it is not regarded as a possible invar- ion route in the event of war. How ever. exercises have been held in many areas of Canada, particu- larly in the north. and the Que- bec area was chosen to givi- troops experience in the type of terrain along the st. Lawrence riv- er north shore.

Rescue Team Finds Airmen On Glacier: Dead

LONDON, (AP) --A helicopter rescue team landed beside the wreckage oi an American navy bomber on Mydralsjokuli glacier in southeastern Iceland Thursday and its radio report indicated all nine of the bomber crew were dead.

The United States air force here said the helicopter crew messaged it found one body but no others were to be seen.

Air force officer: said the other eight men probably are buried in eight feet of ice-encrusted snow coating the bleak. mile-high glacier where the patrol bomber crashed in a blizzard -seven days ago. The air force's bard Air Rescue Squadron in Iceland succeeded in landing a rescue crew by helicopter after seven days oi dramatic effort to reach the icy wilderness by air and land through almost contin- uous bilssards and galei.

SAIGON, Indo-China. (CF)-The French army laid Friday the civ- lliiin population of Thakhek. on the bar er between Laos and Thailan. had been advised to evacuate the town in the face oi a strong Communist Vletminh force advancing from the east. A spokesman said French troops, fighting a delaying action until reinforcements can be brought up, have Iuffered "serious losses"

He said the rebels were last re- ported wlthln 550 miles of ThRK- hek. but now might be much clos-

166 Killeil When Train Goes Throughjridge

winmruarrow, N. 2.. (Reuters) -Holiday festivities in New Zea- land were marred by grief and mourning Friday as the death toll from a Christmas Eve railroad dis- aster rose to 166. l

New zealanders, who had antic- ipated a Christmas made doubly Joyful by Queen Elisabeth's pres- ence on her Commonwealth tour. waited instead with heavy hearts for further news from rescue par- ties. The rescuers are picking through debris in the flood-swollen Wang- aehu river where the crack Well- ington - Auckland holiday express met disaster.

Fifty-nine bodies have been re- covered so far, but no hope was held for some 10'! other victims swept away but the flood waters into which the train plunged from a shattered bridge at Tansiwai, 130 miles north of here. Another 29 are in hospital.

Carried Downstream

some oi the bodies were found buried in silt near the wreckage-- but police fou.nd 30 near Manga- mahu. ao miles downstream from the scene of New Zealand's worst rail disaster.

Queen Elizabeth. in her Christ- mas broadcast, called on the peo- ple of the Commonwealth to Join her in sympathy for all who had suffered loss in the ”most griev- ous" tragedy.

It was 10:20 pm. local time Christmas Eve when the express. with 287 persons on board. thun- dered at more than 50 miles an hour onto the bridge spanning the ,river. Many of the passengers were iiamiliea with sleeping children. on iheir way to see the Queen.

The Wartgaehu. normally a placid stream. had turned into A vast. rushing torrent which carried away two piers of the bridge shortly be- fore the train reached it.

Rear Cars Escape

Only the last three of the nine cars missed the plunge. In these tiie passengers were shaken. but uiihurt.

A passing 27-year-old postmaster, Cyril Ellis. tried desperately to pre- vent the disaster. He saw that the bridge was damaged and leaped onto the railroad track. waving a flashlight in front oi the oncoming death train. But the engineer did not see mm and Ellis had to jump for his life as the express hurtled on its way to'destruction.

survivors described what fol-

1iCcmtinued on page 5. col. 3)

French Threatened With Loss Of Indo-China Town

'er than that.

He added that the rebel drive- is "much bigger" than believed when it was first reported Thurs- day. several thousand troops are believed involved.

The capture oi Thakhek. on the banks of the Mekong rlvcr would cut the main French communica- tions with central and northern Laos. Supplies and troops would have to be flown in by air. It also would hamper the effective dr- fence of Duang Prabang and Viet- lane. the royal and adminstrative capitals of Laos.

MlJN'm.llAL. (OP)-Donald Car- don, president of Canadian Nat- ional RIHWIIYI. said in a year-end statement Friday that highway operations by the company may result in some improvement to the

Th road lT2.?.”"i ii a open- opera is cm! were touched upon incident- ally in a report delivered by the head oi Canada's la-rust trans- portation outfit He said:

"The extension oi railway-owned

Highway Operations May Better Railway Position

serious falling off in freight traffic which was experienced in the last quarter of the year."

He laid the downward trend in freight traffic volume prlnebally to decreases in pulp- wood. anthracite and bituminous coal but a substantial falling off was also rsgistehd in the move- mant of crude oil. agrluilturvil im- plements. fuelwood, grain flour and ism-than-carload abipmanta."

Mr. Gordon mentioned a "grow-

ealancl Has Worst Railway Disaster

William Oryenlon

Christmas Observed In Mild Weather Yesterday

By THE CANADIAN PRESS The business life oi Canada was stifled Friday as 15,000,000 Cans.- diians celebrated Christrnas Day. Mild weather sweeping over most of the country sent thousands out- doors. For the kiddies with new sleds and skates it wasn't much oi it day. Temperatures were gen-

orally in the mid 30s and the ground was bare oi snow. Millions gathered around their

radios during the moming to hear the Queen make her annual Christmas Day broadcast from Audeland, N.Z.. '

The fatality toll on the high- ways mounted slowly. By early Christmas night 19 of the 23 viol- ent deaths recorded across the

country were caused by traffic

accidents. Fire early Christmas Day de-

stroyed the Roman Catholic church d

oi St. Bernadetfc in Bronson. N.IB.

scant hours after midnight Mass

had been celebrated. A 875.000 fire destroyed a stor-

age shed at the United Dlistilleries

Ltd.,Vplant in Vancouver.

Gifts Stolen

In Ottawa. a family's Christmas presents and food were stolen from their car Christmas Eve but many Ottawa. residents contributed gifts.

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Crump of didn't get to-

Leamlngton. 0nt., (Continued on page 5, col. 5)

Mounting Toll Of Deaths From Accidents In 0.8.

U. S. Air Force Tightens Up On Recorils Dalia

WASHINGTON, (AP)-.Air force secretary Talbott has tightened up, for security reasons, on air force disclosure of new speed and altitude records.

A spokesman said a directive in- structs that air force commands:

1. Refrain from attempts to set new aviation records imerely for the sake oi the records and the publicity attending them.

2. Withheld. date on such flights as are made.

Information about the flights and about new speed or altitude records set is of value to a poten- tial enemy, the directive said.

"This doesn't mean we'll stop flying high and fast." the spokes- man said.

"But if we do set some new marks unofficially. we'll try to keep the information to our- selves."

Army Awards cadet Scholarship

OTTAWA. iCP)- Officer cadet Peter S. Campbell. 17, of Ottawa has been awarded a Dominion cadet scholarship valued at S560 during his first year at the Royal Military College, Kingston, 0nt.. the army announced Thursday.

A former student of Saint Mary's University, Halifax. he is the son of Maj. Colin l-i. Campbell, it re- tired army officer of Calgary and Halifax who now resides in Ot- tawa. Another son. Colin. Jr. is in his third year at the Royal Mil- itary College.

New "EBEEETF N. Y. Police Force is Appointed

NEW YORK. (AP)-Francis W. H Adams, one-time federal at- torney. was named boss of New York City's 20,000-man police force Friday.

In his frst public statement in his new role, he declared he had been assured a free hand to run the department without any "hin- drance."

The 50-year-old Adams was ap- pointed police commissioner by Mayor - elect Robert 1". Wagner.

whose new administration takes office Jan. 1. Adams. U5. district attorney

here from 1094 in 1007 has recent- ly been in private law practice. He is a life-long Democrat.

He will replace Police Commis- sioner George P. Monaghiin. who has been named by Governor 'I'ho- mas I. Dewey to police New Yorfs multl-million-dollar harness racing incmstry.

CHICAGO (AP) - The holida:

ing steadily Christmas night.

mishaps. The National Safety

during the four-day night Sunday--said

ceeded.

The record holiday traffic was 556 during last year's four day Christmas period.

Human Tragedy The figures told lltile

mother and her four

were victims of another Gloucester, Mass. An unusually

fire a heavy hiazard greater than that holiday survey for the

to midnight Dec. 6. total

estimate for the surrent holiday.

eellaneous accidents. '

RCAF Fire Loss Heavy At Calgary

building at No.

estimated at 51,000,000.

Cause of the fire is unknown Security guards inspected building shortly before the out- break and reported nothing amiss

the blaze.

More Than 100 Killed In Clech Train Wreck

VIENNA.

-lost their lives in a railway ac- cident ln Czechoslovakia Thursday.

The wreck occurred shortly after midnight on Dec. 24. when the Bal- kan Express en routc from Bratis- lava to Pi-auge collided with a pas- aenger'traln near the village of Bakvice in Moravia. radio Prague said Friday.

While the official announcement of the Czech traffic ministry said only that "many persons were killed or injured." Ouch police of- flcials at Hultopece told The AI-

death toll for accidents was climb-

At least 190 persons were killed during the first 24 hours of the holiday period, which will continue until midnight Sunday. Traffic sc- eidents took 174 lives. Sixteen died in fires, and nine miscellaneous

Council. which had predicted 510 persons would die in traffic accidenisaione holiday-bee tween 6 pm. Thursday and mid- it appeared possible its estimate would be ex-

toll

of the poignant human tragedy. At Ver- sailles, Ohio. a Christmas auto ac- cident left two children orphans. A youngsters died in their flaming home near Flat Rock. Mich. Three young boys

flow of Christmas traffic made the holiday of the ' usual week-end. In a sample pre- '78-hour weekend period from 6 pm Dec. 3 traffic deaths recorded were 310-200 un- der the National Safety Council's

Deaths from all accidents total- led 432 in the test period. 33 lives being lost in fires and 89 in mis-

C-ALGARY. (C?)-Fire destroyed the R.C.A.F.'.s main aircraft stores 24 air material base here early today. causing loss

The fire sent flames 200 feet in

the air. Members of the air force fire department, civilian fire depart.

ment and soldiers helped to fight

(OP)-More than 100 person:-perhaps as many as 186

Is Killed Near Springhill. N.S.

(Canadian Press)

A 12-year-old girl who was kill- ed while delivering Christmas pre- sents was one of four victims of violent deaths in the Atlantic pro- vinces during the Christmas holl-

ay.

All the fatalities were in Nova Scotia. and a result of traffic ac- cidents.

Mary MacMullln was killed by a truck that didn't stop after hit- ting her while she crossed the highway near her home at Re- serve on Christmas Eve.

She was taking presents to aunt and uncle.

her

Head-On Crash

Two men were killed early Christmas Day in a head-on col- lision near Springhill. William Bryenion, 53, Cape Tormentine. N.B.. and William Murphy, 2;, Sprlnghlll. were dead when am- bulances reached the scene. Three were injured.

Gerald F. Parks, 29. of North Sydney was killed when the car lnvwhich he was driving left the road near his home late Christ- mas Day. He is survived by his widow and one child.

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Mr. Bryenton was formerly from Prince Edward Island, it was learned. He was a. native of the Union Road district. His wife was the former Miss Marion Campbell of Montague.

Mr. Bryenton's body is expected to arrive in Charlottetown tonight. The funeral will be held tomorrow.

Three women were injured in the Springhili acicdent. Suffering from multiple fractures are Mrs. Alice Woodman, Moncion; Mrs. Vivian Lennon, Parkton. N.B., and Miss Lorraine Murphy, Springhill.

The car in which Parks was ' killed was driven by his brother William, 32, who was injured slightly along with two other passengers. Robert Macpherson. 25. and Russel Jessome, 33, all of North Sydney.

RCMP said no arrests have yet been made in connection with the death of the MacMullin girl.

i :9 Deaths Reported

Canada's Christmas holiday death toll climbed higher Friday night as 29 violent deaths, includ- ing 23 in traffic accidents, were recorded.

A survey by The Canadian Press showed that from 6 pm. EST Thursday night eight of the traf- fic fatalities occurred in On- tario. Quwec had five. Nova Scotia. four. British Columbia two.

Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Alberta and the North West Territories one each.

one man was found murdered in St. Catharineii. 0nt., two men from Arvida, Que, died of sui- focation when covered by tons of coal, and a man from st. Leon- ard d'Aston, Que. died of burns received when he fell into ii tank of boiling water.

,,,.- cardinal Mclluigan's

Christmas Message

TORONTO, (OP)-James Card- inal McGuigan, Roman Catholic archbishop of Toronto, said Thurs- day Canadians ”should resolve to pray, to work, and to sacrifice ourselves that peace and justice may be attained for all the world."

in ii Christmas message. the archbishop said ”seldom have so many felt so keenly the need of true and lasting peace as today.

'”I'he tumult of passion must die within us and the din of selfish cares must be stllled in our hearts if we are to have that personal peace and family peace which is the beginning of global peace."

Imitation la sincere flattery

-MAXIMS

OITA

MERE MAN

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The Guardian, Five Cents Morning Dally Founded 1381.

IN MARITIMES

By The Canadian Press

Prayers by the devout, feasting by merrymakers and the crackle of gunfire in troubled areas marked Christmas Day, 968. throughout the world.

It was a more peaeful Christ- mas than in recent years. While Allied and Communist troops still faced each other across the Korean no-man's land. the sounds of battle were gone from that war-tom land.

But guns still biased in the jungles of Malaya and Indo-China and in the terrorist preserves of Kenya.

There was a tense air. too, on the Israel-Jordan frontier as thou- sands of Christian pilgrims thron- ged into Bethlehem.

And Christmas Joy was blighted in New zealand as the nation mourned the frightful toll of some 166 dead in its worst railway dis- aster

Jolly And Prosperous

Elsewhere, however. it was one of the jolliest, most prosperous Christmases in a, long time.

The world heard the Queen. making her annual Christmas broadcast this year from Auckland. promise to try to further the ideal of the Commonwealth as "an equal partnership of nations and races."

Canadians and other troops of the Commonwealth forces in Korea feasted in the bleak cold on the UN side of the demilitarized zone. Many were confined to bunkers and trenches. still alert, but there was no shortage of extra rations and beer. ,

St. Paul's Cathedral and most other churches in Britain included prayers for those who suffered in the New Zealand train disaster in their Christmas services. After the traditional Christmas dinner of turkey and Christmas pudding. many Britons gathered -around radios to hear the Queen's broad- cast.

In the Vatican, a. pet canary was the only company of the Pope at his Christmas dinner. The Pope said midnight Mam privately in his little chapel.

President Eisenhower and his family flew to Augusta, (:a., for a Christmas vacation.

Suspend Propaghnda

The Communist Pelping radio suspended its English language propaganda broadcasts for one day. presumably because of Christmas.

Other countries behind the Iron Curlrsin got a taste of the Christ- mas spirii from the West when carols in 12 languages were beamed to them from Western Europe.

On the continent. only the Alps reported enough snow for skiing. Warm suns-hlne bathed Paris. Lon- don. Rome. Vienna. Brussels. Berne- and Frankfurt.

The Soviet news agency Tass. re- porting on Chriam-ins in Russia. said midnight Mass was held at St. James Cathedral in Riga and there was "heavy attendance" of worshippers at services in village parishes.

Okinawa Retained By United States

WASHINGTON. (APE - State secretary Dulles today announced the United States will retain its control of the Pacific island of Okinawa and all but a small por- tion of the Ryukyo and Bonin is- lands "for the foreseeable future."

Dulles said in a statement that. of the Ryukyo islands. only the Amami. Oshlma group. just south of Japan, has been returned to