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Tim; was prompt reaction yea- ge,-day by various members of the potato industry in Prince Edward island regarding the report of the Tariff Board. Elric Campbell. man- .gei- of the Potato Marketing Board: N.W. Wllsoti. president of the Prince Edward Island Dealer's Association: J.L. Dewar. secretary of the Prince Edward island Fed- eration of Agriculture and E.D. Reid. produce dealer all expressed dissatisfaction with the report.

P.E.I. BOARD MANAGER

"The time has come when it would be nothing more than I show of weakness if we permitted this most serious matter to en- counter any further dealy in re- ceiving remedial action", said Mr. Elrie Campbell. manager of the Prince Edward Island Potato Mar- keting Board.

fact that the Tariff Board has not made any recommendations with regard to potato tariffs.” Mr. Campbell continued. "Under its terms of reference it was not ask- ed for recommendations but mere- ly let the facts. Generally in cases '

Crippled Ship Still At Mercy Of The Sea

HALIFAX. (CF)-The crippled am-lsll, helihler Lord Church was still at the mercy of H19 sen Tuesday night. she d.rifted aim- lessly 5&3 miles southeast of Capeliace. Nf1d., partly flooded, tier lifebonts smashed and part of her bridge carried away. But help was coming.

Closer to the coast two dis 'bl'-id ll-thins vessels appeared to be almost out of danger. The battered Newfoundland draggor Blue Haze. buffeted by heavy seas for three days. was finally hem: towed to port. A rescui- boat was on the way to the Nova Scotia longllner Ernme Marie. rtaiose engines were out of com. In slon.

The 6.219-ton Lord Church. her engines uselcsss had drifted about 60 miles further from shore since she sent a distress message late Sunday. She was "l'lPt)lcd by an Atlantic storm while hound fm- Bremen. Ger- many. with coal from Hamplzon Roads, Va.

The Halifax salvage hug Form. flflllnll Frances breasted heavy sea: in a race to the freighte-r's aid. She was expected to reach Lhe Lord Church about noon to-

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msgllllh Melville Concert December 1 .

.,.,lr;gll-V Faiie school concert. Dec

nllit. lllelllck Christmas Concert ec. 20th. Pownal Hall.

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in Cape Traverse Em, yum. day, Dec. 21. at 1.” gm,

Reserve Wednesday for Alumni dance

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Dance Cardigan Tliisrsday. Webster's Orcheelra. F.A. system. Canteen service. Danes went Royalty llnll. wad need . Rollie McKen1.ie'I Or& in. service no to nzm.

Meeting of the Vernon Drl Club to be held in Vernon ll .

Y Nfllltltod to attend.

Farmers before selling your chicken and fowl contact Amos Gai- lllll. Iollth Riiltieo. Alno Fluid loans and ducks.

The School Concert given by 51- Aims Convent will be "it! her iaiii. at a p.m. "' 3t Attsii-ttim Parish Hall. Rlllllco. - .

are referred to the Tariff Board for investigation. the Board is asked for the facts and for its recommendations. In the case of the potato tariff reference, only facts were requested.

"We do not overlook the fact that very often. when such a mat- ter as this is referred to the Taiff Board. it has the effect of giving the subject a ”hoist" Mr. Gard- iner's reccnty reported recom- mendation of caution and the 'l'nr- iff Board's unwarranted emphasis on the danger of losing our Southern seed markets can well be classed in this category".

STILL AVAILABLE

"Our Southern seed markets

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would still be available. even if no quota were allowed at the re- duced 37iri cents rate. The Southern States require Northern seed and our only competition is this market is that of Maine. Northern New York and North Dakota and these states cannot supply the Sebago seed which is now in demand for the mayor part of the planting. Maine seed growers have a more serious transportation problem than we have and the same is true of the nther areas mentioned above."

Mr. Campbell said that more 'importnnt is the fact that South- ern growers are well aware of the .superiorily of Prince Edward ls- l Continued on page 15 col. 3

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Local Theatre Gutted By Fire

2.07. a.m. this morning had at the time of going to press devel- oped Into a mnlor conflagration which City Firemen believed had the building doomed.

Thick clouds of smoke hamper- ed the firemen as they fought the blaze in the building which is owned by the Mlsonlr Temple Company. its seating capacity including a gallery in about 1.000.

The three-storey building was of brick and wood construction.

Mr. George Walters. theatre manager said that when he and his staff had left the building at about 11.30 p.m., everything was in order. A call to City Police from an unidentified passerby was the first indication that any- thing was wrong.

The Prince Edward has been a byword to people of this City for several generations. Before

Vetoes Ki ll

UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (CP)- A carefully - laid Canadian plan for widening UN membership by nearly one-third fell to pieces Tues- day under a wave of Soviet vetoes in the Security Council. Retiiliatlng against a Nat'onallst Chinese veto of Communist Outer Mongolia. Arkady A. Sobolev of Russia raised his hand 13 times in opposition to Western - sponsored candidates included in an ltl-mcm- her Canadian "package." Earlier. Russia also had 'elded

In Fierce Pr

REGINA tCPl-One person was dead, two others were missing and feared dead and at least 10 others unaccounted for as a fierce bliz- zard raged unabated Tuesday night over much of the prairies.

All of residential Saskatchewan was paralyzed. caught in the grip of a severe. Arctic-spawned storm that brought six inches of snow. driven into waist-high drifts by 72-mile-an-hour winds. and sudden cold.

Motor traffic simply could not move. Drlfta as high no 10 feet were reported on some Saskatche- wan roads.

Hundreds of persons were stranded. many of them school children.

Nearly every school in Saskat- chewan and many in Alberta were closed. Several towns were with- at power as high winds snapped

es.

NO END IN IIGHT Cllnmunlcatlon was difficult at best in country points in both vlwinoos. Rail and air traffic was delevod.-on mum cancelled. Btu schedules were cancelled. weather forecasters

to Cutknife, 31 miles welt of N

nnttiotoi-d.aii Jioiir have he bltxurd struck .- Ha kg was found

Monday H satartcd-in car. We nation from Cd- kn e. l

A fire which was discovered in the advent of motion pictures it. the Prince Edward Theatre ahwas known as the Opera House.l

It has been operated by the F. G.

1N. B. l Above 1 Lodge

the theatre are the I oms of St. John's and fvictnrio lodges of the Masonic order. A ronfectltmery store and news stand on the south west icorner of the building lit occupied by Mr. Ray Keenan.

l An absence of wind is in favor of the blaze not spreading but it was not known whether adjacent buildings would be in danger as the fire progressed. To the east. and separated from the theatre by a small gangwny, is a two storey ooden building occupied '.by fl Chinese laundry and to the .we.-:t of it is another wooden .striirture occupied by the -Bow- ;ian Radio Repair Shop and the Windmill Restaurant.

Canadian

Plan In Security Council

lits liig-power veto against South Vict Nam and South Korea: l'lIlL'l1 (Thiiiti proposed should he idtlcd yin the 18-

Ol iii voles rust. liiis.si.'i ac- trnunterl for 15 Four of its own Icandidatcs. Alliiiiiia. Riilcarin. lio- mania lli'l(l ii:iiigiii'y--nianaizt-ti to get the required majority when voted on individually. but when the key operative paragraph contain- ing their names was voted on as a whole. it went down 1 to 4 with six F fentlons.

Spencer Company of Saint John,

BOARD ADVERSE

Board's Ruling Protestecl By Island Farm Interests

PICTURED SEATED LEFT to I 'ght are Mrs. Henry Larter. Sour-

is. His Worship J. D. Mayor. Mrs. John Van

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

T0 POTATO TARIFF

Will Make No

Recommendation

OFITAWA, (CP)--Canadian potato growers who

Fluoridation Urged By

Toronto

TORONTO tCPt- Fluoridation of municipal water supplies appears harmless and beneficial, Health lllinistcr Phillips said Monday.

He commented on a report by the health departments medical statistics division on the findings of a 10-year fluoridation experi- ment in the city of Brantford.

The renmfi laid thermhna. -heme significant decrease-60 per cent- ln the number of decayed. inissing and filled teeth among Brantford school children since fluorine was introduced into the city's water system 10 years ago.

Dr. Piiillips referred to an ear- licr report by 8 Uiiii'ci'sily of Tur- uiito cnminittce which said there is merit in claims made in 'favur of iiiiorldallng community .vater siiiiplles.

The university report said there Is nothing to indicate that it is harmful to persons of any age.

"In the circumstances, there- fore. the introduction of 1.2 parts sodium fluoride to 1.000.000 water in municipal water supplies

and beneficial," Dr. Phillips said.

would appear to be both harmless .

One Dead, Others Missing

PROMPT REACTION

TORONTO tCP' -- Endorsement of fluoridation by Health Minister

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two men in the Regina district- 'an uriidentificti farm hand un- heard from since he left his shack at linlbrite. 90 miles smith of lie- glnn. to walk Ilttil yartls in a well for water; and 70-,vc:ir-old William Carey. who has not hecu seen since he left his home, in Regina on ii shopping trip Monday aft-

ernoon . lln.'it'rniinit-d liir iicrr rilllll per- soiis--whosc names the RCMP nt

lRPLlllHl llllfl but would not re- lease iii the Regina nrra In the Kiiidersley area. 11!

miles RllllllICi'lSl of Siiskiitnon. two persons tit-re unreported.

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Russian

NEW 1)1-11.M -iicutersr-Riissla and ind”. in ii joint cnnimunlqiie Tuesday night called for every lef- fort to relax international tcltnloll and said ciisiipooiniinent at the Geneva foreign ministers confer- ence need he only toniptirzirv

A trade deal u:i-. nnnoiincctl at mrsnmt. mm. "min, il'llll'l'l flux.-"la will sell ndiii 1.000.000 tons of steel during the next ll1l'i'l' years.

These political and commercial developments were announced on us; lag: day of the visit of. Rustan

mm Nlkolnl nuiizamn and

Kllfillllchev to tIt'l'l3 The Joint eommiiniatll sllnetl W Bulganln an d Prime Minister Ncllru. condemned military Illi- hio" gs widening the It said the only course

opn to establish peace and. elimin- lll mwlthns leadinli to tll conceivable . disaster

be unconditional Pwllhlhl of nuclear weapmllv is dllctkl of conventional arms I

mnrgu for effective c0nlf0l- The setters

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Phillips of Ontario brought almost- itmineditatc reaction in zit least our ci ies.

In a fifth. North Bay. the an- nouncement colncldcd with a city plebiscite in which the boters ap- proved fluoridation of community water supplies. North Bay is the yflrst city in Canada to endorse the measure by 11 public vote.

In London and Windsor, health officials said they will ask their city governments for early up- Droval. Sarnia and St. Thtiiiius. both of which have shelved the ::::G:sr;.msaid they will reopen mgr. lPthllaips”:-"aid l? nnsl.fl'l:tmt3I'll

nro tie on o unr c in Idi-inking water appears hm-niiess and beneficial. He referred to his

department's findings in a 10-year fluoridation experiment in Brunt- ford.

MARKED DECREASE

The report said there was I 60- per-cent decrease in the umber of decayed. missing and filled teeth among Brnpatford school cg: lllii-3l-ll”-mil". Jfttvdu. into the" city's water 5;. em. Purpose of the Brantford experi- ment was to determine whether 1.2 parts of sodium fluoride to 1.000.000 parts of water would re- duce the rate of tooth decay to the lower level found in naturally- lluoridaled regions.

'iealth Minister

The report said Brantford physi- cians and dentists found no clin- ically-observable ill effects. '1lie decay rate had decreased and was comparable to that of Stratford. a natural fluoride region.

North Bay residents voted 2.316 to 1,876 in favor of the fluoridation measure. The proposal has been defeated when put to a vote in two other Canadian cities.

Some Canadian municipalites in- cluding Sudbuiy. Brantford and Deep River, have introduced the measure but without a plebiscite.

The Toronto report said the cost of fluoridation is between 12 and 17 cents a person a year.

Strongly lndorsecl By

New York State Leaders

By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE

NEW YORK iAPl--A 10-Y3" human test shows that adding sodium fluoride to drinking water IS a "safe and effective" way of sharply reducing tooth decay in children. New York state health lleadcrs declared Monda.V Highl- l They said it rediit-ed decay and tooth loss by nearly 50 1701' Mill- jwlthout any harm to children.

The "effectiveness and safety". pare the prime fintlings from the t”Newburgh-Kingston study of tooth ldecay and fluoridation of water, isaid Dr. Herman E. iiillcboe. New York state health commissioner.

The town of Ncwliiirgh. N. Y.. 10 years ago bcgnii mlrling a little sodium TlllOl'lfli' to its piihlic water, while Kingston. a nearby town of cqual size. did not SAFE AND 1a'FFE("I'iVE

A final L'tiinprchcnsive report on this scientific test was Preseiited by Dr Hillchoc and other health experts at .1 t-oiiforeiicc of the New York liisiltiile of Clinical Oral

;T'alllttl()l.!)' l llighliglits of tliesc reports:

OMMUNIQUE

s To Sel

Million Tons 0

United Nations. WANT ALL IN UN

They expressed hope that the U. S.-Communist Chinese negotia- tlons now gotn on in Genuv. would lead to 'a solution of the lproblems confronting the two coun- ;tries' and urged the application t”tlie orlncltnl of universality" in .UN membership. . The trade understanding. subject of ii separate communitiue. said Russia will sell India oi. mining .and other equipment and will on- ldertake to increase purchases of .raw materials and manufactured lgoodl from ndia.

it proposed adequate shipping yuervicel.bClW0QIl India and Run- llll. using both Indian and soviet

ships.

it was agreed. said nouncement. that "do the U.

the an- tions will 8. Ii. to

to discuss termo and cond:t'ioii.: d to nter agi-cameo l.I:pleD'iCITl the above understand- hsoth itiilgaiiin and Khrushchev niado t ksoadout notable.

lndia y f Steel

Bulganin said lndo-Soviet rein- ugm were '1: striking example at friendship and co-operation be- tween two states with different po- litical systems."

Khrushchev said: ”We have al- ways maintained that the question of ways of development of each county is exclusively an internal matter for each people."

SEEKS N0 DISCOBD

Speaking at ii function Ul anlzed hy the Hindi Association earlier the Communist party chief said Russia did not want to create dis- cord between India and Britain or the United States. What they wanted was lhat no part of the world should dominate any oth r. It was "fantastic" to In that he and Bulganin wanted to incite the Asian people against Europe - they themselves came from Europe, he said.

"We do not want to create any conflict between you and the United States or Britain but this doea not mean we should not the truth. The fact that Indira” wu suppruned in the past is a mu- lcal fact and it cannot be dniod or siineouod-”

The study ”has demonstrated beyond question of a doubt the effectiveness and safety of water fluorldation as a public health pro- cedure," said Dr. Hilleboe.

After 10 years. children in New- burgli aged 6 to 9 have 58 per, cent less tooth decay and missing teeth than Kingston youngsters oi; the same ages. The Nawburgh Cflll-t dren have had fluoridated water; all their lives. the Kingston chil- dren did not

The study finds 52 to 53 per cent less decay. missing and filled teeth among Newburgh children who now are 10 to 12 years old it finds 48 per cent les.( among i-ltil-

less among 16-year-olds. whose first permanent molars were erupt- ing when fluoridation began.

FIND N0 ILL EFFECTS

”There was no vidence of any disfiguring mottl enamel among the Nawburgh children" and no avldence that fluoridated tr.-iter contributed to gum inflamniniion or gingivitis. said Dr Dzivid H. Asl. director of the state's liiirrmi of dental health.

From careful physical cxiiiis and x-rays of the some children in both cities 10 years ago and now. "no differences of medical all-it nificance could he found" hctttt-en

services.

Flurodintion involves adding one part sodium fluoride to drinking water for every million parts of water.

Dr. Hilleboe said 1.115 U S rom- munitles now are fluoridating writ- er serving more than 22.000000 persons.

Hope Princess Will Malta Maiden Voyage

LONDON (OP) - The Eveninl Standard as Cunard steamship Company eiala are hopinii that Princess Margaret will be a PM seager when the Cunard liner Cnrinthla makes her maiden V0!- nge to Condo next summer. Princess Margaret. who has never made an official visit to Canada and has said she wants to go if can be arranged. in to launch the 21,tIl0-ton ship at Glas- Wednesday. Earlier. the Daily Glegraph mentioned a "single!- tloii" that the princes: might go

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age is in June not. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said Monday

olgiitnosoeh etiuestionhashec koasdutonsluu

dren aged 13 to 14. and 41 per cent

Stewart. Charlottetown. Mrs. E. A. Jessome Maai-ion. president, Henry Larter, Maarion, Kensington. Standing - John Van

Souris, E. A Jessome. Kcnsington Photo by W. Taylor.

Island Lions Club Observe Charter Night

Charter night for the Lions's Clubs of the Province brought to- gether more than 80 members their wives and friends at a diu- ner meeting at the Queen Hotel last evening.

Mr. J. Van Maarion President of the local club, presided over the, assembly which included His Worship Mayor J.D. Stewart and representatives of the various ser- vice clubs in the city. Many mem- bers of the Lion's Clubs of Sum- mersidc, Kensington and Souris were also in attendance, accomp- anied by their wives.

Following the dlnner, the mem- hers and their guests repaired to the Clover Club where the annual dance twin held. as a fitting clim- ax to an active and successful year on the part of Lionism in the City and Province.

AIRCRAFT SEATS ARE TOO SMALL

OTTAWA (CF) - The seats on Trans-Canada Air Lines" air- craft lust weren't built for Archbishop Boris of the Rus- sian Orthodox Church.

He takes two.

The 275-pound cleric climbed nhoiird a plane Monday night for his night to Edmonton. It tvns simple enough to remove a centre arm-rest and settle the six - foot - tliree-inch arch- Iiisliop into a pair of seats.

But the safety belt wasn't long enough to girdle his girth. in extension was called for. lie was girdled. But in the . process his flowing dark-brown l heard liccame entangled in Lhe 1 hell l The passenger agcnt freed l the hi-arri without the loss of it ll'lllSl(Pl'.

.A.;.;ai Decision On Labor Leader

1 1,().N'l)()N. tCP)-British pnliti mans waited expcctantly Tues- day llllllll for a verdict that will pi'oh:ibly determine the leader- ship and direction of the coun- try"; main opposition party for

Newburgli and King. eliilili-on. 3 griinrrilltin reported Dr. Edward . Schltwtn-1 within 24 hours. the parlia- ger. asociate director of medical m,,,.,,,,.,. glam, puny we. to

. make known the result of it see- ret ballot to choose a new leader surceediiig 72-year-old Clement Aitlce who re-tuned last week

1 iifter Z) years tit the helm.

infant Burned 'n N. S. Fire

wESTVli.1.E. N S tCPt-Tvm fires in noorthcrn Nova Scoiia have claimed the life of a two-months- old baby and sent a woman to hospital.

An inquest into the death of Deborah Cyr. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cyr, opened Tuesday shortly after the infant died in a fire that swept the room where she was sleeping. It was ad- journed until Dec. 21.

Mrs. Leslie Fraser of nearby Trenton was in hospital for treat- ment of burns to the arms. legs and body. Mrs. Fraser": clothing was ignited as she tried in fix I stove.

MORE GASOLINE

Canada used 2.021.000.0013 gallons of taxable gasoline in 1954. more than triple to In! figure.

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

have asked for higher tariff

their problems.

shipping costs facing New

It said. however. that through the years Canada has exported more potatoes to the U. S. than it imported.

FEWER. SPUDS EATEN

Much of Canada's export market is in certified seed potatoes On which the P. E. 1. industry greatly depends, the board added.