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Sunny Skies, Colder Weather

Follows Storm

. . NEW YORK (AP)-—Sunny skies ‘ ' _ and falling temperatures Wednes- » ,_ day marked the aftermath of a short East Coast snowstorm, "the _ first of the new year. Snow even fell in Florida.

V‘ The weather bureau forecast below-freezing temperatures for the northeast, with an anticipated 5 below zero in northern Maine. At least 35 deaths were attrib- 2 uted to the storm, which the weather bureau called one of the most intense on the coast of re- cent years. Most died in car acci- dents or collapsed while shovel-

CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1958

PREMIER WIRES OTTAWA

WEATHER

Cloudy; a few snowflurries; much colder; light variable winds. Low-high at Chal-

lottetown 20 and 25.

NOT MORE THAN

FIVE CENTS

Requests Thermal Power

Plants For This Province

MINISTER MAKES

STATEMENT

ARClII'I‘EC'I"S DRAWING OF NEW BUILDING

Excavation On Royal Bank To Commence At Once

Excavation for the new Royal Bank Building will begin today according to the Bank Manager, L. D. MacKay who stated yester- day that County Construction Ltd. have been engaged by the general contractors to carry out this phase of the work. The gen- eral contractor for the erection of the building’is Eastern Wood- workers Ltd. of New Glasgow, N. S

Mr. MacKay said the Bank was anxious to get this work under- way as quickly as possible in order to alleviate the unemploy- ment situation in the City. It is expected, he said, that with the

exception of key personnel, local labour will ‘be used.

OLD WALLS COME DOWN

All existing foundation walls will be removed. The banking area of the building will be at two levels. The lower one will be at the same ievel as the existing basement of the old building and the main banking floor will be slightly above street level. Above the main banking floor will be a mezzanine floor. The third floor of the building will be let to ten- ants.

Excavation‘ at the rear of the building will go to a depth of

Maritimes Storm -Causes Damage

(CP-)—A high - e.r§d,,g,gal,e with-J;pin«.‘and.-

pow messedfup commtiliiéatloii V "eir'~ power hnes southwestern Nova

Scotia W y, bringing rec- ord tides and some destruction.

In Northern New Brunswick the storm carried up to a foot -of snow. It left clogged highways and huge drifts that turned to slush from the following rain.

Yarmouth, N.S. was hardist hit by the 50-mile-an-hour winds that reached 70 in gusts. They wiped out the town’s communications and power for a time. Roofs of several buildings in the exhibition grounds were torn off.‘

Radio station CJ LS was knocked off the air when a barn roof slam- med into its main transmitter tower. The station’s emergency transmitter was also flattened.

Farther up the coast at Bridge- water, N.S.. a tree was blown across power lines, disrupting ser- vice. As heavy rain belted down, sewers overflowed and threatened street flooding. However. the rain tapered off before the situation b came serious.

Damage to fishing gear re- mained to be counted. Some lob- ster traps were reported smashed by heavy seas. At Freeport, N.S., on the Bay of Fundy, the gale smashed a fishing boat against a wharf, wrecking the boat.

A scallop dragger snapped her moorings at Digby, N.S., and

- up nearby-.

_ _, boats broirm ' armouth County out-ports and some were damaged before their owners recovered them.

A calf club barn collapsed at the Yarmouth County exhibition grounds, landing in a heap on power and telephone lines.

Lurcher Lightship at the Bay of Fundy -entrance reported wind gusts of 85 miles an hour at the height of the gale.

CAPITAL’S POWER OFF

Parts of Fredericton, the New Brunswick capital, were without power for several hours when tree branches fell across the wires.

At Halifax the tide rose 18 inches above normal, and this was pushed up several more feet around wharves where the swell and undertow met. A few wharves were flooded.

During the height of the gale the freighter Canadian Victor—one of eight Canadian National Steam- ships vessels strikebound here—- dragged anchor and was being driven against the Dartmouth shore when two tugs took her in tow.

In New Brunswick plows bucked huge wet drifts that remained af- ter the storm. Between six and 12 inches of snow came down, but the province didn't get as much

damaged two other draggers tied

wind as Nova Scotia.

P. E. I. Not Affected Greatly By Yesterday's Severe Storm

This Province was not affected seriously by the storm. At Sum- merside the R. C. A. F.’s meteor- ological station reported that, from 6:00 p. in. Tuesday to 10:00 | a. in. Wednesday 1.34 inchesxof rainfall was recorded.

At Charlottetown the Depart- ment of Transport Radio Range officials stated that only .88 in- ches of rain ‘fell here in the]

twenty-four hours ending Wednes- da'y evening at 8’oclock.

Highest wind velocities at Charlottetown were recorded. be- tween 3:00 p. m. and 5:00 p. m. Wednesday. During this time the wind blew at 30 miles per hour, gusting at times to 40 m. p. h.

No damage to buildings, shipp- ing or communications was re ported.

Warm On Pra

iries While

Ontario And Quebec Shiver

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Manitobans basked in near-. record temperatures Wednesday 85 a belt of warm air moved:

slowly eastward from Alberta. V

BY mid-afternoon the mercury at Winnipeg rose to 36 degrees,| only four degrees short of the rec-‘

pleasantly warm. Weathermen, however, said the

‘warm air—which made Clares-

holm, Alta., the country’s balm- iest spot Tuesday at 62 degrees —is moving south, giving way to colder northern air.

Ontario was mainly sunny and cold. Temperatures in the north-

0rd for the date set in 1902. A west were generally in the low Year ago the temperature ranged 20s. Northeastern and Southern from one above zero to 17 below. I Ontario and parts of Quebec In 1902 Calgary sunned itself in;ranged between 20 degrees and a record 54 degrees on Jan. 7 and ' zero. the following day Winnipeg hit! The outlook for today was “)9 40-dcgrcc high spot. 'l‘ucs<lay_mildci‘ in most of Ontario. Tem- this week. Calgary hcttcrcd its:pci'alin'es in Quebec were ex- mafk by two degrees and the fol-ipccted to rise Friday. l°“'"18 day Winnipeg warmed up: The lowest temperature re- l"“- _ corded in Eastern Canada was; 43 The_ Prairie proviiucs gencrally below zero at Nitchequon, Que., remained In I I uly sunny and! early in the morning.

about ten feet below the lower banking floor. It is in this section’ of the building that thp boiler room will be located.

In addition to this, the gon- tractor will h-ave to excavate for some twenty caissons which sup- port the main walls of the struc- ture. These caissons, or columns, are expected to go to a depth of 13 feet, a precaution necessary to obtain proper footing.

FINISHED IN GRANITE

Finished in grey granite, the building will present an impres- sive appearance in the business section of the City. The base trim will be of black polished granite and the spandrel panels will be of travestine marble An elevator will provide transpor- tation between all floor levels.

The former Royal Bank build- ing on the site of winch the new building will be erected, has been -a landmark in Charlottetown for over 100 years. Last fall it was

demolished and the banking ser- vices__ ere ,remov,e_d to the old Queen Square.

LONDON (Reuters) A murmer of discontent was heard in the Conservative party Wed- nesday over the resignation of Peter Thorneycroft as chan- eéllor of the exehequer. ’

Some Conservatives claimed Thorneycroft’s resignation Mon- day has split the party ranks while others said his resignation would not lead to party revolt.

Oonservatirve MP Geofftney» Hirst threatened to withdraw support from the government unless he gets “a more ade- quate and realistic” explan-

Railway Unions Protest McTague

OTTAWA (CP) A protest by non - operating railway unions against appointment of Hon. C. P. McTague as chairman of a con- ciliation board in their contract dispute with the railways is un- der consideration, Labor Minister Starr said Wednesday.

“No decision has been reached

as yet,” he said in the Commons -in reply to a question from Claude Ellis (CCF—Regina City). The unions have said they con- sider Mr. McTague, former war labor‘ board chairman and retired Ontario Supreme Court justice, unsuitable because of extensive business connections.

Battleship King George V Starts Final Voyage

GARE LOCH, Scotland (Reut- ers) — the 35,000 - ton, 17-year- old battleship King George V started on its last voyage from here Wednesday.

The former flagship, one of four battleships to be scrapped as part of Britain's defence cuts, was towed to an anchorage off Greenock, prior to being taken up the Clyde River to a dismant- ling yard.

In addition to playing a big part in the sinking of the German bat- tleship Bismark in May, 1941, the King George V took part in oper- ations against Japan and was

ling show.

There was 191/z inches of snow

. at Fitchburg, Mass., and up to 16 Connecticut. had 11.3 V inches, the most in nearly 17

inches throughout Atlantic City, N.J.,

years. New Haven's 141/2

cut city. The storm tore down power

ness firms. Hundreds of cars were aban- doned in snowdrifts. Parkways

sharply curtailed. GALES TO 75 MPH

Winds in gusts up to 75 miles whipped up deep drifts.

New York _City got off compar-

up the coast. Five inches of snow

transportation seriously. For the first time in history,

cluded snowflurries in its state

as Lakeland in the heart of the citrus fruit area. The Florida orange crop had already been practically halved by a Decem- ber freeze.

Snow now and thexi has hit the northern part of Florida and there have been predictions of snow in some local weather fore- casts but never before in a fore- cast for the entire state.

Many residents of the southern part of Florida never have seen snow and just know what they read in the newspapers when the

ies. . A sea wall gave way at Wells

sort cottages.

At Newport, R.I., a navy de- stroyer force prepared to put to sea to escape the storm. One de- stroyersuffered a gash above the

. OIL HEATING Middle distillates, chiefly hoineflieathig.‘

requirements. '

Murmur Of Discontent Heard In U. K. Conservative Ranks ,

ation of the resignation.

CONTINUE FIGHT?

He also demanded an assur- ance that the government will continue the battle against infla- tion waged by Thorneycroft.

Thorneycroft and two of his aides resigned because their colleagues would not back 'l‘horneycroft’s plan to keep government exmendituires at their present level.

But Migel Birch, one of the ministers who quit with Thor- neycroft, said Wednesday the resignations were not a revolt against the government.

COPPER PRICE CUT

NEW YORK (AP)—A lead-ing custom smelter Wednesday cut the price of copper by 1/E cent a pound to 25 cents a pound. Other custom smelters are ex- pected to make a similar reduc- tion. Producers continued to quote the metal at 27 cents a pound.

inches of snow was just half an inch below the 1948 record for that Connecti-

lines and closed schools and busi-

were closed or the rate of travel

atively easy as the storm moved

failed to i m p e d e metropolitan

the Florida weather bureau in-

forecast. They fell as far south

north is having its w-inter miser-l

Beach, Me., endangering 15 re-

water-line in a harbor collision.‘

r almost one-third of Canadian oil

OTTAWA, (Special)—-The Giant Argus aircraft specially design- ed for anti-submarine activities and recently unveiled at the Canadiar Plant at Montreal will be housed at Summerside, it was revealed in the Commons Wed- nesday by Defence Minister Pearkes.

Mr. Peakes was answering questions asked by Dr. 0. H. Phillips, Conservative for Prince and John Pickersgill, Liberal M. P. for Bonvavista—'1‘willingate, Newfoundland. .

A similar question about hangar facilities at Summerside had pre- viously been asked by A. W. Stuart, Liberal M. P. for Charlot- te N. B.

In his answer about additional

Refrigerated Sea Water For Fish Suggested

OTTAWA (CP) — Pacific coast fishermen can spend _more time fishing if they store their catch aboard ship in refrigerated sea water instead of ice, the fisheries experts were told Wednesday.

The sea water keeps the fish _-in perfect condition and doesn't cnush them as ice will, a report presented to the annual meeting of the fisheries research board said.

The Vancouver technological station of the board reported that tria1s“on commercial vessels also showed the sea water system al- lowed the ships to operate at greater distances from canneries The report ‘said round sockeye and chum salmon were in excel- lent condition after being stored aboard ship for a week. They were still good after another 13 days in storage in refrigerated sea water at the station. Hallibut was sold from eight to 15 days after catching “in finest con- dition.”

Similarz tests also were being made with crabs.

Prince Edward Island’s Del- egation to the National Liberal‘ Leadership convention lea- ves here Saturday morning for Ottawa where the new leader will be selected next week.

The convention opens on Tu- esday, January 14th, and runs to the 16th when the new lead- er will be named.

The delegaton will be head- ed by Premier A.W. Matheson and will include the three Is- land Senators, the three form- er Members of Parliament and representatives from the var- ious provincial, county and dis- trict associations.

The senators are Hon. Geo-

hangar space at the Summerside air station, the Minister said: “A decision has now been reached to construct a cantilever hangar, a readiness hangar and an anti- corrosion hangar at Summerside, P. E. I. R. C. A. F. Station in

Giant AircraftHangars For S'.side Announced

order to house the new Argus aircraft. ,

He did not indicate what th( cost of the new construction would be. There were no details as to when the work would get underway. I

King Dies In T

NAIROBI, Kenya (CP) —Dia- mond king John (Thorburn) Wil- liamson, fabulous fig u If e of wealth any mystery, died at his Tanganyika home early Wednes- day. He was 52.