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Pays Tribute To Her Subiects

SANDRINGHAM. Ens. (AP)- The Queen paid tribute Christmas Day to the millions of her subjects m the British Commonwealth "whose names will never be house- hold words."

she told them they were the real makers of heroes. upon whom much of the progress of the world ,1.-pends.

The 28-year- old monarch ex- pressed her appreciation for the "faithful toll and devotion to duty" of her peoples in her annual Christ- mas radio address to the Common- wraith. the third of her reign.

it was a typical British family Yuletide for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh who spent the holiday season last year in New Zealand apart from Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

LARGE ROYAL PARTY .

As if to make up. this year's royal party at the Queen's country home here was the largest for some years. It included. Queen Mother Elizabeth, Princess Marg- sret. the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their two children, and the Duchess of Kent and.he"r three children.

speaking from the same desk in the study from which her father. King Gborge VI, and her grand- father, King George V, addressed their subjects. the Queen said:

the heroes whose courage and re- sources shine so brilliantly in mo- ments of crisis. We forget soma- tlmes that there would be no wear- ers of the Victoria and George Cross if there did not stand be- hind them the ranks of unknown. unnamed men and women willing

valiant service.

REST ON FAITHFUL

"We are amazed by the spectac- ular discoveries in scientific knowl-

edge which should bring comfort i

and leisure to millions. We do not always reflect that these things also have rested to some extent on the

of heart of its average men and women that in the long run is due the upward course of a nation's history.

"And so it is that I want this Christmas to send a special mes- sage of encouragement and good cheer to those of you whose lot is cast in dull and unenvled surround- ings to those whose names will never be household words but to whose work and loyalty we owe so much. May' you be proud to remember-as I am myself-how much depends on you and that even when your life seems most monotonous what you do is al- ways of real value and importance

"We praise-and quite rightly-

to your fellow men."

French Asslernbly Facing. Crucial Test In Vote Today

By HARVEY HUDSON

PARIS (AP)-The National As- aembiymust decide today either to accept West German rcarmament or isolate France from the inner councils of the" Western alliance.

Twice within the last four months the deputies have voted against re- turning guns to the hands of the Germans. The first time was Aug. 30 when they killed the European gefence Community plan for a uni-

ed army.

The second was early Friday when they unexpectedly voted. down, :80 to 159, the Paris accords

WASHINGTON. (AP)-Brit- aln an the United States are reporte ready to consult immediately on how to rearm West Germany wit out France if the French as mbly con- firms its initial rejection of the, Allied plan.

to bring 12 West Ger an divisions into a Western European union and seat the Bonn republic in the North Atllmtic Treaty. Organiza- linn. ..

THIRD CHANCE

The intricacies oi Parliamentary procedure give the deputies a third chance today. And since Premier Pierre Mendel-France has called for two votes of confidence ,on the question of German rearmament, an adverse vote would remove him from power and touch off another political crisis in France.

TWO VOTES Today's business will concen- trate on the two confidence votes. the first concerns ratification of the treaty to bring Germany into NATO. The second involves three amendments to the group of treat- les restoring Westlderman sover- rianty and giving the Bonn govern- ment the right to rearm. ' it is only after the two votes

Coming Events

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p"Crokinole party W heatley River Tuesday. Dec. 28.

"Auction and dance. Vernon hill. Dec. 21.

"Rink Meeting in Wiltahira Hall. Monday. December 21th. a p. m.

"Dance in Belfast Hall, Decem- her 20th, North Pinette W. I.

"bet as nihgo and Dance. Tues- day. December oath. run-eahmeata Doironl orohastrs.

"Dance. south Ruatico nail. Monday. December 27th. Rollie Maoxenairs orchestra.

' Holid dance at. Ma 's hail Sour!-. ondsy, Dec. cl.” Good music. Regular adrniuion.

"lino. cards and dance. Ver- Mn River hall, Tuesday. Dec. 28th.

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have been decided that Mendes- France will be able to call for a reversal of the Friday vote against a plan for creating the WEU by adding West Gerrriany and Italy to the five-power Brussels pact. it is just possible that he could win the first two votes and lose the third. which probably will be taken Tuesday.

Excuaed From Fasting Frigdgy C F

vamcan amt. (or) - The Pope has excused Roman Catholics throughout the world from custom- ary obligation of fasting on Friday for New Year's ova, Dec. 31.

Catholics ordinarily abstain from eating meat on Friday but by spec- ial disponaation they may have meat Dec. 81. the Vatican press office announced.

Prisoner Hos Brief Freedom

DORCHESTER. NIB. (CP)--An escapee from the penitentiary here had a short taste of freedom Sun- day. Less than 12 hours after Ai- bert Melanson of Parktcn. near Moncton. escaped he was back in custody.

Melanson was sentenced to peni- tentiary Nov. 2 on five charges in- cluding escape from the Moncton jail when he pried the door off its hinges. He was sentenced to a total of 22 years to run concur- rentiy.

Details of his escape from the penitentiary are being withheld pending an inquiry.

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LONDON (Reuters) - warm Mediterranean breezes brought new threats Sunday to the "white Christmas" snowiand of crowded Austrian and Swiss mountain ra- aorts. I

Meanwhile. gale-battered ships. including one given up for lost. made. port in England and on the continent after a week of raging storms.

Avalanche warnings went up at skiing resorts in the Austrian and Swiss alps crowded with Christmas vacationers after a warm air mass moving in from the Mediterranean loosened the shows. Lut winter. whole villages in western Austrie were with their inhabitdnta when siniiiar worm spells caused e' vriea of hugs avalanches.

A dlattcbsl have arlaady occurred in , ports of the Austrian Alps V ,in lwitssriand many

some ratlrosds are still blccldvll I: fdliilt of last week's violent . .r C can tttlllb

mm ours buried by an avainnitd Inn ay in Austria be- tween Land and Gaston. but the ocoupanta were able to -dig their wry out unharmadulti tn Ialsin-Ia area. the body as b, r farmer was sound

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and able if the call came to render .j

faithful toil and devotion to 3 duty of the great bulk of ordinary j citizens and it is to the soundness i

. Secretary Burned

Esmond Butler, newly-appointed assistant to the secretary of Gov- e,rnor-General Massey. suffered minor burns when , he braved flames to rouse tenants of a burn- ing Ottawa apartment building. His appointment was announced two days before he went to hos- pital with the minor burns. But- ler, a graduate of the University of Toronto. will leave a public relations post to take. over the new job Jan. 8. (CP Photo).

Fires Cause More Deaths. Motor Accidents Less .

CHICAGO (AP)--Fires caused an unusually large number of deaths this Christmas holiday. but the accident toll on United States highways lagged behind estimates.

At 9:30 p. m. EST Sunday night 398 violent deaths had been re- ported during the holiday perio starting at 6 p. ni..0in-tstmesilive. Traffic deaths totalled 300. com- pared with the National Safety Council's prediction of 370 for the full weekend. There were 50 fire victims and 48 died in miscellan- eous mishaps.

The most disasterous fire was the Christmas Eve biase which took 12 lives-I0 of those of chil- dren-in a tenant farmhouse nr.-ar Parkln. Ark. The victims. mem- bers of two families. were crowded into a kitchen when kerosene, pnu ed into a wood stove, ex- pio ecl.

Name New Dlreerot of N. 5. Libraries

HALIFAX (CP) - Miss Alberta Lctts has been appointed director of the Nova Scotia provincial libr- ary. Miss Letts. a native of Brit- ish Columbia. succeeds Pater Grossman. recently appointed as- sistant librarian at the Vancouver public library.

She has been with the provincial library since 1949 and assistant- dirccior since 1952.

Avalanche Warnings In Wake Of European Storms

a woman cook from the sunken boo-ton Finnish coal ship sveden were picked up from liieboata Sat- urday night after- lo hours in stormy seas.

TOWED T0 SAFETY .

The 20.551-ton Liberian tanker Melika was towed into safety Sun- day after her steering gear broke down off Holland.

In Britain. a ful attempt was made to refioat the 0,207-ton Portuguese ship Luso which ran aground only all yards on share on Thursday morning. The 700-ton German motor vessel Buhriand was taken into tow by the British aturner Ardatta after being reports drifting with en- gine trouble of Land's Ind on the Cornish oolat.

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OTTAWA (CP)-Trade Minister I-Iowa predicted Sunday that Can- ada in 1955 will bounce out of her economic decline. but that there still will be some trouble spots.

g”Import competition will cors- tinue to pose difficulties for some manufacturing industries." he said in a yearend review statement that covered economic developments on the home and foreign fronts. r. Howe conceded that Canada was hit by an economic decline in 1954 that increased unemployment. I-Ie blamed this on a variety of fac- tors, including decisions by many business men to get rid of goods they had-stockpiled during the Ko- rean crisis, the drop in'exports and the increasing fight for the Cana- dian market between domestic goods and imports.

NOT DEPREBBING

But on the whole. he found the year not too depressing. It wasnit as good as the peak year of 1953, but it was better than any other. Farmers had less money because of a prairie crop failure and lower grain exports. The humbe of un- employed averaged 4.3 per cent of

2.6 per cent in 1953. National sav- ings also were down. mostly Jae- cause of the drop in prairie in- come.

But the country's over-all in- come increased slightly, reflecting, in part. higher wages for those

the working force. compared with la

. CANADA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1964

CHRISTMAS Manama calsii or not PLANE Ill SCOTLAND TAK

Howe Forecasts Business Pickup

with jobs. Taxes generally were lower, increasing the proportion of total -income retained by individ- uals.

As for 1955. "taking into account both external and domestic in- fluences. it would appear that the upturn which has already begun will continue."

U. S. ECONOMY STRONGER

The United States economy. which declined along with that of Canada's, now appeared to be strengthening, at least temporar- ily. Overseas countries were more prosperous and this likely would lead to rising demand particularly for Canada's raw materials.

In Canada, investment should continue high. stimulating produc- tion and employment. Wot): not carried out in 1954 because of bad weather likely would be carried into 1955.

"In fact, the large carryover of unfinished work from i954, and what is already known of new pro- jects planned for 1955. both sug- gest the possibility of an increase in volume of construction work to be carried out in 1955, though there may be some decline in out- ys for machinery and equip- ment." -

Competition from imports ap- peared to be one of the stickiest problems. Mr. Howe said some manufacturers will have difficult-

ies from this source. but probably to no greater degree than in 1954.

Pope Growing More Vigorous

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Pius. growing more vigorous. was able to walk for 10 minutes sua- day despite his Christmas Day exertions,

The Pope is still weak and ailing after his breakdown Dec. 2. There had been worry in the Vatican over possible effects of the strain caused by his window sppearance to bless a Christmas day throng of some 100.000 in st. Peter's square.

However. the Pontiff slept fairly well. He arose early to attend a. mass celebrated in his private chapel by Rev. Robert Leiber, a German Jesuit who is a. membe of the pontlfical household. Later. despite overcast skies. the Pops walked in the Vatican gardens.

Today another transfusion of plasma and whole blood is planned as part or the therapy to build up the Pope.

WALKS THERAPY

His daily walks are part of this therapy. i-fis physicians hope that they will help strengthen him and may relieve the hernia of the esophagus from which he suffers. when the Pope stood at his Vati- can window Chrlatmu day and gave a blessing to a cheering mul- tituds below, it was the first time the outside world has seen him since he collapsed, Loudspea' - carried his voice and his apostolic blessing through- out the square. end his voice sounded strong. He raised his arms vigorously. returning the greeting which rolled in echoes from shout- ing ftaiiana and tourists of many lands. He stood at the window 3 1-2 minutes.

FRAILNEII UNDERLINED

But his frailness. despite his in- creasing strength. was underlined

RACING FIGURE DIES MARATHON. Fla. (AP)-Harold A. Ciarls an. M. millionaire real estate developer and former racing figure. was found dead in his swim- ming pool Friday. The manner of death was not immediately deter- mined. Clark was one of the orig-

. Takes lOgMinute di" iGaitde"h

by the fact that his private phy- sician, Dr. Riccardo Gaieazzi-Lisi, and one of his attendants helped the Pope up two steps to his win- dow and helped support him while he stood.

The Pope raised his arms. low- ered them and raised them again and again in response to the cheers of "Viva. Ii Papal" then he gave his a,ostolic blessing, while the loudspeakers carried the Latin words to the kneeling throng.

The blessing finished. he stood there, sweeping his arms upward again in greeting.

Report 30 Violent Deaths

Dy THE CANADIAN PRESS

At least 30 persons died Violent deaths across Canada during the Christmas weekend starting at 3 p.m. Christmas Eve.

At lo p.m. EST Sunday Ontario. with it) deaths. had the highest count. Quebec had eight. New Brunswick four and Nova Scotia three. Two persons died in Man- itoba and British Columbia and one in Newfoundland. No fatalities were reported in Saskatchewan. Alberta or Prince Edward Island.

A Canadian Press survey shows id persons died traffic acci- dents. Slx died in fires and two each in drownings, fights and suf- focations. One person died in a fall and police said another com- mltted suicide.

Find Baby's Body Police Seek Parents

HALIFAX. (CP)-RCMP today are searching for the parents of a baby boy whose body was found lying in I. roadside ditch on the outalirta of the city. The nude body of the infant was found Fridsly wrapped in news- paper and doctors said the baby was abandoned only A few hours blfore he was found.

They said the be appeamd fully developed and he lived for two

inai directors of qulfstrdam race track at Miami.

Brotherly Love Marks Christmas

SpiritOt' Sharing In The Arctic

gathering for informal parties.

"Let brotherly love continue. be FLA! IANTA

or three days after birth.

RCA! to Alert and 1B other isolated posts well before Dec. 25. Officers observ ed custom by

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at M Itlesmera r station there.

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and RCMP Const. Fred

skated”? Gibson Gibson's Landing. 3. C

i Jumped: Santa hld served their men roast turkey and

plum pudding with rum sauce.

IAINTAIN VIGII.

At all out no weather-men slntalned ther M - hour vigil

Varied Weather For Christmas

By THE CANADIAN FRED!

Christmas in Canada varied from the bare ground in New Brunswick. to' ,tha wet in southern Ontario. to the white in the Yukon and Quebec.

No snow fell in the Maritlmes. southern Ontario and the west coast, but some centres had Christ- mas-card weather.

Heavy snow blanketed Ottawa. where the cool. sunny weather was ideal for skaters. Many skiers turned out at the Ciaiineau slopes.

The slopes on Mount Royal in Montreal also were crowded with skiers and district skating rinks got a good workout by new skates. There was plenty of snow on the ground for a white Christmas.

YUKON COLDEST

The Yukon was the coldest and had most snow. It was 33 below at Snag and 21 below at White- horse and the Prairies had be- low-freezing weather after a rec- ord-breaking mild spell that ended two days before Christmas.

Whether it was white or green, millions of Canadians flocked to churches for Christmas mass and services. There was the usual hustle and bustle of gift-opening and turkey dinners with all the trimmings.

Weather on the west coast was a little colder than forecast. Van- couver didn't have snow Christmas day. but light falls were reported in areas north and west of the city.

In Toronto a high temperature of 38 degrees caused ice run-offs on downtown city streets. Pre- Christmas snow was turned to slush on sidewalks in the suburbs.

in the Maritime: the weather was clear and cold. Only New- toundland had snow. It had rain too. v

1'lu!ee.Cbildren Die in Fire At Edmuiidston. N.B.

EIDMUNDBTON. 14.8.. (CF)- Three children died And two women escaped when fire de- stroyed their home at nearby East admundaton Christmas morning.

Fernand Chareat. 7, his two- year-old sister Nicole. eons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph,H. char-

est. and Gerard. six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Charest.

Mrs. Joseph Chareet and the children's grandmother, Mrs. Hormldas Oharest escaped. Fernand And Gerard died in the flames while Nicole died from bums four hours later.

No date has been set for an inquest.

TRAINS DELAYED

NEWCASTLE. N. B, (OP)-The Canadian National Railways Mont- real to Halifax passenger trains "Ocean Limited" and "Bcotian" were delayed near here about three hours sundsy when a frei ht car on another train was a- raiied. No one was injured and the trains proceeded when the

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PRESTWICK. Scotland. Stratocruiser overturned and log at Prestwick airport early eight of the 36 persons

The four-engine airliner, carrying 25 passengers and

Russell, an Englishman, maria

Capt. W. Lalng Stewart, 41. of Montreal, the pilot and one of

flames roaring 30 to 40 feet high." said James Stewart. a deputy fire master who saw the crash.

"Petrol tanks were exploding and the heat was terrific. One brave fireman. who was wearing no special apparatus. managed to reach the blazing wreckage and dragged'out the hostess, who was dead."

Investigators sought to deter- mine whether the crash may have been caused by a gust of wind. Sir Miles Thomas. chairman of BOAC, ordered a full inquiry which he said will delve par- ticuiarly into the "precise, wea- ther" at the time of the accident.

Officers from the British min- istry of civil aviation Joined BOAC investigators in studying three deep ruts in the soft earth 20 feet short of the cement run-

side of the plane split open where his seat was located.

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(CP)-A British Overseas.